Inside the Social Media - A Beginners Look (from LifeNuggets blog)

 This entry is from my LifeNuggets blog - it discusses  my Social Media Findings. It was written back in October 2009. 
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  With some things we do in Social Media, one may wonder how anyone gets anywhere with the endless amount of information available at any given time, and in real time to boot! It amazes me that with Twitter you can get news about things WAY ahead of CNN or any other news outlet. It just goes to show how powerful a tool it can be, if used correctly.
I've been riding this Social Media train now for about three months, am looking ahead and can see an almost endless potential for what social media can do for me, and for you too. As mentioned before a good place to start is Twellow it's a Twitter directory, broken down in a variety of ways - first you can look for folks to follow via directory, or simply type in a keyword, say 'voiceover' - you will find my profile at #5 - (as of February 2010 I am now 13th) the site also give you good and detailed information about the 'tweeters' you find, as well as some of their most recent updates.
If your looking for a more 'newsy' approach to Social Media, and the latest 'headlines' click over to Social Media Today. Of course, SMT will also give you other places to check out within Social Media too - so your getting more than just headlines.
Finally, at least for this shortened blog entry, another place that is amazing and filled with good 'nuggets' of information from some great sources is Twine. You have to join this site, but you can see the value on the homepage alone. Once a member search for Social Media(as well as any other interests you have), join some groups, and Twine will send you an email digest to 'digest' at your leisure - pretty cool.
Lastly, I have found several sites that help me with housekeeping(passwords, cleanup, etc.)

myvidoop.com remembers passwords and uses a 3x4 shield for 'your' identity - it's also
OpenID compatible

Comodo offers free security solutions(Firewall, Antivirus, Email Spam) software is reliable and
updates regularly

Tweetdeck specifically for 'Twitter' - allows 'groups' to easily follow certain people - is fully
integrated and even includes Facebook updates as well


Manta  - place to list your small business - allows you to integrate Facebook and Twitter updates and offers a 'clean' template to list your business.

VodPod - allows you to easily integrate videos from social media sites including YouTube, into a clean, streamlined player that allows 'customers' to remain on your site and view your media. (to see it in action visit my site and see the bar on the right)


 if you have other sites worth mentioning or if you found this helpful, please let me know be sending me an email: ontheairproductions@live.com


 you can also follow my On The Air Productions Blog  


Thanks,
—Justin

Justin Phillips is Production Director for radio stations in Eugene, Oregon. He also does freelance voiceover work. His details are listed below.



http://ontheairprod.blogspot.com - main Social Media Integration blog
http://justinphillips.us - Voiceover site
http://justinphillips.voices.com Voices.com Voiceover site


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Feelin’ Like Fall

  The winds are starting to return and the colors on the trees are changing – it must be Fall in the Willamette Valley(although I’m still plucking tomatoes off of the plant in the backyard.) It’s that wonderful time of the year where pumpkins and apple cider take over the senses and the thrill of October baseball are on my mind. I’m glad my Phillies are in the playoffs too! It sucks they get no respect and get the crappiest TV time at 2:37ET to start. 

Had some client work this morning with NextStep Recycling and I am looking forward to writing and producing a ‘Pumkpin a Day Keeps the Spooks Away’ promo this week. (I’m still in the writing process – it could go in a few different directions still.) Looking forward to lots of sound effects and voiceover effects.

On the Radio Forecast Network side, it’s starting to get colder out across the country – although we get a taste of upper 60s and 70s this week here in Eugene – the nights are in the upper 30s though.

Aside from that the freelance voiceover department seems a little quiet, with the exception of the quick commercial read or :10 tag. I’m still plugging away on Voices.com hoping to get an ‘audition bite.’ 

If you don’t know a lot about me and are curious, feel free to read on. People who know me are aware that I am somewhat a TV Junkie when it comes to favorite shows, thus far the new tv season has really been fun to watch – I love that Lawrence Fishburne has fit into CSI as well as he has after ‘Grissom’ left. CSI Miami is still moving right along at a great pace as well. Onto some of the new shows that I really enjoy.

FlashForward has to be the best new show of the Fall season. Lots of drama, they are starting to take the plot in a lot of different directions, which I’m not really a huge fan of, but it’s still ‘follow alongable’ – ah another new word! LOL – onto the comedies…

the CBS comedies still hold my attention, and my wife likes them too! We’re also ‘trying’ some of the new ABC comedies, including ‘Modern Family’ and ‘Cougar Town’ – we’ve also taken a liking to ‘Eastwick.’

Aside from tv, more importantly I have a daughter on the way and am thrilled(we’re not going to make it some reality tv thing, I promise.) my wife, Krysten, is feeling the kicking and we’re both really excited.

If you would like to follow me, feel free to visit my site at JustinPhillips.us 

If your just getting into Social Media I wrote a piece a few months back that is still relevant about sites I found useful when starting out. You can find it here 

thanks for visiting!

JP

Midweek VO Thoughts

I can’t believe we’re into Wednesday already. Last night as I was falling asleep I had an idea for the Voiceover World – of course I use the word ‘World’ kind of loosely. I am looking to start something, at first on Facebook – a group – where voiceover artists can go and talk about whatever they want – be it their latest gig, their favorite client, what it is that makes them tick as an artist – occasionally I was considering going as far as having VO artists post their demos so that others could critique and give feedback (positive of course.) In all, a place where we could go as Voiceover Artists to unwind, and relax and just converse about what we do in our lives. (I’m sure some are already using Twitter/Facebook/LinkedIn to share their accomplishments, but this would be more in depth then your everyday run of the mill “Allstate has me in Good Hands, I Just Saved 15% and Ran for the Border for the SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY Back to School BLOWOUT Sale on Pencils and Paper with a 50% coupon for Applebees” voiceover you just did.
I will be setting up this group soon on Facebook and I look forward to people joining and conversing/learning and talking. If you have any thoughts on the above, please feel free to share them.
thanks,
JP