en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/520540 Comments by web20empire http://web20empire.com/social-media-marketing/how-to-training-posts/the-center-of-your-web-20-marketing-campaign-a-fierce-blog#IDComment110627720 Thanks, I just subscribed to your blog too. Keep in touch! Fri, 19 Nov 2010 10:37:33 +0000 http://web20empire.com/social-media-marketing/how-to-training-posts/the-center-of-your-web-20-marketing-campaign-a-fierce-blog#IDComment110627720 http://web20empire.com/social-media-marketing/how-to-training-posts/how-to-backup-and-restore-a-wordpress-blog#IDComment110625532 Re-invest in your business with profits. Why? Nothing worth having is either easy OR free. Fri, 19 Nov 2010 10:17:21 +0000 http://web20empire.com/social-media-marketing/how-to-training-posts/how-to-backup-and-restore-a-wordpress-blog#IDComment110625532 http://web20empire.com/social-media-marketing/how-to-blog-like-you-mean-it/the-only-must-have-social-media-element-a-blog#IDComment110625008 Like what? It's the post title/the blog title (and url/brand as well). What would you title this post? I won't be changing it, because it's been that same permalink for a long time, but still I'm open to suggestions and constructive conversations about article/post titles. Always a great topic. @Web20Empire Fri, 19 Nov 2010 10:12:27 +0000 http://web20empire.com/social-media-marketing/how-to-blog-like-you-mean-it/the-only-must-have-social-media-element-a-blog#IDComment110625008 http://web20empire.com/social-media-marketing/traditional-marketing-not-producing-results-try-something-different#IDComment110624546 What are some of your favorite free online marketing tools & services? That's definately a great topic for discussion, thanks for the idea jogger! @Web20Empire aka. Sheree D. Fri, 19 Nov 2010 10:08:18 +0000 http://web20empire.com/social-media-marketing/traditional-marketing-not-producing-results-try-something-different#IDComment110624546 http://web20empire.com/social-media-marketing/im-not-an-expert-but-some-of-my-friends-are#IDComment110624304 Thank you! @Web20Empire aka Sheree D. Fri, 19 Nov 2010 10:05:53 +0000 http://web20empire.com/social-media-marketing/im-not-an-expert-but-some-of-my-friends-are#IDComment110624304 http://web20empire.com/social-media-marketing/how-to-training-posts/the-trouble-with-guru-worship#IDComment77678005 My whole philosophy, and I didn't just pick it up out of an e-book, is this... Social media "marketing" is an overall strategy, not a "tactic." It's the powerful leverage that has been seen since (well, let's not get too technical, but bloggers built the whole "Blogosphere around the principal of sharing and engaging around relative and connective CONTENT that is of value and that is a resource for their readers by being referenced, discussed, cross-referenced, etc. It's the same principal as forums. I got my online social and "informative and helpful" awards from a great affiliate marketing forum (completely accidental, I was newish and I had no idea there were awards!) and I have carried the first and very mind-bending response to this "give without expectation" ideal. The very first time I said, ok, I KNOW how to help here! I have to try. I went and gave my all into some discussions that really made me feel the same way as the person who was still suffering, I gave some options that I had defiantly gone and demanded through digging deeper into the markeer's GOOGLE-inator (remember when all the top results were "padded, sort of" especially if then "newbie trap" was a deep well of how to...? Yeah, that was exhilarating. I had become "the newbie advocate" and gotten my very 1st "evangelist fan" who subscribed to me everywhere I went from then on. He made me want to be something that gave back what I had learned the hard ways. He's still with me, I saw him in my WP subscribers. That's the powerful stuff of the real service to many over yourself philosophy that I had been blessed to have stumbled onto very early and not too late to get pumped up and "SKILLED UP." It's more than just a thing like, "look at me, I'm a hero." It's who I am and I was lost before I figured out how to get down and get the right information in my hands. I had the "newbie trap" of the "here's a website set-up on your OWN DOMAIN (keyword research anyone? No. Bad, bad choices are made in noob-SEO) and I was stuck w/hosting that was WAY over-priced and a locked-in "hidden commission" structure because it was: All you have to do is sign up with the profitable host and you can have it ALL FREE for the 1st month. It took me forever to even break even on that, I'm STILL receiving a small, exact price of the hosting when I had it every month, check from there every month. I had to play with a hosting account (and break my website) so I could learn how to use it. THEN, I could go and see the reasonable options all around. Still with MY 1st choice of host, but I never have to give anyone a locked-in "host with your WP set-up" bad deal. They usually end up picking my choice anyway, because I don't MAKE them in exchange for freebies. It's a win-win. Oh, that philosophy up there? Got it "perfected and in writing and live online (one of my