Blog Entries tagged 'social network'

How to Get a New IP Address

Don — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 21:00:00 +0100

I'm not saying this has happened to you, but if you spend much time at all promoting your site in social media, eventually you're going to need a new ip address. Maybe the 20-something sysadmin was in a bad mood and was feeling the need for a power trip, or maybe you made a mistake and pushed the envelope just a little too far. But getting banned on most social networks means that t [...]

Use Digg Analytics to Digg the Top 100 Without Friending Them

Don — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 21:00:00 +0100

I'm going to propose something rather radical. You should get rid of most of your friends on social media sites that you're targeting to promote your site.

We've talked about how you should stop shouting on Digg. But you can take it one step further. Most social media sites now discount the value of a vote from a friend. While they encouraged everybody to build up friend lists through the [...]

Social Voting Exchanges

Don — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 21:00:00 +0100

Last August we did a post on Voting Rings in Social Networks. At the
time there were a number of sites trying to cater to people that wanted to exchange votes with other social network users. The "industry" has
changed quite a bit since then, and it bears re-examination.

First, let's define what we mean by a vote exchange site. These are websites that allow their users to "trade" t [...]

Getting to the Front Page and Other Places in Social Media

Don — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:00:00 +0100

What exactly does a social media professional do when they're shepherding a story to the front page of a news site? Aside from all of the other
support activities that surround having strong profiles, being an active member in the community, and building off site relationships
with as many people as they can, the tactics for getting to the front page really just consist of:

Prepare the article. T [...]

Where is the Nobility in Carpal Tunnel?

ltdraper — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:00:00 +0100

We've heard a comment from a number of "A-Listers" that all of your social media activity should be "organic." That you shouldn't use automation or do anything that isn't natural with sites like Digg, because somehow that's cheating.

Our question back is "What's so noble about carpal tunnel syndrome?" If you're using automation to do the same things you would do if you sat at the computer and clicked yo [...]

Cross Pollinate Your Social Media Profiles

Don — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:00:00 +0100

I did a simple experiment this morning and it has already paid off. Have you come across profiles on social websites that have a grocery list of links to other social networks? I've read that this strategy can be useful, but I didn't understand just how useful until today.

Today I updated my LtDraper Digg Profile and added my Twitter, StumbleUpon, Sphinn, Delicious, and AIM accounts in the link section. It [...]

Take Advantage of your Opportunities for Communication in Social Media

Don — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 22:00:00 +0100

You should seriously consider effectively communicating with the people that follow you on Twitter.

There's a twitter account called RU4real that claims to be an experiment. Here's the only thing they've tweeted:

DO NOT FOLLOW THIS ACCOUNT. It is an experiment to see how many people read the pages of the people they follow. You are a tool.

The problem is that this exper [...]

Voting Rings in Social Networks

ltdraper — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 22:00:00 +0100

A lot of "experts" in social media have made the assertion that if you participate in a voting ring on any of the major social sites, you'll get caught. There is a mystique around the all-knowing data centers that can track your activities on their site. If you cheat, you'll get burned. It's that simple.

I'm not going to pass judgement on whether or not you should participate in voting rings. It's proba [...]

The Right People on Social Networks

Don — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:00:00 +0100

Social Sites like Digg are like being in high school all over again.

You really have to keep that in mind when you're coming up with a strategy of how to promote your content on these networks. If you're just starting out, you're sitting with the geeks in the cafeteria, and the cool people aren't going to pay much attention to you. It will take a long time (at least in internet time) to carefully craf [...]

How and Why to Blast your Posts onto a Huge Number of Social Networks

Don — Wed, 28 May 2008 22:00:00 +0100

Do you spend your days in the drudgery of promoting your web sites? We've listed over 2,000 Social Media Websites as ripe grounds for promoting your articles. But the comment that we seemed to get the most was best summed up by katfrench on Sphinn:

"Seriously, though, post a list of two thousand social bookmarking sites and Sphinners will get a headache at the thought of a [...]

Social Suite Beta Tester Saves a Week a Month with Digg Analytics

admin — Sun, 11 May 2008 22:00:00 +0100

[Note - don't put slashes and plus signs in your article title if you have SEO friendly URL addresses that mimic your title. I'm just saying!]

Beta testing is a very strange thing to watch. Some people ask for access and do nada. Others use the software in ways that, frankly, are puzzling. Some people complain abo [...]

Still Beta Testing Social Media Suite Automation

admin — Sun, 04 May 2008 22:00:00 +0100

It's been kind of dark on this blog, but we're in a whirlwind beta testing our Social Site Automation toolset. We're going to open up the private beta to around 20 more people, so please feel free to contact me (olivertaco@promote-my-site.com) if you'd be interested in giving it a shot.

You should be familiar with social media marketing and have extensive D [...]

Digg Death Penalty for Promote My Site

admin — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 22:00:00 +0100

Digg hung our blog and buried it in a pauper's field without a trial and with no review. That's not the "wisdom of the crowd" or "social peer pressure" - it is French Revolution style mob rule. (I thought the line was "Nobody expects the Spanish inquisition!")

Our Digg Genesis

We started off reading and "digg [...]

Beta Testers for Social Media Automation Suite Needed

admin — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:00:00 +0100

If you would be interested in beta testing our new social media automation product before it is released, please drop me an email.

You should be

An experienced Digg userWiling to install iMacro for Firefox
To spend at least a few hours using the product (My guess is that you will, like I did, fall in love with this product, so it shouldn't be too painful.)

We're very excited a [...]

Doing The Math - No Money In Facebook

admin — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:00:00 +0100

The otherwise very very smart Don Dodge posted this gem that gets some bits right:

I talked to a Facebook App developer at the ReMix conference. He told me his app is generating 300 million page views per month. Wow! Then I asked what kind of CPM (Cost Per Thousand) ad rates he was getting. He shrugged and said somewhere between $0.02 and $0.05 per thousand. That pencils out to betw [...]

Digg This Cheap Shot Friend Strategy

admin — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:00:00 +0100

[Stumblers, welcome! Before you leave, check out our Digg Friend Finder (or our other SEO tools on the left hand sidebar) to find people on Digg who have posted stories with your keywords of interest in them!]

Recently I have been bending over backwards to be a good digg friend and to really nuture my network. Not only because I am a nice guy [...]

Social Heartbeat Monitor First Analytics

admin — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 22:00:00 +0100

I've been having a right proper geek fest with Excel, PivotTables, and the output from our Social Heartbeat Monitor of 2,000+ Social Networking and Social Bookmarking sites.

Actually, that was hard to type as my hands are kind of cramping up.

I'm still pondering what this all means, and it'll get a lot more interesting when we start having week-on-week data. But here are some interesting graphs....