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- 6 Ways to Make Better Friends on StumbleUponMarch 17 2008
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StumbleUpon is one of my favorite sites and a great way to network with those in your industry, meet others who share your interests, discover very interesting sites, and find the latest “interesting” news. One of the sites flaws is that it limits you to having only 200 “friends” or people that you can network with directly. Keeping this in mind, you need to be selective in who you “make friends” with. Here are some pointers to help you along the way when considering adding a member to your friends network.
1. Make sure you’ve got a great profile. People will reciprocate a friendship if they visit your profile and like what they see. A picture is preferable, and an avatar is acceptable, but not having anything just won’t cut it. Also, make sure to write something about yourself in the narrative, and do go through all of the “interest” tabs and select not just your interests, but the interests that you want to connect with people about.
2.See how long they have been a member. Every profile has a “member since “x” date on it right under the name and stats. Why is this important? If they are just learning the rules and just “checking it out” they may not be much help in getting content that you submit additional exposure.
3. See how long it’s been since they have logged in. This is listed in green to the upper right of the narrative portion of the profile and - WTF - Part 2March 17 2008
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So, most of you thought I was a prude according to my “foul language” survey. That’s ok, you have to live with your convictions, and I have to live with mine. Apparently, the company at fault agreed with me. Here is the follow up email I received after my email went from the web hosting provider, to the developer of the software, to the management team at Smarter Tools.
“Thank you for your concern. With a little more investigation we found a few other offensive words that we have removed. We have modified our standard english dictionary and have sent a copy to (web hosting provider name removed) for them to implement if they so choose.
We will should also be including this modified dictionary with our future installs.
Hope this helps.
Best Regards”
I commend Smarter Tools for being responsible and having integrity. Without integrity, you’ve got nothing.
- WTF?March 13 2008
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I am really a nice guy which is why I don’t often mention names, but this amazed me. A colleague of mine informed me that as she was using the spell checker on the webmail system, the word “f*ck” was offered to her as an option for the correction of a persons name. She was shocked and a bit offended. I was able to duplicate the issue and let the web hosting support folks know about it. My comment to the support folks was “if someone wants to use that word and can’t spell it… well that might explain why they use it”.
So here is my question; am I over reacting, or should this word not be in the default dictionary for the spell checker?
- The Stumble Upon CommandmentsMarch 6 2008
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StumbleUpon is all the talk in Social Networking, and for good reasons. It is a great way to meet folks to network with both in an outside of your industry. And yes, we know it can be good for generating some web traffic. Ok — real good.
I have had the privilege of helping people get going on their SU journey, so I figured I would just put it all in a blog post and start to send it out. Much of this has been said by others, but I decided to draft the Stumble Upon commandments.
So here are the rules on how to “Stumble without Falling”
1. Thou Shalt Not Stumble Thyself Exclusively (lest you go blind in the eyes of others). Literally, if you are just Stumbling yourself people will watch but let you keep on enjoying yourself - they won’t stop you or join you. (Sorry, I couldn’t resist)
2. Thou Shalt Not Attempt to Network Without a Photo or Avatar. Avatars help in branding as long as you are consistent with your website and other Social Media Networks. People don’t know who you are, but they will feel like they know you a bit more if you use your photo as an Avatar. Baby pictures are cute, but not helpful when you run into that person at a conference - they just won’t look the same.
3. Thou Shalt Not Spam. This applies to SU or otherwise. It’s just wrong and a great way to get blacklisted by the community. That includes IM’s and mass sending of lots of links.
4. Thou Shalt Not Have a Blank Profile. On top o
- OldSchool SEO offering SEM ServicesMarch 5 2008
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This really isn’t news other than I have not posted any specific information on SEM consulting services on this blog prior. As far as SEM services, I am a one man operation however I utilize the services of two firms in particular to handle my overflow work. I also work with a designer who handles any web design needs that may arise. From time to time I consider adding additional SEM staff and building Web Traffic Team into a larger entity, but I did that once already and I just don’t think it’s the direction I want to go in. There is always the possibility of partnering with one of the many SEM firms that I respect and trust, but for now, I am very content working as I do.
I will be focusing on a few niche industries, mostly related to financial services and offering a host of services including:
- Tele-coaching
- One on One Coaching
- Full Service SEM
- Social Media Marketing
- Link Building
- Pay Per Click Search
- General SEM Consulting.For more information on SEM service offerings and pricing, please visit the Search Marketing Consulting section of my blog.