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Re: Social Media Playbook

annie — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 06:31:37 -0000

Well its a nice article and links is also seems to be useful thanks for sharing, its better than a lot of the stuff I have found.

Re: Social Media Playbook

annie — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 06:31:37 -0000

Well its a nice article and links is also seems to be useful thanks for sharing, its better than a lot of the stuff I have found.

Re: Social Media Playbook

Sam Freedoms Internet Marketin — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:32:52 -0000

Hi Andy,

I like the angle you take on things - always trying to find that extra edge and sharing at least 10% of it with us. ;-) (you KNOW you know way more than you tell).

Of course, you look at social media from the business model which is, in my opinion, its best (and only) function. Everyone else might think of it as SOCIAL, but all I can say is that it's SOCIAL only in the way that keeping a bunch of egg-laying hens as comfortable as possible would be considered SOCIAL.

You said we could post a link so here's one from a similar angle but that is told in my "between-the-eyes" style...

The Myth and Fallacy of Social Media

Happy fishing,
Sam

Re: Social Media Playbook

Sam Freedoms Internet Marketin — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:32:52 -0000

Hi Andy,

I like the angle you take on things - always trying to find that extra edge and sharing at least 10% of it with us. ;-) (you KNOW you know way more than you tell).

You said we could post a link so here's one from a similar angle but that is told in my "between-the-eyes" style...

The Myth and Fallacy of Social Media

Happy fishing,
Sam

Re: Social Media Playbook

Chris B. — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 15:33:01 -0000

That "Are you Sabotaging Your Social Stories" article is fantastic. I just wanted to add that because I think it really touches on some of the pitfalls of SMM.

Re: Social Media Playbook

Chris B. — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 15:33:01 -0000

That "Are you Sabotaging Your Social Stories" article is fantastic. I just wanted to add that because I think it really touches on some of the pitfalls of SMM.

Re: Social Media Playbook

Advice Network Writing contest — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 14:29:03 -0000

Andy,

The idea behind Advice Network is that if professionals who specialize in subjects that are hard for consumers, like buying a house, running a business, or planning a wedding, post "how to" articles on their area of expertise, then that will attract traffic of people who are in need of the same vendors.

So, it takes the article directory piece, and then marries it with lead generation for small businesses. Almost like elance, but without the taking a cut of the revenue from the entire job thing that elance does.

Re: Social Media Playbook

Advice Network Writing contest — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 14:29:03 -0000

Andy,

Re: Social Media Playbook

Guest — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 14:23:19 -0000

You know for some reason when someone says social media, I think of Facebook and Myspace, period. I never think of Digg, Reddit, or even StumbleUpon actually belonging in that same category. I wonder why?

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Guest — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 14:23:19 -0000

Re: Social Media Playbook

Mack — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 21:27:56 -0000

Let me first laugh at "DON'T BE AN IDIOT", very nice haha.

It is great to see you passing some necessary attention to some of the these great post. Surely something everyone can help out with.

Re: Social Media Playbook

Mack — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 21:27:56 -0000

Let me first laugh at "DON'T BE AN IDIOT", very nice haha.

It is great to see you passing some necessary attention to some of the these great post. Surely something everyone can help out with.

Re: Social Media Playbook

AndyBeard — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:30:55 -0000

Alex I did take a look a while back, though to be honest it seemed like an article directory. I know there is more to it but I just don't have a huge amount of time to delve in.

Re: Social Media Playbook

AndyBeard — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:30:55 -0000

Alex I did take a look a while back, though to be honest it seemed like an article directory. I know there is more to it but I just don't have a huge amount of time to delve in.

Re: Social Media Playbook

AndyBeard — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:26:04 -0000

I haven't got it 100% sorted out.

If you are a Technology blog and you are writing about Tech stuff all the time, you seem to be able to get on Techmeme a lot easier than if you are a blog that only sometimes covers technology stories.

I think linking through to stories gets you on their radar and somehow added to the sites they monitor, but Techmeme doesn't seem to poll my feeds very often.

I can cay that having the lead position for the top story on Techmeme can drive some useful traffic. For the PageRank story it was something like 800 direct visitors though I was pushed out of the lead by Techcrunch.

