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I’ve only been making these link lists for a few weeks now, but already it is hard only posting 5 links a week. This medium moves so fast and were lucky to have so many smart people posting on their blogs and twitter to keep it moving. I am going to try and keep to only 5, but some weeks I might throw in a bonus.
StumbleUpon recently released their own. What makes this one any different then all the others? Before we get there: What is StumbleUpon? StumbleUpon is another social site, but really its not a networking site. You can make friends and have a profile, but really it’s similar to Digg in the way that the social network is not as important as the tool itself. Lets face it, StumpleUpon is for when you are bored. You make a profile and tell it what you like, and then you stumble. It sends you to a random site, based on your taste. Continue reading I’m su.pr thanks for asking.
So this weekend I bought the Palm Pre, which for me is a pretty big deal, because above being a nerd, I’m really cheap. But overall it is a good phone, but by no means perfect. The applications for the phone at this point are few and far between. There are about 30, but in terms of Social Media there is only a few. This week I am going to write about a few of these apps. Some are much better than others. There are 2 types of apps: Comes with the Phone
Free Downloadable Apps
Here is the first installment of the new weekly link section of the site. As I wrote last week, I will post 4 links about social media and 1 link that’s a fun link. It might be about social media, it might not. This is more of a follow-up post than anything else, but I mentioned earlier in the week that I was attending Inbound Marketing University. Over the week they used the hashtag #imu and spent a good deal of time on Twitter meeting a lot of new people, because of it. Personal branding is becoming more and more important and these activities will greatly help in your journey. This week I gained about 50 followers and was mentioned a few times by people in #followfriday. (A hashtag invented by twitter users to let others users know people they respect in the community.) Over the course the week I noticed the people who were getting the best results in terms of followers was the people who were asking and answering questions. This lead to direct conversations with new people and also retweets. No matter what you are doing online don’t forget the social in social media. Some companies are better than others at embracing social media and some aren’t. I could list the reasons I have heard as to why to not use social media, but that would need a whole nother website. The thing I hear the most is: “What if they say something bad? No it’s just not worth the risk” Everyone is talking about the Iran election now and how they are turning to Twitter and YouTube to organize and get information on what is happening. I’m a big believer in trying to learn a little from everything in life. What to take out of this?
The days of control are over. If someone has a comment or something relevant to say, it is going to be said. The Internet is a huge place, would you rather try and police all of it or hear what your customers actually think about you and embrace it and learn from it.  flickr: Matt Hamm If you haven’t joined Twitter yet or you have joined and didn’t get what the fuss was all about, then this post is for you. The answer is Twitter Hashags. What is a hashtag? Basically it is a word or phrase that begins with #. I know that doesn’t sound too exciting, but once you understand how to use them it will make much more sense. Think of a hashtag as a group on another social network, but instead of having to join a group to post to it, you just add your hashtag to your tweet. The best advice i can give you about actively using hashtags is to download a twitter client that allows you to save a search. I follow #socialmedia and #highered. You can follow as many as you want but if it is a more popular subject it can be overwhelming. How is this good for business? Well just following a hashtag probably won’t do anything for you. It’s like reading a great business book or blog and then not taking any of its advice. The key, just like everything else about social media, is interacting with others. Continue reading Hashtags for #networking  Flickr: poportis So a brand new answer engine launched called Hunch. What is an answer engine? Instead of ranking links based on how many people link to you the answers you get are based on the community. When you first get to the site you are going to be asked a bunch of questions. Apparently the engine takes all of you answers in account. I am not sure how these starting questions effect your results, but once you answer 20 questions you an save your profile. At this point you can tell by the answers that the only people really using this are techy dudes. Here are some of the results I got that solidify that fact.
After you go through all those questions, you ask your own question. As of right now there is only a small amount of questions that can be answered, but I am sure in the next few days that will grow a lot. Then after that you have to answer even more questions. Overall, it is a lot of work to get a question answered, but it is a pretty cool idea. Also as a side note, you can not answer questions after you ask your question by clicking “Give me the Hunch” although I think this begins to defeat the purpose. It is kind of like “I’m feeling lucky” on Google. Has anyone else used Hunch yet? Let me know what you think. Bonus: best question I found on Hunch Should I wear bunny ears to work tomorrow?
Professors include: Chris Brogan (New Marketing Labs), Brian Carroll (InTouch), Mack Collier (MarketingProfs), Rand Fishkin (SEOmoz), Eric Groves (Constant Contact), Ann Handley (MarketingProfs), Jeanne Hopkins (MarketingExperiments), Lee Odden (TopRank Online Marketing), David Meerman Scott (New Rules of Marketing & PR), Marshall Sponder (Monster.com), Elyse Tager, (Silicon Valley American Marketing Association) and Mike Volpe (HubSpot) There are a lot of names up there of people I respect and look up to in this field, so I have some high hopes of this being a really good series. Most of the webinars I have been to in the past are basically regurgitated versions of other webinars I have seen with no additional insight. Also at the end of the program there is a certificate that you receive. I don’t hold a lot of weight in that, but it’s kinda fun. The webinars are all week and then finish on Monday and it’s all free. It is a big time commitment, but they are also going to be e-mailing you the saved webinars as they pass. Is anyone else attending?  Flickr: rubybgold I am starting a new section of the website, every weekend I am going to post 5 links that I found the week before that are relevant to my site here. I am going to post 4 relevant links that I found that week. Now this doesn’t mean that the info is from that week, but most of the time it does. I don’t want to restrict the posts so that if I find a great post from a few weeks or even months back, I can still post it. There will also be 1 link that I just want to post. Whether it is funny, a move trailer, a song that I like, or whatever else I want. This won’t probably be helpful to anyone, but what is social media for if not spreading fun things. If you want me to post something that you have written or found helpful feel free to let me know about by either following me on Twitter or joining my network on LinkedIn. These are where I get the majority of the links that I find. |
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I have been needing a new phone for quite some time now and as a Sprint user, we haven’t gotten anything too good. The Blackberrys were there, but no matter how much they try they are not the best “for fun phones”.
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