DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, VICTORIA: What does it mean when the people you elected to represent you, turn off comments in social channels? Not following me back on Twitter, turning off comments on YouTube, disabling discussion on Facebook is not the way to show me, the voter/your employer that you respect me. Let’s look at the back ground to the Department of Justice Victoria social media policy video, turning off discussion on YouTube and then explore the comments disabled thingie further. No mention of what to do with staff who see negative comments. Hell no!

Do you comment on blogs? Here are five great reasons why adding comments is good for your social marketing and online profile. Drives traffic to your own blog – it can drive more visits as other readers, commentators and the blog author will want to learn more about you. They may even leave you a reciprocal comment! few of extra tips: Research and comment on blogs that compliment your business and have the same audience as you to really see the benefits. Add a genuine comment. After you’ve added your comment, share on social networks.

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CommentLuv blogs are blogs that allow commenters to leave behind not only the main link to their website, but also a link to their latest blog post as well below the main comment. So why should you love CommentLuv blogs, and how do you get the most out of them as a commenter, blog owner, and blog reader? CommentLuv for Commenters. The most obvious perk for commenters who have their own blog is that CommentLuv enabled blogs allow the commenter to not only leave behind a link to their blog, but also to their latest articles. Get More Comments.

Write a post about proper grammar and a troll will find every grammatical mistake you’ve made since kindergarten and share it in your comment section. So how can you deal with the potential trolls that might disrupt your comment section ? Well since there’s no way to eradicate the behavior, do the one thing you can do: get started with a solid blog comment policy. So turn that social media blunder into a positive open forum in your comments section. Don’t discourage passion just don’t encourage attacks on authors or other commenters. They won’t stop there.

Home Consulting Products and Workshops Boulder Social Media Training How To Use Twitter To Grow Your Business How to Use Facebook to Grow Your Business Sink or Swim Webinar Facebook Tutorial Twitter Tutorial About Grandma Mary Contact me Subscribe How and Why to Comment on Blogs December 30, 2009 If you have never commented on a blog before, now is your time! Stop lurking around and post a comment! Commenting on blog posts is a great way to enter in the community.  Plus you are connecting with the blogger – bloggers love comments.  But that’s ok. 

Home It’s Josip Archives Let’s Talk The Word on the Web The Millennials Uncanny Ability to Absorb Written on September 9, 2010 by Josip Petrusa 6 Comments Tweet Share 1 save Today’s post originally began as a response to a colleague’s request. Sidneyeve Matrix commented on my previous blog post suggesting my “observation about ‘the uncanny ability of Millennials to absorb’ deserves a separate post,” and that she would like to see my analysis on this behavioural trend. link] Josip Great comment! So enjoy! Well, let me rephrase that. How could it not be? Or text.

It amazes me how many people add comments on these blog posts but don’t have globally recognized avatars next to their names. Add a comment below and we can see what square image is in the top right corner of your published comment. Wanna share yours? -- Thank you for reading Wanted to Comment: You and Your Gravatar at AriWriter. Related posts: How to Enhance Your Blog Comment: Get a Gravatar. How to Enhance Your Blog Comment: Create a Conversation. How to Enhance Your Blog Comment: Share Then Link. Confused?

When a blogger writes a negative comment about you, or goes on an outright tirade, it can be hard to bite your tongue and move on. Why readers post negative comments. In fact, many “rants” that visitors will leave in your comments section are just that: rants. But people can post negative comments for all sorts of reasons. When it comes to derogatory, inappropriate, or nonsensical comments, you can ignore most of them. Think about it: what’s the value of responding to these kinds of comments? Excitement? Jealousy? How to respond.

And I’ve realised that I’ve been awfully rude for a while and not asked what YOU are doing… So, if you’re reading this and have a blog, leave a link in the comments. Blogging blog blogger commentsThe start of a new year is almost upon us, and for me it’s a good time to refresh a few things, including my reading list. It doesn’t have to be specifically about marketing or social media (Some of my absolute favourite bloggers have nothing to do with either subject). Maybe let me know what it’s about and how long you’ve been blogging for?

Start by commenting on blogs , retweeting relevant content you’re passionate about, and building trust organically. Community Social Media blogs clout commenting conversation etiquette gini dietrich Hashtags kenneth cole online etiquette social social media monitoring wedding crasherToday’s guest post is by Geoff Reiner. . crashed my first wedding in my late teens. was with my older cousin who was rather intoxicated. few minutes after our grand entrance, we were kindly asked to leave. crashed my second wedding a few years later. This time, I went alone. know, I know. Bear with me.

From pure content marketing to commenting on every post, we see many companies and personalities successfully market. Social Media Beth Kanter comment content curate Gary Vaynerchuk mitch joel network networking photos Serve style thankImage by Judy Carson Many styles of engagement exist in social media. gravitate towards thanking and serving. There is no absolute right way. One thing I have learned over the years about social: The most important thing [.].

