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Multiple Hot Stories Feeds in One Place

Published September 13, 2008 | By admin

A short post for the weekend, but with lists, you can usually leave them short. This is a list of feeds that I have gathered over the last few months. They are the rss feeds of the hot and upcoming story section of various bookmark and social news sites. And I choose a few new ones in last week out of the following sites: Read more... (350 words, estimated 1:24 mins reading time)

Posted in Social Media, Uncategorized | Tagged digg, Firefox, hot stories, Reddit, Social bookmarking, stumbleupon, trends | 8 Comments

Social Tools in My Toolbox

Published August 6, 2008 | By admin

This is a incomplete, random list of tools I use with social networks. Not that I know what I am doing quite yet with social networks. It will take a while. I am just an app, software, and addon junky. So I look for software all the time and usually find something. Be sure and add your own in comments. I will probably try all of them.

First, I would like to invite all of you to Social Median, a different sort of network. It works like Digg, because stories can be "clipped" and commented on. It works like FriendFeed because you follow other "News Makers" and has groups. And it’s new and for some reason I can’t stay away. Read more... (790 words, 2 images, estimated 3:10 mins reading time)

Posted in Social Media, Web 2.0 | Tagged atomkeep, bookmarking, bookmarklet, comments, digg, FeedDemon, Firefox, firefox addons, friendfeed, lifestream, ping.fm, Profilactic, social networks, stumbleupon, swurl, Twitter, wordpress plugins | 27 Comments

An Introduction to Social Media Strategy and Socially Driven Content

Published May 28, 2007 | By admin

An Introduction to Social Media Strategy and Socially Driven Content – eMoms at Home – Blogging and Internet Marketing for Home Based Entrepreneurs

This is a great article on getting traffic from social networks. Enough said. Read the rest there.

Posted in Blogging, Traffic, Web 2.0 | Tagged delicious, digg, netscape, social_media, social_networks, stumbleupon | 1 Comment

Getting the Social Thumbs Up

Published February 1, 2007 | By admin

Case Study: How a Headline Made the Difference Between 100 and 5000 Visits – Pick the Brain – Getting Smarter Every Day

The headline of the article does make a difference. John Wesley submitted the same article multiple times to several social networks. It bombed until he read a few things on writing headlines. He lists all the sources he used to pull of this accomplishement. Good Read.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged digg, headlines, social networks, social+networks, stumbleupon | Leave a comment

Blogging Post Shooting Star

Published September 15, 2006 | By admin

This whole keeping up with things on the internet can get addictive. Getting to a Digg story and being number 1351 to digg it is kind of deflating, but having a hand-picked bunch of feeds that tend to release breaking news first for the hopes of being theÃ‚Â second to write about it and then finding your site linked back to on Technorati from some blogging big wig is a score.

And the run-on frentic pace of the last sentence isÃ‚Â the way it feels, until you stop and wonder, “What the hell?” Read more... (215 words, estimated 52 secs reading time)