Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Phil Gerbyshak: #TwitterWorks - Blog Business Success Radio

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Social media consultant, founder of the Make It Great! Institute, and author of the very practical and ideal filled #TwitterWorks: Restaurant 2.0 Edition: How social media built a restaurant, a pizza truck and thousands of relationships, Phil Gerbyshak describes how to use social media to grow your business. Phil demonstrates how businesses can start using social media effectively, and the right way, from the very start. He points out that not all social media platforms are right for every business and shows you how to choose what works best for your company. Phil Gerbyshak dispels many of the myths and misconceptions that have grown up around social media, and explains why these myths can harm your business. Phil provides a guideline for when to realistically expect results of any social media campaign. Learn the real world uses of social media, and how to utilize them to best result for your company,

Phil Gerbyshak is my internet radio show guest on Blog Business Success; hosted live on BlogTalkRadio.

The show airs live on Thursday, April 19, at 8:00 pm Eastern Time; 5:00 pm Pacific Time.

Social media consultant, founder of the Make It Great! Institute, and author of the very practical and ideal filled #TwitterWorks: Restaurant 2.0 Edition: How social media built a restaurant, a pizza truck and thousands of relationships, Phil Gerbyshak describes how to use social media to grow your business. You will learn:

* How Twitter and other social media can help build your business

* What type of business lends itself especially well to social media

* How to get started with the right social media tools the right way

* What are some of the fallacies and misconceptions about social media



Phil Gerbyshak (photo left) is the chief connections officer who works with small businesses and organizations to increase employee & customer engagement by using social media to create and build relationships. He helps them understand it’s really not about the tools; it’s all about the conversations they participate in and the connections they create and cultivate.

Phil worked in IT for the past 15 years, and has focused his efforts on understanding and leveraging the social media space for over 5 years. His work building relationships using blogs was spotlighted in the 2005 book What Nobody Ever Tells You About Blogging and Podcasting: Real Life Advice from 101 People Who Successfully Leverage the Power of the Blogosphere.

In addition to doing keynote and breakout addresses, Phil greatly enjoys coaching others in the simple strategies and tactics that make life great. His first book 10 Ways to Make It Great! was published in 2006 and inspired many to make the changes in their life to go from good…to GREAT.

His second book Help Desk Manager’s Crash Course offers managers a guidebook for hiring, firing, discipline, and more.

His latest book #TwitterWorks: Restaurant 2.0 Edition: How social media built a restaurant, a pizza truck and thousands of relationships features success stories, tips and traps about using twitter for independent restaurants and small businesses.

Phil is currently working on several projects to enable small businesses to effectively use social media in a concentrated amount of time.

In a nutshell, Phil does speaking, coaching, and training for small and medium sized organizations and entrepreneurs who want to take their life, and their business to the next level.

Listen live on Thursday at 8:00 pm Eastern, 5:00 pm Pacific time.

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Let's talk with social media consultant, founder of the Make It Great! Institute, and author of the very practical and ideal filled #TwitterWorks: Restaurant 2.0 Edition: How social media built a restaurant, a pizza truck and thousands of relationships, Phil Gerbyshak as he describes how to use social media to grow your business. Phil demonstrates how businesses can start using social media effectively, and the right way, from the very start. He points out that not all social media platforms are right for every business and shows you how to choose what works best for your company.

Phil Gerbyshak dispels many of the myths and misconceptions that have grown up around social media, and explains why these myths can harm your business. Phil provides a guideline for when to realistically expect results of any social media campaign. Learn the real world uses of social media, and how to utilize them to best result for your company on Blog Business Success Radio.

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