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No One Cares About Your Lifestream

1. October 2009

Let me say it again. No one cares about your lifestream. For the vast majority of us, this statement is absolutely true. You might have followers on Friendfeed, so you could try to argue that those people care about your lifestream. However, they don’t. Let me explain why. The real reason those people follow you [...]

Louis Gray is My Filter: The Rise of Online Influencers

1. September 2009

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First off, if you don’t know who Louis Gray is, go check out his blog or FriendFeed right now. Louis Gray is one of the most active Tweeters, FriendFeeders or whatever you want to call it. He covers all kinds of emerging trends and technologies from online to offline tools. Some days I don’t have [...]

Help the Hand-Raisers!

19. August 2009

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This is a guest post by John Andrews. John Andrews is Managing Partner of Collective Bias, a social shopper marketing company helping connect brands, retailers and consumers in conversation. He can be reached at johnandrews@collectivebias.com or at his personal blog. The Social phone is ringing, is anyone picking up? Where can I get the new [...]

Develop Your Local Network to Improve Your Online Network

28. July 2009

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I have been using online tools like LinkedIn and Twitter to continue to meet new and interesting people online, but I recently found how much of an impact your local network can have on your online network. Let the Networking Begin Over the past few months, I have helped build up the Social Media Club [...]

How Many Words Are Needed to Make a Good Post

21. July 2009

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I have wondered the question that is the title of this post for some time. How many words are needed to make a good post? I try to make my authors at LostInTechnology have around 500 words in each post. However, I only came to that number, because a site I had previously written for [...]

I Don’t Follow Private Feeds

7. July 2009

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I get friend requests just about every day from one social network or another. Sometimes it’s spam, sometimes I gloss over it, sometimes I just automatically follow them back for no real reason. However, even with this highly advanced and technical follow strategy, I never follow back someone that has a private feed. It’s just [...]

Build Relationships with Good Commenting

25. June 2009

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Commenting is always on the list of things to do in order to promote your blog, but there usually isn’t a mention of exactly how or when you should comment. It is always said to just comment on “top blogs,” and you will get noticed eventually or at least drive some traffic to your blog. [...]

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Build Relationships with Good Commenting

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