This is a classic example of why blogging and social networking have become such a huge part of my life that they keep me up at night. I really love the experience I'm getting and it's rewarding to feel as though I'm helping others.
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Showing posts with label twitter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label twitter. Show all posts
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Thanks For All Your Help!
This is a classic example of why blogging and social networking have become such a huge part of my life that they keep me up at night. I really love the experience I'm getting and it's rewarding to feel as though I'm helping others.
Monday, November 9, 2009
My First Site Review on Shvoong - Su.pr link shortener
I signed up for Shvoong the other day to see what it would be like to earn money writing
site reviews. The first review that added to Shvoong is called Su.pr Short Urls by StumbleUpon. I noticed that most of the reviews on Shvoong are for movies and books. I will be interesting to see how popular the review becomes or if I can make money writing reviews. I'll keep you posted.
UPDATE ON USING Su.pr: Here's a great inspirational post from my friend Gordon at the Knowledge-Reactor Blog on having a huge traffic spike from using StumbleUpon and the Su.pr link shortener. Getting You First Traffic Spike. The post that was stumbled is Editorial: Metaskill and and Playerskill Why You Suck in Games.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Listen to Music at Blip.fm
This weekend my inner DJ surfaced and I created a playlist on Blip.fm and I hope you will stop by and listen to it. Here are the features of Blip.fm that I'm sure you will enjoy:
MyJazzNetwork started as a website offering over two dozen "stations" that you could pick from covering classic jazz, vocals, blues, and there was even category named soul sessions. Needless to say, the website is now defunct and MyJazzNetwork has reverted into a less capable Face Book Application.
I created a profile page on Pandora a few months ago but the interface operates in a different fashion. Pandora automatically generates a playlist for you, giving you the option to like or dislike the choices. I quickly became disenchanted with this feature, here's why - there is a limit to the number of "dislikes" allowed in a given interval. Pandora will continue to play songs from your genre - rather yo like them or not for the next 15 - 20 minutes.
I guess I needed to suffer through all of the inequities of MyJazzNetwork and Pandora before I could properly appreciate Blip.fm. I can't take credit for discovering Blip.fm, the credit goes to fellow WordPress.com blogger and Twitter friend @T3CK9. He invited me to join Blip.fm and I'm very appreciative.
Here's the recommended tutorial on using Blip.fm from @SharonHayes, and a useful article by Josh Catone on Mashable about music sharing on Twitter.
- I can type in the song or artist name that I want to hear and just click play!
- I can "blip" the song which is like a musical tweet, and I can reblip a songs that other DJ's have blipped.
- I can create a static playlist and invite my friends to listen without signing up.
- I can watch videos versions of the songs I like.
- Other DJ's can vote or give "props" to my blips
MyJazzNetwork started as a website offering over two dozen "stations" that you could pick from covering classic jazz, vocals, blues, and there was even category named soul sessions. Needless to say, the website is now defunct and MyJazzNetwork has reverted into a less capable Face Book Application.
I created a profile page on Pandora a few months ago but the interface operates in a different fashion. Pandora automatically generates a playlist for you, giving you the option to like or dislike the choices. I quickly became disenchanted with this feature, here's why - there is a limit to the number of "dislikes" allowed in a given interval. Pandora will continue to play songs from your genre - rather yo like them or not for the next 15 - 20 minutes.
I guess I needed to suffer through all of the inequities of MyJazzNetwork and Pandora before I could properly appreciate Blip.fm. I can't take credit for discovering Blip.fm, the credit goes to fellow WordPress.com blogger and Twitter friend @T3CK9. He invited me to join Blip.fm and I'm very appreciative.
Here's the recommended tutorial on using Blip.fm from @SharonHayes, and a useful article by Josh Catone on Mashable about music sharing on Twitter.
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Tweet Smarter With Retweet Links
Two days ago I added a post to my other blog titled:
Do Twitter Backgrounds Attract New Followers? I decided NOT to add this post to Digg, StumbleUpon, Sphinn or any of the other social networks I normally publicize with. The only exception is that I sent out a tweet. Well actually, WordPress.com has a new feature automatically generating a tweet when you publish a new posts (I love WordPress.com). To my surprise the hits to this post on my blog sent my traffic stats through the roof. Ms. Ileane Speaks normally receives 20 - 30 hits a day but this post alone has received over 600 hits the first two days and several comments.
I did a search on Twitter and found that the Twitter account from a site called Tweet Smarter added a retweet link to a tweet about the post. In case you are wondering what this means, don't worry - I got you covered. Here's a 3 minute video explaining how it works, and of course it's free. Btw, you can add special characters to your tweets with this tool also. Check it out.
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Do Twitter Backgrounds Attract New Followers? I decided NOT to add this post to Digg, StumbleUpon, Sphinn or any of the other social networks I normally publicize with. The only exception is that I sent out a tweet. Well actually, WordPress.com has a new feature automatically generating a tweet when you publish a new posts (I love WordPress.com). To my surprise the hits to this post on my blog sent my traffic stats through the roof. Ms. Ileane Speaks normally receives 20 - 30 hits a day but this post alone has received over 600 hits the first two days and several comments.
I did a search on Twitter and found that the Twitter account from a site called Tweet Smarter added a retweet link to a tweet about the post. In case you are wondering what this means, don't worry - I got you covered. Here's a 3 minute video explaining how it works, and of course it's free. Btw, you can add special characters to your tweets with this tool also. Check it out.
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