Team Dasheroo went to the infamous Social Media Marketing World (#SMMW15) conference with a BANG! We wanted to meet and learn from the pros and network with everyone who cared about social media since that’s what we decided to build business dashboards for first. Turns out it was about 3200 people that cared enough about it to spend a cool $1k per person. Fierce! Thanks to Michael Stelzner (amazing guy) and his awesome team for a fantastic show.

We went to a few sessions that really touted the fact that on social media you need to be real, you need to be fun and you need to be personable.

Be Real

Ann Handley, Marketing Profs, really drove this point home with dozens of examples of great companies that are being “real” on their websites and with their email marketing campaigns. It was all about being real as a business and people falling in love with who you are. Pretty powerful stuff and something we all take for granted. Thanks Ann!

• Not more content, better content..get sassy! @annhandley #SMMW15

Be Fun

Sue B. Zimmerman, The Instagram Expert, really drove this point home. Instagram as a medium is visual and should be fun but should always tie back to what you’re all about. If you’re an enterprise software company and you post pics of your kitty with no tie-in, it’s not good.

• It’s all about a great bio and thoughtful content to be a success on Instagram! @SueBZimmerman
• Don’t overpost or underpost to Instagram, you’ll lose followers and engagement! @SueBZimmerman #SMMW15

Be Human

Ted Rubin who owns the hashtag #RonR, or return on relationship, had a fantastic session where he talked about how for him it’s personal with his content. He loves crazy socks, he takes pics of his crazy socks and posts them. People now come to expect images of his socks! Melonie Dodaro, LinkedIn expert, also had a few things to say about it as well.

• Reach and frequency is great, but a community is power” well said @TedRubin #SMMW15
• Interact, engage, look people in the eye, and build relationships. #RonR
• Social has made marketing hard and tools make it look too easy. Don’t forget the people! Great session already with @TedRubin #SMMW15
• Don’t worry about ur company LI page, focus on your personal profile. people want to deal with people, not a logo. @MelonieDodaro #SMMW15
• Wanna rank high 4 ur profile on linkedin? Optimize keywords as a person not a ‘thing’ as u would on google. @MelonieDodaro #SMMW15

So bottom line? Don’t hide behind who you really are on social media and you’ll have a ton of fun with your followers!