I’m back again, continuing the Facebook Business Basics series.
If you went to my Facebook page, you saw two videos about how you can find people on Facebook who may be interested in you and let them come back to your site. This video talks about what to do once you have someone viewing your profile. (more…)
(You may need to click through to the original post if the video isn’t showing up. You can also click the lower right corner of the video to go full screen.)
Technically speaking, where does the experience of Facebook largely take place? See why you can get better results posting to your own profile (which updates the news feed that goes out to your connections) rather than publishing on other people’s profiles.
My pal Warren Whitlock is hosting it tomorrow night at 7 pm Pacific. Yes, I totally forgot to tell anyone, which is a shame, because you can call in to talk to me and ask (on topic!!) questions.
His radio show page is where you go to get the information and a reminder to tune in.
This is a continuation of the series I started last week – if you’re still stuck on whether or not Facebook and other social media sites are useful for your business, then you probably want to start with the “Blah Facebook” article.
It seems to me that if you can learn how to be the life of the party, you can learn how to work the social media scene. Let’s think of it as a party then, and do a run down of how it would work out.
Stage One: You Go to the Party
If you’re smart, you’ll be invited, or better yet, throw the party. The party of course, meaning the place where you socially interact in the social media arena.
Some people “get” social media right away, but can’t really articulate why. Other people will never get it no matter how clearly it’s spelled out to them. In discovering why this is, I realized an important point.
The secret to benefiting from social media is so very simple. Social media is about relationships.
Not necessarily friendships. Not always community. Relationships. From how the content relates to the person reading it, to how the information gets spread from person to person, why people vote for some stories and not others. Relationships to people, relationships between you and the content you read. Not just the fact that those relationships build community but how.
Every problem with social media has a solution that is based in fixing or forming a relationship.
Take a site like Digg. Why are some people hostile to one submission, but thrilled by another, on the same topic, sometimes even about the same issue? You’ll probably find the answer in (more…)
I’ve been reading a few blogs here and there as I recover from my holiday hiatus. There are a few resolutions that I think can help you get more out of your traffic this year.
1- Get Rid of Dead Weight in Social Media (but consider holding off for a week for reason number 2)
I got this from Lyndon over at Cornwall SEO. You should read his post for an in-depth look, but here’s a quote that sums it up.
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Morgan and Cindy Lighter
Cindy is our organizational whiz. Morgan is the author of our most popular column, Tool Time Fridays.
It seems to me that if you can learn how to be the life of the party, you can learn how to work the social media scene. Let’s think of it as a party then, and do a run down of how it would work out.
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