jfouts's Comments

Janet Fouts : Build relationships instead of just a network

Sat, 16 May 2009 03:12:31 +0000

Thanks Fred and Ari. It's true social media is an ever-evolving thing and we all have to learn from each other!

Janet Fouts : Marketing your blog on Twitter

Thu, 14 May 2009 00:10:41 +0000

Hey, that's great to hear Luis, glad the post was helpful.

Janet Fouts : Marketing your blog on Twitter

Sat, 9 May 2009 13:48:25 +0000

As for the URL shorteners I'm fond of is.gd and bit.ly because you can track clicks and I also use ow.ly, mostly because I like the ease of use of Hootlet. Ow.ly links give you a lot of informationin in your Hootlet.com dashboard, however Google doesn't index those links, so I don't use it for marketing my own material. Did you see this post from Marshall Kirkpatrick at RRW? http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/twitter_crow...

Janet Fouts : Building a Facebook Page (part 2)

Tue, 5 May 2009 02:42:59 +0000

As I understand it they want your full legal name and not your user name. Your user name is not a legal name.

Janet Fouts : Twitter manners- how to write good tweets and be a good twittizen

Mon, 4 May 2009 21:11:22 +0000

Thanks all for your kind feedback on the post!

Janet Fouts : Finding Quality Followers on Twitter

Mon, 4 May 2009 04:51:47 +0000

The lazy businesses will never go away but they won't stay in social media because it's too much work! Either that or they'll automate it which will be as easy to tune out as a banner ad.

Janet Fouts : Twitter manners- how to write good tweets and be a good twittizen

Sun, 3 May 2009 04:06:56 +0000

Thanks for the link to your post. I tried Topify once before but I didn't like putting their email in place of mine on my profile, maybe I'll take a second look!

Janet Fouts : Social media - Just the starting point

Sat, 2 May 2009 18:28:54 +0000

That's the beauty of social media, no matter where you live you can engage and create relationships! (Nice to get some Face to face too though!)

Janet Fouts : Building a Facebook Page (part 2)

Fri, 1 May 2009 22:53:15 +0000

I don't really thing the signature thing is a big deal. It's just the same when you upload an image, you have to verify you have rights to use the image. Here's a link to some good info about this: http://www.allfacebook.com/2009/04/public-profile... Oh, and for all the people who couldn't figure out how to enter a digital signature. What they want is your name. No URL's etc, just your name.

Janet Fouts : Two steps to social media success

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:01:53 +0000

Yep, measuring is incredibly important but I lump it in with listening. I really think some people never get on the bandwagon because social media seems so complex and it really doesn't have to be. By listening (and measuring) you can really be on top of your social media engagement.

Janet Fouts : Two steps to social media success

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 03:11:26 +0000

Well I said it was an over-simplification... WEG There is a ton to learn of course, but if you get down to the basics, this is it.

Janet Fouts : Two steps to social media success

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 23:17:03 +0000

Good point Andy. If you don't want to or can't engage, at least learn something. I notice you do a very good job of keeping on top of your listening and engaging. That's one of the reasons I'm a loyal Trackur customer. Well, that and it's an outstanding way to listen at an affordable cost!

Janet Fouts : Social media contests-inexpensive marketing at it's best?

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:13:54 +0000

Thanks Danny, I've been watching 12 for 12K and how successful it's been. One question I get from a lot of people thinking about fund-raising with social media is: How much does the popularity (i.e number of followers) of the people running the campaign have to do with it? For a non-profit for example, just getting into social media has a shorter arm than an established social media rackstar.

Janet Fouts : Social media contests-inexpensive marketing at it's best?

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:11:20 +0000

Thanks for the link to Strutta, very interesting.(link was broken but here's a link http://www.strutta.com/ ) I love that people are embracing these smaller bites and realizing you don't have to award huge prizes or accept only large donations to be effective.

Janet Fouts : Amplify- a new way to comment

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:03:16 +0000

John, Point well taken. Auto-posting without moderation is a form of broadcasting. The way I use Amplify is for the links that I want to have a longer input than 140 chars but don't want to write a whole blog post. so I write my comment on the post on Amplify and I'm on Twitter constantly so I see replies and DMs and respond there or on Amplify.

Janet Fouts : Blogging tool Zemanta steps up to the non-profit plate

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:55:37 +0000

Thanks Jure, I appreciate your software and that you're listening too!

Janet Fouts : What's wrong with Twitter?

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:02:36 +0000

Thanks Danny, I confess I abandoned Twitter for Plurk back in the dark days of fail whale domination, but it just wasn't an interface I could deal with and I was happy to get back to the simplicity of Twitter. Now though people are posting to FriendFeed and Facebook, and these are much better options for people to go to and not come back to Twitter. Listen up @ev and @biz, you can't count on us forever.

Janet Fouts : Webinar Re-cap - How to Make Social Media Work for You

Sun, 12 Apr 2009 15:31:18 +0000

Jonathan, Thanks for letting me know the link was down. Here's the video from the event starting with me talking about the Exploratorium Museum in San Francisco.

Janet Fouts : Building a Facebook Page (part 2)

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 20:06:07 +0000

Ryan, It may be the result of some of the feed issues Facebook is having. You might want to keep an eye on the forums. Start with this thread: http://forum.developers.facebook.com/viewtopic.ph...

Janet Fouts : Building a Facebook Page (part 2)

Wed, 8 Apr 2009 22:10:00 +0000

Glad to help Renee, I hope LOTS of people see how easy this is!