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A Blog is a Better Social Media Hub Than Twitter

Socialized

If you’re relying on Twitter as your social media hub, you’re limiting your potential for impact and influence. Twitter is excellent for distribution , but if you’re going to communicate original ideas, you’ll need a blog (or something similar). A blog is less dominated by spam than Twitter.

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Blogosphere Trends + Storytelling

ProBlogger

Because today, we’re going to use the weekly blogosphere trends from Regator to talk about the importance of storytelling in blogging. Example: Huffington Post ’s “ My Whole Street Is a Mosque ”. Example: The Seminal ’s “ On the Luxury of ‘Coming Out’ When You Feel Like It ”. Example: Bors Blog “ Haircuts in Herat ”.

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Blogosphere Trends + A Challenge

ProBlogger

Thanks for joining me for another edition of the weekly blogosphere trends, provided by Regator.com. Example: VetVoice ’s “ Muslims Already Have a Place of Worship at the Site of 9/11 Attacks &# backs opinion up with carefully thought-out reasoning. Hi-dee-hoo, fellow bloggers! Click any trend to see posts about it.)

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Blogosphere Trends + Using Infographics

ProBlogger

This Labor Day infographic is a great example of color done right. This map of Twitter activity during a recent U.S. You can find her on Twitter @kimber_regator. Blogosphere Trends + Using Infographics. If it’s simple, elegant, easy-to-customize charts you’re looking for, Hohli might be your answer.

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Blogosphere Trends + Being Opinionated

ProBlogger

Man alive, I hate bringing you a list of blogosphere trends that includes both Lindsay Lohan and Jersey Shore—not to mention Sarah Palin. This sort of opinion-sharing/hypothesizing is far less likely to ruffle feathers than the first example. You can find her on Twitter @kimber_regator. Blogosphere Trends + Being Opinionated.

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Blogosphere Trends + Unicorns

ProBlogger

Comic-Con – FirstShowing.net ’s “ Comic-Con 2010: Quick Review of Edgar Wright’s Scott Pilgrim ” is an example of a very first-person focused post, with pronouns such as ‘I,’ ‘me,’ and ‘my’ accounting for more than five percent of the word count. You can find her on Twitter @kimber_regator. Blogosphere Trends + Unicorns.

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Blogosphere Trends + Interview Tips

ProBlogger

As always, the weekly blogosphere trends have been provided by Regator.com. Please share any tips you have as well as an example or two from your blog in the comments. You can find her on Twitter @kimber_regator. Blogosphere Trends + Interview Tips. I’d love to check out what you’re working on. See you next week!