2012-02-06T21:41:59Z http://blog.usmmcsite.com/atom.aspx Quick Blogcast tag:blog.usmmcsite.com,2010-11-28:0153a930-cfe6-4f20-9c96-1b116b9532f6 Ulysses' Social 2010-11-29T05:26:00Z 2010-11-29T05:26:00Z On November 6th, 2010 the Vietnamese Friendship Association (VFA) held a Board Retreat at their Martin Luther King Jr. Drive headquarters. In attendance were VFA board members and its Executive Director. USMMC consultant, Gil Gido, facilitated the retreat to achieve the intention and outcomes. These were to have each and every Board member have a sense of being part of a valuable team; know the mission, vision and their roles/responsibility; elect new board members; review 2010 programs and finances; identify committees and create a financial committee work plan. In a post event survey, the board response to the event ... tag:blog.usmmcsite.com,2010-08-25:6de5eeeb-7599-4ddd-891c-4bc1c7f178da Ulysses' Social 2010-08-25T18:21:00Z 2010-08-25T18:21:00Z (Top) Richard Lui (HLN and MSNBC); Palace Hotel (Second row from top) "The Language of Innovation" by Comcast (Third row from top) National Board Meeting; Comcast panel (Bottom) NAAAP Seattle; Garden Court at the Palace Hotel San Franciso, CA - Joined by a distinguished panel of experts from Comcast, Lawrence Livermore Laboratories, and the Central Intelligence Agency, I had a chance to express my thoughts on Innovation at the 2010 NAAAP Convention and Diversity Career Fair presented by Macy's. The Language of Innovation A Friday panel sponsored ... tag:blog.usmmcsite.com,2010-06-28:6a5a1d98-9309-4505-800f-f8005698ffc4 Ulysses' Social 2010-06-28T23:41:00Z 2010-06-28T23:41:00Z As social media professionals know there's always more to learn. The topography of social media is always changing and people are demanding such knowledge. At the Seattle Times on June 22, 2010, the Invasion of Social Media was presented as a means to feed that demand. Organizations that participated were NAAAP-Seattle , the Executive Development Institute (EDI) and Qwest Pacific Asian American Network (PAAN) while the keynote, Charlie Harger, a Technology & Social Media Reporter for KOMO Newsradio and President for Bohado Media, spoke to 75 attendees on using social media for professional and business development.For a ... tag:blog.usmmcsite.com,2010-05-28:f466f54f-ee38-446c-a9de-a0d1a1a03b4c Ulysses' Social 2010-05-28T23:06:00Z 2010-05-28T23:06:00Z I placed a trifecta bet on tuesday and won! Yes, I attended the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) Tweet while you eat networking session. Three of Seattle's fooderati were on hand to share with a food-loving, techno-savvy and tight-niche community of Seattle journalists: • Matthew Amster-Burton Food writer and author of Hungry Monkey: A Food-Loving Father’s Quest to Raise an Adventurous Eater • Hsiao-Ching Chou Partner and social media director at Suzuki+Chou Communimedia, writer and former food editor at the Seattle P-I • Becky Selengut Chef and co-author of ... tag:blog.usmmcsite.com,2010-05-07:4d62ee71-d881-4235-a12e-7564611a877f Ulysses' Social 2010-05-08T05:59:00Z 2010-05-08T05:59:00Z We ran an ad, recently, on Facebook using the CPM method paying for the number of views. Our ad was run for a day to Seattle area facebook users within the 21-45 year old age range. We had a budget of $50 and bid the recommended bid. As the graph shows, we had 14 clicks averaging $3.57/click. A note of caution: If you're looking to buy an ad, don't expect to see your ad run as with newspapers though. Facebook assured us that our ad ran and if ... tag:blog.usmmcsite.com,2010-04-11:05b6f72e-a1ec-4c75-b5b8-2899bd8dfb8c Ulysses' Social 2010-04-12T04:02:00Z 2010-04-12T04:02:00Z Check out the April session of the National Association of Asian American Professionals (NAAAP) National Webinar Series (NWS). Gil Gido, Ulysses' Social Media Marketing Company Principal Consultant and NAAAP Seattle President, will be showing the work being done with the NING Platform. To register, please follow: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/977062322 NAAAP Webinar Calendar: http://www.naaap.org/Programs/WebinarCalendar/tabid/2778/vw/3/ItemID/1171/d/20100422/Default.aspx ... tag:blog.usmmcsite.com,2010-03-25:2f631bd8-b954-4fe5-ad15-2542189e97e7 Ulysses' Social 2010-03-25T16:50:00Z 2010-03-25T16:50:00Z I love my job! Did you know that as part of my job, me and my owner, Gil, are full-fledged testers of products. See him testing out the durability and ease of use of the Fatlace T-shirts. These shirts are well made and they look cool! Which do you like? Black? or Grey? Recently, Fatlace.com turned 10 years old and they're celebrating with a facelift of their website. They have a community of bloggers and designers. Check them out at http://www.Fatlace.com and tell them Uly sent you Unfortunately, since I was taking the photo, ... tag:blog.usmmcsite.com,2010-02-14:03e8c69a-6b24-4453-aa3d-70e8c6e8261e Ulysses' Social 2010-02-14T16:27:00Z 2010-02-14T16:27:00Z Disregard what you've heard about MySpace. According to SNL's Seth Meyer in a late night news broadcast, "MySpace is an abandoned amusement park." When it comes to upcoming musical hip-hop artists Gowe, Canary Sing, Nam, Know Choice, Massiah, and Inglish it's so far from the truth. On Saturday, February 27th these hip-hop artists are holding