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Jul 05 2008

Social Media Gems – New Category for Shiny Links!

Posted by Christine Cavalier in Gems

Between RSS, FriendFeed, Twitter and about a dozen other sites, the new media that I consume daily is overwhelming. The upside to this is that as an early adopter/tech hobbyist I get the skinny on sites immediately; the downside is that the real gems get lost in the flotsam (and for the sake of politeness, I’ll just say that the gems in social media are few and far between).

I am resolving, today, to put more time and effort into this blog by posting the links to gems I want to remember. I hope you will find them shiny too. I’ll call them Social Media Gems (SMG); I created a spanking new category just for these links.

My inspiration came from, of course, the social media powerhouse Chris Brogan. You may remember him from my previous post of 11 Questions, an interview I conducted with various social media and tech types about their reading habits. Chris’s entire site is an SMG, but this post was like a slap in the head. If you are a blogger, you really must read it.

Excerpt from “Sample Blogging Workflow” by Chris Brogan:

“Blogging Tasks

The frequency of blog posts you choose is important. Many posts a day is great, if you can keep it up. Once a day is probably ideal (but not as easy as it seems). Once every two or three days means your readers won’t know what to expect. Once a week might be enough, depending on how niche your blog is, and how authoritative you are to begin with. But no matter what you decide, make the decision and stick with the schedule.”

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  • Wow, Steve! That's amazing! Thanks for the good reminder on how to utilize the tools available to us. I personally need to get Google Reader working (having an issue with gtalk and adding friends), like Brogan says. Have my friends do some of the 'work!' ;-). Thanks for commenting and please let us in on any gems you come across!
  • stevenimmons
    Yes, there certainly is an issue panning the tiny pieces of gold from the silt of the river beds of Web2.0. I find Hahlo and Summize help me stay on top of Twitter (well a little better). A well configured feed reader (i.e. with well thought out subscriptions) saves a tonne of time. That makes it relatively simply to scan hundreds of sources for new material. You can do some funky things with Yahoo! pipes or Microsoft Popfly to make RSS mashups which can also processes, filter and assemble new feeds to a specific recipe. I also use StumbleUpon, Digg, Delicious and Clipmarks to save good stuff as I find it. On a 'weekly' basis I check those bookmarks and see what I want to add into my feed reader for regular consumption.
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