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Influencers- Friend or Stranger?

Laurel Papworth

Digg has changed it’s social networking strategy from spotlighting key influencers who “digg&# a lot of articles to collect followers (crowd gatherers) to news from your friends. The Digg Situation. The new Digg looks, therefore, like a mix of Facebook, Twitter, and RSS. Conferred Influence.

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How I Network on Friendster, Facebook, MySpace, and LinkedIn Â?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Industry colleagues are those I have met in person (typically in a casual atmosphere or at conferences). I needed to differentiate Digg from social media because they actually are part of a distinctive community (and as you know, I’m very passionate about Digg so it really did deserve its own category).

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246: 9 Ways to Accelerate the Growth of Your Blog

ProBlogger

He’s also the founder of Digital Photography School, he has a conference of his own. One of the best things I ever did when I started my main blog today, Digital Photography School, is to create avatars, one of the best things that you can do. Gradually over time, I began to deepen my avatars. Does anyone remember Digg?

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

Also, while I think it’s somewhat less likely that a first-time visitor will tweet or Digg or Stumble your work (I’d love to see a study on that), you should make that process as easy as possible as well. Even though we're all just the text of our name or a simple avatar/pic to each other, we're all real people inside.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

But, again, it’s worth it, and it doesn’t cost as much as attending a conference on the West coast, paying for a magazine ad, or a TV ad, etc… so, when comparing options, I believe social media is inexpensive. j [link] Steven-Sanders I used to use that exact picture as my avatar everywhere. Tyler Excellent post.

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Tweet Spinner Review: A Powerful Application to Manage Your Tweets

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

You can save your profile (bio, URL avatar, background color scheme, and background graphic) to the server and upload a custom one at will. I’d love to see a mute – particularly for “twilight&# , “biggest loser&# “football&# or the latest hashtag of a conference I couldn’t attend.

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50 (of the) Best Twitter Guides, Stats, Tips and Tools of 2010 (So Far)

Webbiquity SMM

David McClellan presents an outstanding to optimizing all of the elements of your Twitter profile (name, bio, avatar, URL and feed) for search. The Ultimate Guide to Twitter Theme Design by 1stwebdesigner. ** 5 Stars. How to Turn Your Twitter Profile Page into an SEO Masterpiece by TwiTip. Twitter SEO Best Practices by SEOptimise.

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