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Why less may actually be more

January 17, 2012 By Jim Raffel 1 Comment

Starting tomorrow, I'll publish a new post each Monday, Wednesday and Friday. With the startup of SheHe Media, Shelby and I will publish our weekly "She Said, He Said" posts to the blog on that site. I'm also committed to write one or two posts each month for the blog on my ColorMetrix company site … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, Writing Tagged With: guest, publish, RSS, rss feeds, rss readers, social media, writers

Let's chat about the Google Reader changes

November 16, 2011 By Jim Raffel 2 Comments

This is another in our She Said, He Said series. Our #shehechat happens on Twitter at 8 p.m. CST Thursday. Be sure to return tomorrow for Shelby’s viewpoint on this issue and our topics for our chat! Google Reader is a powerful tool that lets you access the power of Really Simple Syndication or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: she said he said Tagged With: adam mccrimmon, chat, Facebook, gmail, google, google reader, reader, readers, RSS, rss readers

How Inclusion on AllTop extends your reach

July 18, 2011 By Jim Raffel 2 Comments

More than a year ago, I applied to have this blog included on AllTop, which is an online magazine rack. About two weeks ago, I heard back that I had been accepted and added to the printing AllTop.com page (scroll all the way down the page and you'll find me over in the right hand column). While this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging Tagged With: aggregator, blog, credibility, inclusion, magazine racks, magazine stands, online magazines, reach, RSS, rss feeds

Social media signal and noise

November 1, 2010 By Jim Raffel 14 Comments

How do you separate the signal (those messages that matter) from all the noise that exists in the social media universe? Without a strategy and some tactics to back it up, it's very easy to get lost in the noise. I'm not saying the noise isn't interesting and even fun. Instead I'm personally … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, new media, RSS, social media, Twitter Tagged With: engage, filter, filter signal, filter theory, noise, Phil Gerbyshak, RSS, signals, social, social media, Twitter

Use as Many Channels as You Can

August 18, 2010 By Jim Raffel 5 Comments

I recently learned that all four of my siblings and my mother read this blog on a regular basis. This is especially strange to me not only because I am the youngest of the bunch but because of how they each find their way here. Small Sample....but. I was a little surprised that Mom and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, links, Marketer, social media, Twitter, WordPress, Writing Tagged With: blog, blog post, channels, Facebook, feedburner, linkedin, online social networking, RSS, rss channel, social information processing, social media, Twitter

Choose Your Own Message and Share It

June 20, 2010 By Jim Raffel 7 Comments

Stop letting others choose the messages you hear, read and see each day. Think about how little "good news" is reported on TV, radio or in the newspaper - almost none. Create your own stream. If you aren't already using an RSS newsreader like Google Reader I highly recommend you start. If you … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, Choices, new media, personal development, social media, Stuff I Like Tagged With: atom, generous, google reader, RSS, share it, web syndication

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