Yes you need to. Everyone does. Even if you're just on Twitter, even if you're not. You need to pay attention to what others are saying to and about you online. I know many of you do this for your library but it is important to do it for yourself too. Why? Carie Lewis lists 5 different … Continue reading How to Monitor Your Personal Brand (For Free)
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Monitor your brand
Carie Lewis has a great guide to monitoring your brand using iGoogle, it's easy, free and most of us already have a Google account, plus it pulls all the information into one place. She includes 5 different categories: Brand - mentions of your name, including acronyms, misspellings, etc Current - issues that people are talking … Continue reading Monitor your brand
10 Golden Rules of Social Media
Webworker Daily has a great post on the 10 Golden Rules of Social Media Read the full post to get defitions of each Respect the Spirit of the ‘Net Listen Add Value Respond Do Good Things Share the Wealth Give Kudos Don’t Spam Be Real Collaborate Social media tools are only that — tools. The … Continue reading 10 Golden Rules of Social Media
Eternal September: Be Ready to Repeat Yourself. Again.
Last week I read this post on Seth Godin's blog and loved it. I tweeted it hoping other people would pick it up. After reading Stephen Abrams post - What is Cloud Computing where he states I've given a few talks lately and I was surprised to get a few questions about "what is cloud … Continue reading Eternal September: Be Ready to Repeat Yourself. Again.
My Problem with LinkedIn
and online reputations in general. I have a profile on LinkedIn (as I do on many social websites) because many people and blogs I think highly of have recommended it. Now I'll be the first to admit I'm probably not using it right and therefore not taking advantage of it properly. Here is something I noticed … Continue reading My Problem with LinkedIn
Social Media Periodic Table
Check this out - I would seriously love to see someone with more talent than me make a just for libraryland version! See the lists of blogs & people that are included. Here are what some of the appreviations stand for you, you can see the rest at on Eye Cube Social Media Practices: … Continue reading Social Media Periodic Table
Akoha Starter packs – I have 19 decks to give away!
Less than two weeks ago I blogged about an exciting new idea - Akoha. I was enthusiastic about the idea, in fact I love it. I love the idea of doing good and passing it forward, call me optimistic, call me naive, but I think this idea has merit. So I blogged about it, I … Continue reading Akoha Starter packs – I have 19 decks to give away!
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