C7group's Social Strategy Sandbox

How Associations are Capitalizing on Online Communities Join us on this live broadcast of Social Strategy Sandbox hosted by Jeff Marmins and brought to you by C7group Consulting and Training.Jeff will be joined by Joshua Paul, Director of Marketing and Strategy for Socious. Mr. Paul ran product strategy for the association management software company, Avectra, prior to joining the Socious team in 2012.  Our discussion on the podcast will cover how online communities differ between associations and non-profits, where online communities fit into non-profits and associations as well as some common misconceptions about online communities.   Socious provides business and association clients with online community software. Their online and mobile software has improved member engagement, collaboration, and non-dues revenue programs in Associations such as:American Association of Diabetes EducatorsAmerican Association of Law SchoolsInternational Association of Exhibitions and EventsSchool Nutrition AssociationOnline Communities are a growing centerpeise for customer and member engagement. Don't miss this great conversation!

Why Your YouTube Video Sucks(and some suggestions on what you can do about it )Join us on this live broadcast of Social Strategy Sandbox hosted by Jeff Marmins and brought to you by C7group Consulting and Training. We'll be answering the question:Why do some videos get people to view them and share them and others don't?Video and photos are the most sharable, social stuff online. How can your business benefit? What does your audience want to see?  Our guest for this broadcast, Torrey Loomis has it dialed - from the perspective of a feature film producer. Torrey is an experienced film production expert that brings his "pro game," to the world of YouTube for business.We look forward to sharing:Why you're not getting traffic on YouTube What some new and better approaches might be to winning trafficHow to inspire conversation and social sharing of your video  This will be a fun and useful talk!  Join Jeff Marmins and guest Torey Loomis on Thursday.

Tools For The Mobile, Virtual EntrepreneurPlease join us as we re-launch the Social Strategy Sandbox podcasts! This Thursday we will have a fun, engaging conversation with Ben Ilfeld, President, CEO at AdGluue, a revolutionary advertising platform that builds a better relationship between publishers of high quality content and their top advertisers. Ben is also Owner, Founder and former COO of Sacramento Press an online newspaper and revolutionary publishing platform.Ben is the consumate virtual worker, lifehacker and tech-toy afficienado. We'll talk about Devices and power mnagement for remote work, notetaking tools and device etiquette. We might get to squeeze in a bit about what to use to carry your gear. Please join Jeff Marmins, Founder and Managing Partner of C7group consulting and training on the call!

This is a re-broadcast of an interview from "The Public File" that originally aried on November 28, 2011 at various stations within Entercom Sacramento Radio.    Jeff Marmins, CEO and Founder of C7group is interviewed by Kat Maudru at Entercom Sacramento Radio about social media for business.  The conversation serves an introduction to social media in business, including the importance of the communications channels available through the internet, what tools to use and how to use these tools to improve workflow process and drive sales.  C7group is transforming the services marketplace by helping organizations realize the potential of their business from a "customers and people first" perspective. We integrate strategy with social business technology and workflow practices to provide you with a complete, integrated custom business solution.   More about C7group can be found at www.C7group.com.

Social Strategy Sandbox - Non-profit Social Business with guest Kate Towson at Sacramento Steps Forward Sacramento Steps Forward is a non-profit tasked with implementing the 10-Year Plan to End Homelessness in Sacramento County.  We will be discussing how social media helps drive the business of non-profits.   The discussion will include strategy, planning, community building and community management and tool selection.