Wouldn’t it be great if you could blog straight from Facebook, without having to use dedicated blogging platforms like WordPress or Blogger? Well, that’s actually possible, because of a Facebook app known as Notes.
When in a Rush, Better to Not Blog than to Blog with Mistakes
November 6, 2011 By 4 Comments
We’ve discussed on many occasions about the dangers of underblogging. You can’t build a community or following if you’re not posting enough original content.
I applied my own rules to this blog yesterday and the results were a lesson in blogging that I didn’t think I needed to learn. Apparently, I was wrong.
The Social Dangers of Guest Posting
October 10, 2011 By 9 Comments
Gaining guest posting opportunities on credible blogs and websites has been a staple in the Internet marketing strategies of brands, businesses and bloggers for the past several years. Building and maintaining social relationships with bloggers and audiences has always been the foolproof formula for achieving such opportunities.
What Role Will Develop in Social Media to Replace Traditional Editors?
April 24, 2011 By 4 Comments
There is a lot of controversy lately regarding the role of social media in journalism. Traditional journalistic standards require a process of vetting and fact-checking that is not required in social media. With the popularity of blogging and iReporting, anyone can report on a topic or event at any time.
Blogs and Social Media Integration Tips: Buttons
February 28, 2011 By 10 Comments
As social media continues to grow as a valid source of traffic for blogs, there are certain fundamental components that bloggers need to incorporate. Social media integration is both easy and extremely difficult – you want it to help contribute to the message but you don’t want it to be overbearing in any way.
Don’t let the desire for social media traffic hamper the quality of the blog when the traffic gets there.
Twitter and Blogging, Tips and Tools
June 14, 2009 By 28 Comments
“Every blog should have its own Twitter account.”
WHOA! Slow down. If EVERY blog had a Twitter account, the site would be “over capacity” constantly. Some web hosts claim 99.99% uptime. Twitter would be at 99.99% downtime considering there’s more blogs on the Internet than atoms in the known universe.
With that out of the way, let’s first say that “every” to me clears out spam blogs, boring blogs, worthless blogs, and blogs about bacon or politics. Hopefully, this blog doesn’t fall into any of those categories other than the occasional bacon post. Assuming there are a couple of hundred thousand quality blogs in the world right now, that wouldn’t be too hard for even the Twitter servers to handle.
Where does it all fit in and how can Twitter and blogging work together? We’ll get to that, but first… [Read more...]
Beginnings are the Hardest Part
January 19, 2008 By 1 Comment
The first post, a guest post by Social Media expert Mark Dykeman.
Beginnings are the hardest part. Getting started, going from nothing to something, can be difficult, and it is no small feat. Let’s think about this in the context of social media with a couple of analogies: [Read more...]
Bogus Lawsuits, Wins and Losses, Don’t Buy It, and Other Recent News About Digg
January 5, 2008 By 1 Comment
Digg.com is always a popular topic on blogs and tech news sites, but recently, it’s been the word of the day. Instead of posting links to dozens of stories, we’ve hand-picked and summarized some of the best ones over the last couple of weeks. Some are funny, some are sad, but no matter what, Digg is in the news. [Read more...]
