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Lisa
That was my sole intention with this post. It's nice to see it's touched so many people in a positive manner. Thank you for taking the time to read it :-)
Now i think off all the OldMedia Guys seeing your Article as a Checklist and i have to laugh. Twitteraccount, Check. Blog, Check. 10 Links digged, Check.
I threw you for a loop on that one. I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thank you.
Kathryn Skaggs
summarizing important topics and trends on the Web. In addition to his
great work here, you can find him at his Twitter account: http://www.twitter.com/fruchter
or on his own blog, http://www.michaelfruchter.com.
Thanks a million for this terrific guide. You've covered both the practical aspects as well as some of the intangibles that make social computing so rewarding. My only regret is that you didn't write this earlier. If I had read this when I was starting out, I could have saved myself a great deal of pain.
- Mary
Thank you. I wish I had known this earlier :-) Thank you for the tweets & re-tweets of the post as well. Please feel free to drop me a line should you need any assistance. DM me on Twitter, anytime!
I have been studying the various niche social platforms such as Ning. There is a tremendous value in them, and I plan on doing a featured post about it sometime in the very near future.
Thanks for the comment
That is an overwhelming amount of information. In addition to setting up Google Alerts, I've found running a regular check on Addictomatic picks up several hits Google tends to miss- especially blog posts.
And thank you for the extensive lists of things I need to do immediately.
Thank you very much. I have heard about Addictomatic, but never used the service. If you are using them they must be good. I think I will give them a try! Have a great night.
Thank you. Good luck on the journey you are about to embark on. If I could ever be of assistance, feel free to DM @fruchter on Twitter.
Being a media developer and producer I use social media a lot without beeing a ggp³ (guru-geek-pro).So there were some hints that made us aware of things we might know but didn't change yet. Like still having our site on .wp after we killed our flash-site and made the .wp testing our new one (phew ...). Have to change this finally and get some good css done! (... well, after the presentation next week :)
Thanks for making this available!
Thank you for taking the time to read it. I'm very glad you did. Have a great day!
Give someone an AWESOME day!!
I gather you have watched a few of Perry Belchers videos, eh? That is exactly how you have to approach social media, as if it's a party. Everything you mention is correct. It's refreshing to see people "get it". Thanks for the comment.
Here are two good starting points for beginners.
http://www.w3schools.com/html/DEFAULT.asp
http://codex.wordpress.org/Getting_Started_with...
Slight correction, my blog is located @ http://michaelfruchter.com/blog/. It's running on Wordpress. I wrote the post. Louisgray.com runs on Blogger.
thanks.
I love Feedburner because it was very solid in the past. Since Google bought it, there has been a lot of problems that have yet to be resolved. Feedburners Feedflare is excellent in terms of a blogger promotional tool, because it's built right into the service. There are other third party social sharing services that are equally as good. Addthis.com is a great alternative I would recommend. In terms of RSS subscritions/counting, Feedburner is the only game in town. Since there is no competitors on the market, we are basically forced to use Feedburner for RSS.
1) You're recommending Wordpress but using Blogger? Care to explain that hypocrisy?
2) You cited no statistics for your erroneous claim that "the majority of blogs on the Internet are all powered by Wordpress." So I will:
"Blogger .. still rules the roost with an estimated 222 million unique worldwide visitors in November (up 44 percent from November, 2007)."
SOURCE: Top Social Media Sites of 2008 (Facebook Still Rising), TechCrunch, http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/31/top-social...
Blogger served 22 million more visitors than Facebook! Wordpress had only 114 million unique visitors.
This was a guest post written by me. You might of overlooked that, but at the very top of the post it states "By Mike Fruchter of MichaelFruchter.com". My blog at michaelfruchter.com runs on Wordpress. Louisgray.com runs on Blogger.
Have a nice day.
This was a guest post written by me. You might of overlooked that, but at the very top of the post it states "By Mike Fruchter of MichaelFruchter.com". My blog at michaelfruchter.com runs on Wordpress. Louisgray.com runs on Blogger.