Enjoy this episode, feel free to leave comments! and oh, if you want a pic to show with your comment, go get a gravatar ! Home About Contact Archives Testimonials Speaking Podcast Chat LIVE Social Media Vault My Inner Circle Plugins eBook Hire Me #107 Stop Spending Money, Promotion Techniques from the 2010 FIFA World Cup, and The IPad June 11, 2010 by Taylor Marek In the Basement Edition! No more dorm rooms for me, I’m heading to Taiwan in August! Links Mentioned: [link] [link] [link] [link] Finances: Stop Spending Money! Here are a couple tips: 1. Stop Buying Junk.

When the topic of getting blog comments for SEO comes up, your first thought would probably be to get links to your site by commenting on other blogs. Well, I usually don’t waste my time with that technique, because most comment links are no-follow anyway. And I want to bring focus to the comments on my own blog. Comments are a good source of user-generated content containing those keyword phrases. As people found the page, they began to ask questions in the comments section. Ways to increase search engine rankings with blog comments.

Social Links Freelance Social Media Social Media Tips and Marketing Blog Home About Contact Subscribe The CIA is Watching Your Every Tweet by cinta5 on October 19, 2009 Not just what you tweet, but your Amazon book review, your Facebook status, and your blog comments. LangfordMedia-Social Media, Web Development Mack Collier Phil Martinez Practical Small Business Marketing-Duct Tape Sonny Gill Subscribe Social Media Tips via Email Recent Comments Rejuvene Salon & Spa on Foursquare Marketing Robert Portman on Butterball Does Social Media With Turkey Texts! Media. Marketing.

Their complaints are less with the actual content and more with anonymous comments that portray spite toward other readers and other commentators. When you read a newspaper article online and are inspired to add a comment, would you rather be in a sea of anachronistic anonymity or conventional names? Do you care if comments are hidden by screen names or do you think the ugly truth lies less in comments and more in mismanagement of newspaper websites ? P.S. You are welcome to hide your name in the comment section below and type in “Anonymous&# instead.

My blog is only 22 posts old but I already get close to 100 comments on most of the articles I write. recently wrote about how to increase conversions and got over 250 comments in about six hours. So why is my blog getting so many comments? And more importantly, what can you do to replicate the commenting frenzy on your own blog? Why comments matter. The first thing I want to talk about is why comments are important to a blog. Blog comments are a sign that your community is healthy and functional. How I get people to comment. Tricky huh?

Take a listen and leave a comment. Take note. :) Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:04 — 3.7MB) Filed Under: Blog , General , New Media , Podcasts , Social Media , Technology Tagged: Facebook , Twitter Comments are closed. Home About Contact Archives Testimonials Speaking Podcast Chat LIVE Social Media Vault My Inner Circle Plugins eBook Hire Me Why should I care about Facebook and Twitter? June 26, 2009 by Taylor Marek Here is an audio file for you guys I thought would sum it up. Taylor is a 21 year old New Media Visionary on a Journey to change the World.

You are here: ViperChill » Social Media » Mass Engagement: How to Get Hundreds of Tweets & Comments On Your Blog Posts Mass Engagement: How to Get Hundreds of Tweets & Comments On Your Blog Posts Written by Glen, this post has 79 Comments A question I receive time and time again is “Once you’ve published a blog post, how do you promote it?&# Even though I do such little promotion, many posts get hundreds of retweets and comments. Anyone can retweet, comment, or link to you once. runs through a commenters head. Bugger!

Too often people daren't have comments on a blog, product reviews on a site, recommend or review competitors.why? Customer Service trust social media searching product comments blogTrust is often seen as the currency of growth, of customer loyalty. But too often the conversation focuses on how to encourage the customer to trust you, yet the first step in this process is often overlooked. The first step is trusting your customer, putting faith in them. Imagine you are a customer, imagine you are searching for a product.don't you want the best most transparent advice?

After declaring the world of traditional comments dead last year , Echo has continued its quest to bring the world of real time reactions from around the Web to publishers looking to surface more engagement with their community. Today, Echo introduces a product they call "Echo River", which brings responses from commenters to media stories practically to equal footing of that of the author, raising the visibility and surfacing real-time feedback that practically promises to make sites more sticky as users participate. Tags: JSKit Echo Comments

find it amazing that adults view the ability  to freely and anonymously comment on any story, as a green light for stupidity and hate.  You’re weak because you hide behind a computer to make your anonymous comments. And yet we sit here and question criticize large media outlets for a) Not being transparent b) Not allowing comments and b) Censoring their comments because of 1st amendment rights. And they do the same-To allow anonymous comments or not? The commenter has revealed themselves. Do you allow the comment or not? With good reason.

