Janet Fouts

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Last week on The Friday Hangout (video) we talked a bit about how many Facebook page managers are reporting dramatically decreasing reach in Facebook Insights and a drop in fans as well. I’d love to hear them in the comments. Here are the reasons I’ve come up with for the dropped fans and dropping reach on Facebook.

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Janet Fouts

MARCH 6, 2013

This video has 127,217 views. Respond to comments and questions. In addition, commenting on a photo and having more interaction on it will increase the potential for that post to make it to the coveted “explore” tab within Instagram. Share them in the comments for us to learn from! Yeah, me neither.

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Janet Fouts

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

Lingering over a dancing pig video on Facebook is the kiss of death to productivity. You’ll learn more and your comments and shares will be more thoughtful. The author will be thrilled that not only did you read the whole post but you added value to the cnversation in a comment or a tweet. Meditate, take a walk.

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Janet Fouts

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Scan the code with your cell phone and you can view the City Harvest web site, videos or donate directly through your phone to City Harvest. Watch this video or visit their website ( City Harvest.org )and see how you can help. Please share them in the comments! Just hold your phone up to the screen and scan it.

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Janet Fouts

MARCH 16, 2014

Forms of content (video or audio takes longer than text). Comment on blogs or social posts adding value to the discussion. A bucket exists for each topic area, then we split those buckets up by: How long will it take to produce? Who will create it? Do we need outside verification or data to make it really sing? Respond naturally.

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Janet Fouts

AUGUST 1, 2012

It all started with the announcement that the NFL is adding Google+ Hangouts to the league’s fantasy football pages to enable a video chat feature right on the pages. Comment and share some more. Commenting on another user’s post gets you into the conversation. What do you want to talk about?

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Janet Fouts

JANUARY 4, 2011

They’re more likely to spend hours wandering the fan pages looking for something fun to do like games, quizzes, sharing video links and finding out about their friend’s appendectomy. You see it in the comments and on some of the best blogs the comments from the regular readers are as valuable or better than the actual post itself.

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Janet Fouts

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Here’s a quick video to show you how it works. A few people may go look to see what you’re all about and it’ it’s all photos of cats and videos about Lady Gaga it’s probably not going to help your business so much. Just like other social networks, what gets shared the most is still videos photos and jokes.

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Janet Fouts

AUGUST 30, 2015

Sure, there is conversation in the comment stream but frankly, in a buzy stream it can hard to respond and focus. Mention them in the comment stream with their username and they’ll be tagged with a notification. After a Blab go connect and comment on their posts. Thank them for comments and being on your show.

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Janet Fouts

JULY 2, 2010

Comment when it’s relevant, re-tweet them on Twitter and share links you think they will find useful. It’s better to write a custom email with some quotable information and links to a video, images or PDF they can use for the story and distribute to their readership. Create relationships before you need them.

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Janet Fouts

JANUARY 1, 2013

If you have some must-have apps for your business, why not share ‘em in the comments? Upload images with just about all of the popular image and video services used with Twitter and shorten URLs with my shortener of choice. Expensify. I travel a lot. Re-tweet from multiple accounts and sync it all with iCloud.

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Janet Fouts

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Here’s a very happy little video that explains it all. If a lot of your friends have shared, commented or liked a story, or if you are particularly close to theperson, then it’s a top story for you. You’ll see images, videos, stories, tags and friendings. Facebook news feed changes. The Ticker.

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Janet Fouts

OCTOBER 29, 2012

You may want to start by searching only blogs, or only Twitter or videos for example. Do they get comments and do people share their content through social media? Follow all of the links you find to see how relevant the other material that person is posting is. Did they only write one post that is relevant or do they have several?

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Janet Fouts

MAY 4, 2015

We all know video is wildly popular across the board and people love the experience of sharing their life experiences with others in real time.When Meerkat launched in March it got a huge bump from social media marketers who created live video in real time from the South by Southwest conference. Who will win the video app wars?

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Janet Fouts

MAY 4, 2015

We all know video is wildly popular across the board and people love the experience of sharing their life experiences with others in real time.When Meerkat launched in March it got a huge bump from social media marketers who created live video in real time from the South by Southwest conference. Who will win the video app wars?

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Janet Fouts

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Wait, here’s a video, I’ll let him tell the story. Like my personal favorite Twitter app, Tweetbot, it allows you to create drafts for later publishing and to quote a message and add your own comments to it before sending. Before I get into why App.net is worth your time, let me give you the back story.

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Janet Fouts

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Sure, there was the video of protesters being arrested , prevented from leaving the building , but there was also video from inside the building during the protest which basically showed the protesters disrupting business, not canceling accounts, but asking for support from the staff. The lesson? What did Ragu do? The lesson?

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Janet Fouts

JULY 5, 2011

If you don’t want people to see your videos, photos, buzz, you can turn those tabs off in the settings. comment on your posts go to your phone. If you get one for every time anybody comments it will drive you bats. You can disable comments or re shares, but only after the post is added. Tab and Return End a comment.

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Janet Fouts

JUNE 11, 2012

Ask it in videos and pictures on Pinterest. Here’s a recording of a webinar I did for Thirsty Girl to get you started, and if you still have burning questions about using Pinterest for business, post them in the comments below. View more videos from Janet Fouts. What do you want to know about? Don’t be all business.

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Janet Fouts

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

The quick link or the witty comment shared on Twitter has the shelf life of maybe a couple of minutes before it’s buried in the Twitter stream. With Google+ you can toss off a quick comment on a link you’ve shared and find thoughtful commentary building on it for days, in a threaded format just like Facebook and popular forums.

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Janet Fouts

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

You can have the biggest following on Twitter and Facebook and Google+ , the best videos on Youtube and a constant flow of repins on Pinterest and still not make a single sale. Make sure it’s easy for people to comment and share your brilliance with others. Send traffic to your blog, where deeper conversations can take place.

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Janet Fouts

JUNE 28, 2011

check your Edgerank here ) To put it simply Facebook looks at how many friends you have for your Facebook page, how many times your friends have interacted with your posts (share, liked, commented), The algorithm runs and checks to see if there is an affinity between you and each fan. Have you commented on something they posted?

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Janet Fouts

JUNE 5, 2014

Add away in the comments and click the links below to tweet these people thanks for being an inspiration. Rackspace’s Startup Liaison Officer, who grew up in Silicon Valley, brings you technology news, videos, and opinions. Learn from them and never, NEVER say you’re too old to learn. Beth Kanter. MegWhitman. Robert Scoble.

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Janet Fouts

OCTOBER 12, 2010

There’s a saying in social media that goes something like this “You know you’ve “arrived&# when you’ve got trolls commenting on your work&#. and even retained sponsorship for the videos. It’s true, the more connections you have on social media networks the more likely someone will disagree with you.

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Janet Fouts

DECEMBER 30, 2011

Moderating forums, replying to basic questions on your social networks, finding new topics for your to comment on or RSS feeds to add to your reader, research on industry information for your blog posts, updating your blog software or finding the right plugins.All of these things and much more can be done by a talented assistant.

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Janet Fouts

DECEMBER 14, 2010

Since time is precious, it’s essential to create a system for repurposing your best blog content so you can syndicate it to multiple platforms in multiple formats (text, audio and video). All of that translated to more pleasure parties, more blog comments and most importantly – more orders and conversions.

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Janet Fouts

JULY 29, 2020

Maybe it’s when a driver cuts us off in traffic; the neighbor’s dog is barking; an off-handed comment from a co-worker annoys us, or we find a perfect sand dollar on the beach. video of Rep. They happen throughout our day, and sometimes we respond to them more skillfully than at other times.

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