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Showing posts with label social media. Show all posts
Showing posts with label social media. Show all posts
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Sunday, December 11, 2011
ATTENTION @Etsy Sellers! NO COST PR #Handmade #etsy
If you sell on Etsy, as I once did, one of your biggest challenges is GETTING the traffic to your store and items! Many times it is financially disadvantageous to continually repost to stay on page 1 or 2. A great way to get your name out there, is to have a review of your products on a popular blog.
I've recently started a media firm, and although we are currently pitching larger companies for complete campaigns, we are offering a service FREE in December that wouldbe a PERFECT fit for Etsy sellers!
I've recently started a media firm, and although we are currently pitching larger companies for complete campaigns, we are offering a service FREE in December that wouldbe a PERFECT fit for Etsy sellers!Thursday, September 22, 2011
Social Media- Dr Seuss had it RIGHT!
This has always been my #1 FAVORITE book. ALL TIME. The lessons contained there-in are astounding, and as of late, I've come to realize that this is actually talking about Social Media. (Tired much?) I encourage you to read this again with that in mind. ;-)
OH The Places You'll Go
Congratulations!
Today is your day.
You're off to Great Places!
You're off and away!
You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself
any direction you choose.
You're on your own. And you know what you know.
And YOU are the guy who'll decide where to go.
You'll look up and down streets. Look 'em over with care.
About some you will say, "I don't choose to go there." (Foursquare???)
With your head full of brains and your shoes full of feet,
you're too smart to go down any not-so-good street. (MySpace)
And you may not find any
you'll want to go down.
In that case, of course,
you'll head straight out of town.
It's opener there
in the wide open air.
Out there things can happen
and frequently do
to people as brainy
and footsy as you.
And then things start to happen,
don't worry. Don't stew.
Just go right along.
You'll start happening too.
OH!
THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!
You'll be on y our way up!
You'll be seeing great sights!
You'll join the high fliers
who soar to high heights.
You won't lag behind, because you'll have the speed.
You'll pass the whole gang and you'll soon take the lead.
Wherever you fly, you'll be best of the best.
Wherever you go, you will top all the rest.
Except when you don't.
Because, sometimes, you won't.
I'm sorry to say so but, sadly, it's true
that Bang-ups
and Hang-ups
can happen to you.
You can get all hung up
in a prickle-ly perch.
And your gang will fly on.
You'll be left in a Lurch.
You'll come down from the Lurch
with an unpleasant bump.
And the chances are, then,
that you'll be in a Slump.
And when you're in a Slump,
you're not in for much fun.
Un-slumping yourself
is not easily done.
You will come to a place where the streets are not marked.
Some windows are lighted. But mostly they're darked.
A place you could sprain both your elbow and chin!
Do you dare to stay out? Do you dare to go in?
How much can you lose? How much can you win?
And IF you go in, should you turn left or right...
or right-and-three-quarters? Or, maybe, not quite?
Or go around back and sneak in from behind?
Simple it's not, I'm afraid you will find,
for a mind-maker-upper to make up his mind.
You can get so confused
that you'll start in to race
down long wiggled roads at a break-necking pace
and grind on for miles cross weirdish wild space,
headed, I fear, toward a most useless place.
The Waiting Place...
...for people just waiting.
Waiting for a train to go
or a bus to come, or a plane to go
or the mail to come, or the rain to go
or the phone to ring, or the snow to snow
or the waiting around for a Yes or No
or waiting for their hair to grow.
Everyone is just waiting.
Waiting for the fish to bite
or waiting for the wind to fly a kite
or waiting around for Friday night
or waiting, perhaps, for their Uncle Jake
or a pot to boil, or a Better Break
or a string of pearls, or a pair of pants
or a wig with curls, or Another Chance.
Everyone is just waiting.
NO!
That's not for you!
Somehow you'll escape
all that waiting and staying
You'll find the bright places
where Boom Bands are playing.
With banner flip-flapping,
once more you'll ride high!
Ready for anything under the sky.
Ready because you're that kind of a guy!
Oh, the places you'll go! There is fun to be done!
There are points to be scored. There are games to be won.
