Comments on: Social Media Refocus: What Site is Next?

By: marketingmat

marketingmat — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:20:21 +0000

Social media sites are used by us aswell. I can imagine that we will be putting even more focus on them in the future as time goes by.

By: Mawe of repsonwheel

Mawe of repsonwheel — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 04:17:19 +0000

Friendfeed looks promising, Ed dale from the 30day Challenge is really high on this social media. But for me facebook works fine.

By: AJ Kohn

AJ Kohn — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:29:19 +0000

LinkedIn is good for professional networking but the groups functionality leaves me cold.

Facebook is a UI nightmare and has jumped the shark as far as I can tell.

MySpace … I gUeSs If YoU wAnT tO tAlK lIkE tHiS.

YouTube is good since Video is the future but I’d ignore the LCD comments.

FriendFeed is the best new hope. It does what Twitter wants to do – encourage real conversation. It can be a bit overwhelming at first and it’s not as ego driven as Twitter, but if you invest in FriendFeed you will get an amazing amount back in return.

At the end of the day FriendFeed is a data flow like Stephenson and Gibson imagined. It’s up to you to harness it through the right subscriptions and filters and turn data into information.

Find me there at: http://friendfeed.com/ajkohn

By: onreact

onreact — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 18:08:22 +0000

Thanks Aleksander: I’m on Xing already due to living in Germany (it’s a German service) but it’s mostly a local business platform IMHO.
Also I hate Xing for destroying a great Austrian magazine called Xing before they adopted the name.

By: Aleksander

Aleksander — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 13:39:56 +0000

Hi,

linkedin is nice but it’s also very broad. Nevertheless you could find there readers from all over the world and it could be targeted readers because there’s lot of people who are related in some way to SEO, e-marketing (social media).

If you’re looking for targeted readers maybe you should try xing.com? As far as I know it’s full of IT professionals etc.

cheers,

Aleksander

By: onreact

onreact — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 14:59:14 +0000

Hey Federico, thanks for the feedback. It’s not as bad on those sites I get along quite all right but it’s just boring, there’s no progress.

Hey Carolyn: Thank you. I really don’t know myself where I’m heading. I would have never imagined to be on Twitter before actually doing it that’s why this post is quite an open question. The 5 suggestions are just there to make it easier. In case you have a better idea tell me.

Thanks Ahmet: I’m on FF from time to time already. It’s difficult not to get overwhelmed there though.

lucio: They deleted you on Sphinn? Such a shame. I didn’t know. That sucks. Thanks for the feedback.

By: lucio ribeiro

lucio ribeiro — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 22:05:37 +0000

Tad,
you’re a wise guy.
Different platforms, different needs, different outcomes.
I get hard traffic from Stumble Upon,
I get targeted traffic from Twitter and after get deleted couple of times on sphinn for doing first page i don’t give a f*** for them anymore.
Linkedin has been fantastic for consultancy gigs (take a look on my last post on Marketingeasy.net).
Cheers
Lucio

By: Ahmet Yükseltürk

Ahmet Yükseltürk — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 19:12:18 +0000

I think you should use Friendfeed. It is very useful especially for bloggers. Becuase Friendfeed users mostly are bloggers.

By: Carolyn G-Tu

Carolyn G-Tu — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 00:36:17 +0000

I’m a little confused what you are looking for – you can definitely use facebook to create community – you can post items, create groups, link to blogs but there is a lot of “fluff” on it as well. Direct SEO benefits are minimal since links are no-followed but you can create some direct traffic based on what you post – kind of like driving traffic from twitter. I’m on linked-in as well but haven’t found a use for it really beyond as kind of online business card.

By: Federico Munoa

Federico Munoa — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:23:20 +0000

I also used facebook and LinkedIn. Facebook mostly to connect to old friends and LinkedIn for professional reasons. I’m also playing passive mode in LinkedIn, I’m only connected to those that I have spoken at a personal level or I do business with. Sorry about what happens to you on the other Social Media sites.

Best Regards.