Have an iphone? Want to connect with friends, colleagues and customers on the run and from your phone? Check out some of these easy to implement tips for using your iphone as your social media super tool… it’s super cool.
1.Connect Your Favorite Social Media Sites to Your Phone. If you use Facebook, Twitter, Digg, MySpace, NING, or any of the other multitudes of social media outlets you can get a downloadable application that allows you to directly interact with them on your iphone. Some of the best iphone applications for social media include those for Facebook and Hootsuite. (Does this name remind anyone else of Dick Clark singing in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?) Hootsuite allows you to manage multiple social media sites from one application.
Check out Hootsuite for iphone athttp://hootsuite.com/iphone
2.Keep the Messages Short and Sweet. When you are using your iphone for social media communication it is best to keep your messages short and sweet. If you are Twitter user, you are familiar with this concept, but if you are used to using Facebook or NING for example, you will note that you have a great deal of content freedom online that you will have more difficulty utilizing on the go with your phone.
Make your messages short and meaningful.
3.Click a Pic. The great thing about using your iphone for social media communications, is that you can share where you are and what you are doing with anyone at a moments notice. (Also one of the scariest things based on some people’s postings, but I digress.) One of the best ways to give people a sense for your current surroundings and experiences is to send a picture. This is easy with the iphone built in camera and video tools, which you can easily integrate into your social media messages.
Say it with a picture. Take a picture with your iphone and send it out on your social media message boards instantly.
4.Make a Date for Dinner. Use your iphone social media applications to connect with clients on the run. Send them the address and reviews for the restaurant you are planning to meet them at for your working dinner. Show them your technical savvy by completing the online reservation form for your favorite restaurant and sending the registration code instantly over Twitter to their desktop. You can do all of this from your iphone. Rise above your seventh grade self and actually become cool.
Connect your iphone tools and application power with your social media capabilities.
5.Make Connections. The next time you collect business cards at your meetings, also have your clients and colleagues share their social media account names. This way you can connect on the run from anywhere in a technologically advanced way that is more powerful and immediate than the phone or even an email.
Add social media username collection to the ritual of sharing business cards.