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I had the privilege to inspire on the topic “Finding business online” in Dalsland at the Event arranged by Innovatum. Erik Nissen Johansen from Stylt Trampoli also gave a lecture on Storytelling. The two subjects connect because it is all about your “WHY”. When telling the story of your brand, your product, yourself, your staff etc, tell it straight. Be personal, stay honest and give the reader a good story.

Most of the people I meet think social media is a trick or really hard to learn. My usual answer is – you all ready know how to do it successfully. If you act online as you would with your best friends and as you would in your greatest client relationships you are on your way. The technique – to post, show photos, upload videos, create buzz etc- you might need help with. Ask your fans, followers and in forums and you will get feedback. Do not hesitate to ask professionals for help as well. Social Media is the best honest marketing, PR tool out there.

Read Innovatums own blog post from The Event in Swedish here>>

Here are a few of the videos I mentioned in my talk:

Simon Sinek – Why

Charity Water – on how to tell the story passionately:

The Marmite Social Media Case

I met many fantastic people during my visit in Texas. Together with Erik Presley, CEO Eli 360, we recorded this podcast on social media´s contribution to thinning global borders (10.5)

A few highlights:
- Be proud of who you are. Find people who inspire you. Social media enables you. Stay positive. The world will be yours.
- Keep the phone off when you are in a meeting and with your family. I personally use social media so that I can spend as much quality time as possible with my family.
- When you drink a coffee with your best friend. Keep the phone in your pocket. OK to take a photo to save the moment and tweet about it.
- Honesty is key.
- Find the community that share your passion. Listen, follow trends and start asking questions.

Thank you ACU for letting the use of the Learning Studio to record this podcast. What a great place to communicate witht the world, create digital storytelling and magic. If you want to see what has happened during the year that the AT&T studio has been at ACU here is a video:

Year One: The AT&T Learning Studio from Learning Studio on Vimeo.

Hello Abilene/ACU and Austin/SXSW, looking forward to meeting you on March 4-19. What sessions do you think I should attend? What question would you like answered? I promise to share my journey here on the blog and of course on the Awoque Facebook

On Sunday my US adventures begins. I will start by visiting ACU to meet students, PR professionals, faculty, lecture and go looking for social media creativity. The award winning ACU Connected awakens my curiosity. I will share my findings with you.

On March 9, the conference South by Southwest starts and a delegation from the West Chamber of Commerce will go looking for answers to:
- How can to Göteborg / western Sweden become Europe’s number one meeting place for creative and cultural industries? Here is a short interview with the project leader Sandra Norberg (and Erik Nissen) from October at Handelskammardagarna: