This is part of the series the 31 Day Challenge To Optimize Your Blog With Social Media. Like many kids, I was involved in the Boy Scouts. The scout leader was Mr. Pertrazzio, who was an electrician. Now, I’m sure he loved being involved with the Boy Scouts. But when you think about it, he […]
How to make social media ‘wheelchair accessible’
This is part of the series the 31 Day Challenge To Optimize Your Blog With Social Media. Social media gives voices to individuals marginalized and ignored by traditional media, enabling the world to hear these voices for the first time in history. However, as in the physical world, the online world poses many barriers to […]
3 Twitter shortcuts: SocialOomph, Twitterfeed, CoTweet
This is part of the series the 31 Day Challenge To Optimize Your Blog With Social Media. In this short screencast, I’ll show you a few automated Twitter techniques that are probably grounds for you taking out a restraining order against me. We’ll begin with SocialOomph (formerly TweetLater), a way to auto-follow back the people […]
13 ways to get your blog posts retweeted
This is part of the series the 31 Day Challenge To Optimize Your Blog With Social Media. First of all, what’s the big deal about getting retweeted? If you have a ton of followers who are engaged, and you’re happy, then why should you care if they retweet your blog posts? If you’re using Twitter […]
How to turn Facebook visitors into fans
This is part of the series 31 Day Challenge To Optimize Your Blog With Social Media. Today we’ll explore how to create an incentive for visitors to your Facebook Page to become fans. This tactic works similarly to offering a free download to email subscribers. Before we get to the technique, though, think about the […]