Archive for Social Networking
Social Media Lessons Through a Looking Glass
Posted by: | CommentsI learned a 3 huge lessons this weekend about posting photos and audio in Facebook. I posted an exercise video on Facebook and one of my co workers took the liberty to make a screen capture of myself showing off my flat stomach. He posted it in several work locations. I found it funny, but unprofessional. I kept the video on Facebook.
The 2nd situation I encountered was a picture of myself with my arm around another female who was not my wife. My wife helped me post the photos. However, a friend called and said the photo made me and the other female appear to be a married couple. I pulled the questionable photos.
The 3rd lesson I learned was a big spanking from the staff at Facebook. They pulled the slide show that my wife and I made because we may have violated audio copyrights. My penalty could result in my Facebook account being closed! Whew! The audio was copied from Youtube. I figured that if Youtube allowed the audio, I should be safe. Not!
With social media becoming such a big part of our life, never do anything using social media that you would not want your grandma to see. If it’s good enough for grandma, it should be good enough for the social media police.
Everything we do using social media will be seen through the looking glass of the public eyes.
Use “Twitter Power” to Brand Yourself
Posted by: | CommentsI can vividly remember back in November when my wife Idy and I decided to venture into new territory and pursue our dreams of writing. It seemed that it was almost accidental finding Joel Comm. I was researching a web developer’s site and came across Joel Comm’s free Adsense Secret 4 book (Adsense Secrets 4.0). I was wondering who this Joel Dot Com guy is? I down loaded the book and the rest is history! I had never read or written a blog before. Within a few days, I had started 3 Blogger blogs. My wife started 2.
I really knew that we were on to something. Shortly before Christmas, I watched a video with Mike Dillard and this funny guy named Perry Belcher talking about Twitter. Twitter? Perry Belcher? It almost seemed like a joke! Whoa! Joel Comm announced that he had authored a book called “Twitter Power” Maybe this Twitter thing was not so weird after all. I pre-ordered Joel’s book and impatiently waited 6 weeks for it to be delivered.
The book is an easy read. You don’t have to be a geek to understand it. Joel explains that it okay to be yourself. However, he insists that you use proper “Twitter etiquette”. We could all use a little social etiquette in our day to day talking. Don’t interrupt a conversation. Don’t walk up to strangers in a cafe and just sit down and start talking. Twitter works the same way. He explains the proper way to enter a Twitter conversation.
What I have learned most from Joel’s new book is to properly brand myself. I have only one shot on Twitter unless I change my name. Joel says that the only way to be successful is to really give more than you receive. Twitter is not the place to directly sell your stuff. Building a following is more important than making a sale. Joel is market savvy and knows how to monetize his followers. Joel’s methods have really worked on me . I went for the free Adsense Secrets 4.0 book. I get his monthly news letter The Top 1% Report. I purchased Twitter Power.
Do you want to learn how to dominate Twitter? Get the book. Sure you can wait until you find a used copy online. By then your competition will have over 10,000 Twitter followers and you will have your 1000.
Small is good. 140 words at a time.