#NWITweetup » dave woodson

#nwindiana

Dave — Mon, 09 May 2011 22:02:40 +0000

Has #nwIndiana become a victim of its own success?

Not so much that we are being taken advantage of per se, but the hashtag #nwIndiana has seemingly been ran over by marketers and companies, who do little to engage many of those that have helped build up the #nwIndiana stream.

Really, I do love that we have new Tweeps hitting the stream, but I do take some umbrage to the fact that they do very little engagement. I got a hint for you…If you want to sell more it is just good manners to respond to someone when they ask you a question?

I go to church every weekend, but I’m very rarely preached to. He does not talk over me, around me or even to me. He almost engages in a conversation from the stage.

A stage…that is quite possibly the best analogy for the #nwIndiana stream. It is a stage that we all get to share. However, the amount of overloud commercials have become numerous, almost foreboding. They jog in from stage right shout their messages and run off at stage left and quite often their tweet from on high has little or nothing to do with #nwIndiana. They just know that there is a great audience paying attention to or takes notice of those on the stage.

I think we have build a pretty good stage, or we would not be marketed to on a regular basis. One of the ways that I can tell that someone is just there to broadcast:

They don’t follow anyone many from the region
They never or hardly ever RT (retweet)
Their message rarely changes
They have several accounts and they blast one right after the other

In days past, I would have felt compelled to call out those that crash the stage, but in this case I’ll simply say who I believe does a pretty darn decent job of getting their message out and still help others with a RT or a mention.

I am quite sure that I have missed a few and I’m sure that there will be some that disagree with the list above. However, whether or not you are on this list or not, we all can look at your Twitter updates and ask, “Would I pay attention to this message?” If not, then I would think about what you are really trying to say.

For the record, I am not in a bad mood. Nor, do I feel slighted in any way from any one person over another.

Dave

5 Questions with Harrison Painter

Dave — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 17:17:29 +0000

Of all the special guests that we have planned for the #NWiTweetup, I think I am the most excited about Harrison. I met Harrison a few years back at ReVerb Chicago event, think TED with a real estate/marketing focus. We talked, exchanged ideas and then we collaborated and brought the first RebarCamp to Indiana. He has helped me with his guidance, introductions and the Power of the RT.

Here is the video of the 5 Questions, thanks to the power of DropBox * and Harrison’s fine video editing.

I think it goes without saying that…

I am not all the good at interviewing people, but I am trying
I need to be better prepared.

But, prepared we are for the #NWiTweetup this Thursday Night at Crown Brewing in Crown Point, IN sponsored by Around Crown Point, for more information and a map to the venue checkout our video announcement of the October #NWiTweetup

We look forward to seeing you all there.

Dave @davewoodson

June #NWiTweetup Recap and Social Media Day

Dave — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:19:48 +0000

We are still working out the details for Social Media Day whether it is going to be a lunch or a after hours extravaganza. We would like to get a few more businesses there and then have some great learning sessions and some of the best networking in NW Indiana.

So stay tuned for more details and there is going to be one great low-lite reel on this very special episode of #NWiTweetup Video Recap

Social Media Day June 30th, Pepe’s In Valparaiso, Social Media Luncheon more details coming soon

and for the record, I know the sound is off on this I am working on it.

Stay tuned

Uptown Cafe

Dave — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:18:54 +0000

We all had a great night at the March 11th #NWItweetup at Uptown Cafe out hosts of Tia, Rich, Heather and Kyle gave us a great sample of the many menu items of food, tea and coffee.

There were plenty of give-a-ways from a $25 gift certificate to bluetooth headsets from Cartronix. We would like to thank Cartronix for the give-a-ways and if you are in the market for AT&T phones, Direct-TV or just need a wireless expert call the guys from Cartronix.

Also, we picked a winner from the #nwitweeup logo contest and it was Jason from @JMAdesignstudio and if you are looking for design work from websites to Facebook fan pages to Twitter backgrounds then Jason is your guy to call. He even got a trophy donated from Cartronix as well. It looked eerily similar to my first car phone from 1994.

There were plenty of pictures taken and even some of someones pink shorts, damn he had some fine legs. It takes a special man to wear pink shorts and whoever he was he looked good with them on.

Make sure when you come out to future #nwitweetup events to bring plenty of business cards for networking, the give-a-ways and always make sure you sign the “sign-in sheet”

Again, thank you to Uptown Cafe for hosting the early March #NWItweetup. We look forward to coming back for breakfast, lunch,

Dave