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Will Social Media Pay Off?

Nov. 3, 2009

I’ve lived a double online life since June 2009.
Over the past four months, I’ve maintained two blogs–this place where you read my strategies and tips on social media marketing–and another site where I write more sporadic but no less prolific about my campaign for city council.
In cahoots with my campaign blog, I built campaign outposts [...]

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What is the Cost of Online Friends?

Oct. 26, 2009

Shelly Kramer inspired me with this Twitter message about the joy of translating her online friendships to offline encounters:

IRL is shorthand for “in real life.”
My response: Big whoop.
I mean, yeah, it’s nice and all and I appreciate the concept as I have formed many friendships and business partnerships as the direct result of online [...]

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Why My Twitter Account is Brand New – and What it Means for You

Oct. 1, 2009

I’m no stranger to changing Twitter strategies.
The last big shift occurred in April 2009 when I opted to automatically follow every person and organization who followed me, creating an identical match of numbers between those who followed me and those I followed. Two weeks later, I explained why I unfollowed everyone on Twitter–over 7,000 accounts–and [...]

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Why I Unsubscribed From Every Blog

Jul. 24, 2009

Here are three reasons why 11-year-old Gloson Teh unsubscribes from blogs:
1. The blog updates too fast and he can’t catch up with the posts.
2. The posts drop in quality.
3. The blog changes topics, e.g. from blogging tips to golfing tips.
Those are good reasons–but there’s another: Because it’s time for a change.
Background
I wrote (what some [...]

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How to Find One New Blog to Read Today

Jun. 10, 2009

Last weekend, I wrote about 10 bloggers who inspire me. They each write new articles on a near-daily basis; and I respect them for their prolific writing and quality of content.
I say this with authority, as I’ve followed each of their blogs for an assortment of weeks and months.
If you’re like me, you also have [...]

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How Often Do You Use Social Media Tools?

May. 30, 2009

With over 650,000 developers building Facebook applications and upwards of 275 Twitter applications, does there come a point when one more developer or one more application is one too many?
Regarding the posterity of LinkedIn as an everyday application–a term describing a website you visit every day–Joshua Porter questions whether developers ask themselves how often potential [...]

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2 Years, 1 Month, and 10 Days Later

May. 16, 2009

Note: If you’re reading this by email, and possibly by RSS, you may want to click this link to read this directly on the blog. I have some screenshots that may not come out well otherwise; screenshots that are central to what I want to share.
Let’s talk about Twitter.
It’s a frequent activity, albeit uncommon, for [...]

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