Social Media Tips for Cops is an interview with our CopsAlive.com contributor Chuck Rylant about The 7 Deadly Mistakes Cops can Avoid with Social Media in Business or on their personal pages.
First, Our Congratulations to our CopsAlive.com contributor Chuck Rylant who just recently retired from his career of over a decade in law enforcement to pursue his financial management business full time. Before he opened his financial planning practice, he worked in a number of different police roles including detective and SWAT team member. He was also a firearms and self-defense tactics instructor. Way to go Chuck and congratulations on your transition!
As he has developed his financial management practice Chuck has become an expert of sorts on the business use of Social Media networks like: Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. In our 30 minute interview we discuss how you can better utilize the social media networks for… personal or business uses and Chuck lists 7 Deadly Mistakes Cops can Avoid with Social Media.
Deadly Mistake # 1 – Creating a profile, ignoring it, and wondering why nothing is happening.
Deadly Mistake # 2 – Being just a logo or a business online
Deadly Mistake # 3 – Over promoting
Deadly Mistake # 4 – Not promoting
Deadly Mistake # 5 – No call to action
Deadly Mistake # 6 – Being passive
Deadly Mistake # 7 – Not bringing your tribe/herd beyond social media
If you would like to learn more you can listen to our 32 minute interview here:
Or you can download the 5.7 MB mp3 file by RIGHT CLICK HERE to download (that’s CONTROL CLICK if you use a Mac then SAVE LINK AS…) a copy of the mp3 file.
If you would like to download a PDF file of Chuck’s ” 7 Deadly Mistakes to Avoid with Social Media” CLICK HERE.
And you can learn more about Chuck Rylant and his business by visiting his website at: http://www.ChuckRylant.com
Again, our thanks go out to Chuck Rylant who has always graciously given his time to help fellow law enforcement officers build their financial and business knowledge and portfolios.
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Please join us April 15, 2011 when we present an eight hour training block on Comprehensive Survival Skills at the International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association (ILEETA) conference being held at the Westin Chicago North Shore in Wheeling, Illinois. John Marx, Christian Dobratz, Lisa Wimberger and Dale Graff will present four two-hour blocks entitled “Tactical Wellness: To Serve with Valor, Protect Yourself Now” (Marx); “The Cumulative Effects of Stress – Recognition, Intervention and Survival” (Dobratz); “Emotional Survival and Stress Management” (Wimberger); and “Optimizing Survival: Enhancing External and Internal Awareness” (Graff). Please join us for what is going to be an eye-opening discussion on Law Enforcement Wellness and Career Survival. To learn more about the conference CLICK HERE.
John S. Marx, CPP is Executive Director of The Law Enforcement Survival Institute;
Lisa Wimberger is the CEO of Trance Personnel Consulting Group;
Christian Dobratz is an Assistant Professor at Minnesota State University at Mankato;
Dale Graff is a Facilitator, author and former Director of the military’s Stargate
Project.
