Comments on: What social networks work for you? http://www.timpeter.com/blog/2008/04/23/what-social-networks-work-for-you/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-social-networks-work-for-you Interactive marketing and e-commerce strategy blog for the local, mobile, social web Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:08:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Tim http://www.timpeter.com/blog/2008/04/23/what-social-networks-work-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-2264 Tim Wed, 30 Apr 2008 06:46:02 +0000 http://www.timpeter.com/blog/2008/04/23/what-social-networks-work-for-you/#comment-2264 Thanks, Mike. I appreciate the kind words. Thanks, Mike. I appreciate the kind words.

]]> By: Mike Moran http://www.timpeter.com/blog/2008/04/23/what-social-networks-work-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-2263 Mike Moran Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:40:03 +0000 http://www.timpeter.com/blog/2008/04/23/what-social-networks-work-for-you/#comment-2263 Tim, you're doing well because of what you say, not your site design. And after you find the time to redesign your site, you'll still be doing well because of what you say. :-) Tim, you’re doing well because of what you say, not your site design. And after you find the time to redesign your site, you’ll still be doing well because of what you say. :-)

]]> By: Tim http://www.timpeter.com/blog/2008/04/23/what-social-networks-work-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-2256 Tim Mon, 28 Apr 2008 03:04:19 +0000 http://www.timpeter.com/blog/2008/04/23/what-social-networks-work-for-you/#comment-2256 @Kelly Very well said. You're absolutely right about the effort you've got to put into Twitter. The thing about social is that you're not just learning some tool; you're also engaging with a group of people. As I mentioned a while back, <a href="http://www.timpeter.com/blog/2007/12/17/hey-social-networks-customers-expect-you-to-be-a-good-friend/" rel="nofollow">customers on social networks expect you to treat them like people</a>. Funny, huh? There's a big difference between a social transaction and a business transaction. Make sure you know which one you're getting into when you start. Otherwise, you're liable to end up with no transactions at all. @Kelly
Very well said. You’re absolutely right about the effort you’ve got to put into Twitter. The thing about social is that you’re not just learning some tool; you’re also engaging with a group of people. As I mentioned a while back, customers on social networks expect you to treat them like people. Funny, huh? There’s a big difference between a social transaction and a business transaction. Make sure you know which one you’re getting into when you start. Otherwise, you’re liable to end up with no transactions at all.

]]> By: Tim http://www.timpeter.com/blog/2008/04/23/what-social-networks-work-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-2252 Tim Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:14:40 +0000 http://www.timpeter.com/blog/2008/04/23/what-social-networks-work-for-you/#comment-2252 @Linda Technorati, really? I never get anything from them (and judging by my AdAge 150 rank, <script type="text/javascript" src="http://adage.com/power150/badge-generate.php?id=532"></script>) it's easy to understand why. Any tips for getting more Technorati love? @Mike Actually, I'm amazed I get traffic from any of these folk given the current state of this site. Since AvidHosting disappeared on me in November, I've only had time to get up this default design and don't have too many widgets active. It seems that my activity on Twitter helps lots, and that's what's led to the StumbleUpon activity, too (as Twitter followers have stumbled entries they like). Still, you don't seem to be doing too badly traffic wise. I'd say whatever you're doing works. :-) @Linda
Technorati, really? I never get anything from them (and judging by my AdAge 150 rank, ) it’s easy to understand why. Any tips for getting more Technorati love?

@Mike
Actually, I’m amazed I get traffic from any of these folk given the current state of this site. Since AvidHosting disappeared on me in November, I’ve only had time to get up this default design and don’t have too many widgets active. It seems that my activity on Twitter helps lots, and that’s what’s led to the StumbleUpon activity, too (as Twitter followers have stumbled entries they like). Still, you don’t seem to be doing too badly traffic wise. I’d say whatever you’re doing works. :-)

]]> By: Mike Moran http://www.timpeter.com/blog/2008/04/23/what-social-networks-work-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-2251 Mike Moran Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:36:37 +0000 http://www.timpeter.com/blog/2008/04/23/what-social-networks-work-for-you/#comment-2251 I seem to do best from Twitter, but that might be because I haven't worked at integrating any social media buttons on my site and I haven't pulled in my Linked In and Facebook profiles. I wonder if I got serious about it if I'd do a lot better. I seem to do best from Twitter, but that might be because I haven’t worked at integrating any social media buttons on my site and I haven’t pulled in my Linked In and Facebook profiles. I wonder if I got serious about it if I’d do a lot better.

]]> By: Linda Bustos http://www.timpeter.com/blog/2008/04/23/what-social-networks-work-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-2234 Linda Bustos Fri, 25 Apr 2008 02:30:15 +0000 http://www.timpeter.com/blog/2008/04/23/what-social-networks-work-for-you/#comment-2234 Definitely StumbleUpon, and we get some good traffic from Delicious, Technorati, Wordpress tags and Twitter. Definitely StumbleUpon, and we get some good traffic from Delicious, Technorati, Wordpress tags and Twitter.

]]> By: Kelly Rusk http://www.timpeter.com/blog/2008/04/23/what-social-networks-work-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-2203 Kelly Rusk Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:50:55 +0000 http://www.timpeter.com/blog/2008/04/23/what-social-networks-work-for-you/#comment-2203 I started a new blog a couple months back, and as an experiment, have only promoted via Twitter. With other blogs I've been all over the place and dedicated much more time to promoting, however with Twitter alone this blog has gained more subscribers faster than any other, converted more traffic, and the biggest difference was in comments. Nearly every post has at least one comment. It's pretty incredible! Of course Twitter can only be that effective if you put a lot of time in it. It's only as good as the network you develop. I started a new blog a couple months back, and as an experiment, have only promoted via Twitter.

With other blogs I’ve been all over the place and dedicated much more time to promoting, however with Twitter alone this blog has gained more subscribers faster than any other, converted more traffic, and the biggest difference was in comments. Nearly every post has at least one comment. It’s pretty incredible!

Of course Twitter can only be that effective if you put a lot of time in it. It’s only as good as the network you develop.

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