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How to Create a Reader Avatar for Your Blog

ProBlogger

For several years, I’ve been using Reader Avatars (also called Reader Profiles or Personas) on my blogs – and I’ve found them very effective and helpful. To create your first reader avatar, you’ll need to spend some time thinking and writing about a type of reader that you’re either attempting to reach or who is already reading your blog.

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Intro to Foursquare, Brightkite & Location-Based Social Media

Socialized

Check the application developer’s site for compatibility. I like to use location-based services to post photos of things I find amusing, like misspelled and otherwise strange signs; or to post a picture of the beach or the mountains to share some of the local sites and make others envious. Posting that you’re at a competitor’s site.

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Powwowing With Pepco on Social Media

Waxing UnLyrical

Image: Geoff LMV via Flickr , Creative Commons These included sentences like On what Pepco’s crisis communication plan is: “Pepco takes its responsibility to keep customers informed seriously. Since Debbi was on a bit of a time crunch, one of her team members responded to my questions via email. Regardless, thanks for visiting!

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Measuring Engagement

Proactive Report

Feedback (via the site). update avatar, bio, links, email, customisation, etc). Social media sharing / participation (activity on key social media sites, e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Digg, etc). Time spent on site (by source / by entry page). How many of these do you offer on your site? Feedback (via the site).

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22 Twitter revenue streams – monetizing tweets

Laurel Papworth

Social Media Monetization Models on Flickr [link]. Pay $25 a year a la Flickr for a Pro account. Maybe nice avatars or backgrounds created by budding entrepreneurs and facilitated by Twitter? See here for selling through embeddable widgets on customer site, not on business page. Her article on ABC news site.

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Measuring Engagement

Proactive Report

Feedback (via the site). update avatar, bio, links, email, customisation, etc). Social media sharing / participation (activity on key social media sites, e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Digg, etc). Time spent on site (by source / by entry page). How many of these do you offer on your site? Feedback (via the site).

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

The photographers are all kicking it at flickr, the chatterboxes are tweeting away at Twitter, and you got your musicians over at last.fm We give you a list of all the people you consider a contact, and all the social web sites they are using. Mini-Robots Refresh your Sites Thumbnail on MyBlogLog. rocking out. How does it work?

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