There are so many ways people use Twitter. Some with good social media practices and others who exploit the systems just to get followers. Chris Brogan recently wrote Get More Twitter Followers TODAY, a kind of tongue-in-cheek, but had insightful suggestions for people to use Twitter more effectively rather than crap on the system. By
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Social Media: For Those In Business
Let us face it, for those with small businesses, when you raise it from ground up, you will become passionate about your business. You want people to know and do business with you. You want to shout it out to the world that you have a business. The issue is – how do you shout
[Continue Reading...]Social Media: A Case Study on FanHistory.com
In late May 2009, I applied to become a social media intern for FanHistory.com (the company is FanHistory LLC.) Fanhistory as I mentioned in another blog is a wiki site for fans. Already this site had over 750,000 articles in a variety of fandoms when I took the position. When I first joined, the site
[Continue Reading...]For the Noobs: What Is Social Media?
Social Media has been big in 2009. Some social networks have risen to the top and some have even fallen. However, there has been an alarming number of people getting the wrong impression about social media. As Brian Clark Copyblogger states in his article Since When Are Blogs Not Social Media?, people are trying to
[Continue Reading...]Is There Such A Thing As Too Many Social Network Sites?
Social Networking sites have become popular over the past few years. Each place competes and adds new features to keep their visitors interested. These sites provide a way to: Connect with other people in similar niche Find old friends and possibly connect with extended family members Provide entertaining applications Sell products or provide an online
[Continue Reading...]Be A Pitchman For Your Blog
Yes, I did say ‘pitchman’, but really- you are a salesman of your blog even if you are not selling anything for cash. You are trying to connect and influencing people whether outside or inside your expertise. Like Billy Mays was, he was confident in his products and with his loud voice and knack for
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