Janet Fouts - Social Media Coach - Latest Comments

Re: Social Media in 2010?

JHipkin — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:09:40 -0000

I suspect we will see two things in 2010 that are connected but different in important ways.

First, Social Media will become more integrated into business strategy. Now it seems the activity is being executed in isolation. I'm not saying this is a bad thing, you want to do your experimentation away from the main business, but at some point you need to get serious and figure out how SM fits in.

My second prediction is that the bloom will fade and Social Media will stop being the new shiny thing. Again, this isn't a bad thing. With less attention practitioners can focus on how to make this new communication channel a valid and viable part of marketing strategy.

Re: Social Media in 2010?

twitter-90008557 — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:15:57 -0000

Well first off... i'm going to make sure to catch yall shows on Blog Talk Radio!

What is going to be one of the major changes in 2010. I think one of the biggest is going to be filtering. We thought there was alot of noise?!?! We haven't seen anything yet. With SO many different ways to produce content, someone has to help sift through the good and the bad. Companies will pop-up to be that medium. We can't get rid of the middle man in this context.

Kelsi Guidry
SocialWants.com

Re: Rankings Schmankings-Who ARE You?

jfouts — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:33:04 -0000

In a perfect world ranking sites will be useful as data gathering tools and beyond all this silliness.

Re: Rankings Schmankings-Who ARE You?

ariherzog — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:57:13 -0000

Rankings are meaningless, indeed. Thanks for reinforcing my thoughts at http://ariwriter.com/curious-why-twitter-rank-i... and for mentioning a tool like Klout, which I agree has more potential than a mere Hubspot ranker. I've followed Klout's clout in recent months and it has potential.

Re: Socialize Your E-learning Content

Terry — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:52:52 -0000

Janet, I did not expect you on the panel since you did not make it on the program, but I am very happy I came to the panel. I learned a lot from you. Thank you very much for all of the collaborative learning information you shared. I hope you will add some more links here.

Re: WordPress SEO and Plug-ins

Sammy @ Juegos + — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:20:08 -0000

Wordpress is a great script, i love it, a year ago i used some plugins for seo but now i'm trying to make my theme seo friendly myself, from your list i use Google XML Sitemaps, is very useful.

Re: Twitter and LinkedIn Partner-is This a Good Thing?

richardtreadway — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:55:56 -0000

I think it is a good thing especially given the #in tag. The more interconnected social networks are the better. BUT each new automatic connection should prompt you to re-visit your personal workflow and information dissemination matrix to make sure you're not making duplicate posts everywhere.

Re: 20 Essential Twitter Apps You Didn’t Know You Needed (until now)

stevieb248 — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:35:15 -0000

Don't forget AUTOPILOT TWEET for Twitter follower adder, scheduling tweets and more:

http://www.autopilottweet.com

Re: Attention PR People: How to Pitch Bloggers and Actually Get Through

online müzik dinle — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:44:17 -0000

Yes it's tongue in cheek. Really. It is!

Re: Thesis Just Gets Better and Better

jfouts — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:57:19 -0000

That IS a big change Ari. I think I still like two columns personally. I find the sidebar useful...

Re: Thesis Just Gets Better and Better

ariherzog — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:38:05 -0000

Indeed it does. Click over to http://ariwriter.com to see what I'm testing out as of earlier today. That is, if you remember what it used to look like.

Re: Are Tweedledee and Tweedledum on Your Twitter List?

workgroupcollaboration — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:58:04 -0000

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Re: Google Rolls Out Social Search-Will You Use It?

allantyoung — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:11:51 -0000

Very interesting. This is definitely where SEO and social media converge. Google will have to keep developing those algorithms to adjust to the gaming that will inevitable happen from this.

Re: Are Tweedledee and Tweedledum on Your Twitter List?

jfouts — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:57:25 -0000

Val, your 2cents are always welcome!

Re: Are Tweedledee and Tweedledum on Your Twitter List?

valswisher — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:54:31 -0000

Thanks for your post. I, too, have been trying to sort through all the hype about Twitter lists. With the features in Tweetdeck, PeopleBrowser, Seesmic, and other apps, I still don't quite get what's so new about lists. I also agree about the personal aspect of following folks directly. That's where the really interesting things about Twitter happen. My 2 cents FWIW!

Re: Are Tweedledee and Tweedledum on Your Twitter List?

jfouts — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:39:55 -0000

Hey! No sooner did I post this than I got a note from Loic announcing the preview version of Seesmic Desktop with Twitter lists integration. Way to adapt!

Re: Attention PR People: How to Pitch Bloggers and Actually Get Through

car2t — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:57:59 -0000

Thank you for sharing. Great!

Re: Social media contests-inexpensive marketing at it’s best?

jfouts — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:50:44 -0000

Hmm, It's pretty hard to run this kind of contest when you don't have many followers on either network to start with. How else are you promoting it? Have you sent it out to your email list to get them to sign on? Shared details with clients or asked co-workers to help spread the news on their networks? At least them you'd have an opportunity to reach them and their networks.

In addition your Twitter presence is very new and most of the posts are promotional so you might start thinking of other ways to engage the user base you want to attract. Do some blog and Twitter surfing to find people who need your products and are blogging about things you can discuss. You don't have to agree with them, the point is to add value to the conversation.
Then they look at your profile and ohhh! there's a contest!

Re: Social media contests-inexpensive marketing at it’s best?

William Rhamey — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:40:09 -0000

I've been running a contest with two chances to win $500 in promotional products. I've only got a few days left, and I haven't had much response (especially on Twitter).. Any ideas?

I am really stuck on how to promote it, and nothing I've done has worked. Trying to scramble the last few days here to get some interest.

Contest details here: http://blog.powertexgroup.com

Re: The FaceBookization of Twitter has begun

sabridv — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:54:58 -0000

I agree I use facebook and twitter in very different ways. I have written a post about this here http://sabridv.wordpress.com/2009/10/03/twitter...

Re: Build Your Own Facebook Page

facebook-1186924654 — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:35:41 -0000

Thanks for the business building tips on Facebook pages

Re: Nattering on about nonprofits and social media

jfouts — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:22:33 -0000

Your stunt last year was a hoot Holly. It'll be fun to see what you come up with to top it, but I'm game... (gulp)

Re: Nattering on about nonprofits and social media

openid-12064 — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:09:48 -0000

Janet - so great to see you in video format since I haven't seen you in person in so long! Love the idea of "deputizing" evangelists. It gives me a funny idea for a stunt at the next conference. Are you interested in being a sheriff? :)

Re: Attention PR People: How to Pitch Bloggers and Actually Get Through

workgroupcollaboration — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:19:54 -0000

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You provide nice information about blogger and blogging..

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Re: LivestreamBackup is now Backupify?

jfouts — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:09:54 -0000

I agree with you Ajoy, and I'm pretty careful about who gets my data. That's why I paid for the service to have it backup to my own Amazon S3 account. I own the data and I can access it any time, but it's not stored on my home machine or laptop where it can then disappear or be copied.