first blogger blog tests during the web 2.0 empire exercises and tests in the early days of pre-Twitter focus. All was such a huge red flag screaming in the social media wind, and here it's still going on now. while being a "scientific observer" and recording and tracking the beginning when My Space got "social media marketing" the 1st of the viral new "fever pitch" BEFORE it ever mutated into the more resistant strands over Facebook and worse, Twitter. OK, Gotta go sneeze in an elevator. Sat, 29 May 2010 23:27:38 +0000 http://web20empire.com/social-media-marketing/how-to-training-posts/the-trouble-with-guru-worship#IDComment77678005 http://web20empire.com/social-media-marketing/my-twitter-toolbar#IDComment76890714 It\\\'s different than Twitterfeed. There are many different Twitter tools out there, some have overlapping features, some are unique to the service. As far as an all around Twitter tool for monitering one or more Twitter accounts, quick @ reply capabilities, easy follow back, easy unfollow, as well as integration with several other social media platforms now (e.g. Facebook & Linkedin, for example), Tweet Deck is the only tool I (personally) need. There are some good Firefox add-ons for Twitter, some good web-based Twitter services (both free and paid), but there are too many features among all of them to go into here on this comment. Maybe I\\\'ll write a post and review the best of all the different Twitter focused tools/apps/services I\\\'ve tried and/or use now. Thanks for the great question! -Sheree Mon, 24 May 2010 12:18:38 +0000 http://web20empire.com/social-media-marketing/my-twitter-toolbar#IDComment76890714 http://web20empire.com/social-media-marketing/how-to-training-posts/how-to-backup-and-restore-a-wordpress-blog#IDComment76888907 Um, that\\\'s how you do it? Backing up and restoring a Wordpress Blog, it\\\'s one post, one topic, what else do you want? Other Wordpress videos/topics are in other posts/videos... Is there anything specific? -Sheree Mon, 24 May 2010 11:57:15 +0000 http://web20empire.com/social-media-marketing/how-to-training-posts/how-to-backup-and-restore-a-wordpress-blog#IDComment76888907 http://web20empire.com/social-media-marketing/social-media-now/im-back#IDComment76883905 Maybe, I own I think 51 domain names myself. Granted, some are just .info, .org, etc. to protect my branded domains, but still, GEEZ. I guess it might be an addiction, sure. I'd love to chat more about this "illness" with you sometime. It would be a fun podcast conversation, what do you think? -Sheree Mon, 24 May 2010 10:07:52 +0000 http://web20empire.com/social-media-marketing/social-media-now/im-back#IDComment76883905 http://web20empire.com/social-media-marketing/social-media-now/im-back#IDComment76883761 Ric, Thanks for reminding me to add the Do Follow plugin. As I said, I just put this blog back up recently and am also catching up on my social media site connections as well, so this blog is still under construction. I agree that anyone who is using their blog as "the brains" of their social media marketing operation should indeed install the Do Follow plugin. In fact, that gives me yet another idea for a quick post. -Sheree Mon, 24 May 2010 10:05:29 +0000 http://web20empire.com/social-media-marketing/social-media-now/im-back#IDComment76883761 http://web20empire.com/social-media-marketing/social-media-now/social-media-marketing-is-more-than-just-social-networking#IDComment76883669 Yes, it is about the sharing of information. Depending on the nature of the information an individual has to share, one social media platform may be more effective or appropriate for sharing that knowledge and/ or opinions. I think that no matter what, everyone needs to learn as they go and you really can never stop moving forward and becoming a more effective social media marketer. Also, people need to focus LESS on the "marketing" part of "social media marketing" and more on the "social" part. It's just not cool to try to sell stuff right on Twitter. Especially, selling things in social platforms by using false "hooks" like "free training" or "wow, look what I just did" type of updates. It's a place where we can all come together, everyone with his/her most valuable knowledge and skills, and find one another according to who or what we need. -Sheree Mon, 24 May 2010 10:04:01 +0000 http://web20empire.com/social-media-marketing/social-media-now/social-media-marketing-is-more-than-just-social-networking#IDComment76883669 http://web20empire.com/social-media-marketing/social-media-now/social-media-marketing-is-more-than-just-social-networking#IDComment76883441 Real "experts" also share and give away before they EVER ask you to give them something back. If someone knows what they're talking about, they can answer any questions you have, explain what they're service/product actually does, explains, or includes, and that's it. It's pretty easy to spot someone whose entire Twitter feed consists of "sharing informative content" that is actually just them tweeting their own stuff. Another thing I see a lot is "free training" membership sites. Where you have to sign up in order to really know what they're training includes