Jan
19

One Cool Way to Grab My Attention

By | Business, Networking, Social Media

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On January 12th, I posted a tweet asking the question, “If a business were going to hire you for a few hours per week to apply your social media savvy, how would you best use that time for them?” I asked it because it was asked of me in just that same way.

Jan
16

Social Media Marketing is More than Connection Collection

By | Networking, Social Media

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“Social media marketing” is a fad, a trend, and it’s raging with popularity right now. Will it last? Absolutely, but not as we know it today. Some of the buzz words will eventually be dropped and social media marketing will finally be seen for what it is – a very effective single prong of a…
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Jan
11

The One Thing That Might Just KILL Your Blogging Success

By | Blogging, Social Media, Video

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In this short video, I’ve shared some thoughts about the single greatest threat to your blog, or even your entire blogging career. A few notes are below… The single greatest threat to your blogging career is YOU! Four ways you can kill your own blog… Greed – getting anxious to see the return can cause…
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Jan
06

Cliqset is What Twitter Could Be and What Friendfeed Almost Was

By | Apps & Tools, Networking, Social Media, Technology

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cliqset

I’m assuming you’ve heard of this new thing called Twitter. It’s okay. It has a few fans. And maybe you’ve also heard of a tool called Friendfeed.. It used to have a few fans, but they all left when Facebook bought Friendfeed. (I exaggerate.) Well, enter Cliqset. I’m in love.

Dec
26

Yep, Feedburner Drops Friendfeed From the Subscriber Count… For a Few Days

By | Networking, Social Media

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UPDATE 12/28: All is restored. But I think my opinion, below, still stands in spite of the personal cost. UPDATE 12/27: Hold the phone! There hasn’t been much communication about this issue from Feedburner or Friendfeed, but just a couple of hours ago, Feedburner posted this update on Twitter: “As many have noticed there appears…
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Dec
11

Six Twitter Alternatives to #FollowFriday

By | Networking, Social Media

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When I first started using Twitter heavily, the #FollowFriday hashtag was just taking off, and I genuinely looked forward to Fridays because of it (which might be a sign of a social media addiction). I’ve always appreciated anybody that has mentioned me. But has #FollowFriday lost its original luster? I say, if you enjoy #FollowFriday,…
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Dec
08

Your Blog Is Bigger Than Any One Post

By | Blogging, Social Media, Writing

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Your next blog post might make you hundreds or millions of dollars overnight. You’ll write an ebook, teach a course, offer a certification for others who want to write similar posts, and you’ll be “successful”… right?

Dec
07

Why I De-activated My Sponsored Tweets Account

By | Monetization, Social Media

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spontwts

I’ve sent out over 20,000 tweets since getting started on Twitter. Exactly three of them have been sponsored (via Sponsored Tweets). Each carried a disclosure of some kind and I earned a total of $23 from those tweets. But some feelings kept nagging me, so I erred on the side of caution and de-activated my…
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Dec
04

Don’t Be a Social Media Know-it-all

By | Social Media

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social-media-guru

I don’t normally rant about things, especially when everyone else is ranting about them, but I was inspired after reading a rant by Olivier Blanchard (aka, the Brand Builder) about a nearly $3,000 course offered by a particular social media… thing, which offers you the opportunity to become certified… in something. You’ve got to read…
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Dec
02

Do Not Be Annoying When Promoting Your Blog

By | Blogging, Networking, Social Media

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Think of all the ways there are to promote your blog. You have Twitter, Facebook, Friendfeed, Digg, and any other social media site.  Then you have blogging networks like Blogged, Blog Engage, and Blog Catalog.  Finally, there are the powers of word-of-mouth and then through any comment made on any other blog. All of these…
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Nov
19

One Awesome Three-Pronged Approach to Twitter Marketing

By | Social Media

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Twitter + Marketing = One Big Controversy. I have all kinds of opinions about “marketing” yourself on Twitter and what that means, but Brian K. McDaniel (aka, bkmacdaddy) seems to sum it up quite right. Though Brian and I probably wouldn’t line up 100% on every issue, I do love his three major points… Stop…
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Nov
05

Blogging Won’t Kill You, It Won’t Even Make You Weird

By | Networking, Social Media

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People who hang out online, whether on those things called “blogs” or those other things called “social networks” (especially Twitter and Facebook) are all really weird, right? They’re socially out-of-touch recluses who are damaging their psyches? Well, apparently NOT.