Just in the past week I came across a few articles variously stating that the average user has about 100-120 Facebook friends. That makes me above average then, though I actually know many thousands of people. They just don’t happen to be on Facebook, or their name is a bit too common to figure out […]

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Facebook, one of the world’s most popular online social networks, is openly advertising new vanity URLs for users, come Fri Jun 12th. If you’ve ever tried to post your existing Facebook URL to a business card or exchange it verbally with someone, you know what a pain it is to do so. Vanity URLs will […]

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So, you’re sold on the idea of using a social network for an online project that you’re involved in. Question: would you rather use Facebook Connect to build a niche social network, knowing you’re giving up control of member information, or would you prefer to build a network from the ground up, thereby insuring that […]

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Twitter, the popular micro-blogging service, has yet to monetize its popularity. There are rumors of upcoming business options – which makes sense considering Dell Computers claims twittering earned them an extra $1M in 2008. However, there’s only VC funds keeping Twitter going, and a relatively new entry in the micro-blogging arena, Identi.ca, just received funding […]

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Many of us “social media” types have a love/ hate relationship with various services, most especially Facebook. It never ceases to amaze me how many of my daily conversations are going on there, but also how many people end up knowing my business. Things might be getting worse. Imagine that you log into your Facebook […]

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Microblogging/ micronews service Twitter might not be making any money yet (and turning down $600M buyout offers), but Dell Computers apparently has managed to monetize Twitter use for themselves – to the tune of $1M. They’ve done this over the past year and a half using Twitter to send out sales alerts to their “followers.” […]

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As a reluctant user of microblogging (aka micromessaging services such as Twitter, Plurk and my Facebook status msg/ wall, I’ve kept tight control of how many of these sites I use. So when Pownce had been launched by the minds at Digg, I saw no reason to use yet another microblogging service (YAMS?). Maybe others […]

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If you’re someone who understands the value of social media websites and applications, you might find some value in Plurk, a Twitter-like site in concept, but which has a more interactive feel to it and a different interface. (Plurk uses a timeline whereas Twitter has a running stream/ river of items.) If you want to […]

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By now, you’ve probably heard of Twitter. If you haven’t, I recommend picking up the free Twitter ebook from Geekpreneur, which I described here in a screencast earlier this year. If you have, then you know that Twitter is a communication tool used mostly as a broadcasting medium. Most people seem to either be using […]

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Dee Barizo has an excellent article at Net Business Blog about Link Building, but it’s also filled with advice about networking with your up and coming blogging peers. Dee emphasizes what I’ve been saying for a while: link building and web traffic take time to build. My feeling is that if you don’t have passion […]

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