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Comment on Content Curation: Definition and 6 Tool Options by Coffee Shop Blogger

Coffee Shop Blogger — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:30:56 +0000

Sorry Tom, was busy studying. No I thank you for great info. Just wanted to share with anybody that content curation really works and actually there are many people in IM industry that are releasing whole products and courses on how to curate content. Personally I just like to experiment but some sites I started using content curation on started to rank higher even without so many backlinks. Which is a good news!

Take care,
Brett

Comment on A (Tough) Love Story: How Is Social Media Helping You Make Money? by Rana Shahbaz

Rana Shahbaz — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 14:42:00 +0000

You are right Mike and I think most businesses should work on the both sides of the business, Short term goals and long term goals. It can be too scary to keep working on only aspect of your business.

Comment on 19 Lessons From Peter Shankman – Blog World LA Keynote by Internet Marketing

Internet Marketing — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:08:57 +0000

Thanks for summarizing interesting topic and helpful and attached video will help to understand more clearly.

Thanks

Comment on A (Tough) Love Story: How Is Social Media Helping You Make Money? by Mike Garner

Mike Garner — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 07:06:17 +0000

I think we’re all guilty to some extent of rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic because it makes us feel better. Having a pretty web site is great and is certainly a much better idea that having an ugly one, but if you have no customers, you have no business. So yes, going for the immediate cash is THE most important thing. Then you can do all the rest and have a pretty web site.

Comment on Pinterest Frenzy. Will Marketers Kill It? by Terrie Marcoe

Terrie Marcoe — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:47:49 +0000

If the owners of Pinterest did not see/expect marketers to use the base(no matter HOW much they kindly asked people not to be self-promoting), then the reaction to their platform ought to have been a bit of an eye-opener.

But of COURSE they knew. What they also likely knew was that the growing majority of emarketers do understand we must engage the audience, not bleat AT them(as was done in the days of radio, television and print marketing). Someone once told me “Rules are made for people who need rules>” I believe the polite requests from Pinterest to not self-promote were aimed at those types; the ones too – well, stupid! – to know any better.

Pinterest, being used by marketers will not “ruin” the site. But it might be helpful if Pinterest created the ability to Block selected Users(and the images they Pin) from one’s network. As it stands – the barn door is wide open and the cows are on the run!

Comment on A (Tough) Love Story: How Is Social Media Helping You Make Money? by Ryan Hanley

Ryan Hanley — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:57:11 +0000

Tom,

A lot of this is the “Planning to Plan” mentality. Everything has to be perfectly planned and look fantastic and perfect before we take one step forward…

In doing this you lose days, weeks, possibly months of pushing your social presence forward… I’ve had a blog for almost 4 years and I’ve changed the design 6 times.

It’s never stopped people from visiting the site or signing up for my newsletter or interacting.

Great article and Great topic!

Ryan H.

Comment on A (Tough) Love Story: How Is Social Media Helping You Make Money? by Tom

Tom — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:12:02 +0000

Hi Kathy. Yes, it sound like you and I are on the same wavelength. I think that’s a key point about choosing the right tools that make sense after establishing some priorities for the business. Thanks for the comment!

Comment on A (Tough) Love Story: How Is Social Media Helping You Make Money? by Tom

Tom — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:10:23 +0000

I think you make a great point. Yes, people will avoid that new or scary activity in any way possible. Until they/we can address that underlying fear they really won’t make progress there. Thanks for bringing that up!

Comment on A (Tough) Love Story: How Is Social Media Helping You Make Money? by Tom

Tom — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:08:48 +0000

Thanks Hector. In some ways I’m talking to myself too. Reminding myself to keep focused on doing more revenue-generating activities vs. just “projects”. Thanks for the comment!

Comment on A (Tough) Love Story: How Is Social Media Helping You Make Money? by Tom

Tom — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:07:30 +0000

Alan. Yes, we definitely agree on the need to keep it simple for the fundamentals. So many people don’t get this right and get distracted by non-essentials. Thanks for stopping by!