2) Why do people not always comment directly under a blog post? Branding Tips blog post blogging tips comments how to increase reader engagement increase readers leave comments reader engagement tips what is reader engagement1) What is reader engagement? 3) Reader engagement takes time and hard work 4) Ways to increase reader engagement on your blog Related Posts: Do you remember when you started blogging? am sure that, like me, you were in the throes of.

Considering the consensus that commenting by real name is wanted, what are the odds that someone wanting to read more about new and emerging media has a Facebook account? If I present you with the option to comment by Facebook, Yahoo, AOL, or Hotmail, would you do it? Try commenting below. Please continue reading Comment by Facebook Here and leave a comment if inspired. Recent comments Recent comments. Or would you be sad? Call this a social experiment. Let me know your thoughts. Thanks. Connect on LinkedIn today. Media Musings

that's what comments are for. :-) Cholesterol-and-sodium mecca T.G.I. Once again, feel free to yell at me in the comments. September 17, 2009 in Brands , Marketing , Social Media , Web 2.0 | Permalink Reblog (0) | | | TrackBack TrackBack URL for this entry: [link] Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Social media marketers are a shallow bunch : Comments Social media marketers are a shallow bunch I'll warn you right now, this is a rant. that's what comments are for. :-) Cholesterol-and-sodium mecca T.G.I. And like all (good?) in a 2.0 Blargh.

Online Community Strategist Angela Connor on Growing Successful Online Communities Home About Angela Contact Popular Speaking Media Press Tips Subscribe to feed There is some value in anonymous comments October 29, 2009 in comments | Tags: "anonymous comments" , news comments , online comments Before you balk at the title of this post, hear me out. I’ve  been dealing with this for some time working for traditional news organizations and being directly involved with user comments. User comments on news stories can be vicious and vile. 

If you’ve ever spent a Sunday evening clearing out the contents of a website or blog anti-spam filter, you’ll identify with the decision of Dave Winer to turn off the comments on Scripting News. And having commented on Twitter and received some replies from Dave, I wanted to expand on the subject. Is it ‘right’ to turn off the comments? want to start by establishing something – there is no ethical or moral argument against the owner of a website or blog making the decision to turn off a commenting system. Buffer

Opinion Social media marketing comments newspapers social media social media policy Toronto StarGiving your staff clear guidelines is always a good idea, but trying to enforce policy which hobbles your efforts to leverage social media is a bullet in your foot.

Home About Contact Archives Testimonials Speaking Podcast Chat LIVE Social Media Vault My Inner Circle Plugins eBook Hire Me #95: Now is the Hour, 5 Branding Mistakes, and Facebook breaks 250 million July 16, 2009 by Taylor Marek We have an audio comment! Sammie called in and left an audio comment. link] Sponsored by GoToMeeting, try it FREE for 30 days: [link] Lets continue the conversation, comment below or use these options: Toll Free Comment Line: 1-866-867(TMP)-2860 Send me an e-mail. and oh, if you want a pic to show with your comment, go get a gravatar !

Surprised, you quickly turn your laptop on and glanced at your latest blog post comment status. No comments whatsoever. But how come your visitors left without leaving any comment on your blog? In fact, even if you turn out the best article you can craft, if it hasn’t been written to actually inspire interaction, people will have no reason to comment. So why don’t you invite them to comment on your blog, literally? Readers came, but felt lonely since nobody was commenting. How to Silence Readers From Commenting on Your Blog. hope not.

Heartfelt comments, sharing a personal story, and a genuine interest in the topics I write about. was dealing with a commenter gone rogue. Anyone who reads my blog, A Flourishing Life , knows that I take great care to respond to comments. immediately blocked the comment and wrote him an email explaining that the purpose of comments is to discuss the subject matter of the post. He responded by letting me know that he removed my site from his favorites and requested that I delete all his comments from my blog. What to Do When a Commenter Goes Rogue.

Any kind of post or comment doesn’t just disappear by itself. Often, we just let the bad things outshine the good things as one negative comment equals the ten positive comments we were just given. Since last Wednesday, it has received  500,000 likes and 22,000 comments. The reason why this exact case turned into such a storm of positive comments from fans is first of all down to the touching story that many people can relate to. Building a presence in social media can be terrifying for many brands. This is what all brands fear in social media. We are home.

The primary reason I signed up for Postling was to receive notifications when comments are made on my Facebook page. Today Postling added the capability to also monitor comments on your YouTube channel. When I activated this feature today, I proceeded to then check emails and immediately suspected I pushed a wrong button - as I was greeted by dozens of favorable comments to my YouTube videos that I was missing! However, if you are a local business, you can upgrade to the premium version and have access to tracking Yelp comments, and a whole lot more.  .

