Jeff Turner provides a perfect metaphor in opening for ReBarCamp Denver.  The name of the talk; "I Cut My Own Grass"

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Jim Turner of One By One Media is no stranger to social media, he has been an avid blogger since 2004.  Jim has been able to become a consultant with social media by helping others become more knowledgeable in the trade.  He'll help change our view on marketing, advertising and public relations.

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Bill Lublin, founder of the Social Media Institute is a realtor and is actively involved in leadership at N.A.R.  He is based out of Philadelphia, PA and is a regular speaker for REBarcamps across the country.  At the Denver ReBarCamp, Bill will share with us the value of Whuffie and how to accumulate it.

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The ever so accomplished author and informative blogger, Lorelle VanFossen teaches us how to engage in conversation that leads to conversation.  Lorelle on WordPress is her book and it elaborates on building blog content and community.

Rob McNealy one of Colorado's top Twitter users and a true authority, shares with us his thoughts and strategies on using Twitter and social media to gain more visibility.

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BrokerIPTV:  Hi.  I am Mark Eibner with RE BarCamp Denver and I have the great honor to be speaking with Rob McNealy and Rob McNealy is the most followed individual on Twitter at least in Colorado he claims, not in the US, but in Colorado and welcome Rob.

Rob McNealy:  Hey, thanks for having me out.

Interviewer:  Hey, great, great speech today.  Great talk today.  I think there is a lot of people that are still confused about what Twitter is.  What's the simple essence of twitter?

Rob McNealy:  It's conversation.  It's that simple.  Being able to engage with lots of different people in lots of different places, efficiently, easily, across the world, that is all it is.  It's nothing more complicated than that.

Interviewer:  Yeah, it's really just the ultimate networking tool.  It's like being able to attend 20 parties at one time instead of one party a month.

Rob McNealy:  Exactly.  The beauty is that you could have a conversation about anything any time of the day.  If you have a decent amount of followers, you could talk about anything and there will be someone that at least is knowledgeable about that, that has some experience in that, that has interest in that, and then once you connect with those people, it's just great.  So, I am... some days, I am on Twitter on Friday nights you know screwing around[Phonetic] and I will get nostalgic and listen to some old YouTube videos, music in the '80s for instance.  I will post I am listening to this Random Man that I used to like back in the '80s and a big conversation will come up and that leads to things like what they were doing when that band was popular, like, "Oh, I was in high school," and "Men at Work was out there or "I was you know dating my first girlfriend."  "Oh, I really loved that song when I got my first car when I was 16" and then you get to really know people and develop these friendships because ultimately that's what you would talk about in a bar.

Interviewer:  Yeah.

Rob McNealy:  That's what you would talk about if you are meeting someone at a cocktail party.  Twitter allows you to do that 24 hours seven days a week with people all over the world.

Interviewer:  Yeah, it really truly is amazing.  I mean the whole social media phenomenon is something even more powerful than like the Gutenberg Press.  I mean it really is.

Rob McNealy:  I don't know if it's that influential, but I definitely think that it's a paradigm shift in how people collectively communicate with each other without having to go through gatekeepers and I think that's fundamentally what the big difference in social media is, but right now at this moment in time, Twitter is the best tool that you have.

Interviewer:  So, you are an independent businessman, you run a flooring company, is that correct?

Rob McNealy:  I do.  I run a flooring company and a digital marketing agency called contrivedmedia.com.

Interviewer:  Well, let me ask you this other than music that you are listening to when you are bored on Friday night, what... what's the main emphasis?  What do you mostly tweet out to your followers?  What do they want from you?

Rob McNealy:  Well, one of the things I do a lot is I look and search for interesting information, not only just for my followers, but for me.  I am really very selfish.  I am looking for things that I find interesting and things that I find interesting, I make the assumption that people are following me also might find interesting and I send and post those links to that interesting content.  I think it's probably the number one thing that I do on Twitter and then you know, I am just trying to make friends with people.  I am trying to connect with people.  People buy and work with and joint venture with and partner with people they know, like, and trust and it takes time to develop that trust and that friendship and so the more, you know, mundane details people know about you and your life and your passions and the dreams and things you have done, the better you can build that relationship.

Interviewer:  Yeah.  Well, actually great information today Rob.  We really appreciate you giving us the interview.

Rob McNealy:  Thank you so much for having me out.

Interviewer:  We will be in touch.

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