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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