the Words of One People Hip Hop concert at the Vera Project, an all ages music center for youth, in Seattle. With MySpace, the bands have built a strong following reaching audiences as far away as New York City. Without MySpace, the ... tag:blog.usmmcsite.com,2010-01-25:b8c9b812-1a88-425d-8f60-2050599c5bee Ulysses' Social 2010-01-26T07:46:00Z 2010-01-26T07:46:00Z There are 8,342 miles (or 13,425 km) that separate Addis Ababa and Seattle. It's hard to imagine starting a school system from where we are but there is an organization is doing just that! The organization is called the International Leadership Academy of Ethiopia (ILAE). Their mission? To build a school where the gifted children of the nation can reach their full leadership potential effecting change for future generations. Picture Source First entered in 2007 at the Global Society Entrepreneur Competition (GSEC) ... tag:blog.usmmcsite.com,2010-01-22:61c0d6d5-38e3-41b1-967d-833abd26570e Ulysses' Social 2010-01-22T20:10:00Z 2010-01-22T20:10:00Z Would you like to start a radio station? Do you have a phone and internet service? Do you like to blog?Well you can do all of these with BlogTalkRadio. It is the first social media radio - blogging service that once you created your show, you can share it with iTunes. Given today's social media tools, it's so easy now. Take the case for the Passions and Possibilities show that Chief Passion Sue Oliver created a year ago. Twice a week, she interviews people in service doing what they love and shares these stories ... tag:blog.usmmcsite.com,2010-01-10:cb35620a-d0ac-4b61-9a3a-48c33238db7f Ulysses' Social 2010-01-10T19:41:00Z 2010-01-10T19:41:00Z A few days ago I attended a LinkedIn seminar at the School of Visual Concepts in Downtown Seattle and learned a few things that I thought I'd pass onto you. It definitely was 2 hours of insightful uses delivered by Cindy Pain, an esteemed career coach at Lee Hecht Harrison.LinkedIn, now having approximately 50 millions user profiles, is a great marketing tool for you and your business. LinkedIn has made it a business of connecting people - yes, connecting you with people in your professional background or industry. Now if you're shy, you might want to start slowly and allow ... tag:blog.usmmcsite.com,2010-01-05:79245abe-b9b2-45ce-8dc2-7c0fe099e9b1 Ulysses' Social 2010-01-06T03:36:00Z 2010-01-06T03:36:00Z Bit.ly among other things shortens long URL's. Using this shortened link allows Bit.ly to track the number of clicks on this shortened URL. Having an effective way to track how effective your marketing is very important in your marketing efforts. Depending on the number of hits, will indicate whether to step up or to slow down your marketing. I like the easy user interface. Step 1, enter the link you want to shorten and then bit.ly creates a traceable link you can share. Step 2. Return to the site to ... tag:blog.usmmcsite.com,2009-12-30:4c3932b6-35d3-4774-a317-6c9decf5b3a4 Ulysses' Social 2009-12-30T21:48:00Z 2009-12-30T21:48:00Z 2010 ushers a new decade for all of us and I want to focus on the new things to come especially the businesses and products and services we'll be seeing. Ulysses' Social Media Marketing Company (USMMC) will be assisting businesses launch these products and services which I believe is an exciting time for all of us. Let's first start off with PowerLeaps, LLC. Sue Oliver is the owner and an extraordinary business coach with 15 years of extensive training leading individuals and groups into greatness, within corporate, small-business, ... tag:blog.usmmcsite.com,2009-12-21:74225cd3-c66e-45d3-b635-e363cf1de38d Ulysses' Social 2009-12-22T05:49:00Z 2009-12-22T05:49:00Z Have you been on a blog and read content jumping from one subject to another? You might have also read tweets that take you from one blog to another blog and then yet another blog. All unrelated to one another of course. Now if you’re like me, then you’ll agree with me it’s really difficult to read. While the mediums are built for speed, it is still a world of communication and if you want to make an impact with your community, then have your blogs and sites organized and well written. Readers will not only ... tag:blog.usmmcsite.com,2009-12-15:aa95c2e9-4a04-4847-8a4d-6ad2e0907ca2 Ulysses' Social 2009-12-16T04:36:00Z 2009-12-16T04:36:00Z With so many social tools available and quickly changing, you might ask which ones do I use for my business? To answer that you really want to look at social media as one tool for building relationships with communities both large and small. Think of what features you would like to use to build these relationships. It it blogging? Video? Chat? Feedback? Quick status updates? Once you decide on your goals then you can start using the features within your social media tool to get the result you want. I have heard many customers want to use the tools ... tag:blog.usmmcsite.com,2009-11-30:59278954-8eb9-4000-b791-0feb22016e51 Ulysses' Social 2009-12-01T07:27:00Z 2009-12-01T07:27:00Z Our commitment is to our customers and if we're not doing something, please let us know.Email us at info@usmmcsite.comthanks ... tag:blog.usmmcsite.com,2009-11-29:9fb19b48-6a7f-43bc-8c98-3a9060d7a39f Ulysses' Social 2009-11-30T07:27:02Z 2009-11-30T07:27:02Z Welcome to my blog. Please check back soon for new entries. ...