Opinion Facebook online comments TwitterThere is no “undo” button for the web. What you say today in anger or in a moment of thoughtlessness can come back and haunt you. Most especially if you are so motivated by negative emotions that you feel compelled to write or voice a rant on it and then post it to a blog or media sharing site.

was asked by a website owner to delete a comment someone had made about him and his service offering. We're having a lively discussion over at Marketing Prof's Daily Fix about how to handle a sticky problem I found myself in a few months ago. It's a loaded issue that asks some tough questions about social media's transparency, the risks of having an online presence and much more! Come on over and add your two cents by clicking here ! Web/Tech

Brass Tack Thinking Make Things Happen Home About Amber Naslund Tamsen McMahon Contact Speaking Amber Naslund Tamsen McMahon Brass Tack Reading Archives 9 Social Media Topics that Need To Die March 25, 2010 | by Amber Naslund View Comments Disclaimer: I’m annoyed. Feel free to add yours the comments, too. link] John McTigue I agree about your comments on content in general, but a little fun every now and then can’t hurt either. link] John McTigue I agree about your comments on content in general, but a little fun every now and then can’t hurt either.

Commenting on other blogs is an integrated part of blogging, and it’s vital. You need people for successful blogging and blog commenting is one of the coolest ways to build loyal relationships. This post is based on Joe’s guest post here at ProBlogger, where he wisely gave a strategy for commenting on other blogs. Effective blog commenting. Commenting on other blogs can be overwhelming if you try to combine it with your regular blogging activities. It’s part of my strategy, though, so I need to be efficient in my commenting.

Comments. Comments. Tip: Making the comment link more intuitive for Blogger. We came across a comment on Google+ this morning that had us scratching our heads, mainly because we never noticed this odd behavior in Blogger, but once noticed, it really is strangely wrong. Basically it boils down to all "index" pages in a Blogger site, that when a page has multiple posts on it, in the footer of each post it says something like "5 comments" or "no comments", but never a link that says "leave a comment". Post a Comment" would be the link).

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But people don’t forget so easily, as a couple of commenters reminded me in response to this week’s Cathryn Sloane post. We discussed commenting and adding a twist of sarcastic humor to responses. Me, Myself and I Pop Philosophy Reality amend anger bad behavior commenting mean payne stewart sarcasm Social Media Trash Wal-MartImage by Blake Reed. As someone who delivered more than his fair share of snarky, forceful contrarian opinion about people and brands in online conversations, I believe this behavior harms communities. Personal Experiences with Speech.

Home About Services Social Media Speaking-Training LMA Contact Subscribe Myrland Marketing Minutes Strategic Social Media: Making Social Media Make Sense PLEASE DON’T TAPE MY MOUTH SHUT by Nancy Myrland on September 21, 2010 Lately I’ve run into a few blogs and Facebook Pages that don’t allow visitors to comment. To not allow someone to comment, say hello, give an opinion or voice dissatisfaction is sending messages I’m not sure you mean to send. urge you to reconsider if you have disabled comments in any Social Media you use. Blog Comments Are Open.

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Another high profile public official has fallen by the wayside with the resignation over the weekend of the US State Department’s PJ Crowley for making public, on-the-record comments on his views with respect to the detention of PFC Bradley Manning. Notwithstanding the question of professional conduct and appropriateness or otherwise of commenting within your own portfolio. The noises being made about open government and the right for public servants to express opinions seems to have an “only if we like it” caveat. have something of a glass jaw when it comes to criticism?

When someone posts negative comments about you or your work online, it will feel like a bad experience. Here are seven steps to help you keep your cool and respond to negative blog posts or comments so that you, the reviewer, and your audience all win. Smile : apparently, negative reviews and comments hit our brains in the region that fires up the self-defense mechanisms. Respond : no need to simply ignore negative comments. 15 comments } Jon Buscall June 12, 2010 at 9:38 pm Some excellent behaviour from both bloggers and some really good advice here too.

They had recently launched their new commenting platform for blogs the year before, and wanted some exposure from the Scobleizer himself (see the interview in 2008 here and here , where I''m in the background - filmed on Qik - remember that?). While other bloggers are calling for the death of RSS, this puts a big dagger right in the heart in any of those claims, with Disqus seemingly at the heart of most blogs these days (and powering the comments on this blog as well). If there''s a winner in the blog-commenting category Disqus is it.

What they don’t realize is that when you are admin on a page, you post, comment AND Like as the page. However, there is an easy way to correct your settings as an admin, so that you can ‘Like’ and comment as themselves: 1.  In ‘Your Settings’, you uncheck the box ‘Always comment and post on your page as XX even when using Facebook as you. Once you have done this, you can ‘Like’, comment and post on the page from your own profile without posting as the page. This is very easy to overlook since, for admins on the page, it says: “You like this”.

