The New Social Media Democracy
This guest post comes from Mark Seall – Mark is the founding writer at TalkClimateChange and is also a regular contributor at ProBlogger. You can find Mark’s full Bio on his personal blog at marksblog.org. Until recently, I have to admit to being very skeptical...How to be Popular: Overheard on Twitter #5
18 minute old Twitter account – 2 updates – 400 followers. The math doesn’t add up, does it? You know what happened? Jason Calacanis said “follow him.” (I took out my angst on the picture, can you tell?) I really enjoyed refreshing every...Starting a Conversation: The Art of Comment Fetching
Photo by Mia Mia Everyone measures the success of their blog in different ways – but when it comes to measuring engagement, comments and trackbacks are what really count. Granted there are other ways of measuring engagement, such as Sphinns or Diggs – but...Don’t Let Technorati Drop Your Blog
Technorati means business with WordPress Blogs, and rightfully so. With all the potential vulnerabilities of older, unpatched versions of WordPress out there, many blogs have become fair game to spammers worldwide. If you have not upgraded WordPress since 2.3.2, and...Leggo My Brand…o, Overheard on Twitter #4
This is a slightly different approach the the Overheard on Twitter – let us know what you think. The last few brought up the concept of branding, and this time we wanted to take a look at brand theft. Photo by Jef Bettens You have worked very hard to develop a...Interview with The Man About Social Media – Rohit Bhargava
Rohit Bhargava (@rohitbhargava) recently opened up for people to pick his brain to promote his new book, Personality Not Included – and I am very pleased to present to you, at long last, his answers! Thanks so much Rohit for letting us pick your brain 😀 Trisha:...Who Cares?! Overheard on Twitter #3
“Here’s a quarter – call someone who cares.” Well, pay phones don’t cost a quarter anymore (especially in New York!) – but Twitter is free, and decidedly better. Whatever you need, whenever your time of need – your support system is just a tweet away!
Breaking News? Mixx is Breaking News.
Mixx has launched a new ‘Breaking News’ feature – one that should be well received by social media enthusiasts of all sorts. Timeliness has always been a problem with breaking news in social media – for example, it can take up to 24 hours for...Building a Brand and Content for Clicks: Overheard on Twitter #2
In this week’s Overheard on Twitter, we’re taking a look at branding, reputation management, and the amazing lengths some people will go to protect (or damage) that perfect image for a bit o’ traffic.