Social Media Week Chicago How To Travel TSTGLive

Social Media Week How To Travel #SMWchitravel

Invite Social Media Week Chicago How To Travel

You are invited to join us for Social Media Week Chicago How To Travel!

Do you have questions about ways to engage with travelers on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Google Plus?

If you wish to participate in the conversation, you can comment here on youtube during the live broadcast. Follow on Twitter #SMWchitravel!

Social Media Week Chicago Panel How To Travel

Speakers:

+Ana Serafin - Traveling Latina  

+Francesca Mazurkiewicz - The Working Mom Travels

+Ted Nelson - Traveling Ted

+Janice Temple - The Skychi Travel Guide Live

You have the option of meeting us at Goose Island Brew Pub Clybourn for a beer. You must be 21

and older to enter Goose Island 1800 N. Clybourn Ave. (at Willow Street) Chicago, IL.

Goose Island Brew Pub

Social Media Week Chicago

You can also view on Youtube On Demand. We will broadcast live at 1 pm CST, but if that time

does not work for your schedule you have the ability to watch it  at your convenience.

Register here.

Social Media Week Chicago Google+ Getting Closer To Your Community

Amy Ravit Korin - Google+ Getting Closer To Your Community

Tips and Tricks frrom building a community with Google +

1.  Connecting around your passion such as the Chicago Pizza Lover Community

2. Grow followers from Gmail connected to your G+  page

3. Send emails from the company

4. Add G+ social widget to your website

5. Adding a person or brand go a circle is a stronger social indicator than a +1

6. Every blog post should have a +1 widget

7. Set up your Google Author profile8. 7

8% of recommendations are peer to peer that the reason Google Author is so important

9. Always post with photos

10. To create a Bold Headline  in your post - Shift 8 to make *  before and after word or sentence *

11. To create Italics in your post - Use underscore _ before and after word or sentence _

12. Google+ uses italics and bold to give photo credit

13. Utilize Hangout On Air to engage your community

14. Zagat owned by Google+

15. Zagat Community on Google Plus uses Hangouts  On Air which is posted on Zagat blog

16. Customize your Hangout On Air  by using your the Lower Third App from the Hangout Toolbox

Join our Google+ Community ÷BTB Black Travel Bloggers & Friends

Broadcast of Social Media Week Chicago: Turn It Up! How to put the excitement of tour...

Google Hangout On Air Live Broadcast of Social Media Chicago:
Turn It Up! How to put the excitement of tourism into social media?

Due to technical difficulties we were unable to have dual audio with audience in Huron Room of Tribune Tower at Social Media Week Chicago.There was a last  minute change
to the panel lineup. +Aminah Hanan of  Blogging While, +Greg Gross of I am Black and I Travel, +Janice Temple of The Skychi Travel Guide did not have audio to participate in the panel discussion.
We began to utilize the chat function of the Google Hangout On Air Broadcast to communicate the questions.

+Michael Bennett - Moderator
Bennett Global Entertainment
@MBennettinc

+Janel Martinez - Panelist
Black Enterprise Magazine
Technology Producer
@janelmwrites

+Christen Rochon
Divas and Dorks
Editor
@DivasandDorks

My apologies to the our audience who looked for our Livestream event. There was a hiccup with the camera man and our livestream event did not air. Many thanks to our room manager Sydny Layne and   +BTB Black Travel Bloggers. Thank you to our audience for coming and  who participated in the chat by asking questions. Our feedback from some audience members was positive to their engagement in the chat portion of the Google Hangout On Air.

Social Media Week Chicago Truly Engaging Open Conversations & Connecting People

Turn It Up! Social Media Week Chicago

Event Tuesday, Sept.24 th at Tribune Tower from 4-5 pm

Registration Opens August 13th

"Turn It Up! How to put excitement of tourism into social media?"

"Turn It Up! How to put excitement of tourism into social media?"

The Travel and Tourism Industry is challenged with new methods of influencing the traveler.BTB Travel Bloggers will discuss social media effectiveness in reaching travelers. Travel Journalists possess the immediate ability to engage travelers. Panel will focus on images/photography, storytelling and social media as they relate to travel blogging.

+Michael Bennett of Bennett Global Entertainment

+Janel Martinez Technology Director for Black Enterprise

+Christen Rochon of Divas and Dorks

+Greg Gross of I am Black and I Travel

+Aminah Hanan of Blogging While Brown

+Janice Temple of The Skychi Travel Guide