Conferences, inspiration, value February 4, 2010 in posts Image via Wikipedia This post started as a comment on my pal, Linda Johannessen’s blog post about TED and conference organisers. Reply Cancel reply Leave a Comment { 1 trackback } The next step | acidlabs Additional comments powered by BackType Previous post: It’s not a revolution unless something changes Next post: How it’s done Find Featured One to watch What now for Government 2.0 Collaboration. Community. Then it got long, so I figured I’d bring it over here. I’ll start with a story.

I adore the ease of creating a blog with Google’s Blogger (or Blogspot) platform — which AriWriter once was before migrating to WordPress in the fall of 2008 — but the commenting system is not user friendly. Good luck adding a comment from a mobile device, for instance. If you are a blogspot owner, you can have the Disqus commenting system up and running on your blog in less than five minutes. For instance, would you like to include a trackback link and/or reactions from social networking sites below any comments? Enter Disqus. No related posts.

Fascinated by the growth and use of web technologies and their applications 9 Ways To Get The Most From Twitter 14 There have been lots of negative comments in the press recently about Twitter and that’s a shame. Use hashtags (when necessary) Hashtags are excellent for grouping comments together. Add a comment Related posts: 10 Ways To Be Useful on Twitter 5 Ways I Benefit from Twitter 7 ‘Secret’ Ways To Use Twitter Search Copyright 2010 TwiTip About Advertise Contact Design by cre8dThere are no set rules for how to use Twitter. Tweet, often and honestly. Re-tweet.

Skip to content Skip to navigation Skip to footer Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media Consulting Social Media Strategy Blog Social Media Consulting Blog Social Media Consulting Speaking Newsletter Free Social Media Tools Twitter Interviews About Lijit Search You’re Pissed Off at the Wrong Guy August 4th, 2010 |Written By: Jay Baer | View Comments Tweet Of course it’s upsetting when a customer slams you via tweet, status message, blog comment or humorous video. One of the most fascinating comment threads ever. link]. Thanks for that.

Why: I read this post a while back and, like Brian, was fascinated by the comments. It’s probably a whole other blog post, but there’s so much to be learned from commenting, and about commenting, on blog posts. Public Relations Resources Social Media Weekly Roundup ave Facebook Insights responding to blog comments SEO shakespeareI don’t really have a theme this week for your Weekly Roundup. It’s been a busy week , both online and offline, and the entire budget debacle was also a bit concerning. So to decide which is which, read on!

The search engine giant will soon begin indexing posts on Facebook and other sites and showing those comments in Google search results. Are your online posts and comments meant to be private or public? One key factor to remember is that those who keep their posts private, comment on private groups or restrict profile access will not have as many of their comments available publicly. Only users who make their comments public or comment on any public, open group or page will be affected by this new policy. Google it! The answer is no.

Jeff Korhan - New Media and Small Business Marketing Home About Me Working With Me Speaking Favorites Trends Subscribe « Why Flickr Will Not Flameout for Small Business Marketers | Main | 10 Blog Commenting Strategies » June 27, 2010 Personalize Your Small Business Marketing Your message on this social Web will always be more interesting, and therefore, more memorable when it is embedded within a personal story.  "  And it works the same way with your small business marketing, because all marketing is a presentation.    I'm with you. 

This attention to detail on something so trivial and the irony of the first comment pleased me greatly. → 32 Comments leave one → Steve Ward permalink 19/07/2010 9:38 am There’s no good excuse for it Gemma – it’s pure laziness in a fast paced world. emails, comments, articles) Reading would certainly help, although in effect – the `youth` read more today with the internet, than they ever did – however, I guess iot could be said that equally that’s where a deteriorating development of language/grammar trends is happening. Innit.

The interesting thing is that Rose doesn’t seem to be backing off his comments as a 17-year-old in the documentary.  Jalen Rose is a former NBA player and current NBA analyst.  He is probably best known for being a part of the Michigan Fab 5 back in the early 90′s.  Now Rose has an understanding of how real-time Twitter is when you are in the middle of something controversial. ESPN just ran a documentary on the Fab 5 of which Rose is an executive producer.  Rose goes on to mention famous Duke player Grant Hill.  Grant Hill responded via a long New York Times article.

Jeff Korhan - New Media and Small Business Marketing Home About Me Working With Me Speaking Favorites Trends Subscribe « Unconventional Measures Give You An Edge | Main | How To Attract the Right Customers with Social Media » February 17, 2010 My 27 Favorite Blogging Tips Ideas, Organization, and Writing (1-13) Links and Tags (14-19) Comments and Community (20-27) Don't force an idea.  Encourage comments.    Recently Chris Brogan asked everyone who had never commented to do so.  Read the blogs of people that comment. 

And given that a big part of making sales and getting loyal customers is based around surprising them with things that make them happy – 61% of consumers would be shocked if a retailer responded to their nagtive comments on the social web. business community CRM customer service ecommerce advice customer relationship management guidelines harris negative comments negative reviews products research responding turning bad reviews into purchasesBack when I was Products Editor on motorcyclenews.com , I received a steady trickle of emails and phonecalls on the same theme.

