Today’s guest post is written by Kyle Simpson. Kyle writes for Medical Coding Certification where you can find more information about a career and training in the medical field. If you think that a call center somewhere in India and an email address are the only ways to provide customer service for your business, you [...]
The “Buzz” about Google Buzz is in full swing. Google Buzz is Google’s attempt at social networking and they are definitely making a statement, who it’s directed at is anyone’s guess, Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft? Google is no stranger at trying to gain social networking market share, the past tells the story, Dodgeball, Jaiku, Orkut all failed horribly. [...]
In my last post, I hinted that Dairy Queen would be joining FriendFeed. Dairy Queen recognizes how to leverage social media, they also realize that it’s about going where your customers are and establishing a presence. Dairy Queen engages their customers and fans through their blog, their Facebook page, Twitter account and now finally on FriendFeed. [...]
It seems that for many, this thing or shall I say buzzword we call social media has become strictly a numbers game. He who has the most followers wins. We are seeing this time and time again, on Twitter, Facebook and so forth. It’s at a point where it’s out of control, I feel. The [...]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
Last week I decided to stray from the herd on FriendFeed. My mission was to spend five days getting to know the people that I follow better. For five days I only commented, liked and shared content of individuals in my member circle. For the most part the experiment was a success. My mistake was [...]
The criteria for staying active in social media can be defined and interpreted in many different ways. This leads me to the foundation first, contribution. The frequency at which we contribute, dictates the level of our activity and inactivity in social media.Measuring an individuals level of activeness can be based on the mechanisms we use [...]
Last night I blogged about 10 people you should follow on Friendfeed. This morning when I awoke and checked my email, I was pleasantly surprised. My inbox was flooded with 70+ new subscribers. 70+ new editors, who for the most part, (I) think share a majority of the same interests as I do. As you [...]
On Friendfeed, I am currently subscribed to 190 people. This post lists the top 10 people I find the most interesting, according to Friendfeed. If you share the same general interests in social media as I do, you should consider subscribing to their feeds. If you are currently subscribed to me on Friendfeed, then you [...]
—————– Do you surf the information social highway at work? —- If you are like me you check in with your various social networks throughout the day while at work. It’s a daily necessity for us social media connoisseurs to stay constantly connected to our online networks, whether it’s professional or personal. For a lot [...]
Addiction -The condition of being habitually or compulsively occupied with or involved in something. The question is simple, are you addicted to online social networking e.g. Friendfeed, MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, and too what extent? Do you obsessively check your multiple social networking sites accounts every hour on the hour or less? Do you constantly check [...]
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