Social Media - Understanding what it can do for you

Posted by Martin Jamieson | June 1, 2008 .

If you’ve never seen any of the ‘in plain English’ videos from those awesome guys at CommonCraft, then you’re really missing out, they make some of the best videos I’ve seen for explaining social media concepts.
They’ve just released a new one about Social Media and Social Networking - as a blogger you probably understand these [...]

FriendFeed Rooms - Making a Better Forum

Posted by Martin Jamieson | May 25, 2008 .

In the past couple of days FriendFeed have added ‘rooms’ to their service. Essentially a room is like a forum, except that you can manage it within your overall lifestream.
FriendFeed, for those who don’t know is a social media aggregator, it allows you to import all your social media feeds (blog RSS, twitter feed, facebook, [...]

EntreCard - My experience so far

Posted by Martin Jamieson | May 23, 2008 .

I’ve been on EntreCard, what - four days now. I’d hardly call myself an expert, but I’ve had a pretty good time playing around with it over the past few days and I thought I’d share my experiences with you and give you an idea of how I’m approaching it.
I’m not suggesting that what I’m [...]

Free EntreCard eBook + Link Multiple Blogs on your EntreCard Account

Posted by Martin Jamieson | May 21, 2008 .

Ok, I’m new to EntreCard - you know that, but it seems like I’ve jumped in at the right time… they’ve just released a free 19 page eBook that details all the inside info from the basics of ‘getting started’, to advanced topics such as dropping strategies and reducing your bounce rate.
Admittedly, the advanced topics [...]

Why Online Social Networking Websites are Important for Bloggers

Posted by Martin Jamieson | April 16, 2008 .

It doesn’t matter what topics you cover, to get more readers to your blog you’ve got to tell interested people that it exists and give them a reason to read it.
Online Social Networking Websites such as Twitter are IMHO essential for growing your community and staying abreast with current topics.
It’s important to remember that blogging, [...]