The extension adds a button underneath every item in Google Reader that says "Show Comments." In addition, for some blogs, you can view comments right in Google Reader using gReactions. Edelman company - where I work) Friendfeed gadgets google lifehacks RSS Twitter Permalink Tweet Comments 7 Comments Aug 02, 2009 Evan Kline said. checked out an item that had over 400 comments, and it loaded in a second or two. also really like the Post comment to Twitter box that displays how the message will display as a tweet Aug 03, 2009 Jason Theodor said. Thanks.

I’ve been thing about writing and commenting online lately. Probably more than most, I have a history of mixing it up and leaving a comment or three that left heads spinning. Me, Myself and I bad civility comments discourse GOOD mean nice rhetoric speech talk zen buddhismIn the past year, I’ve made a move to practice more loving (or benevolent) speech online. Choosing to invest in kinder speech, and to [.].

By Daniel Hindin | Email | Print | 14 Comments | Is your social media marketing strategy geared toward growing your sales or building your brand? Previous posts of mine about getting more comments on your blog and content versus conversation have engendered debate in the form of blog posts and comments regarding the value of conversation and community in comparison to lead generation and bottom line outcomes. Leave a comment! 14 Comments Comment by Jon Buscall August 17th, 2010 at 2:08 am Some interesting thoughts, Daniel. Let me know what you think.

Online Community Strategist Angela Connor on Growing Successful Online Communities Home About Angela Contact Popular Speaking Media Press Tips Subscribe to feed The Cleveland Plain Dealer finally acknowledges user comments October 13, 2009 in Community Building | Tags: Newspapers , online comments , user comments It’s one thing to be late to the party. As an advocate for user comments on news sites I was pleased to read that the Cleveland Plain Dealer is getting proactive and plans to engage with the people who take the time to comment on their news stories.

The living room test Start by creating guidelines for comments and posts. When you look at a comment, would you kick the poster out of your living room for being overly mean to fellow readers, the author or subject? Some examples: No profanity (a no-brainer in most cases) No personal insults Comments must be related to the topic at hand (I’m looking at you, Tinfoilhat.) colleague shares an example from a travel-related site: We wouldn’t use the comment, “ABC Airlines royally sucks!&# People will wonder, “Where is my comment?” First! True story.)

Social Links Freelance Social Media Social Media Tips and Marketing Blog Home About Contact Subscribe Facebook Connect Launches First Widget by cinta5 on February 19, 2009 “Today, we’re launching our first social widget for Facebook Connect, the Comments Box. The Comments Box is a great way for any website, blog or photo gallery to add social comments to their page in just a minute with a few lines of code. About the author Jacinta wrote 70 articles on this blog. Media. Marketing. Featuring the Thesis Wufoo Skin WordPress Admin

Quotes social media Twitter Permalink Tweet Comments 16 Comments Jul 21, 2009 Jim Kopeny said. Geek-speak, awkward user interfaces, and self-important community commenters take some time to overcome for people who get paid for other duties. link] Leave a Comment Steve Rubels Posterous Steve Rubel ( bio ) is SVP, Director of Insights for Edelman Digital, a division of Edelman - the worlds largest independent PR firm. Steve is using Posterous to post everything online. Shouldnt you? Maybe we need to apply for licenses or start passing exams. Heh, hilarious.

Comment and share. Guest post, link back, comment on other blogs. Trying to get commenters on your blog can be really frustrating at first—it normally doesn’t happen automatically, but keep at it! Respond to comments right away with a real response, rather than just a thank you. Blogging for Dollars Business Blogging comments content conversation make money bloggingThis guest post is by Becky Canary-King of Direct Incorporation. There’s really too much to say about the benefit of a good blog for your business. Be specific. Great. Establish your credentials.

I’ve had a few comments and tweets asking where I found them so decided to publish my not entirely obscure sources. Tagged as: blog tips , blogging , royalty free images blog comments powered by Disqus GET UPDATES Did you know? How to Build & Sell Through a Community Part 2: Why? My faithful blog readers have noticed a huge change; I’m now putting a picture with every post! Pretty eh? I’m sounding more and more Canadian every day). hope these resources areat least a little helpful! know there are plenty more out there but I like to keep things simple.

