Posts Tagged ‘sharing’

Aggregation or Content Hijacking

Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010

Aggregation or Content Hijacking - by SocialMouthsUsually when other blogs post your content is a good thing, you increase your visibility, you get some extra traffic and depending on the blog, it could even be good for your search engine ranking.

But wait! There is also a negative side to it. There is a fine line between aggregation and just hijacking content. In this posts we’ll review two different real-life scenarios based on the same piece of content and we’ll discuss the etiquette for good honest aggregation, what not to do and how if affects the source.

We’ll take one of SocialMouths posts from just a few days ago: 13 Quick Tips To Write A Successful Post, a piece that was republished by a few blogs in different ways.

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Blogging Struggles… And The Advice To Overcome Them

Monday, June 14th, 2010

Blogging Struggles And The Advice To Overcome ThemLast week I posted the Poll “What Is Your Biggest Struggle In Blogging?” and with your participation, this week we’re doing a come back with quick advice for each one of those points.

I like doing polls as a way of starting discussions on topics that are important to you, that way it’s not just my point of view. So first, thank you all for being part of it and second, feel free to use the comments section to express your thoughts. Maybe you have something to add or you simply disagree, it’s all good baby!

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So Which One Is The Right Use Of Twitter Anyways?

Thursday, April 8th, 2010

So which is the right use of twitter anyways?In my opinion, the whole conversation about what is the right way to use Twitter or who’s using it wrong just adds to the confusion of those on the early stages of social media.

There are different styles and it seems that we tend to go one way or the other. What’s important is that the objective of using Twitter for your business is clear to you. Your voice, as some call it, will develop naturally.

What I want to do with this post is provide some basic understanding and clarity on the different styles to see if there is in fact, a right way to use Twitter. If you navigate through some of the accounts of the biggest names such as @guykawasaki, @chrisbrogan or even @aplusk you will be able to see the differences in style very clear.

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Sharing Content (Anatomy Of A Tweet And A Retweet)

Friday, February 12th, 2010

There are 2 ways of sharing content on Twitter. This is a very basic and visual guide of how to do this properly:

Crafting Your Own Tweet

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Why Is Social Media Not Working For You

Friday, January 29th, 2010

frustationAre you feeling like you are the only one that doesn’t get any results from social media? Are you getting nothing but frustration while everybody else and their grandmas are talking about monetizing, getting prospects and all kinds of success stories?

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How Much To Share? I Say Give It All Away…

Monday, December 28th, 2009

Street Musician“Do not covet your ideas. Give away everything you know and more will come back to you.” Paul Arden

The other day I heard a friend talking about a workshop she recently attended. Something about how to get clients online, a topic that has always been fascinating to me since I literally hate chasing business.

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7 Days To Good Social Media Karma

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

we is the new meYou hear it all the time, “social media is a 2-way channel”, “it’s all about others” or “it’s like a cocktail party…”

All good concepts, but what do you actually do once in front of the screen? Social media is about Karma, I have built a little list of things to do in seven days that can get you some positive vibrations…

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Spread Some Love For The Blogs You Read… Here Is My Link Love

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

loveblogsTalking to Sandy Weiner the other day, she asked me why I don’t post links to the blogs I read. Big part of social media is spreading love, so I decided to write a post listing all the bloggers I follow and at the same time, hopefully some of you guys will find something useful.

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