Comments on: Using social media, web to fight HIV/AIDS

By: Art Jones

Art Jones — Sun, 08 May 2011 10:27:17 +0000

Dream Factory launched the first web broadcast of Ahlia University’s Freshmen Orientation in May 2010. Following the first 10 days it received 13,000 hits from over 20 different countries and 501 followers on Facebook, (Log onto: http://www.ahliafo.com/). This was only made possible by linking traditions media, radio, television, and print, to social media. My team wrote press releases, produced a press kit and held a press conference relating to the eventual launch of the web broadcast. We created a pretty strong buzz around the launch of the freshmen orientation film.

Though social media offer a host of new promotional possibilities, we also saw it as the logical extension of preexisting media platforms.

By: dsinla

dsinla — Sat, 07 May 2011 03:08:25 +0000

View the Award winning documentary “House of Numbers” to see why questions about this must be raised, and why deeper issues about HIV and AIDS need to be discussed. Lives are at risk. This is the first documentary,with the worlds
foremost authorities, that highlights the fundamental problems with HIV
testing, science, and statistics. It sheds new light on a misunderstood
phenomenon for which there is still no cure. GO to bit.ly/fhUxaJ – bit.ly/gogKLZ to see the trailer.

By: m. hartoungh

m. hartoungh — Fri, 06 May 2011 10:16:55 +0000

I support Mr. Jones great idea,it is the way to get insight
what works and what doesn t work.

By: Elias Shams

Elias Shams — Fri, 06 May 2011 09:48:11 +0000

It’s no brainer to see that social media is here to stay for good. Given vast variety of the existing channels to choose and stick with, it’s time for such a hot space to enter into a new category. There is a need for a portal to provide a quick and intelligent decision for both the consumer and the enterprise about their online connections.

A Platform to Help us to Distinguish Our Quality vs. Quantity Friends, Fans, Followers, and Companies

Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Youtube, Flickr and others have been doing a decent job of providing additional marketing exposure and even in some cases, additional revenue. However, as more and more social networking sites pop up, how do you manage your brand across all these channels? Maybe more importantly, which one of these sites should you select as the one that will help you best reach your target audience? The proliferation of the social media avenues is becoming overwhelming.

This glut of information reminds me of the early 90’s when WWW was adopted broadly by the general public. Every company rushed to have a presence, to the point it became literally impossible to find the right information on the Web. That’s when a better generation of search engines – at first the Yahoo! and then Google – entered the market and helped us find the most relevant information by just typing simple keywords in their search box. If you had asked before Google launched, if there was a need for another search engine – most would have said no, we already have those….

Then came Web 1.0 & 2.0 – Youtube, Flickr, myspace, Facebook, Twitter and countless others have turned everyday people into content producers, influencers and experts. We basically tripled down on the information overload How do you know which channels to select for deploying your social media strategy? How do you know which one is the right channel to let your fans and followers to find you, your products, and services? Most importantly, who is Joe Smith that is recommending that person, that company, that product?

I hope my awesomize.me can accomplish such a mission. The site is not another social networking platform. Yet the portal to all your existing social media channels. The platform helps you, your fans, your potential clients to make an intelligent decision as to which company to connect to or follow via which social media channels and why? It’s free!

Elias
CEO & Founder
http://awesomize.me

By: Nora Grannell

Nora Grannell — Thu, 05 May 2011 23:56:18 +0000

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