Social Media Club San Antonio

To all our San Antonio SMC’ers!  December 6th is the set date for our Social Media Club Mixer. Both Austin and San Antonio Social Media Clubs are coming together to celebrate the season and reinforce the “learn and share” experience that SMC extends to us.

We’ll be meeting at Tres Hermanas restaurant in San Marcos at 5:30 p.m. For those of you that made the Chris Heuer and Kristie Wells event, it will be the same location.

We look forward to you joining us for an evening of comraderie and well wishing. More details as they develop.

SMC SA is meeting again tomorrow!

San Antonio College, Nail Technical Center, Rm. 140. Parking is available in Lot 21.

Come join us from 6-8 p.m. for insightful topics, great networking opportunities, and of course food and drinks! Tomorrow’s meeting is an open session with a topic to be chosen at the beginning. We’ll also be discussing SMC-SA Christmas mixer as well as future topics and businesses that will be coming in to present in 2009.

We look forward to seeing you there! If you have problems finding the location, please be sure to contact me at 210-782-4439.

Thank you, thank you, than you for everyone who came out and supportd our local SMC chapter last night at San Antonio College. Everyone had a great time and the conversation was much livelier and energetic. Let it be known that San Antonio does indeed have a creative class that is just as passionate and dedicated as anywhere else. Now that we’ve all joined forces…WATCH OUT!!

While everyone was mingling and enjoying the meal that was provided by FireCat Studio and brought by Daniella Matutes, Alan Weinkrantz gave out four raffle prizes that once again kept SMC members laughing and amazed at the generosity of our city’s media leaders.

Meeting topic was “Best Business Practices,” which was later changed thanks to some input from Social Media Club Founder Chrish Heuer, to “Best Known Methods,” or “BKM.”

After introductions, Luis Sandoval started the meeting dicussioning BKM for social media professionals, and novices. Many examples were shared from his personal experience, experiences from the clientele he works with, along with examples that others have shared with him. The opening commentary sparked a lot of interest from the group and soon everyone was participating.

The key factor for “BKM” is that there is no definite solution, simply the best methods that have been discovered so far, but not to say they are the only ways. It’s safe to say that because social media is self governing, there are socially accepted and detested behaviors that we will define during our user experience. Those in the group shared their personal experiences and asked some good questions that kept everyone involved.

Those new to social media were wide eyed and surprised that Social Media could be so “complicated” but in reality, the acceptable and detestable behaviors are no different than those you would have when meeting a person face to face. Scott Alan, author of Virtual Handshake, stresses the importance of online ettiquette which is typically forgotten because the face to face factor has been taken away. He says that online conversation is just as important if not moreso because the text we convey must convey what our hand motions, body language, eyes, and tone of voice would all convey in a personal situation.

After the meeting everyone felt energetic and motivated to take what they learned out into the online world. In order to keep that buzz alive, Jennifer Navarette held a raffle for Dave Evan’s new book Social Media Marketing, An Hour a Day. An excellent book that shares step by step how to appropriatly market yourself and/or your product online using social media tools.

A fun time was had by all and a very special thanks to San Antonio College for allowing us to host our SMC Meeting on campus, FireCat Studio and Daniella Matutes for providing the food and refreshments for the evening, and especially Alan Weinkrantz and Dave Evans for providing the raffle prizes for the evening.

You can find a recording of our meeting at http://tinyurl.com/463wfp

Enjoy!

Join SMC SA for another meeting hosted by San Antonio College and our ever gracious provider, Rocky Conrad.

The meeting will focus on best practices in social media, whether you’re hosting an event, dealing with users on various social networks, or looking to build a community. Just like anything else, there is a wrong and right way to approach things, and the discussion looks to share experiences and educate those new to the field, but also provide veterans with a basic reminder.

Come ready to share as we look to have another fun filled evening with all of you. On a personal note, I am thrilled that San Antonio can now form a solid think tank on the emergence of social media into the mainstream as we pioneer change in the city of San Antonio.

I look forward to seeing you all there!

The first Social Media Club - San Antonio meeting will be on Thursday, September 18th in the Nail Technical Center at the San Antonio College. Map and register information can be found  here. There is a nominal fee to offset the cost of hosting the event. Thanks to Rocky Conrad with SAC, Luis Sandoval, Jr. and Armando Guerra for generously providing the venue and refreshments.

Contact Jennifer or Luis to find out more:             smc.satx AT gmail DOT com