Has the Bubble Popped for Social Media?
Ok, I know that I am not the first to write about this. This type article has been written and rewritten over and over again for the last few years. I am not about to state that social media is dead, far from it really. There are, however, a few alarming trends that I have noticed. Over the last few months I have been decidedly absent from social media. I do not post near as much as I used to. I sometimes go for days without even looking at a feed. I’ve been gone for two main reasons. First, I’ve simply been busy. I’ve been focusing on evolving my business and have gained...
read moreThe Art of Quiet Influence
Quite a lot is being said about influence. Klout, Grader, and an array of other sites will grade your level of influence, and that is quickly becoming the standard of measurement for how we are doing on the web. Many online marketing people will teach you to expand your audience, how to use email lists, how to convert pageviews into sales, and teach you about the scarcity principal. They will tell you all about how to gain social proof and create authority. Many of these people are full of crap. Spending your time working to convert viewers into buyers is a soul-destroying waste of your...
read moreHave I Lost That Twitter Feeling?
It’s not you Twitter, it’s me. I’ve changed. I mean, I know we’ve been together for years now, but it seems that we have grown apart. Don’t get me wrong, I think you’re great. You’re more than great, you are wonderful. And we’ve had some really good times together, some good laughs, funny moments, and shared some meaningful links. But there’s something missing. We both know it and been avoiding this moment but the time has come. You know what I mean. I think we both need our space. This has been coming on for a long time. We just don’t communicate...
read moreAnocial is Back
New site, new ideas. It’s taken a while but there was really good reasoning behind taking about a month to get my site fully updated. Fully updated, that’s a bit of a stretch. There are simply too many past posts to alter so that it will look perfect on this site. That being said, all the pages have been updated and I have a cool little site, if I do say so myself. I wanted this site to convey both the professional maturity I have gained since I started Anocial and the fun I like to add into work. It’s a different site for a different type of marketing firm. I hope you like...
read more6 Things You Didn’t Know About Google+
The cool new phrase in the social media world is “Circle me.” Google seems to have hit on a great new social media platform with G+. Is it a Facebook Killer? No, it isn’t. Will it be the end of Twitter? No, it won’t. Will it become a viable component to the social media universe? It may. Time will tell. Aside form some questionable moves by Google, like supporting animated GIFs, + has some really nice options. I thought I’d take a moment to tell you about some of the really cool things available to you that many people don’t seem to know...
read moreStill Friends I Hope?
The last couple of weeks have seen me making some definitive changes in how I am handling my social media presence. Mainly, I talked about why I decided to leave Empire Avenue, not because it’s not a viable platform, but more about keeping in mind what I have time for and working with platforms I am comfortable with. If we want to succeed, achieve even, in social media we must be willing to try out the new stuff. If it doesn’t work for us, so be it, move on. I started with Triberr almost three months ago. I wrote about it an earlier post. In that post I talked about how Triberr...
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