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So, ya’ll remember that song by the C&C music factory, things that make you go hmm? If not, here are the lyrics. Okay, now on to my point. For the first time in my blogging career, I have been tagged and I am really excited about it. The lovely Lynn Terry, who blogs at Clicknewz (a blog I read quite often) tagged me on May 7th to participate and tell you about 5 bloggers that make me go hmm, hmm, hmm (I added the two hmm’s)
Here are the rules of the MEME:
If, and only if, you get tagged, write a post with links to 5 blogs that make you think. (Then tag them.)
Tell the five bloggers I tagged they are tagged and
Link to the post that tagged me so that people can easily trace the exact origin of the meme.
This really wasn’t too difficult for me since I don’t have [...]
Mr. Randy Swanston – no, I am not interested in your “Underground Sales Letters eBook” or your “Six Steps To Six Figures With List Marketing”. How do expect to build relationships with your customers if all you do spam the heck out of their blogs. Number one rule in Social Media do not SPAM! The least you can do is comment about one of my postings a few times and then make your sales pitch. To make things worse, you don’t even leave a valid email address on your website so that I and others like me can ask you to stop your foul behavior. I have received well over 50 spamerati comments from you and whatever automated system you are using in the last week. I am generally in a good mood but you are killing my productivity. Consider this your first warning.
Technorati Tags: spam, spamerati, randy swanston, irritated
A few days ago, Lee Odden wrote about the Five Blunders of Social News and Bookmarking and the noise associated with social media marketing. These blunders, while probably not a comprehensive list, are things that I see daily as I read various blogs and frequent a handful of social media properties. They are the following:
Submitting press releases to social news sites
Add every social bookmarking icon to your blog
Submit your own content
Relying on a network of people to vote on stories.
Related to above: Howdy Doody comments
This list fits in well with what I have been thinking about for the last three weeks since I started my new gig at Yahoo (it usually takes me that long to actually write a post, how sad). I have mentioned in a previous posting that social media is community driven and anyone who plays in this space already knows that. Also, in my opinion, it’s [...]
Let’s face it, in today’s instant gratifying world, life is much easier when things are automated! Back in the good ole’ days, I used to check search engine rankings using an excel spreadsheet and dedicated about 2 – 3 hours a week searching each keyword in each engine (ugh). Then life got easier when search software began to hit the market. I have tried several software packages (Trend MX, Web CEO, SEO Administrator and Axandra, etc.) and for the most part they were all similar in price and features. However, I had the SAME issue with each one; and that is, the ranking reports were never-ever-ever-ever accurate. And then I found myself having to re-check the reports again. It was like living life without a microwave again.
And then came Advanced Web Ranking (and no, this isn’t a sponsored post). Every time I run my ranking reports, they are as accurate [...]
