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How to Start a Blog

December 7, 2009

I want to start blogging. What do I do?
This question is coming up a lot lately. It’s easy for me to forget how many individuals and organizations have never maintained a blog but blogging is seeing a resurgence due in part to social media. Here is my quick guide on getting started and avoiding a [...]

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Why your Social Media Data Flow Matters

December 7, 2009

This is the 2nd post in my series, “Know the Flow: tools and theory for distributing social media content”
It’s no secret that social media has changed how people discover the web and as a content creator you want to invite people to engage you and your work.
Social media data flow may not be a concept [...]

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Know the Flow – Socializing Content

December 4, 2009

This is the presentation and tools post in my series, “Know the Flow: tools and theory for distributing social media content”
If you take the time to create good content, take the time to share it well. There is no magic formula, only thoughtfulness + tools.
Know the Flow is my approach to social media data flow.
Over [...]

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How to Tweet your Favorite Tweets

November 23, 2009

As I experiment with favorite tweets to create a “best of twitter” shortlist I found there was no good way to (re)tweet these starred tweets. Favstar.fm and Twitter widgets are great ways to share favorites but there isn’t a good option if you want to send the tweet back out your twitter stream.
The obvious answer [...]

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Social Media needs an Address Book

November 20, 2009

For the many ways that social media connects us you’d think we’d have a decent address book to accommodate this new connected world. It’s darn near the Jetson’s out here and my address book has a field for a fax number but no twitter account. Really?
My digital life revolves around some of the most used [...]

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Yes, follower numbers matter

November 17, 2009

The world of Social Media is obsessed with numbers. As we try to quantify the reputation economy we delve into the black art of measuring influence. Twitter stats, profile graders, twitter lists, RT reach, conversational stats… ad nauseum.
Understanding and measuring aren’t bad but we need to remember that these numbers appeal to the most basic [...]

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Why is no one talking about Twitter Tags?

November 15, 2009

Have you ever heard of Twitter tags?
No, I’m not speaking of those search functionaries known as #hashtags, I’m talking about regular tags that are a staple of bookmarks and blog posts.The ability to sort and share are fundamental to how we interact with digital information. However, Twitter seems to have ignored the power of this [...]

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