Get quality Twitter followers, not just lots of them
When people join Twitter many of them aim to get a large number of followers as quickly as possible. I think this is the wrong way to go about it. It's much better to try to get quality followers --...
View ArticleGet FB Page likes by commenting on others
One of the best ways to promote your Facebook Page is to like others as your Page and contribute to them. They have to be set up to allow you to post stuff, of course. So look for the empty box with...
View ArticleSharing content by others builds your own authority
A lot of people are tentative about getting into social media because they believe it will take too much time and effort. This is especially so for a lot of business people. who are usually time poor....
View ArticleSeek out blogs with Facebook comments
Just as with Disqus, I keep seeing more and more blogs with Facebook comments installed, often in combination with CommentLuv.There are advantages for bloggers who install this system. Firstly, because...
View ArticleTwitter following harder to build the bigger it is
I've now got about 2300 followers on Twitter. What I've noticed is that quite a bit of attrition happens after a certain level. Getting and keeping followers becomes more of a struggle the longer...
View ArticleReply and retweet often for a quality following
It's good practice to reply and retweet often on Twitter. And this is not just because those tweeps you're engaging with in this way will often return the favour. It will also give your account a...
View ArticleQuality blog commenting creates a win-win situation
There's a lot to be said for blog commenting. If you write good thoughtful ones that are of a decent length, they'll really stand out in the thread. And it's almost a given that the blogger himself...
View ArticleBuild blog momentum by frequent posting, commenting
There's a great deal of competition in the blogosphere. Particularly if you're in a saturated niche, you have to publish a lot of good content and get on the radar of many other bloggers before you...
View ArticleHow Facebook likeability affects marketing on the site
It's interesting that the "like" is a key element in the world of Facebook. In a specific sense it means endorsing or approving something. As applied to a Facebook Page it means that you are making...
View ArticleBlogs are communities as well as self-expression
I've been blogging for a long while now -- around ten years. But for the majority of that time, I just saw it as a great means of self expression. Particularly at the beginning it was just so...
View ArticleBlog posting frequency less important than quality
One thing that everyone learns when they start blogging is how much the search engines love continually updated content. So the exhortation to frequently update your blog is repeated like a mantra in...
View ArticleDon't outsource social media unless you have to
It seems that many people who run businesses are curious about social media but are reluctant to participate in it themselves. They want their staff to do it, or outsource all the tasks to a specialist...
View ArticleThoughts on starting out on Twitter
When you start using Twitter it's important to build up some momentum fairly quickly -- not unlike with blogging. (That's to be expected, of course, since Twitter is a microblogging site.) So, after...
View ArticleMy blog post writing method
Bloggers are forever offering tips about the best ways to generate ideas and write posts. So I thought I'd add my thoughts on this area too.Here's a method that I use to develop and complete evergreen...
View ArticleUse Linkedin Groups, Answers to grow your network
Linkedin is a more exclusive social network than the other ones. So it's definitely harder to connect with other users. You have to start out by making contact with people you actually know. If you're...
View ArticleThoughts on getting blog traffic from Twitter
Bloggers who sign up to Twitter tend to be keen to get as many followers as possible. That's understandable, and of course you do need the numbers -- as long as they're not all bots, spammers and...
View ArticleFind bloggers to follow on Twitter via blog comments
Anyone with a blog will know that a great way to find new blogs in your area of interest is to go to a popular, well regarded blog in your niche and simply scroll down through the comments. You'll see...
View ArticleMore social media than SEO sites on Facebook
I have built a Facebook page for this site as well as for my one about SEO. I've discovered that one of the best methods of promoting these is to interact with other Facebook pages, so I've been...
View ArticleSocial media is time consuming but worthwhile
If you're a blogger who wants to be read by as many people as possible writing your posts is just the start. You also have to share them on social media. And it's not as simple as just dropping links...
View ArticleUse Facebook groups to make friends, promote pages
Facebook is intended primarily for people who already know each other in real life. Of course the site encourages people to make new friends, but it prefers them to do this via the networks they're...
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