Social Publishing
Ten blog post ideas
Having a blogger's block? Below you can find ten ideas to use when you are running out of your own ideas. When you use these, I'd appreciate highly if you would link back to this post. In case your blog doesn't ping other blogs automatically, it would also be great if you'd leave a comment with a link to your post. That way I'll be able to see what sort of writing this post has inspired. My favorite iPhone/Android photo editing apps - Showcase your favorite photo editing apps. Use your own screenshots and examples. DIY roundup - Find the last week's best DIY blog posts and link t...
Twitter Tuesday: Scheduling and other automation
One of the popular things to do on Twitter is sharing links to websites, articles, images and videos. In order to ease the sharing process and make sure they are sharing everything, many users are automating their Tweets. Services such as dlvr.it and twitterfeed or HootSuite provide ways to autotweet content and schedule Tweets. I used to do this for my blog posts as well. There has been some really good examples lately of how scheduling can be go terribly wrong. Right after the Aurora shooting a Twitter account belonging to NRA Tweeted: "Good morning shooters. Happy Friday! We...
Cure for social media exhaustion
Do you ever get that feeling you want to close all your social media accounts, stop blogging and throw your computer out of the window? Well, maybe I'm exaggerating now. However I'm guessing you unfortunately know that feeling of being tired, bored and frustrated with all the sharing, pinning, plussing and Tweeting. The social media exhaustion. I know that feeling. And I know a cure for it. Or a way out of it, if that sounds more appropriate. I have noticed that each time I get to this point, changing something helps. Be sure to really want the change. Due to all the changes those who have...
Twitter Tuesday: Of profile pictures
You can upload a picture on your profile on Twitter. The picture is shown by each one of your Tweets and of course on your profile page as well. It's part of how your followers identify you and your Tweets, as they skim their Twitter feed. Therefore it's recommended to have a distinct picture and not to change it too often. Headshots are usually the best, some use logos as well. The problem with logos is they don't show personality and people like to follow and communicate with people. I highly recommend to upload a profile picture, if you want to actively use the service. The...
Twitter Tuesday: #hashtag #mania
Hashtags are the way to label, sort of categorize, Tweets. They consist of one word (no gaps, apostrophes or other special characters) starting with the hash sign (#). You can search and track hashtags to keep up on Tweets over certain topics. And they are widely overused. At first the hashtags were just something the Twitter users did. It wasn't any sort of a built-in feature of Twitter and back then only third party sites were offering any decent ways to follow and track them. Actually hashtags originate from IRC where they were used to label channels. Soon after they got a quite popular...
Get more likes on Instagram
I don't have that many followers on Instagram. Not a popular kid around there, you know. So up until lately my photos have received quite a little buzz if any. Up until lately, when I started to do a couple of new things. The following tips are based on my own experiences. Oh and if you are interested to see my photos, just follow me. See you around! Use hashtags Like on Twitter and then some, you can use hashtags on Instagram. Hashtags such as #food or #cameras. Use popular hashtags (see what other's use). Be sure your image actually fits the tag so you won't be seen as a spammer. B...
Twitter Tuesday: My story
Since I've been doing these Twitter Tuesdays for eleven weeks now (that's over two months!) I decided it's time to tell what's my story and approach on Tweeting. I joined Twitter four years ago, in June 2008. Back then it was still sort of an upcoming service. There were quite little active users (compared to now) and the celebrities hadn't taken it over yet. Back then teens didn't write Tweets at all. When I joined the world of microbloggin Jaiku was still kind of thriving. It had potential and it was extremely popular amongst tech folks and especially my fellow Finns. I never really li...
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