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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

Linkedin: Finding the Full Value of the Ecosystem

August 13, 2010 By Jim Raffel 1 Comment

I know plenty of people (myself included) who struggle to find the value of Linkedin. My gut tells me there is plenty of value there and I have found several small pockets of success already. The goal now is develop a more complete understanding of the entire Linkedin ecosystem and how to maximize … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Marketer, new media, social media Tagged With: community websites, human interest, linkedin, social information processing, social media, success stories, valuables

Blog Comments or Sharing via Twitter and Facebook?

August 9, 2010 By Jim Raffel 10 Comments

Blog comments aren't dead any more than newspapers are dead. Until Twitter and Facebook became so big, blog comments were the only way to express your pleasure with a post. Now, sharing the post via Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn or other social media channels is a snap. Justin Levy weighs in. I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, links, new media, social media, Twitter, WordPress Tagged With: blog, blog comments, comments, Facebook, justin levy, online social networking, social information processing, social media, social media channels, Twitter, web 2.0

Inner Circle of Friends

August 2, 2010 By Jim Raffel 9 Comments

I've got this friend named Twitter, she's pretty much awesome. Even awesome friends push you away sometimes. It's OK, she's in my inner circle of friends and in no time we'll be best buds, hanging out together again. While Twitter and I "take a break" I've got this other friend LinkedIn. Oh my gosh … [Read more...]

Filed Under: new media, personal development, social media, Stuff I Like, Twitter, Uncategorized Tagged With: Facebook, friend, friends, human interest, inner circle, linkedin, online social networking, personality, social media, success, tribes, Twitter, world wide web

Loves vs. Hates with Amplicate

July 22, 2010 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

I ran across a fun website called Amplicate the other day. Amplicate tracks the opinions you express on Twitter. Today they are reporting those as Loves or Hates. A few days ago when I found the site they used the words Rocks and Sucks. It's an interesting way to get a feel for the overall positive … [Read more...]

Filed Under: social media, Stuff I Like, Twitter Tagged With: hate, hates, human interest, love, loves, opinion, social media, Twitter

Blogging 101: Face Time at Social Media Conferences

July 15, 2010 By Jim Raffel 4 Comments

Do you wonder what it's like to spend a few days face to face spending time with other bloggers and social medial devotees? In my experience, it's some serious fun and that is why I am headed back to BlogWorld this October. At the end of this post you'll have an opportunity to sign up for BlogWorld … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogging 101, conferences, WordPress Tagged With: blog, blogging, conferences, extremely, matt mullenweg, social information processing, social media, WordPress

Small Business B2B Social Media Platform

June 23, 2010 By Jim Raffel 16 Comments

How should a small business leverage social media to sell to other businesses that are almost always much larger concerns? Stop selling to the business. Instead start introducing yourself and engaging with the people who make up that business. Social media allows you to connect to more people in a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, Marketer, new media, sales, social media, Twitter, WordPress Tagged With: b2b, blog, business platform, human interest, linkedin, online social networking, search engines, small business, social information processing, social media, social networking, Twitter

The Twitter Vacation

June 11, 2010 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

It's the opposite of what you think, we are going to tweet....a lot. Tight budgets, saving money, kids in college, etc. have combined to create our Twitter vacation. Roots of the idea. We (@hawtwife and I) decided to be fiscally responsible (unlike our village who is replacing roads unnecessarily … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, social media, Twitter Tagged With: social media, tweet, Twitter, vacation, world wide web

Social Media & Business Lessons From a Jewel Concert

June 4, 2010 By Jim Raffel 3 Comments

Last night I had the pleasure of attending a Jewel concert with my wife. Here's the three things I learned from Jewel last night after she made sure we knew her Twitter handle @jeweljk. 1. The power of your story. Last night it was just Jewel and her Guitar. Between songs she told the stories … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, Marketer, motivation, personal development, social media, Twitter Tagged With: business lessons, business practices, hands, human interest, jewel concert, music, social media

Human Networking 2.0

May 26, 2010 By Jim Raffel 2 Comments

In the social media community we talk about having an audience of one. I see Human Networking 2.0 as having an audience of "one at a time." Twitter is just talking and Scott Stratten reminded us of that recently, at the #unGeeked conference. I conduct myself the same way on Twitter, Facebook and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Facebook, google wave, human, linkedin, mark fairbanks, networking, online social networking, scott stratten, social information processing, social media, strategy, Twitter

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