For the better part of a year, a black REPLY button has existed underneath every comment. It is also clear that when someone (me, a guest author, anyone) replies to your comment, you rarely return to add a follow-up comment. The way it’s historically worked on this blog is when you submit a comment, you have the option to check a box — powered by a WordPress plugin called Subscribe to Comments — to receive subsequent comments by email. Scroll through the comments below to see what I mean. Blog News comments plugins Wordpress

View Comments July 19th, 2010 Hello ladies! this is only funny if you have seen the Oldspice commercials, otherwise this is a bit awkward for all of us…) Over the past few weeks you may have seen that the Oldspice man has been responding to comments on youtube, facebook, and twitter by creating individual personalized messages for people essentially creating a type of collaborative relationship between the brand and the customer, but is the Oldspice campaign a social media campaign or a social CRM campaign?  Oldspice responded to some of those comments but then what? 

Arment Dietrich Overview Expertise Resources Gini Dietrich News Media Center Careers Contact Follow US Facebook Linkedin RSS Feed Twitter YouTube Share Categories Communication Social Media Advertising Entrepreneur SEO Marketing Marketplace COMMUNICATION / SOCIAL MEDIA / ADVERTISING / ENTREPRENEUR / SEO / MARKETING Aug 01 2010 Content As Conversation On Your Business Blog By Daniel Hindin | Email | Print | 19 Comments | Catherine Novak over at WordSpring wrote a great post Tuesday on the merits of content versus conversation. Leave a comment! 19 Comments Comment by Abbie S.

different take on why you should moderate comments on your blog from Shel Holtz. Tags: Communication Barry Moltz Conan O'Brien Conversation Agent cutting expenses Joe Hackman John Christianson Liz Strauss MarketingProfs moderating comments newspaper-like blog optimization PowerPoint SEO shel holtz Shelly Kramer Social Media Examiner Warren Buffet Zappos I’m back from vacation. Nine days (including the weekends) of pretty much doing what I want. read five books. rode 200 miles. went to functional training twice. cooked every day. planted fall flowers. slept in.

We’ve been promoting the best and most popular Sphinn stories over on Search Engine Land since the beginning of August. write a weekly recap each Monday, and those recaps have evolved in just a couple months from a simple list of stories that reached Sphinn’s home page to a fuller look at all Sphinn [.].

Home About Services Social Media Speaking-Training LMA Contact Subscribe Myrland Marketing Minutes Strategic Social Media: Making Social Media Make Sense IT’S NO LONGER OUR DECISION by Nancy Myrland on June 29, 2010 The other day I read, and commented on, a post from Twitterville author Shel Israel , in which he was discussing his assertion that social media is now at the end of a period of great disruption, and is now entering a longer, quieter period of normalization. Share this on Facebook Share this on Linkedin Subscribe to the comments for this post? Digg this!

→ Google Me – quick thoughts for and against… June 30th, 2010 · View Comments So the rumours are building about the ‘Facebook killer’ being worked on at Google. And whenever there are big rumours, the blogosphere rushes to comment. link] Dan Thornton Hi Shaun – thanks for the comment. Web Strategy Wikinomics Rankings ← The importance of experiencing your community How much to launch a new media brand or project? For example, Mike Arrington argues Google should clone Facebook , Kim-Mai Cutler argues the opposite. Data knowledge.

Why Quitting Twitter is Healthy For You 19 Commenting, replying, asking, sharing, and helping are among five tips you can use to overcome Twitter block , wrote Mark Havenner last year. Reflecting on my Twitter sabbatical one week in, I wrote about finding value in other ways: engaging with friends and colleagues on Facebook and LinkedIn , enhancing my knowledge on assorted Ning-powered online communities, and actively commenting on other people’s blogs. January 22, 2010 Comments January 22, 2010 Gwen Bell @gwenbell Bravo, Ari. He missed quitting. should know.

I use it all the time to hone in on the most liked/commented conversations. aggregation friendfeed search Social Networking social search Permalink Tweet Comments 9 Comments Jul 03, 2009 James Stratford said. Its handy to be able to comment traditionally, posterous, or twitter. Leave a Comment Steve Rubels Posterous Steve Rubel ( bio ) is SVP, Director of Insights for Edelman Digital, a division of Edelman - the worlds largest independent PR firm. Steve is using Posterous to post everything online. Shouldnt you? Jul 03, 2009 Steve Rubel said. James, you bet.

The move seems to be going well as comments have been coming in at a good clip. Here's a quick rundown answers to of some common questions that came in via Twitter, Friendfeed and comments. Posterous lets me do so in a number of ways through auto-posting, but also by letting you send your comments into Facebook, Twitter, Backtype and Friendfeed. If you want more, you can track all of my activity and discussions on Friendfeed , including blog comments, my full Twitter stream and more. Steve is using Posterous to post everything online. Shouldnt you? Sort of.

Brass Tack Thinking Make Things Happen Home About Amber Naslund Tamsen McMahon Contact Speaking Amber Naslund Tamsen McMahon Brass Tack Reading Archives 4 Ways To Give Legs To Your Presentations October 5, 2010 | by Amber Naslund View Comments I love the TED conference and everything it stands for. TED-heads, share some of your favorites in the comments?). blog comments powered by Disqus Search Brass Tacks About the Authors Amber Naslund Amber Naslund (@ambercadabra on Twitter) is a communications and business strategist and the Director of Community for Radian6. Thanks.

