Social Media
Twitter is Great, But Take The Conversation Back To Your Blog
Guest Post from Grant Griffiths. I would be the first one to admit that Twitter has had a huge impact on both my blog and our business this last year. In fact, I get tremendous amounts of traffic to Blog For Profit every time I do a post when I let my twitter followers know [...]
Is Twitter Becoming An Echo Chamber of Marketers?
I’ve heard this claim before. The idea that Twitter is really only useful for people trying to sell things online. Do you think it is true? I posed the question to my Twitter followers a few days ago. Here are some of the responses. frankangelone @davidrisley I’d say to some degree that Twitter is becoming [...]
Is It Just Me? [Social Media Gripes]
In this line of work, I see a lot of things. We all do. And some of those things are annoying. So, I’m going to spill 10 gripes of mine when it comes to social media and blogging. You know, just to get it off my chest. Calling yourself a social media expert is like [...]
Tweet or Die, Big Corp
Back in 2008, I was walking inside the Luxor hotel in Las Vegas. I was heading over to a party thrown by B5 Media inside one of the many restaurants inside Luxor. I couldn’t find it. I was straight-up lost. Just to vent, I took out my phone and tweeted about it. Within a couple [...]
Twitter Meets Multi-Level Marketing = Tweetglide [Review]
Tweetglide. The new Tweetdeck killer. Or so they would have you believe… Last week, I got an email from Mike Filsaime. Now, Mike is a well-known internet marketer. I follow the world of internet marketing. After all, I’m, too, a marketer. What was surprising about this email from Mike was that he was talking about [...]
Debate Over Sponsored Conversations: Get Over It.
One of the keynote presentations at BlogWorld this year was a debate over sponsored conversations. I was warned ahead of time that it could get a little heated. Essentially, the debate was over the ethics of it. As the reach and influence of bloggers increases, companies find themselves wanting to reach those audiences. The way [...]
Twitter On Your Business Card – Duh!
As might be expected, I picked up a lot of business cards from folks at BlogWorld Expo. When I get these cards, the idea is that I can check these people out after the show is over and see if they might be of any interest to me. Nothing personal, but many times I end [...]
Follow Friday Is Useless
OK, perhaps I should modify that statement by saying that it is useless the way most people engage in it. On Twitter, a social tradition has popped up. Every Friday, you will see people tweeting out bunches of Twitter usernames, often with the hashtag #followfriday or #FF. Here is just a random image of Twitter [...]
Sponsored Tweets: Polluting The Party?
The idea of sponsored tweets usually triggers a pretty emotional reaction. Most people when asked how they would react to a person tweeting an ad respond by saying they would immediately unfollow them. Then my friend Ted Murphy launched Sponsored Tweets, the latest venture from his company Izea. It got me thinking about it. After [...]
Top 10 Signs You ARE Worth Following On Twitter
It was suggested by a few of my readers that I do a counterpart to my post on the Top 10 Signs You’re Not Worth Following on Twitter. It seems it is only fair. After all, I’ve done enough complaining. So, without further ado, why would I follow you on Twitter?
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