Welcome, Small / Minority / Women and Veteran Business Owners!

Alicia Arenas, Donna Tuttle and I had a fantastic time speaking to you at the Bexar County and University Health System Small / Minority / Women & Veteran Business Owners Conference. During our brief time together today we only scratched the surface of How to Use Social Media Effectively so we want to continue our conversation with you here.

Below is a growing list of social media resources including blogs, articles, lists of people and businesses on Twitter, suggested Facebook Fan Pages and much more to help you learn as you launch a social media strategy for your business.

We also invite you to leave your questions in the comments section below. Alicia, Donna and I will be available to answer them all.

Thank you for joining us for How to Use Social Media Effectively!

EVENTS:

Social Media Club San Antonio
meets the 2nd Tuesday of every month

Social Media Breakfast San Antonio
meets the 3rd Wednesday of every month

The BMPR
San Antonio’s Business / Media / PR Tweetup

First Friday Co-working at Firecat Studios

Tweetups (casual meetings/gatherings of people on Twitter)
visit Tweetvite and Twtvite and search for “San Antonio” to find events to attend

WEB SITES:

Mashable
The Social Media Guide

Inside Facebook
Tracking Facebook and the Facebook Platform for Developers and Marketers

Social Media Explorer

PR Sarah Evans
Excellent resource for PR and social media and where the two meet

TWITTER ACCOUNTS:

@usaa_news

@bloommaternity

@rerockstar (realtor)

@PromoSA

@MadeinSATX – their web site supports local businesses and offers free listings

@BrasseriePavil (disclosure: client of Social Media Mentoring via Texas Creative)

@WatermarkGrill (disclosure: client of Social Media Mentoring via Texas Creative)

@NewBalanceSA (disclosure: client of Social Media Mentoring)

@AutismSATX (disclosure: client of Social Media Mentoring)

@Food4SA

@connectforlife

@rackspace

@MorgansWndrlnd

OUR FACEBOOK FAN PAGES:

http://www.facebook.com/SABusinessJournal

http://facebook.com/socialmediamentoring

OUR TWITTER ACCOUNTS

@writeontime

@aliciasanera

@colleenpence

LOCAL BUSINESS TWITTER LISTS:

http://twitter.com/colleenpence/san-antonio-businesses

http://twitter.com/audenskitchen/stone-oak-businesses

BLOGS:

Chris Brogan
@chrisbrogan

Communication Overtones
@kamichat

Global Neighborhoods
@shelisrael

Louis Gray
@louisgray

Pistachio
@Pistachio

ARTICLES:

Nonprofits are tapping into social media for social good

Rural Restaurants Serve Online Appetizers

Rackspace Downtime, Competitive Response & Lethal Generosity

BOOKS:

Trust Agents by Chris Brogan and Julien Smith
@chrisbrogan and @julien

Twitterville by Shel Israel
@shelisrael

Groundswell by Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff
@CharleneLI and @jbernoff

Naked Conversations: How Blogs are Changing the Way Businesses Talk with Customers by Robert Scoble and Shel Israel
@scobleizer and @shelisrael