Indianapolis Ranks 44th Among List of Socially Connected Cities
In a recent link shared by Patric Welch of Noobie on Facebook, I discovered that Indianapolis is perhaps not quite as connected as I would have thought compared to other US cities. Indianapolis ranked 44th among Top 100 Socially Networked Cities in the U.S.
Is ranking 44th on the list a surprise to you?
Other cities of note to give you an idea include:
- Washington, DC – #1
- Orlando, FL – #7
- Austin, TX – #8
- Cincinnati, OH – #11
- Las Vegas, NV – #25
- Nashville, TN – #32
- Los Angeles, CA – #33
- Chicago, IL – #39
- New York City, NY – #53
Austin doesn’t surprise me too much as their the home of SXSW every year, perhaps a little lower than I expected. But I guess it shouldn’t count if everyone just connects in your city for a short period of time. With the music industry in Nashville and so many bands and musicians using social media and “networking”, I’d think Nashville would have ranked a little higher than #32.
Our friend Dr. Thomas Ho is doing what he can to further connect the city of Orlando like he did while he was living in Indianapolis, but they’re doing pretty well at #7.
Indianapolis has our tweetups, Smaller Indiana, and of course Blog Indiana. But are they doing what we need? Perhaps you’re asking yourself “Well, how did they measure the cities?” Good question!
It was a combination of determining the amount of people using LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter per capita. Then they also added online advertising traffic from sites like MySpace, Friendster, Reddit and Digg. Is that enough? What better ways could they have used?
Regardless of how they ranked Indianapolis, what do you think we should do to try and improve our position? Should we worry about it at all?
Church Brothers Driving Indianapolis Business with Social Media
I had a great experience a couple of weeks ago with Church Brothers Collision Repair. I had seen that they were on twitter and sent them a quick message asking if they repaired broken seatbelt retractors.
They responded that they did so I let them know I would plan on coming into their downtown location to have them give me an estimate.
When I walked in to the location, Danyel greeted me warmly and I let her know that I was interested in getting a quote on repairing my seatbelt in my car. She confirmed that I was the person that asked about it on twitter and I asked if she was the one that managed the account.
Danyel said no but that their corporate office was looking to use twitter more to interact with customers and potential customers and they contacted her because I said I’d probably stop by their location today.
Danyel got a specialist, Wes, to come out and look at my car and see what I needed with my seatbelt. While he was looking at the car I also asked him about replacing some of the interior door handles that were starting to crack and break. Wes worked up a quote for me on the price for replacing the items and the labor involved. I couldn’t have asked for any better customer service and interaction from Danyel and Wes. They both did a tremendous job.
What a great extension of using twitter to work with customers, then build on that interaction by letting locations know to expect that customer and to reinforce the positive experience of using twitter.
Bravo and kudos to the Church Brothers Collision Repair team for making my experience with their company and absolutely positive one.
Now I just have to figure out how I’m going to pay the money to get the new seatbelt mechanism replaced and installed. Seat belts aren’t important are they? Yeah, that’s what I thought.
Blog Indiana 2009 Less Than a Week Away! – REGISTER NOW!
It’s official! I’m registered for the Blog Indiana conference taking place next week in Indianapolis. It’s the 2nd year for the event and I absolutely cannot wait to see what’s in store. There will be over 50 speakers and panelists at this year’s event and I’m sure I’ll walk away with pages of notes on how to improve, expand or focus my blogging efforts for another year.
I was going to say that if you’re a blogger in Indiana you MUST come to this event! Then I decided that would be too exclusive.
- If you’re not a blogger and just curious about what’s all this hubbub is about. THIS IS THE CONFERENCE FOR YOU!
- If you’re in business and want to know how all this technology could help you succeed! THIS IS THE CONFERENCE FOR YOU!
- If you’re within driving distance from Indianapolis. THIS IS THE CONFERENCE FOR YOU!
- If you’re wondering what all this social media stuff is all about. THIS IS THE CONFERENCE FOR YOU!
- If you’re an "expert" in blogging or social media. THIS IS THE CONFERENCE FOR YOU!
- If you’re breathing. THIS IS THE CONFERENCE FOR YOU!
You get my point.
There’s so much great information to expect from this conference that you’ll want to be here participate. Last year’s conference was a great success and was the first year. Building on that event and moving forward, this year’s conference will be sure to be a success as well.
If you haven’t yet been convinced, visit the Blog Indiana website and find out a little more about some of the great speakers, informative sessions and all-around good time that’s to be had in Indianapolis next Thursday through Saturday. Oh, and while you’re on the site, go ahead and register!