And the magical things you can do with that ball
will make you the winning-est winner of all.
Fame! You'll be as famous as famous can be,
with the whole wide world watching you win on TV.
Except when they don't
Because, sometimes they won't.
I'm afraid that some times
you'll play lonely games too.
Games you can't win
'cause you'll play against you.
All Alone!
Whether you like it or not,
Alone will be something
you'll be quite a lot.
And when you're alone, there's a very good chance
you'll meet things that scare you right out of your pants.
There are some, down the road between hither and yon,
that can scare you so much you won't want to go on.
But on you will go
though the weather be foul.
On you will go
though your enemies prowl.
On you will go
though the Hakken-Kraks howl.
Onward up many
a frightening creek,
though your arms may get sore
and your sneakers may leak.
On and on you will hike,
And I know you'll hike far
and face up to your problems
whatever they are.
You'll get mixed up, of course,
as you already know.
You'll get mixed up
with many strange birds as you go.
So be sure when you step.
Step with care and great tact
and remember that Life's
a Great Balancing Act.
Just never foget to be dexterous and deft.
And never mix up your right foot with your left.
And will you succeed?
Yes! You will, indeed!
(98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed.)
KID, YOU'LL MOVE MOUNTAINS!
So...
be your name Buxbaum or Bixby or Bray
or Mordecai Ali Van Allen O'Shea,
You're off the Great Places!
Today is your day!
Your mountain is waiting.
So...get on your way!
*** The above text was copyrighted in 1990 .
OH The Places You'll Go
Congratulations!
Today is your day.
You're off to Great Places!
You're off and away!
You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself
any direction you choose.
You're on your own. And you know what you know.
And YOU are the guy who'll decide where to go.
You'll look up and down streets. Look 'em over with care.
About some you will say, "I don't choose to go there." (Foursquare???)
With your head full of brains and your shoes full of feet,
you're too smart to go down any not-so-good street. (MySpace)
And you may not find any
you'll want to go down.
In that case, of course,
you'll head straight out of town.
It's opener there
in the wide open air.
Out there things can happen
and frequently do
to people as brainy
and footsy as you.
And then things start to happen,
don't worry. Don't stew.
Just go right along.
You'll start happening too.
OH!
THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!
You'll be on y our way up!
You'll be seeing great sights!
You'll join the high fliers
who soar to high heights.
You won't lag behind, because you'll have the speed.You'll pass the whole gang and you'll soon take the lead.
Wherever you fly, you'll be best of the best.
Wherever you go, you will top all the rest.
Except when you don't.
Because, sometimes, you won't.
I'm sorry to say so but, sadly, it's true
that Bang-ups
and Hang-ups
can happen to you.
You can get all hung up
in a prickle-ly perch.
And your gang will fly on.
You'll be left in a Lurch.
You'll come down from the Lurch
with an unpleasant bump.
And the chances are, then,
that you'll be in a Slump.
And when you're in a Slump,
you're not in for much fun.
Un-slumping yourself
is not easily done.
You will come to a place where the streets are not marked.
Some windows are lighted. But mostly they're darked.
A place you could sprain both your elbow and chin!
Do you dare to stay out? Do you dare to go in?
How much can you lose? How much can you win?
And IF you go in, should you turn left or right...
or right-and-three-quarters? Or, maybe, not quite?
Or go around back and sneak in from behind?
Simple it's not, I'm afraid you will find,
for a mind-maker-upper to make up his mind.
You can get so confused
that you'll start in to race
down long wiggled roads at a break-necking pace
and grind on for miles cross weirdish wild space,
headed, I fear, toward a most useless place.
The Waiting Place...
...for people just waiting.
Waiting for a train to go
or a bus to come, or a plane to go
or the mail to come, or the rain to go
or the phone to ring, or the snow to snow
or the waiting around for a Yes or No
or waiting for their hair to grow.
Everyone is just waiting.
Waiting for the fish to bite
or waiting for the wind to fly a kite
or waiting around for Friday night
or waiting, perhaps, for their Uncle Jake
or a pot to boil, or a Better Break
or a string of pearls, or a pair of pants
or a wig with curls, or Another Chance.
