Commenting on blogs, posts, videos, and others types of content is a great way to build relationships, not only with the content producers, but also others who see the content. However, treating comments as link bait (commenting just to get people to click on your link), can have just the opposite effect. Such comments can actually hurt you in the long run (plus most blogs and websites have do-not-follow rules for links in comments). Build successful relationships via comments with these tactics…
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Apr
15
2010
My Hopes & Expectations for FutureMidwest 2010 #fmw10
FutureMidwest starts tomorrow (although there are a lot of great events happening all week):
FutureMidwest is the region’s largest two-day technology and knowledge conference taking place in Royal Oak, Mich. April 16 – 17, 2010. Founded by Adrian Pittman, Jordan Wolfe and Zach Lipson, FutureMidwest is the fusion of two successful conferences held in Michigan in 2009 – the Module Midwest Digital Conference and TechNow.
I’ve been to a lot of conferences – some great – some not so much. And the bar is set really high for my expectations of this weekend. I know I will meet a lot of great people and do some valuable networking. I’m sure there will be some great conversations and this event is part of our energized rebuilding of Detroit & Michigan. But my hopes – for better or worse – are for even higher levels of achievement.
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Nov
17
2009
Being Able to Use Tech Isn’t the Same as Knowing How to Use It
There’s this notion flying around in the real world that if you’re able to use a certain technology – say Twitter – you also know how to use it. What I mean by how to use it is using it in a way to accomplish some sort of goal – like increasing sales for your business. Being able to use any technology is certainly the first step in starting to understand it, but humans use technology for a purpose – and understanding those purposes (and all the ways to use a technology) requires a deeper level of understanding.
Oct
12
2009
Sazcast Episode 2 – Google Ads on iPhone Maps & Yahoo Y!ou
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Jul
14
2009
Internet Marketing, Strategy & Technology Links – July 14, 2009
- When Will Twitter Really Go Real Time? And What Will Change When it Does? (ReadWriteWeb)
- Organic Marketing is a way of life… (Insights Group)
- The Machine is (Changing) Us: YouTube Culture and the Politics of Authententicity (The Bivings Report)
- Twitter for Business FAQ (Web Worker Daily)
- Spite Is Not a Business Strategy (GigaOM)
- HOW TO: Combine Facebook and Twitter for Live Chat (Mashable)
May
19
2009
Internet Marketing, Stratgy & Technology Links – May 19, 2009
- Enough Already: MLM Invades Twitter’s Trending Topics (Mashable)
- Why Ford is Winning on the Social Web (Mashable)
- The Real Secret to Successful Networking (Quick Sprout)
- HOW TO: Get the Most Out of Twitter #Hashtags (Mashable)
- Useful Networks Scores Top Spot at MAMA Awards with Location-Based Advertising (Ad Operations Online)
- Web Data Quality: A 6 Step Process To Evolve Your Mental Model (Occam’s Razor by Avinash Kaushik)
- “It doesn’t hurt to ask” (Seth Godin)
- Redefining FriendFeed (Social Media Explorer)
- Linked Data is Blooming: Why You Should Care (ReadWriteWeb)
- Give Me What I Want (Chris Brogan)
- Stand Firm Craig (and Jim) (TechCrunch)
- Being a Suggested User Leads to Thousands of Twitter Followers (O’Reilly Radar)
- How Far Can We Go to Build Buzz? (Daily Blog Tips)
- UserVoice Raises Funding, White-Labels User Feedback Facilitator (TechCrunch)
- Will Interactive Ad Storefronts Take Off? (Get Elastic eCommerce Blog)
- Apple Takes Over NYT Homepage Again (Silicon Alley Insider)
- Eric Schmidt’s Commencement Address At Carnegie Mellon (Video) (TechCrunch)
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May
05
2009
Internet Marketing, Strategy & Technology Links – May 5, 2009
- Why Comcast Has To Worry About Hulu (Silicon Alley Insider)
- Mashable’s Weekly Social Media & Marketing Event Guide (Mashable)
- YouTube to Publishers: Don’t Put Your Own Ads Into Those Videos! (ReadWriteWeb)
- Twitter Starts To Act Like Apple By Making Life Hard For Developers, Shuts Down StatTweets (TechCrunch)
- 85+ of the Best Twitterers Designers Should Follow (Mashable)
- Generic Domain Names in Ads Outperform Non-Generic (Marketing Charts)
- Live Streaming Coming to iPhone? Apple Submits New Spec to IETF (ReadWriteWeb)
- Continued Growth Expected for Video Ads (Marketing Charts)
- Time to Update the Old Feedburner Feed Links? (DailyBlogTips)
- When is PPC Better Than SEO for Public Relations? (Online Marketing Blog)
- iPhone Outsold By BlackBerry Curve In U.S. Last Quarter (Silicon Alley Insider)
- Corporate Tweets and the SEC: Sometimes It’s Better To Keep Your Mouth Shut (TechCrunch)
- 7 Ways to Create Your Own Social Start Page (Mashable)
- 5 Terrific Twitter Research Tools (Mashable)
- As It Inflects, Twitter Must Add Value to New Users, Faster (John Battelle’s Searchblog)
- Twitter’s Tipping Point (GigaOM)
- Google Aims to Woo the Enterprise With Its Cloud (GigaOM)
- Marketers: Concede to Customer Control (Internet Evolution)
- Getting Honest About Social Media Marketing (SEOmoz)
- Dear Avinash: Web Metrics & Analytics Questions, Facebook Edition (Occam’s Razor by Avinash Kaushik)
- Chicks Who Click Conference Coming to to Kansas City May 16 (Ad Operations Online)
- TweetPhoto Aims To Take On TwitPic By Adding More Features. Will It Stick? (TechCrunch)
- Getting Listed in Google Maps Even More Important (Duct Tape Marketing)
- Pachube: Building a Platform for Internet-Enabled Environments (ReadWriteWeb)
- The Sustainability Of Social Media (Social Media Explorer)
- PPC Myth Week Pt 1: Organic Search Traffic is More Qualified Than Paid (Get Elastic)
- Big Data: SSD’s, R, and Linked Data Streams (O’Reilly Radar)
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