Ok here’s my take. Personal bloggers spend hours searching, publishing, networking and still at the end of the day, they only want two things:
- Traffic
- Money
The questions begin to trickle in. How, why, what, who and where? I think the less we question, the easier the answers will come to you. Right? Wrong!
It is human nature, they need to know; so they write about what they don’t know. They have to know, so they start buying into products that supposedly show them what they need to know. Everybody goes in circles.
What if the solution to all your problems of finding traffic and money happens just on one site? Then you must think I am crazy. Your are right. There is no such thing. But what if I told you, you can broadcast yourself on one site…no not YouTube….by any means possible, including your mobile phone? And still package it in such a way that you announce it straight away via email, embed videos on other sites, and even let you blog about it as you go.
So cut to the chase. What am I selling here?
I am telling you, yes just telling, if you should at least think of parking your name on some social site that gives you genuine readers and make you know you are seen, heard and spoken about.
Most social sites become so big, you log in and log out unnoticed. Waste of time? Yeah right. Out of 100 contacts you network with, perhaps only 3 want to know who you are! Bloggers simply have very little time to meet and greet. Yet even more serious ones will spend just seconds on your blog and move on. Times have changed. The game has to change.
STOP.....Your Facebook Addiction
So what if you have 1million fans or friends? If you really matter to them, you deserve a comment, exchange of links, or a conversation, not a SuperNuduge. If your fans or friends, really matter to you, they deserve your visits to their sites....so make time.
- Traffic
- Money
The questions begin to trickle in. How, why, what, who and where? I think the less we question, the easier the answers will come to you. Right? Wrong!
It is human nature, they need to know; so they write about what they don’t know. They have to know, so they start buying into products that supposedly show them what they need to know. Everybody goes in circles.
What if the solution to all your problems of finding traffic and money happens just on one site? Then you must think I am crazy. Your are right. There is no such thing. But what if I told you, you can broadcast yourself on one site…no not YouTube….by any means possible, including your mobile phone? And still package it in such a way that you announce it straight away via email, embed videos on other sites, and even let you blog about it as you go.
So cut to the chase. What am I selling here?
I am telling you, yes just telling, if you should at least think of parking your name on some social site that gives you genuine readers and make you know you are seen, heard and spoken about.
Most social sites become so big, you log in and log out unnoticed. Waste of time? Yeah right. Out of 100 contacts you network with, perhaps only 3 want to know who you are! Bloggers simply have very little time to meet and greet. Yet even more serious ones will spend just seconds on your blog and move on. Times have changed. The game has to change.
STOP.....Your Facebook Addiction
So what if you have 1million fans or friends? If you really matter to them, you deserve a comment, exchange of links, or a conversation, not a SuperNuduge. If your fans or friends, really matter to you, they deserve your visits to their sites....so make time.
At first glance, you might think next2Friends is just another social site where people meet people, make connections or search for new information. Basically, that is what it will give you.
For the past few weeks, I have been trying the basic features on this social site. And I can’t help it, there are really serious readers on this social site. Maybe it is new so I get noticed. The most important part which I know bloggers want – exposure – is written all over on the user dashboard.
Take look at the screenshot of my user dashboard and profile (if you click on it, you can get to the site). Nothing fancy just words and avatar. But take a closer look, everything about me, which I want publicly known to readers and subscribers are on display, in a big fat rectangle.
Take look at the screenshot of my user dashboard and profile (if you click on it, you can get to the site). Nothing fancy just words and avatar. But take a closer look, everything about me, which I want publicly known to readers and subscribers are on display, in a big fat rectangle.
We have been learning about converting our readers to opt-in subscribers and what not. But if you are blogger on a social site, you want to convert other bloggers or subscribers to readers first before they become your contact. How can that be done if everyone is so busy thinking of the end and not the means?
This big fat rectangle I am talking about shows off information about you, who you are, what you do and your services. Readers are not distracted by avatars, messages and information that talk about other members and what they are offering. You do get your reader’s attention.. Your network of friends’ are placed nicely at the bottom left.
- Your conversations with individual members are kept private; I like this as I am able to make a log of my conversations with an individual member rather than to scroll down ten other messages to find our latest conversation.
- I do not have to invite them to meet me ‘outside’ the site. In other words, networking is more interactive and effective this way. You have a personal user weblink for your emails, articles and projects.
- People who like to keep a diary of their activities by writing can also blog on the site. It is so easy for newbies and if you like, people who are not ready to build or manage their own websites.
This big fat rectangle I am talking about shows off information about you, who you are, what you do and your services. Readers are not distracted by avatars, messages and information that talk about other members and what they are offering. You do get your reader’s attention.. Your network of friends’ are placed nicely at the bottom left.
- Your conversations with individual members are kept private; I like this as I am able to make a log of my conversations with an individual member rather than to scroll down ten other messages to find our latest conversation.
- I do not have to invite them to meet me ‘outside’ the site. In other words, networking is more interactive and effective this way. You have a personal user weblink for your emails, articles and projects.
- People who like to keep a diary of their activities by writing can also blog on the site. It is so easy for newbies and if you like, people who are not ready to build or manage their own websites.
- Yes of course you might think I can easily use blogger or typepad. But the fact remains that if you have a blog, you need to promote your blog to reach out to people and get traffic; at next2friends, you have guranteed readers. The more you practice and learn to improve your writing skills, the better ready you are to build your own website.
Don’t’let the figures fool you, the more contacts you have, the less time you have to get to know them and vice versa. This means you are getting less out of your contacts. You have to get connected, get real.
More from me on this site later. In the meantime, enjoy these videos.
Doyle's Lazy Rabbit
Don’t’let the figures fool you, the more contacts you have, the less time you have to get to know them and vice versa. This means you are getting less out of your contacts. You have to get connected, get real.
More from me on this site later. In the meantime, enjoy these videos.
Doyle's Lazy Rabbit
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1 comment:
Great stuff Annie. I agree completely! Facebook and the other social networks are just too big. Time for something new! I'll have to check out Next2Friends.
- Steve
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