and then you find that it is all just "surface training" in order to get you to think they know what they're doing and join their system, company, or whatever. My philosophy? I just don't SELL anything on social media platforms. I share information, I talk to actual people and build relationships, sometimes I help people with issues they're having, and that's it. I don't sell anywhere online where I do not OWN the content and rights to it. My blog has affiliate links for things I recommend from time to time. All the things I recommend, I also use. I also have video training to show my team how to use the services/tools that I use and recommend if they're needed. It's not hard to get a bunch of Twitter followers using various and always shifting/disappearing apps and bots (e.g. "Get More Followers Instantly" types of things). The more useful and difficult thing is to get Twitter followers through your own value and personality. That's the only way to go as far as I'm concerned. Thanks for the great comment, -Sheree Mon, 24 May 2010 10:00:11 +0000 http://web20empire.com/social-media-marketing/social-media-now/social-media-marketing-is-more-than-just-social-networking#IDComment76883441 http://web20empire.com/social-media-marketing/how-to-blog-like-you-mean-it/the-only-must-have-social-media-element-a-blog#IDComment76882742 Absolutely, I'd love to have you as a guest here! I'm a huge fan. It's all about learning and then sharing your knowledge with others who need it. So true. -Sheree Mon, 24 May 2010 09:49:25 +0000 http://web20empire.com/social-media-marketing/how-to-blog-like-you-mean-it/the-only-must-have-social-media-element-a-blog#IDComment76882742 http://web20empire.com/social-media-marketing/how-to-blog-like-you-mean-it/the-only-must-have-social-media-element-a-blog#IDComment76882671 So wise, Sandra! "Focus on building a solid foundation..." That's exactly the point I was trying to make with this post. Thank you so much! -Sheree Mon, 24 May 2010 09:48:11 +0000 http://web20empire.com/social-media-marketing/how-to-blog-like-you-mean-it/the-only-must-have-social-media-element-a-blog#IDComment76882671 http://web20empire.com/social-media-marketing/how-to-blog-like-you-mean-it/the-only-must-have-social-media-element-a-blog#IDComment76882555 Yes, Linkedin is good as well. The whole configuration of which social networking sites, video sharing sites, microblogging services, etc. etc. etc. is just very personal in my opinion. What I mean here is that everything else should lead back to your blog, link from your blog, and yada yada yada. In other words, I try to teach my students that they need to focus on THEIR main hub (their blog) of information and value. This needs to be content that THEY own, leading to contact information from people who choose to share their contact information outside of a social network setting. You can't build your email marketing list on a social network or you'll end up getting in a lot of trouble. Anyway, you know what I mean now, I'm sure. Right, Scott? You're a smart guy, I know you get what I mean here. If you'd like to discuss it further, give me a shout anytime! I'm always up for good conversation, you know that. -Sheree Mon, 24 May 2010 09:46:35 +0000 http://web20empire.com/social-media-marketing/how-to-blog-like-you-mean-it/the-only-must-have-social-media-element-a-blog#IDComment76882555 http://web20empire.com/social-media-marketing/branding/branding-yourself-not-your-company-or-affiliate-products-in-social-media-marketing#IDComment76882051 Oh, and also from always being aware of what is going on around me. Never assume anything is ever just "black and white." There is so much more to building a business online than "copy and paste." -Sheree Mon, 24 May 2010 09:40:06 +0000 http://web20empire.com/social-media-marketing/branding/branding-yourself-not-your-company-or-affiliate-products-in-social-media-marketing#IDComment76882051 http://web20empire.com/social-media-marketing/branding/branding-yourself-not-your-company-or-affiliate-products-in-social-media-marketing#IDComment76881947 From doing the things that I talk about here. : ) -Sheree Mon, 24 May 2010 09:38:41 +0000 http://web20empire.com/social-media-marketing/branding/branding-yourself-not-your-company-or-affiliate-products-in-social-media-marketing#IDComment76881947 http://web20empire.com/social-media-marketing/im-not-an-expert-but-some-of-my-friends-are#IDComment76881832 Great point! -Sheree Mon, 24 May 2010 09:36:46 +0000 http://web20empire.com/social-media-marketing/im-not-an-expert-but-some-of-my-friends-are#IDComment76881832 http://web20empire.com/social-media-marketing/branding/who-are-you-trying-to-brand#IDComment76881759 Thanks, I appreciate the comment. -Sheree Mon, 24 May 2010 09:35:34 +0000 http://web20empire.com/social-media-marketing/branding/who-are-you-trying-to-brand#IDComment76881759 http://web20empire.com/social-media-marketing/how-to-training-posts/how-to-backup-and-restore-a-wordpress-blog#IDComment76881687 Thanks Mary, great to meet you! -Sheree Mon, 24 May 2010 09:34:21 +0000 http://web20empire.com/social-media-marketing/how-to-training-posts/how-to-backup-and-restore-a-wordpress-blog#IDComment76881687