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The old link love she ain’t what she used to be.
via Colin Walker by Colin on May 10, 2008
Before having my say on this weeks bitchmeme I thought I would wait for the situation to calm down and look back on one of the issues raised - that of where we should be linking to.As is often the case when emotions are running high the situation can rapidly spiral out of control which is what seemed to happen yesterday. Points are made and in the effort to strike while the iron is hot things may...
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Twitter is a facilitator.
via Colin Walker by Colin on May 12, 2008
... this environment in order to effectively extend a particular conversation.”With recent events this has never been more apparent. There have been complaints about Twitter as a medium being limited but such complaintsalso show Twitter’s true nature, for example:Exactly. You can’t talk politics in 140 characters. It’s simply not possible. Must be done in person over beer. Twitter is not i...
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Just because you use social media it doesn’t make you a social media user.
via Colin Walker by Colin on April 28, 2008
... own model.Using Flickr as an example, FriendFeed could only compete if it allowed you to store your pictures on its servers instead. Even if this were to happen Flickr would still remain dominant as it has become the ‘go to’ resource to upload your photos; this is something that goes way beyond ’social media’ users.Task orientedAdmittedly, anyone who uses something like Flickr is ...
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If I’m not a blogger then what am I?
via Colin Walker by Colin on May 01, 2008
Over the past month or so there has been a distinct feeling of unease spreading across the web with bloggers appearing to be increasingly insecure about their position in it. This first became really noticeable with the discussions surrounding the problem of fractured conversations.Having their posts spread across the web by aggregation services with no control over the conversation and the...
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So you’re not an internet marketer? Think again.
via Colin Walker by Colin on May 05, 2008
When you think of internet marketing you conjure up images of consultants giving SEO advice or in house designers planning a new web advertising campaign. The average person therefore thinks “what has internet marketing got to do with me?”The truth of the matter is that anyone with an online presence - even if they are not a marketing professional - is to some extent an internet marketer...
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Has the echo chamber had its day?
via Colin Walker by Colin on May 06, 2008
There are many factors related to the issue of social media going mainstream but maybe we aren’t looking in the right place for answers.Any new social service is being populated by the same early adopters - it is the usual suspects friending each other in multiple locations across the web (I’m just as guilty as the next guy) - the echo chamber walls are being reinforced. Are the tech elite...
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Do the masses know what they want?
via Colin Walker by Colin on May 07, 2008
Yesterday I asked if the echo chamber was still relevant now that the needs of the early adopter and those of the populace at large are becoming more differentiated. Today I want to follow that up by asking if the masses really know or understand their needs?We live at such a pace that we often have little time to consider what we actually want. We exist in a semi-robotic state commuting from...
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The impact of social media on journalism.
via Colin Walker by Colin on May 13, 2008
After the blog post on the BBC, Sky News tonight ran an item on the events around Twitter breaking the news of the earthquake in China and had approached me to appear on TV as an ‘expert’. Unfortunately, this was too short notice and I was not able to go along but it illustrates the interest mainstream media is now having in social media as a tool for modern journalism.As I mentioned...
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Social|Median - personalised news.
via Colin Walker by Colin on May 14, 2008
Socialmedian is a social news service that connects people with personalised news and information in a similar vein to sites like BlogRize or Mixx. The service works around ‘News Networks’ devoted to a specific topic such as social media or Twitter; anyone can create a new network on any topic which lets you easily find the news which matters to you - just join those you consider...
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Running with the pack?
via Colin Walker by Colin on May 15, 2008
Yesterday, Michael Martine of Remarkablogger posted the concept of using a ‘blog pack‘ to enhance the promotion of your site. A blog pack is a group of bloggers who set up an ‘alliance’ to cross promote each others sites by way of comments, links, stumbles, etc. in order to:- Get established- Build personal networks- Increase traffic- Increase RSS subscribers- Get organic backlinksAt the...
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