Posts about LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites and social media marketing
Yesterday I wrote about things you might do that could get you banned from Facebook. The main reasons people seem to be getting banned is not that they are doing specific actions, but they are doing them too much. So how much is too much? That’s the rub. There doesn’t appear to be a permanent […]
Banned From Facebook? Part 2 Read More »
Monday morning I saw a Tweet from internet marketer Kathleen Gage; she’d been banned from Facebook. I was surprised to say the least. I know there are spammers and unethical types on Facebook and elsewhere on the web, but Kathleen isn’t one of them. I’m connected to her in multiple social media sites and know
Banned From Facebook? How To Avoid this Fate Read More »
I assume that anyone who is blogging wants to build traffic – increase readers. And if you’re blogging for business, not for pleasure, there’s nothing to assume. But not all blog posts are created equal. Some get tons of traffic and some are ignored. Some ignite a ton of comments and some leave you wondering
Anatomy of a Successful Blog Post Read More »
Since I’m new to social bookmarking myself, I thought I’d ask my LinkedIn network for their thoughts. As always, I got some great ideas from them, including strategies I might not have thought up myself. On of the main uses of social bookmarking is sharing of links. Whether it’s for people using multiple computers (one
Strategies for Social Bookmarking Read More »
Like all things social media, social bookmarking is something I have known about for a while but have hesitated using because I didn’t really understand it. However recently a few friends have convinced me of the benefits. I’ve spent some time using both Delicious (formerly Del.icio.us) and StumbleUpon, added plug-ins for both sites to my
How to Use Social Bookmarking Read More »
Thanks to Janet Barclay’s Tweet this morning, I’ve discovered an interesting new tool called Loaded Web. The folks at Loaded Web are “trying to be the first purely geo-based blog directory. This means we want to organize blogs primarily by geography – where the blogger is from.” They are doing the same for Twitter. Why
What is Loaded Web? Read More »
Knowing how much to share of yourself is one of the biggest stumbling blocks people have about social media. In traditional marketing you are talking about the product or the results the product achieves, not yourself. But social media turns that on its head. People expect you to talk about yourself. And that’s not a
Personal vs Private on Social Media Read More »
I often hear from people who spent some time on Facebook or LinkedIn but eventually gave up because they just didn’t see results. Others keep going but are telling me they don’t know if it’s working. If you’re not seeing results – or you’re just not sure what they are – you need to take
Are you unhappy with the results you’re getting from social media? Read More »
When you hear the phrase “social media” you probably imagine sites like Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter. I know I do. But we can’t forget that blogs are an important part of the social media world. Unlike static websites which are meant to be a one-way communication, consumed by visitors, blogs are designed to be part
Blogs Are Social Media Too – Blogging Boomers Carnival 102 Read More »
I was on LinkedIn this morning checking the LinkedIn Answers section. On person asked how to use Twitter, saying he didn’t get it. Several answers were from people who agreed that they didn’t quite know what to do with it. This made me laugh a little, because I don’t know if I could function without
Five Ways to Get More Out of Twitter Read More »