Social Media
2010-09-02 11:30:18 ~ Chris Brogan
One Big Traffic Secret
I’ll tell you one thing I know: the more you post, the more traffic you get. It’s helpful if the stuff you post is worth something. I try hard to make that always the case. Others don’t try as hard, and yet, their traffic climbs when they post more stuff. You can reply in the comments and tell me that you’d rather put out great stuff once a month, or once a week, or whenever the great stuff mood strikes you. That means you didn’t really read the first sentence of th[...]
2010-09-02 01:30:44 ~ Chris Brogan
How to Grow Traffic to Your Blog
Of all topics, this is one of the perennials. People want more traffic, more attention, more awareness to their blog. It’s fair. We work hard on our blogs. We want more attention and traffic. If your business depends on volume, this is especially important (for instance, if you’re using ads). Getting traffic is a tricky business, and it requires a lot of experimentation. I’ll tell you what’s worked for me, so far, and I’ll tell you what you might try. Maybe others w[...]
2010-09-01 18:17:25 ~ Chris Brogan
Why Ping Is a Stepping Stone to Social Commerce
I am a huge fan of Om Malik. I just read his post on Apple’s Ping service, and have a difference of opinion. Om points out that it’s great that Apple is finally adding a social layer to their iTunes store. He goes on to mention that it’s about time, because Amazon has done a great job with this, and has enabled social commerce like letting bloggers become affiliates to sell products that Amazon offers (I am an Amazon affiliate, for instance). But what I might have missed in the[...]
2010-09-01 18:00:19 ~ Social Blade
Dear #digguser, we care! @kevinrose do you?- Thurs. 7pm PST
Dear Digg User,We understand your frustrations about Digg’s decision to cut you off at the knees and have been on-top of all Digg related news, even asking Kevin Rose to be a guest. We are you’re forum to speak about Social Media and since Digg has made a this huge change, the community that was once loyal to Digg should have an outlet to voice their opinion and that is where we come in.Your Social Blade hosts, JD Rucker, Erin Ryan, Jason Urgo and Jeff Cryder will be talking about th[...]
2010-09-01 11:30:16 ~ Chris Brogan
Selling Wool or Yarn
I had a strange dream last night, but oddly, it had a lesson in it. I dreamed that I went to a place to sell wool. There was one buyer. They decided whether my product was worth buying. Then, they turned it into yarn. They carded it, they dyed it, they put it on different spools and sold it to hundreds of people. Which business is harder? In some ways, selling wool is harder. I have to convince one person instead of several. In other ways, selling yarn is harder. I need to sell lots of it to a l[...]
2010-09-01 04:39:39 ~ Brian Solis
Video: Bringing a Brand to Life in Social Media
We’re approaching the last bits of this enlivening conversations where Chris Beck, founder of 26dottwo (@26dottwo) and I examined the state and future of social media.In this installment we review the various aspects and formalities of bringing a brand alive, truly alive in social media. Everything begins with establishing the rules of engagement in order to define the boundaries, context, and objectives for conversations. Guidelines such as “don’t be stupid,” “use[...]
2010-09-01 01:30:36 ~ Chris Brogan
Before You Seek Business
In a previous post, I talked about how to put your small business on the web. Before you go out and start looking for business, you might want to take a look around your site to see if it’s easy to understand what business you hope to accomplish. There’s a lot your blog does or doesn’t do to help you sell you or your product. Let’s look at it. Obvious Call to ActionWhen someone lands on your site for the first time, is there an obvious call to action? For instance, look [...]
2010-08-31 14:23:28 ~ Soshable
Digg Changes Coming Shortly?
A new CEO. Kevin Rose making promises of upcoming changes. A brand new ox-related error page. Things are looking up for Digg.Then again, they couldn’t look any worse than they have been for the last few days.Several things have happened today.Digg announced its new CEOKevin Rose announced upcoming changes to DiggReddit has not broken double-digit front page stories on Digg today (yet).While all of this may be humorous and somewhat sad, the first quote by the new Digg CEO is pos[...]
2010-08-31 11:30:17 ~ Chris Brogan
One Alternative to Freemium
Some people do freemium as a publisher quite well. I really love how GigaOm does it, for instance. Lots of their posts are very informative, but then you can get even more information if you subscribe to GigaOm Pro. It’s a great way to do it. The other way is how I did it in how to put your small business on the web. I gave you lots of free information, but also had some affiliate marketing links in there. You don’t have to buy anything if you don’t want, and the information is[...]
2010-08-31 09:19:09 ~ Social Blade
You or Me
ShareI often wonder how we attain fulfillment through Social Media. It’s an interesting question, and how you answer truly hinders on which school of thought you belong to. Either you immerse yourself in Social Media for yourself. Or you immerse yourself in Social Media for others.Personally, I belong to the former but can understand the latter. I get it when people say their value is derived from pleasing as many people as possible. But I’ve found through my short time in the Social Me[...]
