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5 Timesaving Social Networking Tools from Practical eCommerce
Posted by: | CommentsWe have a lot of balls in the air but the one we can least afford to drop while juggling is ‘time’. If we don’t manage that the others will fall and we fail.
In my constant search for better time management I came across this item at Practical eCommerce (one of my favorite sites). Hope it is beneficial.
Have Fun,
Jim
5 Timesaving Social Networking Tools | Practical eCommerce
“A concern I often hear from those new to social networking is the amount of time it takes to manage engagement activities, such as tweeting or posting status updates to Facebook and LinkedIn. While there’s no cost to use these channels, time is valuable and, therefore, the more efficient its utilization, the more cost-effective it becomes.
This article presents five tools that will help you make the most of your social-networking time. You won’t need to use all five, however. I simply want to give you a good selection to choose from”. ...read on...
NOTE FROM JKP: The entry goes on to discuss the following five tools:
- NutshellMail, from Constant Contact
- Sprout Social, a social media management and monitoring console
- TweetDeck a third-party Twitter applications
- HootSuite to manage different social profiles and accounts
- CoTweet designed for organizational use
Why Twitter Is Massively Undervalued Compared To Facebook
Posted by: | CommentsInteresting discussion on the value of the giant social networks. Found at TechCrunch, Naval Ravikant and Adam Rifkin, Oct 16, 2010
Why Twitter Is Massively Undervalued Compared To Facebook
Editor’s note: In this guest post, Naval Ravikant
and Adam Rifkin argue why Twitter is undervalued. Naval was an early investor in Twitter and owns Twitter shares; Adam does not. They have not discussed the content of this article with anyone inside Twitter. The views expressed are their own. They can be found on Twitter @naval and @ifindkarma.
Tips, Tricks and Inspiration for Creating Great Screencasts
Posted by: | CommentsThis looks like an excellent site for anyone with a self maintained web site.
Jim
Tips, Tricks and Inspiration for Creating Great Screencasts, By Jacob Creech on October 12, 2010
New Rules for Online Living – PCWorld
Posted by: | CommentsSome great examples of do and don’t in online communications. Click here for the full blog.
Jim
New Rules for Online Living, PC World, Robert Strohmeyer, Sunday, October 10, 2010 08:00 PM PDT
The technologies that drive our world have become increasingly social, calling for a new set of rules and customs to govern everyday interactions. Here are 25 essential guidelines for life in the social media age.
New Rules for Online Living – PCWorld
1. Unless you’re under 12 or just being ironic, keep a lid on the Internet slang. (Especially “clever” alternative spellings like “gurl,” “w00t,” and “fanbois.”)
2. Never use your Facebook wall to show off your engagement ring. It’s bad luck, and we can spot Cubic Zirconia even at low resolution.
3. You are not your kids. Don’t use the latest cute snapshot of them as your profile pic.
4. Whether you’re an empty-nest ex-hippie treehugger or an empty-nest ex-hippie teabagger, not everyone on your friends list shares your mind-crushing anxiety about wireless radiation or immigration enforcement. Take it down a notch, Dad.
5. No matter how off-the-hook last night’s party may have been, commenting about it on the party host’s wall afterward merely invites disaster. Chance are, not all of the host’s friends were on the guest list.
6. You are not your spouse, child, or BFF. So why are you posting comments from their Facebook or Twitter account? Get your own account. They’re free.
7. “Send to a friend” links on Websites can be convenient for the sender but annoying for the recipient. Ever heard of copy-and-paste?
8. One-word tweets: Don’t.
9. Try reading at least the first paragraph of any blog post before crafting a hot-headed screed about how dumb it is.
10. Never post a comment shorter than your signature.
11. Leaving the default “Sent from my iPhone” or “Sent from my BlackBerry” signature in your phone’s e-mail app should be a punishable offense. Those companies get enough free advertising as it is.
12. Using your e-mail app’s built-in “stationery” feature has never been a good idea. It was annoying in the 1990s, and it’s deplorable now.
13. If you haven’t posted an update to your blog in months, don’t bother logging on to put up a post apologizing about it. Nobody cares–not even you, apparently.
14. There’s no excuse for spamming everyone in your contacts list with 20 megabytes of vacation snaps. That’s what Facebook, Flickr, and Picasa are for.
15. When sharing pics on social sites (see number 14), take a few minutes to weed out the blurry shot of your left index finger. And we don’t need 72 nearly identical shots of Big Ben or the Eiffel Tower, either.
16. Ringback tones are hereby banned. We don’t want to hear a badly compressed clip of 50 Cent’s “In Da Club” every time we need to call you.
17. We shouldn’t have to tell you that playing music loudly on your phone while riding a train or waiting for the bus is just plain jerky. Get some headphones, dude.
18. Got a personal message for a friend or relative? Send a message. Facebook walls are not private.
19. When you get an e-mail that you think is particularly amusing or wise, delete it immediately without forwarding it to anyone.
20. If you tag me in a picture on Facebook, I better look damned good.
21. A little short-form banter on Twitter is fun, but take it to e-mail or direct messages after three tweets.
22. Ostentatiously flaunting your new iPad/iPhone/Droid in public isn’t impressing anyone. You know that any fool can buy one of those at the store, right?
23. We know good domain names are scarce these days, but Camelcamelcamel.com is not an acceptable option. For that matter, Dimdim.com doesn’t inspire confidence either.
24. Some terms make more sense online than IRL. Saying “Let’s take this ‘offline,’ because we don’t have the ‘bandwidth’ for it right now” at a meeting just makes you sound like a dork. For that matter, saying “IRL” is pretty lame, too.
25. Useless acronyms FTW.
