I remember when Twitter started and I was following/being followed by about 200-300. The signal to noise ratio was very high. Because you couldn't add pictures/video/music into the stream there was little distraction. Things were focussed on the the business of SEO and Social Media Manipulation. All good stuff. Of course the "drinking coffee" Tweets started to seep in and … [Read more...] about Not Really a Top Ten Tips on How to Make Money Online with G+
Social Media is about Influence not Relationships
I have a shelf full of overpriced books on social media. I say overpriced as most are just rehashed blog posts. And most of them bang on about "relationships", or "it's all about the conversation". As if yammering away about anything and everything and connecting with everyone and her dog is all you have to do. Well that thinking is just a big bag of wrong. Because, "IT" is … [Read more...] about Social Media is about Influence not Relationships
12 Skills of the Rand
When I read the The 12 Skills That Have Served Me Best in My SEO Career I immediately thought, "good stuff, must twitter". Wrong, wrong wrong. Posting on my blog helps by: Building my blog Giving SEOmoz a link that is better than the link from twitter Reaching people who do not Twitter Avoiding overlap as other people will tweet Comments become part of this blog … [Read more...] about 12 Skills of the Rand
Short is not simple, it's essential
Should we twitter like we blog and blog like we twitter? Is brevity needed to cut through the information haze? If my twitter stream becomes a stream of consciousness, my blog can be more like my twitter stream used to be. I'm shortening my blog posts Reducing the amount of links in my twitter stream Twittering what I think I want to hear Increasing more links in my … [Read more...] about Short is not simple, it's essential
Feed your Friends, Starve your Enemies
It's an ancient tactic and one which works online as much as anywhere else, even more so. When someone links to this blog with content above a certain quality threshold I will Stumble, Sphinn, Delicious that content. I may even Twitter if the content is appropriate. The reason being is to boost the power and authority of that page and the link. Also, some traffic will … [Read more...] about Feed your Friends, Starve your Enemies
Analysis of an SEO story going Viral on Twitter
I tweeted, The Future of seo. From one of the UK's top seo companies, Freshegg.com The following retweeted the story. Catnboots lloydcooke webaddict mimojito tyno BWelford Bukowsky notifyneal casspa The total number of followers these account represents around 21,000 people. Is there going to overlap, as in the same person following twice? Probably. Are everyone of those … [Read more...] about Analysis of an SEO story going Viral on Twitter