Profiting From What You Know

Last night I had the privilege of presenting to Social Media Club Columbia here in my new adopted home town of Columbia, SC. We had a great turnout with lots of new folks — well, new to us — and there were lots of questions and interaction.

I was talking about how geeks can profit from social media — both by getting cash, and by building their brand. My slide deck had a tour of successful sites that ran from a site about pole dancing to a site about airline seats. And we talked about how building up your tribe can be a great way to find a new job, convince potential clients that you’re the one to hire, or just connect you with others around the world that like to collect Green Hornet comic books.

Here’s the deck. Feel free to download and enjoy. And I LOVE feedback.

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Rachael 11.13.09 at 10:36 am

Do you have a recording of you presenting this? I love the slides but they’re not making much sense to me without you explaining stuff. :D

dickcarl 11.14.09 at 8:26 am

@Rachael –
I was planning on recording the audio, but we had some technical challenges. Maybe I can “re-create” it and do a little Orson Welles version to post next week. I’ll let you know.

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