Everyone is just waiting.
NO!
That's not for you!
Somehow you'll escapeall that waiting and staying
You'll find the bright places
where Boom Bands are playing.
With banner flip-flapping,
once more you'll ride high!
Ready for anything under the sky.
Ready because you're that kind of a guy!
Oh, the places you'll go! There is fun to be done!
There are points to be scored. There are games to be won.
And the magical things you can do with that ball
will make you the winning-est winner of all.
Fame! You'll be as famous as famous can be,
with the whole wide world watching you win on TV.
Except when they don't
Because, sometimes they won't.
I'm afraid that some times
you'll play lonely games too.
Games you can't win
'cause you'll play against you.
All Alone!
Whether you like it or not,
Alone will be something
you'll be quite a lot.
And when you're alone, there's a very good chance
you'll meet things that scare you right out of your pants.
There are some, down the road between hither and yon,
that can scare you so much you won't want to go on.
though the weather be foul.
On you will go
though your enemies prowl.
On you will go
though the Hakken-Kraks howl.
Onward up many
a frightening creek,
though your arms may get sore
and your sneakers may leak.
On and on you will hike,
And I know you'll hike far
and face up to your problems
whatever they are.
You'll get mixed up, of course,
as you already know.
You'll get mixed up
with many strange birds as you go.
So be sure when you step.
Step with care and great tact
and remember that Life's
a Great Balancing Act.
Just never foget to be dexterous and deft.
And never mix up your right foot with your left.
And will you succeed?
Yes! You will, indeed!
(98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed.)
KID, YOU'LL MOVE MOUNTAINS!
So...
be your name Buxbaum or Bixby or Bray
or Mordecai Ali Van Allen O'Shea,
You're off the Great Places!
Today is your day!
Your mountain is waiting.
So...get on your way!
*** The above text was copyrighted in 1990 .
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Lets talk about Alexa BABY!
Lets talk about you and me....
Lets talk about all the good thing and the bad things that could be...
The mother of website ranking, Alexa.com, is a kind of double edged sword.
On one hand, promoters will often view a websites Alexa stats as a basis of traffic, and the probability that their product will get proper exposure. There are some great tools on Alexa, such as Search Analytics, that will offer both the website owner, and promoters, the opportunity to see which keywords are leading to the site, how strong the competition is for these keywords, and who is advertising under these keywords.
Lets talk about all the good thing and the bad things that could be...
On one hand, promoters will often view a websites Alexa stats as a basis of traffic, and the probability that their product will get proper exposure. There are some great tools on Alexa, such as Search Analytics, that will offer both the website owner, and promoters, the opportunity to see which keywords are leading to the site, how strong the competition is for these keywords, and who is advertising under these keywords.
Monday, July 25, 2011
Five things I learned about Social Media
And you might not know!
Let's be reasonable, most of us are bloggers, and want to increase our numbers! Take these tips to help out yourself, and others! Its a wide social world out there, and some of our activity has catches!
#1 Facebook likes MUST come from your personal page!
Meaning- If you are participating in a Facebook hop, and you 'like' someones page, it will not increase their numbers if you are 'using Facebook as your business page. This is what hops are all about, right?
#2 Comments are for more than just getting a follow back!
Google your blog, and soon you will find that your comments appear in search results. We WANT to appear in search results! Spread your name around, and not only will you be 'doing a solid' to your fellow bloggers by READING their post, and leaving RELEVANT comments, but increasing your own exposure too!
#3 'Do unto others' is not old school!
The truth remains as it did thousands of years ago, that you will get what you give. The blogs that I return to are those who've returned to mine. Leaving a comment for something other than a hop is always welcome, and makes us all feel good. A twitter mention does a soul good, and a stumble or plus one brightens your day. If you think about the blogs you pass through, how long would it take each of us to add in these extra steps!
#4 Klout scores...
Although there have been a number of articles predicting the future of Klouts impact, I am still unsure what relevance it has on our cyber presence, but I have learned this...as with everything else, I LIKE to see my numbers go up, so must others enjoy this too! And how does Klout score us? The algorithms used to determine scores, take into account your Twitter and Facebook followers, mentions, and re-tweets, (among other things that are beyond my technical knowledge) So I then refer you to #3. Do unto others applies!
