DISQUS

Lucia · 2 years ago

Good insights.

I'm only just starting to use social media-- but one thing I notice about some of the rants is how unrealistic some people are. Yes, having friends and contacts on social media is necessary to get your stuff noticed an promoted. Having no friends or contacts can mean the best of content can go unnoticed. Having friends helps-- but it doesn't guarantee anything. Plus, you can constantly lean heavily on your friends-- or you lose them!

It's all not much different from real life. I remember talking to aspiring artists in Iowa. They knew that to "get discovered" they needed to make contacts who could help them display their items to a wider audience. But the stuff still had to be good to succeed in the wider audience.

Tinu Abayomi-Paul · 2 years ago

Excellent analogy. How've you been?

Lucia · 2 years ago

I've been great! Thanks for asking!

CHESSNOID · 2 years ago

Very good post with great insight. Please let me know if you want something dugg or stumbled. lol. I continue to enjoy reading your posts. Cheers!

Tinu Abayomi-Paul · 2 years ago

I'd love to see you more often Lucia. And I'll comment more when I'm at your site rather than just linking to you. :)

Chessnoid,

Haven't seen that handle in a while, how are you? I will cash that offer in for a friend if you don't mind. I look at social media traffic as nice when you get it organically - for now. In the meantime, I'm concentrating on pushing love to other people.

Marty (aimClear) · 2 years ago

It's about all of the above. While networks of associates and friends are very important (is in physical life), the quality of the content matters just as much or more. I have great friends who Sphinn and Stumble posts I bring to their attention....but he posts need to be wonderful.

Jayne · 2 years ago

Networking is vital, but in truth I find that 99% of my Stumbles (That's more suited to my content than Digg) come from people I don't know.

Dana Wallert · 2 years ago

Even if you subscribe to the theory that all social media is I scratch your back, you scratch mine...it seems to me that in order to become a power player in the social media arena, you've got to be creating some amazing content to initially join that club.

And in the somewhat limited time I've been following the moves of the social media allstars, it seems to me that when and if a typical sphinn, digg or stumble darling falters with a post, the people that usually help their posts make it to the top are the same people who are first to question the writer on their post, call them out on a weak argument, etc.

Tinu Abayomi-Paul · 2 years ago

Marty,

Very true. Quite well said. If only I had posted that instead.

Jayne,

I find the same thing, and then that I meet them - usually people I know "of" but don't "know".

Marty (aimClear) · 2 years ago

Thank you for your kind words Jayne.
Marty

Tinu Abayomi-Paul · 2 years ago

I missed Dana's comment because it got caught in the filters.

Dana,

Absolutely. Good friends call each other on lapses in logic and such. :) Yet another great perspective.

B. C. Daily Link Site · 1 year ago

I started my own social bookmarking site because digg sucks pretty hard.

Every link submitted is moderator approved and then they are posted 1-3 times per day.

Winning in that game involves quality content. Repost are almost all I see on digg. People think, WOW IVE NEVER SEEN THAT BEFORE, even though the page view on it is well over 200,000. Maybe other people havent seen it. Or even worse are the ones who just copy the images, rehost and repost on digg.

Jonathan · 1 year ago

Hi Tinu
Tinu ...

Good news & bad news

I checked out Digg in some depth and agree re the SOCIAL aspect - if it sheds light, then digg it, but don't digg for any other reason.

Uplifted by reading your blog, I also checked out your Evergreen traffic product. Looks very exciting, BUT ... I was put off because the site mentioned in a raving testimonial by "Lare" does not exist. http://www.footologist.com (The domain seems to be in redemption status.)

I thought this might be useful info for you coz it will be costing you sales when people (like me) go check it out and think ... oh ... well maybe "Evergreen" didn't work for them after all.

Best
Jonathan