Yesterday was the #140conf Detroit which featured a mix of local speakers and speakers brought in from elsewhere. While several of the outside speakers were interesting, I got much more from listening to our local speakers. There are a lot of great people doing awesome things in the region, and learning about what they’re doing helps all of us support each other’s efforts.
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Archives for October 2010
4 Simple Ways to Generate Blog Topics
Figuring out what to write can be a major roadblock for any writer. Add the stresses of running a business on top of trying to write and blogging can seem unsurmountable. Just by listening and doing a little research, you can find a treasure trove of blogging topics. Here are some ways to brainstorm topics for your blog…
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Klout Adds Facebook to Influence Measurement
Klout recently added Facebook into its influence measurement (which previously was looking mostly at Twitter). Even after recalculating my Klout score from time to time, it didn’t move from my initial score until I added in my Facebook profile. The Facebook integration still doesn’t look at any fan pages (just your profile), but does provide some useful information. After my previous review, my complaint about Klout using only bit.ly’s data for clicks on links is still an issue — if you don’t happen to use bit.ly to shorten your links, Klout has no data about them, and this may negatively affect your influence score. Let’s look at what information the Facebook integration has added….
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