How do I get People to Interact and Build Lasting Relationships?
Today I received 2 similar requests, so I thought I’d share the answer here so others could learn as well. The question was, “How do I get people to interact and build lasting relationships?” Other forms of the question previously have been, “how do I build my followers?” or, “how do I create traffic?” There’s […]
Read more...Want to Come to Hawaii? I’ve Got a Great Excuse for You
I hear there’s no better time to visit Hawaii than October. It’s just when things are starting to get cold in many states in the U.S., and I hear the weather is great there. On October 5, I’m going to be speaking at the Hawaii Social Media Summit at the Ala Moana Hotel, and I’ve […]
Read more...With the New Design, Twitter Kills RSS, Literally
The blogosphere is abuzz lately about the latest trend: “RSS is Dead,” everyone says. Other blogs say “RSS isn’t dead.” (of which side I tend to agree with). The debate lies with the fact that more and more people are starting to use Twitter, Twitter lists, Facebook, and other social means to just get the […]
Read more...The Next "Facebook Platform" for the Modern Web, and Why Twitter’s Running the Wrong Way
I’ve talked previously about “the web with no login button”, a vision of the Building Block Web that follows the user where they go, knowing who they are and adapting as they move. With the advent of mobile, entire operating systems running on the browser, cloud-based personal information stores and APIs such as Kynetx to […]
Read more...Loud Noises Be Gone! Mute Posts by Source in Google Buzz
I’ve long said that in good social networks, it’s not how you give, but how you receive that makes the social network powerful. This is why I like Facebook – I can hide the types of applications I don’t ever want to see, or I can just hide individuals. I liked FriendFeed even better because […]
Read more...7 Strategies I’m Pitching for Businesses to use Facebook Places
Facebook Places is the latest and greatest service offered by Facebook that has many Brands raging around how to build a strategy. Never has the advertiser or brand had so many options as they do now on Facebook to target demographic, interested parties, that you can now actually track whether they’ve been to your physical […]
Read more...Who are the Utah Tech Bloggers on Twitter?
I had this long-winded post on how I thought startups, entrepreneurs, and investors in Utah aren’t reading enough Utah based tech blogs, hoping to start a “Read Utah” campaign, but I figured I’d do something about it instead. I’m looking for every Utah Tech blogger you know on Twitter. The Rule is they have to […]
Read more...Tragedy Turns Into Inspiration as Thousands Turn to Help Slain Bishop Through Social Media
My heart just tears at the thought of this story as it hits really close to home – I can’t help writing this without a tear in my eye and heaviness in my heart. A man enters a Visalia, California LDS Church meetinghouse, asks to meet with the leader over the congregation, and gets referred […]
Read more...Apple is Creating a "Social Network" the Right Way
Today Apple did one of the most powerful things they have done since the launch of the iPod. Notice that I didn’t say “revolutionary”. There’s nothing new about it. Note that I didn’t say “innovative”. There’s nothing unique about it. Today Apple launched, quite simply, a “Social Network for Music”. What’s so powerful is that […]
Read more...Want to Follow Steve Jobs? "No Soup for You!"
Evidently a few of my friends have found Steve Jobs’ profile and followed him. Apple must have discovered that, because whenever I click on his profile, I get the following popup, saying, “Your Ping Account is Disabled.” Of course my account isn’t disabled because I can still follow other people, but it’s definitely interesting. I […]
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