#5 Alexa- the basics
Alexa, the mother of website ranking. If you have recently participated in an 'Alexa Hop', there are a few things you should know.
a. You MUST have the toolbar installed! Alexa traffic is only inclusive of visits from users WITH the toolbar installed. What does this mean? If a visitor does not have the toolbar installed, it WILL NOT count towards your ranking. If you are looking for reviews and giveaway on your site, it is likely that your business partners will check into your Alexa ranking, to see what kind of traffic their product will receive. Better ranking, better reviews and giveaways. It would SERIOUSLY behoove us all to have the toolbar installed! Get it for Firefox, Internet Explorer, or Google Chrome. (It's a small, non intrusive toolbar, and better still, you can see your own ranking every time you are on your site without visiting Alexa.com)
b. Also taken into account is your bounce rate, and time on site. Simply stopping by someone's site after having installed the toolbar is nice, but it is even nicer to click on another page. I've considered inserting a "Read More" on every post, thus forcing visitors to click another page to continue reading.
Check out my ranking, and see the difference since I installed the toolbar, (July 6) and began participating in Alexa Hops! Check out the search percentage graph...Hmmmmm
Coming soon....My take on StumbleUpon, and what kind of impact it can have on your traffic
Let's be reasonable, most of us are bloggers, and want to increase our numbers! Take these tips to help out yourself, and others! Its a wide social world out there, and some of our activity has catches!
#1 Facebook likes MUST come from your personal page!
Meaning- If you are participating in a Facebook hop, and you 'like' someones page, it will not increase their numbers if you are 'using Facebook as your business page. This is what hops are all about, right?
#2 Comments are for more than just getting a follow back!
Google your blog, and soon you will find that your comments appear in search results. We WANT to appear in search results! Spread your name around, and not only will you be 'doing a solid' to your fellow bloggers by READING their post, and leaving RELEVANT comments, but increasing your own exposure too!
#3 'Do unto others' is not old school!
The truth remains as it did thousands of years ago, that you will get what you give. The blogs that I return to are those who've returned to mine. Leaving a comment for something other than a hop is always welcome, and makes us all feel good. A twitter mention does a soul good, and a stumble or plus one brightens your day. If you think about the blogs you pass through, how long would it take each of us to add in these extra steps!
#4 Klout scores...
Although there have been a number of articles predicting the future of Klouts impact, I am still unsure what relevance it has on our cyber presence, but I have learned this...as with everything else, I LIKE to see my numbers go up, so must others enjoy this too! And how does Klout score us? The algorithms used to determine scores, take into account your Twitter and Facebook followers, mentions, and re-tweets, (among other things that are beyond my technical knowledge) So I then refer you to #3. Do unto others applies!
#5 Alexa- the basics
Alexa, the mother of website ranking. If you have recently participated in an 'Alexa Hop', there are a few things you should know.
a. You MUST have the toolbar installed! Alexa traffic is only inclusive of visits from users WITH the toolbar installed. What does this mean? If a visitor does not have the toolbar installed, it WILL NOT count towards your ranking. If you are looking for reviews and giveaway on your site, it is likely that your business partners will check into your Alexa ranking, to see what kind of traffic their product will receive. Better ranking, better reviews and giveaways. It would SERIOUSLY behoove us all to have the toolbar installed! Get it for Firefox, Internet Explorer, or Google Chrome. (It's a small, non intrusive toolbar, and better still, you can see your own ranking every time you are on your site without visiting Alexa.com)
b. Also taken into account is your bounce rate, and time on site. Simply stopping by someone's site after having installed the toolbar is nice, but it is even nicer to click on another page. I've considered inserting a "Read More" on every post, thus forcing visitors to click another page to continue reading.
Check out my ranking, and see the difference since I installed the toolbar, (July 6) and began participating in Alexa Hops! Check out the search percentage graph...Hmmmmm
Coming soon....My take on StumbleUpon, and what kind of impact it can have on your traffic
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