It is possible to be tied into a story with any links to the current people listed, possibly based upon title.

Don't forget they have sister sites as well on things like politics and celebs, though I am not sure how much traffic those can drive.

Re: Social Media Playbook

AndyBeard — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:26:04 -0000

I haven't got it 100% sorted out.

I think linking through to stories gets you on their radar and somehow added to the sites they monitor, but Techmeme doesn't seem to poll my feeds very often.

It is possible to be tied into a story with any links to the current people listed, possibly based upon title.

Don't forget they have sister sites as well on things like politics and celebs, though I am not sure how much traffic those can drive.

Re: Social Media Playbook

Maki — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:13:25 -0000

Hehe. Thanks Andy for the mention.

One question.. do you need to link to the Techmeme story to be connected to the original story (Mu's article)?

I know you can get included on the frontpage when Techmeme regulars link to your article.. just not sure what you need to do if you are not on the frontpage because of being linked-to but want to be counted as a related-story...

Should you link to the story on the frontpage and the Techmeme blurb?

Re: Social Media Playbook

Maki — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:13:25 -0000

Hehe. Thanks Andy for the mention.

One question.. do you need to link to the Techmeme story to be connected to the original story (Mu's article)?

Should you link to the story on the frontpage and the Techmeme blurb?

Re: Social Media Playbook

Advice Network Writing contest — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 14:19:30 -0000

Andy,

My site, www.advicenetwork.com, is a social media site for small service businesses. We are starting with three major categories, business services (this includes everything from accounting to SEO) real estate, and weddings.

We are pre-launch, with a planned 12/1 roll-out, however we are already accepting articles, and if you submit one now, you get a chance to win a MacBook computer! The contest is at http://www.advicenetwork.co...

In addition to having articles with good links back to your site, we are going to send highly qualified leads to your business, sort of like elance, but without us taking a cut of the job!

Re: Social Media Playbook

Advice Network Writing contest — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 14:19:30 -0000

Andy,

In addition to having articles with good links back to your site, we are going to send highly qualified leads to your business, sort of like elance, but without us taking a cut of the job!

Re: Social Media Playbook

kelvin newman — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 12:16:19 -0000

Yeah I might investigate the meme trackers a bit more as I'm on the verge of RSS bankruptcy, and even a drastic prune is duanting!

Re: Social Media Playbook

kelvin newman — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 12:16:19 -0000

Yeah I might investigate the meme trackers a bit more as I'm on the verge of RSS bankruptcy, and even a drastic prune is duanting!

Re: Social Media Playbook

AndyBeard — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 12:12:30 -0000

It was funny putting together this article, it was one of those "quick opportunities" which can't be planned, but makes sense in a strategic way.

I had already seen each of the articles on Sphinn, but I happened to glance at Techmeme and saw Mu's article extremely lonely with no links.
I knew it would drop off fast as it had been posted quite some time earlier, and didn't have new links.

So I quickly knocked a post together grabbing Mu's article, 2 articles from the front page of Sphinn, Shana's which was still on upcoming made some sense of it and posted.

It actually just got added to the tail end of the story before it drops off the front page, though for some reason it happened due to a syndicated copy of my article on WebProNews, and not because I wrote it.

Overall you will pick up almost anything Search related on Sphinn sooner than Techmeme, unless Techcrunch get an exclusive.

In general the Megite meme based upon the Online Marketing Blog OPML of the top search related blogs is more useful.

Re: Social Media Playbook

AndyBeard — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 12:12:30 -0000

It was funny putting together this article, it was one of those "quick opportunities" which can't be planned, but makes sense in a strategic way.

So I quickly knocked a post together grabbing Mu's article, 2 articles from the front page of Sphinn, Shana's which was still on upcoming made some sense of it and posted.

Overall you will pick up almost anything Search related on Sphinn sooner than Techmeme, unless Techcrunch get an exclusive.

In general the Megite meme based upon the Online Marketing Blog OPML of the top search related blogs is more useful.

Re: Social Media Playbook

kelvin newman — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 11:28:36 -0000

You always seem to be far more on top of your rss/blogosphere than me andy, so post connecting the dots like this can often be pretty useful.

Never really used techmeme much, am I missing out?