Why I’m Twitterpated With SocialBro
I stopped being able to beat my sister at checkers when she was 7 and I was 18. I just was not born with the analytical, think-ten-steps-ahead gene. But SocialBro makes that okay. I love Twitter; it’s my main social media platform. Still, it’s going by me at a million miles a second, and I want to know what I’m missing. So I downloaded SocialBro yesterday. It’s not a new tool, but it offers more now than it did when I first heard of it last year. It has more Twitter...
Read MoreWhen I Unplugged From Klout
First let me give you the condensed version of my first impression of Klout, since it hasn’t changed: Klout is trying to make a cyber-geek’s ultimate dream come true to some extent: to be able to show off cyber power in the flesh. To actually get tangible bling–not just another point on a board or a ding! for the next level–for pouring heart and soul into cyberspace. Something disturbingly like when Neo in The Matrix flexes his arms and the steel in the...
Read MoreGenuinely Curious Monday: Will the Social Media Triumvirate Become a Tetrad?
I think there’s a certain agreement that social media engagement–by those who engage, that is–is reaching its saturation point. The problem is, that’s the same point Google+ has been introduced. Right now, the “power” in most “power” social media users’ engagement comes from Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. Will Google+ be an alternate or a fourth “must have?” I’ve just joined Google+ (so have you if you’ve joined,...
Read MorePaper.li: A Clearer View
Background: About a month ago, I posted my excitement about Paper.li, one of the Twitter newspapers that are growing in popularity. I wrote about the ease of setup and the short-term benefit I could see from having launched it a few weeks ago. What I loved about it and still do: I can be exclusive about who contributes what articles to it, so naturally I include only people I follow and respect, and whose information on writing and editing I trust. The appreciation I’ve received from...
Read MoreTackling the Social Media Press Release Equation
I read a four-part article series on the Adfero Group blog written by Jeff Mascott. Read it here: The Social Media Press Release is Dead. After reading it, I do think the approach of the social media press release failed to take into account certain factors. The comment I made on the first article, about the rise and fall of the social media press release, is below: A major reason social media press releases failed is because of the ephemeral mechanics of social media...
Read MoreHow to Grow a Targeted Twitter Following with Paper.li
About five months ago, I began to notice regular tweets from some of the folks I follow on Twitter. They read something like, “The Paper Daily is out! Top stories by @suchandsuch and @soandso,” followed by a link. Sometimes even my own name was listed, which was startling. When I clicked, I was greeted by a newspaper-style page full of the latest tweets with links to news stories and blog posts focused on a certain topic, or covering more than one topic, with one theme....
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