Isn’t technology wonderful? You can automate your Tweets and Facebook updates, so they send your friends messages whenever certain people publish new blog posts. You can use SEO software, which alters the way your blog posts are written, so they are more Google friendly. You can Photo-shop your profile photos, so you look 20 years… Continue Reading
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Category Archives: Twitter
9 Posts – 5 of which you probably missed!
I received an email earlier, from a reader who wanted to know why I had only published a handful of posts over the past week. The reason I found her email interesting, is that over the past 7 days, I have actually published a total of 7 blog posts and 2 articles. As well as… Continue Reading
What does your social media activity say about you?
The world is full of mixed messages, and the world of business is no exception. When someone spam emails us selling their SEO services, it sends us a mixed message. We wonder why they need to send us spam, if their SEO is supposed to be able to generate stacks of sales leads. When a… Continue Reading
Video: Robert Scoble and Chris Brogan talk about Feeding The Blog Beast
Here’s a great 16 minute video interview, where Chris Brogan talks to Robert Scoble about social media, content development and the value of being a curator, plus lots, lots more. Enjoy! If you can’t see the video above, click here. For more information You can get more from Robert Scoble via his blog, Twitter and… Continue Reading
Why I deleted my Klout account
As regular readers will know, I rejoined Klout back in April to see if the service had improved. An apparent spate of stories earlier this year suggested people were being refused jobs for having too low a Klout score or offered better customer service, for having a high Klout score. I wanted to know what… Continue Reading
How to be massively more influential!
If you would like to be massively more influential, in a really meaningful way, this post is for you! Influence Here’s what we know about real influence: It’s powerful. Politicians seek the endorsement of influential celebrities, because it influences how the public vote. Brands pay sports stars to appear in commercials for their fragrances, because… Continue Reading
The Klout Problem: Why multimillionaire investor Ron Conway has a lower score than you!
It’s week number 3 of my Klout experiment and I have already seen enough, to be able to form some solid conclusions regarding Klout and how it scores people. I have invested many hours of my time digging into Klout, monitoring not only my own account, but also the accounts of people I know. I… Continue Reading
Klout experiment update!
It’s a week since I started my Klout experiment and I thought I would give you a very quick update. My Klout ‘influence’ numbers When I set up my Klout account 7 days ago, my initial score was 10. Then, after 3 days the score jumped to 60. Apparently, it takes around 48/72 hours for… Continue Reading