2010-08-31 01:30:23 ~ Chris Brogan
Your Avatar on the Web
Wikipedia defines “avatar” as “…a computer user’s representation of himself/herself or alter ego…” That is to say, an avatar is the “you” of the computer world. Most of us think of the word to mean the graphic we use alongside our social media account, but that’s only part of what defines an avatar. In this post, we’ll talk in a somewhat more rounded what about how your avatar on the web becomes quite important to doing business i[...]
2010-08-30 23:35:44 ~ Social Blade
Dear @kevinrose – PLEASE answer questions on TDD and/or SBS this week
We have never begged a guest to be on our show before. There are so many interesting social media people out there that finding guests is possibly the easiest aspect of doing the show.This week, we’re changing things. I, JD Rucker, am BEGGING Kevin Rose to be our guest on either The Drill Down Wednesday night at 6:30pm Pacific or the Social Blade Show Thursday at 7:00pm Pacific.So that it’s easier to fit into your (obviously) busy schedule, we are opening it up to either show… [...]
2010-08-30 23:04:34 ~ Soshable
FINALLY a Mashable Story That Didn’t Front Page on Digg… Oh
After getting 20 stories to the front page of Digg through their publisher’s account (often with less than 30 Diggs prior to promotion), Mashable finally seems to have struck out. There’s a story that has nearly 200 Diggs at the 11 hour mark. Does this mean that Digg is finally being fair with its algorithm, or is there a certain level of mysterious timing with this particular story not hitting:Wait, NOW you’re going to keep make Mashable get more than 20 Diggs befo[...]
2010-08-30 22:28:48 ~ Social Blade
An Old Digg User Returns After Being Gone for a Week (Comic)
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2010-08-30 11:30:56 ~ Chris Brogan
Projects on My Plate
I was just looking over all that I’m doing. It’s quite a jumble. Here’s me right now: President of New Marketing Labs – marketing agency. President of Human Business Works – education and media company. Co-Founder at Third Tribe Marketing – membership community about marketing. Professional Speaker at Chris Brogan Speaks – speaking. [to be named] at CrossTech Ventures and The Pulse Network – Internet TV network. Writer at Entrepreneur Magazine [...]
2010-08-30 11:30:56 ~ Chris Brogan
Projects on My Plate
I was just looking over all that I’m doing. It’s quite a jumble. Here’s me right now: President of New Marketing Labs – marketing agency. President of Human Business Works – education and media company. Co-Founder at Third Tribe Marketing – membership community about marketing. Professional Speaker at Chris Brogan Speaks – speaking. [to be named] at CrossTech Ventures and The Pulse Network – Internet TV network. Writer at Entrepreneur Magazine [...]
2010-08-30 11:30:56 ~ Chris Brogan
Projects on My Plate
I was just looking over all that I’m doing. It’s quite a jumble. Here’s me right now: President of New Marketing Labs – marketing agency. President of Human Business Works – education and media company. Co-Founder at Third Tribe Marketing – membership community about marketing. Professional Speaker at Chris Brogan Speaks – speaking. [to be named] at CrossTech Ventures and The Pulse Network – Internet TV network. Writer at Entrepreneur Magazine [...]
2010-08-30 11:30:56 ~ Chris Brogan
Projects on My Plate
I was just looking over all that I’m doing. It’s quite a jumble. Here’s me right now: President of New Marketing Labs – marketing agency. President of Human Business Works – education and media company. Co-Founder at Third Tribe Marketing – membership community about marketing. Professional Speaker at Chris Brogan Speaks – speaking. [to be named] at CrossTech Ventures and The Pulse Network – Internet TV network. Writer at Entrepreneur Magazine [...]
2010-08-30 07:02:59 ~ Social Blade
We Have Become a Nation of Rats in a Maze (Episode 55)
As this was the week of the hyped Digg 4.0 release not only did we have a show but we had an hour long preshow as well where we brought on several active diggers to give their take as well as asked the audience their thoughts. The vast majority of people were of the opinion that there was a lot wrong. For the main show we were graced by the comedic YouTube-lebrity Peter Coffin‘s presence who not only kept us laughing but also had some great insight on a lot of the happenings over at YouTu[...]
2010-08-30 04:07:58 ~ Brian Solis
REPORT: Facebook and the New Age of Privacy
It’s said that opposites attract. However, in social media, it’s quite the opposite. The idea of privacy and publicity are in fact at odds with one another. And at the heart of the matter, one social network is caught in the crossfire of sharing information and TMI (too much information). The line that separates privacy and openness remains undefined as it continues to shift as individuals learn important life lessons about the benefits and risks of living in public.As we evolve into a more [...]
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