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Twitter Tuesday: How "be ReTweetable to be ReTweeted" is useless advice?
"Want to be ReTweeted? Be ReTweetable!" What a great piece of advice! So simple, so right! Or is it? I've seen this piece of advice on my Twitter timeline countless times. Sometimes as a RT. Each and every time I want to ask what the person Tweeting this what they really mean by it. Most likely they wouldn't have an answer for me. Being ReTweetable isn't as easy as following some rules. A while back the ReTweets used to be made only as what are called Quote Tweets these days. They started (usually) with "RT" following the handle of the RT'd person and then their original Tweet copie...
Five blog post ideas for showing your personality
One of the reason why personal blogs get interest is that people want to know about other people. To connect with the others all around the web. In order to add personality to your blog, you must reveal a little something about yourself. Finding the balance between being personal enough and not being overly personal requires skill. If you are running out of ideas how to do it, here are five blog post ideas for showing all of us who you are (without oversharing). I'd like to hear how when you use these ideas, and linking back here would be great as well. Also check out the Ten blog post id...
Twitter Tuesday: Hit-and-run followers
A person follows someone on Twitter. She most likely follows lots of people already. After following this someone she sits back and waits for them to follow back. If the person they followed won't do this, the person unfollows them as silently as she followed them in the first place. I call these hit-and-run followers. The sole reason they are following me is to gain more followers. They have no interest in the content I post (they don't see most or any of it) and they don't have interest in making a real connection with me. This sort of followers work in the assumption everyone will fo...
Let your online presence evolve
What's great about web is everything is (or at least can be) constantly evolving. Nothing is ever ready. Nothing is ever done. And that's good. Your website design doesn't have to be completely ready when it's been published. You can keep reorganizing your Pinterest boards if you don't feel they work for you anymore after a while. Made a mistake? Fix it as soon as possible. Say you are sorry and tell what happened. Move on and let everyone else to move on as well. The moving and changing nature of web gives you a freedom of developing your presence all the time. Every and eac...
Twitter Tuesday: 3 reasons for using Twitter
Do you need reasons why Twitter would be or continues to be a good platform for you? Here are a couple of those reasons. Getting connected Because so many different kinds of people from so many different parts of the world are using Twitter for many reasons of their own, there's pretty much everything for everyone. If you are a food blogger, you can find a whole bunch of foodies with new recipes and more. In case you like to stalk celebrities many of them are Tweeting these days. Or if photography is your thing, there are lots of photo folks on Twitter. You can find new contacts...
Spam comments will drive your traffic away
In time to time I stumble upon a blog with good content and plenty of comments. As I go and check the comments I soon notice most of them are pure spam. At that point I dash the blog without leaving a comment. Obviously the blog isn't worth it. You might think more comments is better. People coming to your blog look at the number of comment and think: "This is popular! This must be great!" They won't. It's okay if a non-valid comment here and there sneaks in, but it must vanish after a few moments. Spam causes you a technical problem too, but first and foremost it's bad for your image....
Why the first impression matters
Have you noticed how most or at least a big bunch of people who come to your blog leave instantly? Often they come through search or other sites, take a look and storm off. They won't even have time to skim through your latest blog post, so what's wrong then? Content is what brings people back to your blog. It makes them stay and it makes them share. Content is the most important thing on and about your blog. However there's another more important thing when you try and get the new people to come in and read your excellent content. It's the first impression. The first impression doesn...
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