Have a nice day.
Like many I am a newbie in terms of blogging, and this article definately helped me expand my perspective. What I may recommend and request of you would be to compile a step-by-step e-book, that details the how to's and expand upon the high-level concepts /tools that you have covered in this article.
That material I believe can definately be commercialized and I am sure people who like me are Subject Matter Experts in a specific dicipline would benefit a great deal from it as we would rather concentrate on the content and seek guidance on the setting up and operational aspects of the blog to the experts.
So Thank you for this gem of an article, with a request that if I need further guidance, are there specific guides, resources available that you recommend that I could follow or can I get in touch with you if it is ok with you..
With Sincere Thanks & regards,
Zul Kazani
Thank you for the comment. I'm seriously contemplating and will begin to focus my efforts on publishing a series of e-books for beginners and professionals, who are just starting out with social media. Your comment validates that is there is a demand for it. While my time is very limited now, I'm always happy to assist people in any way that I can. Please feel free to shoot me an email at mikefruchter@gmail or DM me @fruchter on Twitter.
Thanks,
Mike Fruchter
Thanks, and thank you for all the support you have shown me since the beginning. It speaks volumes, and for that I'm truly appreciative :)
.LAG
I am really loving that I have found a community that is based on helping othere and the best part is when you take the advice that is offered. Wonderful!
Cheers,
@marismith
Thank you very much. I appreciate the positive comment. I spent countless hours working on this post. It's extremely nice knowing it has brought some insight and value to so many people. Social media is my passion, and I'm glad I was able to share my experiences/passion with so many others who share the same passion as I do. Thank you for sharing this with your following as well. I have just become a regular reader of your blog too. Without this post, we would have never have found each other so to speak. So, again thank you very much. Please do stay in touch. Have a great day!
I actually did a 10 pointer post back in December. I think you might like this one as well :-)
http://www.louisgray.com/live/2008/12/10-pointe...
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Chris Loft
That is truly a great compliment. Thank you.
Who says blog posts shouldn't exceed 500 words?? Very well done, and worth the stumble I'm giving it. Thanks @marismith for point this one out.
To be exact it was 3,773 words, but who's counting :) I appreciate you taking the time to read it, and of course of stumbling it.
Thanks,
Mike
I think that 10) Change your blog permalink structure immediately is forgotten by many people starting out and will dramatically change the traffic coming to a blog, when combined with good keyword research.
I seldom Digg blog posts, but this is well worth the time.
I agree. It's the first thing I advise people to do when setting up a blog. It pains me to see a blog url formatting as http://blognamehere.com/?p=262. This is definitely the way to seal ones fate quickly in terms of search engine traffic. I appreciate the Digg, thank you.
Amit
Thank you very much. I'm really glad you enjoyed the post. I tried to be as thorough as possible. I write in plain English so that anyone can understand what I'm talking about. I try to avoid the complicated technical jargon as it tends to confuse people, especially ones who are just starting out. It's hard following up with every comment, but I try to practice what I preach as often as possible :)
Have a great weekend.
Mike
-Janak
http://www.janak-metha.com
P.S. I am working on trying to figure out how to take the "wordpress" out of my blog url!
:-)
Thank you for the comment. I'm glad you enjoyed it! Is your blog hosted at wordpress.com?
Mike
Have you heard of Laura Lowell's 42 Rules book series? You may want to contact her and get these 40 elements published in your own book as one of the 42 rules series books.
Thanks for the comment. I appreciate the heads up about Laura Lowell as well. I've been planning a series of e-books, this will probably be the first in the series. Stay tuned.
I notice you have Disqus for your comments; I have recently signed up to them but am having major headaches importing my WP comments. Have you always used Disqus from the start or did you have to import your comments?
Thanks for the read
so easy.
I have been looking for info like this for sometime now.
I can now move forward with my plans with a lot more knowledge.
I'm working on a redesign of my blogs/sites and will include some of your tips!
Scott
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