Social Media Edge Radio

Today we're talking about how to make WordPress yours instead of just using the "out of the box" solution. We'll talk about getting away from WordPress.com and getting a real WordPress hosting account you can manage. We'll also be talking about tweaking WP with plugins, widgets, themes and more. Also, joining us for the first time and taking a test drive as a regular panelist is @LAOden - so be sure to get in the chat room and keep her busy! Want to join the discussion live? Email ken @ socialmediaedge.com and include your skillset, a paragraph about yourself and a link to your best Facebook stuff. Did you know you can phone in your question or comment before the show and still have it asked when the show is live? You can do this by phoning 858-233-9373 any time, any day. When you call just state your name and ask your question or make your comment. Be sure to include your @twitter handle or web address! If you want to be notified via email when your question will be answered make sure to leave your email ad

HAPPY THANKSGIVING! The staff has the day off but the chat room will be open and at least Ken will be in there. Join us for this re-broadcast of a great show talking about the gamified social media network - Empire Avenue. Host Ken Cook: http://thekencook.com - provider of web applications, hotrodding of your CMS or creation of just about anything you want from scratch. Specializing in lead generation online through a variety of custom tools. Co-Host Jason Crouch: http://AustinTexasHomes.com - Autsin Texas area Real Estate Broker specializing in ... people who need homes! Mike Mueller: http://AreWeConnected.com - California based social marketing and branding specialist with a focus on small and medium business and amazing Facebook presences. Jeremy Blanton: http://210consulting.com - Eastern Seaboard traveling talker, trainer and consultant for bloggers and social media marketers. Join as they explore social media for newbies and grizzled veterans alike, share tips, tricks and tools for using social me

(A) Sign up for the Smokin' Hot Social Media News (tongue in cheek, mostly) at http://eepurl.com/bypV1 (B) Get in the chatroom when we're live! (C) Like our Facebook page - where you get to see all the faces of all the guests since the beginning http://facebook.com/socialmediaedgeradio (D) Follow our Paper.li with tweets from all of our previous guests http://paper.li/thekencook/smeradio-guests THIS WEEK! Marketing with Google Places and Google Maps Using Google's free tools for extending your market reach and delivering even more and relevant information to your prospects and visitors in an effort to convert them! Join hosts Ken Cook & Jason Crouch as they explore social media for newbies and grizzled veterans alike. Find a special guest interview each week with a luminary in the new media realm. @thekencook @jasoncrouch @mikemueller @TS_Elliott and @jb140 share tips, tricks and tools for using social media. Learn more about local and hyperlocal and how to maximize your online networking.

This week's roundtable is Audio Including Podcasting and we'll be talking about the benefits of audio, some basic tools, who can benefit from it and some basic things to beware of. Then we're joined by Deirdre Breakanridge.   Join hosts Ken Cook & Jason Crouch as they explore social media for newbies and grizzled veterans alike. Find a special guest interview each week with a luminary in the new media realm. @thekencook @jasoncrouch @mikemueller @TS_Elliott and @jb140 share tips, tricks and tools for using social media. Learn more about local and hyperlocal and how to maximize your online networking.

Want to join the roundtable live? Email ken @ socialmediaedge.com by Monday, October 31 at midnight and include your skillset, a paragraph about yourself and a link to your best Facebook stuff. Did you know you can phone in your question or comment before the show and still have it asked when the show is live? You can do this by phoning 858-233-9373 any time, any day. When you call just state your name and ask your question or make your comment. Be sure to include your @twitter handle or web address! If you want to be notified via email when your question will be answered make sure to leave your email address. Join hosts Ken Cook & Jason Crouch as they explore social media for newbies and grizzled veterans alike. Find a special guest interview each week with a luminary in the new media realm. @thekencook @jasoncrouch @mikemueller and @jb140 share tips, tricks and tools for using social media. Learn more about local and hyperlocal and how to maximize your online networking.

Join hosts Ken Cook & Jason Crouch as they explore social media for newbies and grizzled veterans alike. Find a special guest interview each week with a luminary in the new media realm. @thekencook @jasoncrouch @mikemueller @TS_Elliott and @jb140 share tips, tricks and tools for using social media. Learn more about local and hyperlocal and how to maximize your online networking.

Join hosts Ken Cook & Jason Crouch as they explore social media for newbies and grizzled veterans alike. Find a special guest interview each week with a luminary in the new media realm. @thekencook @jasoncrouch @mikemueller @TS_Elliott and @jb140 share tips, tricks and tools for using social media. Learn more about local and hyperlocal and how to maximize your online networking.

Online safety for your family as well as other tech tips from Monica Vila - The Online Mom. Erica Bee will talk with us about fighting cancer online as a part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Join hosts Ken Cook & Jason Crouch as they explore social media for newbies and grizzled veterans alike. Find a special guest interview each week with a luminary in the new media realm. @thekencook @jasoncrouch @mikemueller @TS_Elliott and @jb140 share tips, tricks and tools for using social media. Learn more about local and hyperlocal and how to maximize your online networking.