Home About Me Charities 12for12k Kiva Work With Me About This Blog Disclosure Comment Policy Headway Archives Contact Me Great Blogs Why You’ll Never See Ads on DannyBrown.me These range from normal ad boxes in the sidebar, to comment and contact form box ads (where you’d see a pop-up after you’ve hit the Enter button, with “relevant&# ads displayed for your pleasure). Because without you coming here, reading, commenting and sharing with your networks, the blog wouldn’t be anywhere near as visible with these ad companies. Sound okay? think not.

Hubris, Open Internet and Clean feeds December 17, 2009 in posts Parts of this post were originally a comment on Senator Kate Lundy’s blog post on the Clean Feed policy. Reply Cancel reply Leave a Comment Additional comments powered by BackType Previous post: Do these people have no idea? Home Work How acidlabs works Meet Workshops Speaking Past speaking For conference and meeting planners Press Clients Tumble Subscribe acidlabs Conversation. Collaboration. Community. had hoped she would expressed a strongly dissenting view. But certainly workable. in Australia?

Blog About Clients Cases Tribesourcing Video People & Contact Bloggers « Using Social Media Monitoring to Improve Your Search Engine Marketing Relevance Facebook Places Explained » Spacebook and Danceroulette Music Video Posted by Anne Herngaard Aug 27th, 2010 Tweet If you are a tech, social media, augmented reality freak, you may fancy the video for the single N’importe Comment by French electronic duo The Toxic Avenger. Or maybe this world seems a bit more appealing for those of us who live out our “real lives&# on Facebook.

…words The personal weblog of Stephen P Smith Home Turning Free Content Into Revenue August 4th 2010 Posted at Business Development 0 Comments In my post last week ( Would you pay for Twitter? I got a comment from a reader who asked: “Here’s my question, if you are a business and offer a lot of things for free, how do you parley that into appropriate revenue without disengaging your audience?&# That is a very good question, and one that every business (or would-be business) should be asking. in October ’08. Their thinking is ‘how do we make money from this?’,

Posted July 15th, 2010 by admin and filed in Social Media , social influence , social media behavior Tags: being social on social media , Social Media , social media behavior , Taylor Ellwood View Comments Something I’ve noted with fascination is how many people have commented in person on the post I wrote about how to write Linkedin introductions. Imagine Your Reality Business and Social Media Coach Blog Home About Taylor Ellwood Services Social Media and Business Classes Is being social on social media overrated? Imagine Your Reality. All Rights Reserved.

Use the diagram covered in  8 ways to deal with negative comments as background. Online Communities public relations social media Social Media Exercise social networks Twitter hoyts negative comments social media exerciseHoyts and social media – what do you do when someone names and shames publicly issues with your company, like this Twitter discussion I initiated about Hoyts Cinemas? An exercise for social media students and practitioners – what do you do when someone goes on a Twant (Twitter rant)? for my classes and anyone else who wants to play). DIARY OF A…?

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Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk A Closer Look at Fan Engagement on the Fox News Facebook Page by Adam Sherk on September 23, 2009 My post on Facebook Page engagement for news sites has drawn some interest in the fact that Fox News averages many more “likes” and comments per update than any other news site, despite having significantly fewer fans than CNN, NPR or The New York Times. Even more mundane news items still manage to spark a round of commenting. But Does it Violate Facebook Guidelines?

Just read the comments on Facebook’s own page. Some people don’t want the most “relevant&# comments to appear on their pages. They’d rather that Facebook kept the chronological order for comments. As one commenter put it, “Where do you get the idea that you know more than I do what is relevant on my page?!!?&# You must be logged in to post a comment. About Us What’s a Maverick? Last week, I discussed Facebook’s new Page layout features , which I think are generally a good thing. But not everyone is happy with those changes.

  I read upwards of 50 blog posts every day and then comment on what is relevant to the business success of entrepreneurs and small business owners like you.   Just leave a comment below.    I read upwards of 50 blog posts every day and then comment on what is relevant to the business success of entrepreneurs and small business owners like you.   Just leave a comment below.    To a great extent, that is what I do.    Simple math tells us that if I talk to a sample of 100 small business owners that are all unique.

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Instantly, with no refresh of the page, my News Feed was literally singing with new comments. It appears Facebook has taken its "Recent Items" feed to a new level, introducing a very FriendFeed -like live commenting system, also similar to Facebook's new Groups and Messages system. One of those features was live, real-time commenting, where the comments appeared before your eyes without having to refresh the Page. The conversation just naturally flows, making conversation much easier. It seems natural that Facebook would extend this into other areas of the site.