Amazing that this blog is holding its own among the rest of the "herd." This with very little push from me. Just reviewing all the good dance things out on the Island of Oahu. And at the moment Wahiawa Ballroom Dance Club and Kapolei Chapter HBDA have contributed the most information and photos for the benefit of the reader/dancers in Platinum Horseshoe blog. A Big Mahalo from everyone.
The best way to define our social media is to break it down. On Oahu, we have the usual three, the Big Ones - the Micros, the Established Ones - the Web sites and the Newbees - the Blogs.
The Big Ones are the Micros: Twitter, Google Plus, Tumbler, Facebook, and the rest of that kind. Millions and millions of people are signed up and they all write something for the masses throughout the world. Facebook gets over 50 million photos per day. How much is read and by how many can have a very large range. Many have counters so that everyone can see how many people "hit," and they themselves can see if they are communicating.
Then we have the Established Ones, the dance web sites in Hawaii and some have been around for more than two decades. In the beginning most carried counters but they cancelled that when the blogs came in. They are usually updated quarterly. A few are commercial and the money is what counts. However in Hawaii, it is still a mark of distinction to have a Web site, whether or not anyone is reading it.
The Blogs sites are much more current and we cover more every day because even if I am involved daily I don't know what is happening everywhere regarding dance blogs. How does anyone know if the time they are investing in social media marketing is paying off? They don’t know unless they put a system in place to measure and analyze their efforts. They must use tools to analyze where their social media efforts are working best for them. They may need to adjust their efforts to maximize their social media return on the time invested.
“We should not fear death. Think of it, we had been dead for billions
and billions of years before we were born, and had not suffered
the slightest inconvenience from it.”
The best way to define our social media is to break it down. On Oahu, we have the usual three, the Big Ones - the Micros, the Established Ones - the Web sites and the Newbees - the Blogs.
"Maui Waltz" by Loyal Garner
The Big Ones are the Micros: Twitter, Google Plus, Tumbler, Facebook, and the rest of that kind. Millions and millions of people are signed up and they all write something for the masses throughout the world. Facebook gets over 50 million photos per day. How much is read and by how many can have a very large range. Many have counters so that everyone can see how many people "hit," and they themselves can see if they are communicating.
"I Will Remember You" by Don Ho
Then we have the Established Ones, the dance web sites in Hawaii and some have been around for more than two decades. In the beginning most carried counters but they cancelled that when the blogs came in. They are usually updated quarterly. A few are commercial and the money is what counts. However in Hawaii, it is still a mark of distinction to have a Web site, whether or not anyone is reading it.
The Blogs sites are much more current and we cover more every day because even if I am involved daily I don't know what is happening everywhere regarding dance blogs. How does anyone know if the time they are investing in social media marketing is paying off? They don’t know unless they put a system in place to measure and analyze their efforts. They must use tools to analyze where their social media efforts are working best for them. They may need to adjust their efforts to maximize their social media return on the time invested.
Blogger's Law #22D: The time it took to rectify a situation is inversely proportional to the time it took to do the damage.