To the novice Internet surfer, RSS Feeds are often misunderstood and rarely used. Most bloggers don’t see the advantage of subscribing to potentially hundreds of site, but instead see just a waste of time. The truth is, if you use it right, RSS Feeds can save you time, keep you informed, and help you on your quest to becoming a Social Media Maven.
While searching about today, I realized that Plurk’s site links included Plurk User Pages.
One of the best ways to make money online is by starting a blog and writing what you’re passionate about. The blog gives you a platform to sell advertising and affiliate products. But starting a blog can be difficult for someone that isn’t sure how to do it. So I’ve outlined exactly what you need, step by step, to get a blog up and going.…
One of my favorite things about Internet Marketing is that I get invited to a lot of really cool new sites to try out and test. The latest in my adventures is Social Browse. It’s a kind of a mashup of stumbleupon and digg.
When you sign up you’re prompted to install a firefox addon, which is actually very lite and not intrusive. The program adds…
The latest trend in online start ups is following the “funding and popularity now, profits later” model. Stumbleupon started this way and have now begun monetizing their site by offering advertising and sponsored membership.
This model works for some ideas, especially those that gravitate users to a specific site or area. But monetization becomes more difficult when users are spread across multiple mediums.
Digg is dead! Long live digg!
Well that might not be entirely true, but it sure seems like the era of social sharing where digg was king, has evolved to something new.
The social media buzzword of the moment is micro-blogging and you get to choose from Jaiku, Pownce, twitter, Plurk, or even BrightKite to fulfill all your micro-blogging needs. But what does it all add up to? What can micro-blogging be used to do? Is it an effective Internet Marketing tool that will stick? Or is it just a fad?
Lumping all of the platforms into one, and making a generalization would be wrong, so I’ll consider the three I’m most familiar with; Twitter, Plurk, and BrightKite.
It’s already understood that branding is important; whether it be showing your logo, face, or name as much as you can to build recognition. But social media has created the possibility for a new type of branding, the idea of tying your site to your personality.
