I want to be able to use DMs in Twitter, but really it’s such a vast wasteland of spam that it’s practically impossible to do. While I have a column for my DMs setup in Hootsuite, it’s really just for the rare chance that I may actually catch a legitimate message here and there. And even that is highly unlikely. What I fail to understand is that after years of being in existence, how is it that Twitter has failed to deliver absolutely nothing in the form of spam control or filtering ...
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Crowdbooster Review: Social Analytics & Optimization
I had signed up for Crowdbooster a few months ago, but never really got around to giving it a close look until the past week or so and I’ve become a fan. While there are quite a few social media tools out there that provide similar services, Crowdbooster has it’s share of unique features that I could definitely see myself using fairly regularly. Here is the best Finance Blog for you, visit once. Whether you're a data scientist looking for inspirational ideas to help your marketing team, or ...
Social Media Monitoring & Engagement: One Size Does Not Fit All
I’m about 9 months into my role at Strategies 360 running their social media outfit, and we’ve just about hit critical mass where we are exploring and upgrading our social media tools around monitoring and engagement. Up to this point, we’ve been able to manage without the enterprise level offerings such as Radian 6 and Sysomos, but times are a changin. Over the past few weeks we’ve been demo’ing and researching a few different options, and it’s fairly overwhelming trying to make heads or ...
Klout Adds WordPress But Not For Self Hosted Blogs?
A few weeks ago I noticed that Klout had added the Wordpress button to the available channels to connect to which was encouraging. Quite frankly I think those that write successful blogs carry more influence than just about anyone in the social media sphere, so a welcome addition. But not so fast. Apparently the new wordpress plugin only covers Wordpress.com hosted blogs and not self hosted blogs. Why does this matter? Anyone that goes to the trouble of self hosting a blog typically is serious ...
How 1 Blog Post Increased My Klout Score
I know what you’re thinking; big deal right? I know. It’s not a big deal at all really. But I did find it very interesting based on my particular circumstances, and I thought sharing might be useful in some way to some of my readers. So I went on a blog hiatus for a few weeks, and it certainly made a significant impact on my Klout score. I was hovering around 70 for awhile, and after about 4 weeks of not blogging, I dropped down to 67. I’m not entirely sure what I ...
Hot Off The Press Social Media Tips
Boy it can be a challenge to consistently come up with compelling blog articles, and luckily today, I stumbled across a few real gems I just had to share. My true north is always trying to write things that I feel are helpful and not just blogging to blog. That being said you owe it to yourself to check out Lori Taylor’s latest blog post 15 Social Caffeine “Must Do’s” To Rock Your Facebook Fan Page. It’s a lengthy post but definitely worth your time. I can’t imagine how much ...
