Michael Cole » Social Media

Hey, This Blog’s About You

Michael Cole — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:43:28 +0000

What? Do you mean you’re going to give it to me?

That’s exactly what I mean, every time I write a post it’s for you. If it was for me I wouldn’t need to post it.

Why?

I call it ‘enlightened self-interest’. By helping you I improve myself.

Zig Ziglar said it best, “You can get everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.”

It doesn’t . . . → Read More: Hey, This Blog’s About You

Get Your Blog Read, Be Ridiculous

Michael Cole — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 10:44:13 +0000

In your title mostly, grab your readers attention, fast.

In your post, not as much, throw in some humor, some weird but true facts.

People come on-line primarily to find information, but they also want to be entertained.

It doesn’t matter what your post is about, it could be about your cat stalking a chipmunk in the backyard or your discovery of the newest, most profound and ingenious lead generation method ever devised by Man . . . → Read More: Get Your Blog Read, Be Ridiculous

Blogging For Success, Does It Work?

Michael Cole — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:17:06 +0000

Ana Hoffman is starting a blog meme, yeah, I didn’t know what one was either. Click the link, it’s a pretty cool idea.

Basically if a blogger wants to play all you have to do is write a post ,and link it to Ana’s, about how blogging kick started your business success. For me it was a two part-er.

First off it broke me out of the ‘Paralysis of Analysis” I stopped trying to figure . . . → Read More: Blogging For Success, Does It Work?

Doh! Color Me Stupid, An Apology

Michael Cole — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 19:50:44 +0000

I was commenting on Ana Hoffman’s blog and thought of a post here that would go with it. I went to get the URL and was shocked and embarrassed at what I saw.

My face got warm and I think I blushed for the first time in years.

What was it?

An unanswered comment from over three months ago!

I don’t know what part was worse; the comment I made on Steve Shoemaker’s blog or . . . → Read More: Doh! Color Me Stupid, An Apology

Don’t Be A Twitter Hog

Michael Cole — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 06:25:55 +0000

I think I’ve been missing the boat on Twitter, haven’t been paying enough attention to it.

I started trying to change that, you know, following more people and trying to get more followers.

Just how many different ways are there to post an Update? There’s Twitterfeed, Tweet Later now Social Oomph, Ping.fm, API, and more I’m sure.

But I’ll tell you, it’s pretty annoying to go to your Twitter page and see five rapid fired . . . → Read More: Don’t Be A Twitter Hog

The Best Way To NOT Use Facebook

Michael Cole — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 13:59:05 +0000

Facebook is great, you can reconnect with friends you haven’t seen in years. You can stay in touch with family without a long distance phone call. Any time of day or night.

You can build a network of like minded business contacts. Facebook ads can be targeted more precisely than search engine ads. Pretty much a good place for marketers to hang out, to share what they know and learn things that they don’t know . . . → Read More: The Best Way To NOT Use Facebook

Artificially You, The Next Wave Of Social Media?

Michael Cole — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:44:41 +0000

Social Media is growing fast. With the rise of Social Media comes Social Media Marketing, a new trend capitalizing on Social Media’s ever growing popularity.

It comes as no surprise that many programmers are creating programs to boost social rankings and credibility.

I have to admit, it sounded pretty darn good. How many Diggs do you want on your blog post? 100? No problem just program it in. You got it.

Now, how many people . . . → Read More: Artificially You, The Next Wave Of Social Media?

Put Your Social Marketing On Steroids

Michael Cole — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:43:38 +0000

Social Media is evolving fast. Once just a way to stay in touch with friends and family it is now turning into marketing sensation. The challenge is how to syndicate your content quickly, while it is still fresh and new.

Let’s say you just spent two or three hours writing a blog post. You submit it to Digg, you tell your Facebook friends about it, put it in the Mixx, you Tweet about it to . . . → Read More: Put Your Social Marketing On Steroids