  Chrome, Firefox, Safari or Destroyer and why?   Favorite or most often used extension/plugin?   Any social plugins? Which ones?   The way you usually discover new social tools is ___________.   If someone is not on Twitter yet do you recommend they get on and why or why not?   Secure email, do you use it? If so what do you use?   Overall opinion of Facebook security (privacy ensured) …   Value of Twitter chats - have you, would you and do you? (Host, participate) What tool do you use if any?   Keyword monitoring - activity on your keywords, how well and how often do you track? Do you create reports for yourself or your customers?   Join hosts Ken Cook & Jason Crouch as they explore social media for newbies and grizzled veterans alike. Find a special guest interview each week with a luminary in the new media realm. @thekencook @jasoncrouch @mikemueller @TS_Elliott and @jb140 share tips, tricks and tools for using social media. Learn more about local and hyperlocal and how to maximize

Rahul Aggarwal is the CEO and co-founder of Arktan, a Silicon Valley-based pioneer of real-time Social TV and Social Brand conversation and interaction technology. Rahul founded Arktan because he was fascinated by the challenge brands were having managing the deluge of online social channels, participating in, and curating the chatter.  He wanted to find a way to help brands increase real-time interactions and conversations with their audience on their Web properties. Arktan is being used by Universal Media Group, USA Network, Lady Gaga and many others to turn their official Websites into the center of Social Web-driven engagement. They are able to bring real-time Social Web content and conversation from Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Tumblr, etc., to their websites, and enhance brand awareness with real-time conversation experiences. And customers are having up to a five-fold increase in new user registrations.  Rahul's prior experience includes his role as Distinguished Engineer at Juniper Networks, wher

  Twylah creates dynamic, engaging, and shareable “Twitter Brand Pages." Companies, personal brands, and celebrities use these "Twitter Brand Pages" to drive deeper engagement with their audience, take control of their brand, and give their followers a stunning Twitter experience. Twylah Brand Pages are SEO-friendly and can be hosted on your own domain, giving you full ownership of your Twitter content and traffic. Eric Kim, CEO & Founder of Twylah, is a successful serial entrepreneur Kelly Kim, Community Manager & Co-founder of Twylah, is a former nonprofit professional turned Twitter junkie.   Join hosts Ken Cook & Jason Crouch as they explore social media for newbies and grizzled veterans alike. Find a special guest interview each week with a luminary in the new media realm. @thekencook @jasoncrouch @mikemueller @TS_Elliott and @jb140 share tips, tricks and tools for using social media. Learn more about local and hyperlocal and how to maximize your online networking.

For full details visit SocialMediaEdge.com Join hosts Ken Cook & Jason Crouch as they explore social media for newbies and grizzled veterans alike. Find a special guest interview each week with a luminary in the new media realm. @thekencook @jasoncrouch @mikemueller @TS_Elliott and @jb140 share tips, tricks and tools for using social media. Learn more about local and hyperlocal and how to maximize your online networking.

The recent suicide of Social Media legend and personal friend in politics and business @TreyPennington did not inspire this topic but the suicide of another young man did. Bubba Moore cried out for help on his Facebook page for days and finally took his own life. It just so happens we scheduled today's guest 2 weeks ago but Trey took his own life this past Labor Day weekend. Join for our special guest today, veteran crisis prevention hotline expert and Jason Crouch's mother, Margie Wright. Join hosts Ken Cook & Jason Crouch as they explore social media for newbies and grizzled veterans alike. Find a special guest interview each week with a luminary in the new media realm. @thekencook @jasoncrouch @mikemueller @TS_Elliott and @jb140 share tips, tricks and tools for using social media. Learn more about local and hyperlocal and how to maximize your online networking.

Join hosts Ken Cook & Jason Crouch as they explore social media for newbies and grizzled veterans alike. Find a special guest interview each week with a luminary in the new media realm. @thekencook @jasoncrouch @mikemueller @TS_Elliott and @jb140 share tips, tricks and tools for using social media. Learn more about local and hyperlocal and how to maximize your online networking.

Join hosts Ken Cook & Jason Crouch as they explore social media for newbies and grizzled veterans alike. Find a special guest interview each week with a luminary in the new media realm. @thekencook @jasoncrouch @mikemueller @TS_Elliott and @jb140 share tips, tricks and tools for using social media. Learn more about local and hyperlocal and how to maximize your online networking.

Join hosts Ken Cook & Jason Crouch as they explore social media for newbies and grizzled veterans alike. Find a special guest interview each week with a luminary in the new media realm. @thekencook @jasoncrouch @mikemueller @TS_Elliott and @jb140 share tips, tricks and tools for using social media. Learn more about local and hyperlocal and how to maximize your online networking.

Join hosts Ken Cook & Jason Crouch as they explore social media for newbies and grizzled veterans alike. Find a special guest interview each week with a luminary in the new media realm. @thekencook @jasoncrouch @mikemueller @TS_Elliott and @jb140 share tips, tricks and tools for using social media. Learn more about local and hyperlocal and how to maximize your online networking.

Join hosts Ken Cook & Jason Crouch as they explore social media for newbies and grizzled veterans alike. Find a special guest interview each week with a luminary in the new media realm. @thekencook @jasoncrouch @mikemueller @TS_Elliott and @jb140 share tips, tricks and tools for using social media. Learn more about local and hyperlocal and how to maximize your online networking.

It seems almost daily now - a new invite to a never heard of program. How many are you a member of? How many do you actually use? What is your favorite one? Why?  Let's talk about it - call in or get in the chat room live! Join hosts Ken Cook & Jason Crouch as they explore social media for newbies and grizzled veterans alike. Find a special guest interview each week with a luminary in the new media realm. @thekencook @jasoncrouch @mikemueller @TS_Elliott and @jb140 share tips, tricks and tools for using social media. Learn more about local and hyperlocal and how to maximize your online networking.

Today is one of those rare days where we are not featuring a special guest but instead listening to you, learning from you and talking about the things you want to know! Today we're focusing on Google+ so hang out with us there, too! INVITE A FRIEND TO LISTEN IN! Join hosts Ken Cook & Jason Crouch as they explore social media for newbies and grizzled veterans alike. Find a special guest interview each week with a luminary in the new media realm. @thekencook @jasoncrouch @mikemueller @TS_Elliott and @jb140 share tips, tricks and tools for using social media. Learn more about local and hyperlocal and how to maximize your online networking.