Content is king
This post written by Stephanie Fader, Marketing & PR Manager
Last night I attended a great event hosted by the Boston chapter of Girls in Tech. “Using Social Media in Your Organization” was a topic that I knew I didn’t want to miss and after reading about the speakers and the format, I signed up immediately. I also thought this would be another opportunity to work on my networking skills.
For those of you who aren’t familiar with Girls in Tech, it’s a “social network enterprise focused on the engagement, education and empowerment of like-minded, professional, intelligent and influential women in technology.” I had heard of this group before in other cities like San Francisco and New York, but the Boston chapter is new this spring. Very exciting!
Held in Cambridge at Microsoft’s office overlooking the Charles River, the setup was great for chatting and grabbing a quick bite before the panel got going. The panelists — Karen Rubin, Hubspot; Rachel Happe, Community Roundtable; Mike Langford, TweetWorks; and Cappy Popp, Thought Labs — shared great ideas for how to use social media for business. The key takeaway: content, content, content. If you don’t have interesting and useful content to share with customers and potential customers, what is their reason to friend/follow/fan you?
My favorite part of the event were the case studies. Two participants from different organizations were chosen to share their story about how they currently use social media, what their goals are for social media, then ask specific questions of the panel. I found it really useful to hear real suggestions for how to improve your Facebook page or how to increase Twitter followers. Some of the things we already do (ie RSS feed of our blog to our Facebook page), but there are still things we don’t do (ie RSS feed of our blog and party planning posts to our Twitter account).
Overall I thought the event was really well done and all of the participants (speakers and attendees) seemed genuinely excited and interested to be there. I look forward to attending more Girls in Tech Boston events in the future!
