Showing posts with label Skype. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Skype. Show all posts

Monday, May 11, 2009

Marketing Chat #mktgchat

Taking inspiration from @PRsarahevans and #journchat brought out an IDEA called “Marketing Chat.” The hashtag #mktgchat is not currently being used.

The idea is to create a discussion about marketing… the who, what, when, where and how of it.

The platform for it is still up for review… thinking Twitter, Friendfeed and perhaps Skype.

Questions for review:

  • Should the number or participants be limited?
  • Should it be by invite only?
  • Should it be in a room on Friendfeed?
  • Should it be on Twitter?
  • What day and time work well?
    • Must keep in mind other online events
    • Where are participants, what time zone are they in?

Possible Answers:

  • Not currently planning to limit the number of participants. The key is to get a small group of highly engaged people to participate. If value is created in the discussion more people will join in and make it even more valuable.
  • Do it on some sort of invite basis. This will ensure that people are available and interested in participating.
  • Do not know enough about rooms on Friendfeed yet. There is also a large gap between users on Twitter and Friendfeed. With Twitter having a much larger user base.
  • Twitter is probably the right location for posting and creating the early discussions.
  • Will keep Skype in mind if a small group from the chat would like to continue the conversation.

Create a list of topics for each chat in advance &/or take questions and suggestions from participants, before and during the event, to let them guide the conversation where they will see the most value from a group discussion.

Do you have any thoughts and comments?

Monday, April 27, 2009

Hashtag #VTOS

#VTOS = Virtual Tweetup on Skype

This is an experiment. This is a way of brining people together virtually to live chat. Participants may or may not know each other at beginning of chat.

Plan is to begin by just using the instant message function of Skype. Perhaps at some point in the future there can be voice and video. Voice may be useful for having people speak on specific topics one person at a time.