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Reply | Original | Permalink | TweetI’ve managed to find a way to be predictably unpredictable. I know that after a few minimally productive weeks, I’ll have about two weeks where I can’t stop and just get everything done. I also know that if I have a deadline hanging over my head, I will do one of two things - crumble, or crunch to get it all done. That’s better than no deadline though…
Reply | Original | Permalink | TweetIf the ads are stimulating and varied, then I don’t see users boycotting a video site just because ads run at the beginning of every third video - but if you have to watch the exact same 5 or 10 second clip at the beginning of every single video, then users will definitely find somewhere else to go for their video fix. In any case, usage will definitely decrease if ads are introduced. People won’t put up with much when it comes to something demanding patience.
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Reply | Original | Permalink | TweetA little over three-quarters of the way into the video, @roxannedarling mentions “If the commenter has a link to their home…” and I just zeroed in on that one word - home - and realized something.
What if that person does have a “home” but chose to exclude it for this comment? What if he doesn’t have a “home” to link? Kind of puts a different perspective on it.
It’s understood these days that you open yourself up for scrutiny by placing your reputation in full view of everyone - you put your past, your future, and your name on display by leaving any kind of a trail online. Some people cower from leaving a trail, some people outright blaze one.
But I think in both extreme ends of that spectrum - the extreme cowards and the extreme icons - you will find a very high population of trolls. Does that sound about accurate to you?
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Reply | Original | Permalink | TweetAll I have to say is - Thank You! Although, it's definitely worth mentioning that every copywriter has their own idea about what is constructive feedback, but your tips are absolutely spot-on for anyone looking to get the most out of their copywriter.
Reply | Original | Permalink | TweetAnother really great rule of thumb is if there are a lot of other services like yours (ie Freshbooks has a lot of competition) then it’s best to focus mainly on features since a lot of people will be shopping around and already be familiar with the kind of service they provide.
Of course, that’s applicable on a broad-stroke. Point out what sets you apart from the crowd, if there is a crowd.
Reply | Original | Permalink | TweetAnother really great rule of thumb is if there are a lot of other services like yours (ie Freshbooks has a lot of competition) then it’s best to focus mainly on features since a lot of people will be shopping around and already be familiar with the kind of service they provide.
Of course, that’s applicable on a broad-stroke. Point out what sets you apart from the crowd, if there is a crowd.
Reply | Original | Permalink | TweetSo many different perspectives, different attitudes - this one comment thread alone is enough to write a psychology book on...
Simple fact of it is, Twitter costs us nothing... except, sometimes, entire days Tweeting away because it is so very much like crack.
To me, Twitter is a business tool. I use it to network and find clients. In fact, all of my clients who were not referred came through Twitter.
You would think such a use would make me royally ticked that Twitter is down. Nope. Never put all your eggs in one basket.
...besides, you've given me enough clients that I almost didn't notice the outage because I've been so busy making money...
Good luck with the Twissues. And if you guys ever come out with an "Enterprise Edition" with features like network-wide keyword notifications, interest aggregation, etc - I'm definitely game. Even if it's $20+ a month.
Reply | Original | Permalink | TweetDo you read Copyblogger? Because I distinctly remember something like this on Copyblogger about a month ago…
Reply | Original | Permalink | TweetThere's one big reason why social media is so effective - Power Law.
Read Clay Shirky's interpretation of it for blogs, think on it for a moment, and you'll see what I mean =)
Reply | Original | Permalink | TweetA few good ideas in the comments, but there’s a problem with a twitter follow limit.
I evaluate every person that follows me, and if they’re human and cool, I follow them back. Sometimes it could take a couple weeks for me to get to it, which means I may add a hundred or so people on one day.
If I’m limited to say 20 follows a day, that’s going to really make me get backlogged - even worse than I am now (currently have 103 follow notifies that I haven’t checked yet).
And the gents talking about the overload have a great point. All in all, the twitter spammers have to be deleted, but in some way that they can’t come back or becomes a total waste of time.
Honestly, I thought the posting void was genius. It doesn’t add any load to the servers. They might also consider a follow void - where they can’t follow anyone, but they think they’re following people because they just get fed the public timeline.
Their follow number would get incremented when they add someone, but they won’t actually be following that person in reality. It’s like a twitter sandbox.
Outright deleting their accounts won’t work. It saves them too much time.
Reply | Original | Permalink | TweetAwww stop it - you're making me homesick. Everything you said was spot on - except, you only have tolls on the Turnpikes. If you're not on a turnpike, you don't have tolls =)
Unless things have changed so very drastically since last I was there (not terribly surprising, it's been about 7 years).
Reply | Original | Permalink | TweetO.o this would imply that more techie people use Yahoo, and more political people use Google, if you think about it.
Somehow that just doesn’t make sense…
Reply | Original | Permalink | TweetAll in all seems like they're making an effort ^.^ I still think they could learn a thing or two from the folks at Mozilla. You know they hired usability experts and psychologists to help re-design Firefox 3? Awesome stuff.
A note on moderating comments vs. writing being more frequent - I personally use my email to moderate comments as they come in, but definitely write more often from the dashboard. I use my drafts as post incubators - as we speak, I have over 20 drafts :)
Very nice and thorough ^.^ I'm tempted to give Skitch a try, but honestly don't mind the old fashioned way because I like knowing where my files are ;)
P.S. Sorry I haven't commented before. I don't often get the time what with Twitter and NowSourcing =P
Reply | Original | Permalink | TweetWell, basically I want to expose the myths I’ve seen. Being a ghostwriter for these types of products has taught me a lot about the business - and ironically, very little about making money online. Everything I’ve learned, I learned through doing.
I kinda started a bit of it in my most recent post…
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Reply | Original | Permalink | TweetI recently moved from being an editor at MasterNewMedia.org to a Social Media Strategist with NowSourcing.com
Here’s the post it was announced - http://nowsourcing.com/blog/2008/03/11/social-media-strategist-found-on-twitter/
I basically handle their twittering, and do quite a bit of SMO blogging and SEO / PPC.
Fun stuff ^.^ Love my new gig =)