Well folks it’s a new year and I wanted to kick it off properly. I put my heart and soul into this post, and I hope you get some value out of it. Below is an excerpt, please head over to louisgray.com to view the post in its full entirety. Getting started with social media, [...]
Social Media like anything else requires commitment, time and patience. You must first pay your dues, learn and contribute, in order to get achievable results from it, of course all this depends on your objectives for using social media. If you’re new to this and going to be using it for any financial gain, either [...]
Another week has ended, and it’s a new month. So it’s time to get caught up if you haven’t been here in a while. This is the weekly recap of posts I have written. Please visit the hyperlinks to read the posts in their full entirety. 1) I shine the spotlight on 10 FriendFeed members [...]
Louis Gray handed me the keys to his blog last week, so I have been having a little fun over there lately. This is the weekly recap of posts I have written . Please visit the hyperlinks to read the posts in their full entirety. SEO is still relevant, I touch on 15 tips for [...]
I wanted to let all of my friends and readers of this blog to know what’s been happening lately. I apologize about the lack of updates. I have been spending a majority of my time offline taking care of some family related issues. I have been blogging on other sites. Most recently Louis Gray handed [...]
This post highlights 10 members that you should follow on FriendFeed. For those of you that are new to my blog, this will be the third post of this type. The previous ones are located here and here. There are several more hundred people that belong on this list. I will publish a new list [...]
If you are going to start using social media, you should at least have an understanding of what it’s about. Social media is not about the tools, the tools are only a facilitator. Starting with the basics. Roll your sleeves up, get dirty and stake your claim: 1) Register your domain name, preferably a dot [...]
I have been traversing on the Internet for a little over a decade now. Throughout the years I have had a number of personal blogs on various blogging platforms that have come and gone. I have never taken any of these blogs seriously, nor have I updated with any frequency, because it was just that, [...]
My last post touched on 10 tools that business and individuals can use for listening in social media. In this post I want to highlight some of the more popular tools, and touch upon some general thoughts for personal branding and self promotion, using social media. Remember the key to your success is your network. [...]
This post highlights 10 tools for discovery and managing url and brand chatter. If you’re doing business online or offline, these tools are essential. As the saying goes, “keeping your ear to the street.” 1) Google Blog/Web Search: Google web search should be your obvious first choice for listening. Web search will sometimes drown you [...]
In July I wrote a blog post titled 10 people you should follow on Friendfeed. The list detailed the top 10 people I find the most interesting, according to Friendfeed’s statistics. This time around I’m highlighting 20 more people that I find interesting, and I think that you will too. The post in July was [...]
Now that I have my established lists, the task of organizing begins. With several hundred subscriptions, the keyword is bulk management. FriendFeed allows you to bulk add friends to a desired list. However, it does not allow you to bulk remove friends off your primary home feed. This task is taking a considerable amount of [...]
Lately, I have been reading quite a few posts on the importance of owning your name in search. For whatever the reason may be, personal or financial, getting your name out there on the web is the most important factor that decides if you will sink or swim. The first thing you must realize on [...]
I was thinking about all the data we lifestream. What does this data say about us? How valuable is this data in the right corporation’s hands? Bookmarks are very telling of a individuals mindset, habits, and interests. The same interpretations can be made about the data we lifestream. A person’s digital fingerprint is a potential [...]
Kyle Lacy recently wrote a posting asking, when does a subscription turn into a relationship? While I don’t think there is a simple answer for this question, relationships offline should be formed and encouraged. People that I follow through online social media, I follow because our interests are pretty much similar. There are at least [...]
In the world of social media, establishing, engaging, maintaining and growing your follower base is crucial for any type of success. We use a variety of social networking sites, tools, and platforms to establish and broadcast to our potential and existing follower base. Power in numbers often dictates and dominates the said outcomes. We work [...]
The bookmarking system I am referring to is liking something on FriendFeed. Liking an item not only serves as an encouraging vote for the content author, but it also serves as a great bookmarking tool. In addition, the liking feature performs as a: Presence system Bookmarking system Recognition system The river of content flows fast [...]
I posted a few days ago on FriendFeed about wanting to get more social with my bookmarking. I primarily was referring to using all the features of Diigo to their full extent. One of which is the ability to comment on bookmarks. Hutch Carpenter recently commented on some of my Diigo bookmarks. This is what [...]
In the quest towards becoming early adapters, we often sign up for anything and everything. It seems every other day there are new services launching. Most of us feel we need to stake an early claim within that service just in case the it actually takes off. While a few make it, the majority fade [...]
I am always on the search for the latest and greatest social media applications. I am often too quick to sign up for a service based solely on hype. Perhaps most of us technophiles are an easy sell. Mention the word “beta” and you have a new instant subscriber, no questions asked. Whether or not [...]
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