Explaining it all very clearly is important also. Like making sure your about us page is concrete and also maybe adding a page explaining the new ways or for the new crowd.

Thanks for sharing the recommendation!

I didn’t know that about burgeoning photography businesses, either– that’s pretty awesome! I hope some of these tips help!

(BTW, we should be buddies on Google Reader. It’d give me some more people to share articles with besides @bethyl!)

Thanks for sharing the links! Your blog is a welcome read in the middle of all my photography subscriptions on Google Reader.

Meanwhile, on my personal blog, I have been caught in the “importing comments” phase of IntenseDebate for three days. It’s a mess!

Thanks for the reassurance and thoughts!

I don’t really see a reason why comment data would be permanently lost.

Disqus doesn’t appear to have the critical mass necessary to make it the de facto comment standard, so I wouldn’t worry just yet.

Makes sense to keep your evenings sane and tech-free, though. I ought to try and do that more often myself…

Critic, I think you’re right– it is pretty much the same for all of us (cf. Robert Scoble’s comment on this entry: “I read. I like. I comment. I blog.”) Interesting to hear your use of Ping.FM, though– a very successful service, but I’m unsure as to how I feel about it, exactly…

FF and Twitter for current info and Ping.FM for sharing the same info in a better way, either after I blog about it or by re-pinging it to all my favorite social networks.

Emails just to add a new filter to the aggregate of info that pumps through, and direct replies.

I guess its about the same as most social media users.

Then, here and there, I fond time to use the major submissions to vote and search for interesting, new and funny things to be part of.

My evenings are usually spent avoiding the computer, though, as I spend all day on it at work. Twitterfox has made me completely overload on social networking by 5PM most days.

Lists are something I’ve been meaning to delve into more deeply myself. “Keeping people organized” is not something that comes easy to me, though, and something about that listmaking reminds me of Facebook’s failed “how do you know this person?” dialogs.

Thanks for your thoughts!

While the basic chart is still correct (minus a few details), I’ve subsequently realized that my interaction differs depending upon whether I’m on a desktop/laptop, or whether I’m on my first-generation Motorola Q phone.

I can’t remember whether FriendFeed lists yet existed when I constructed that workflow, but they’ve certainly been a big help to me when reading FriendFeed.

Social Media Marketing is just the opposite. It’s the pull of the tribe. The tribe already has your trust so the actions they take are ones you align with. On a larger scale, it’s the allure of belonging in the group as you take action together. “I am doing this so why don’t you do it with me?” On an individual level, the attraction is to behave the same way to get the same results that benefits your fellow tribeswoman or tribesman. “She looks hot! I want to look hot too. I want to go to her hairstylist” and you do. Social Media Marketing uses the power of attraction.

While advertising tries to use the same tactic, with a billboard for instance, of a gorgeous woman telling you the benefits of the salon, it doesn’t have the same impact because it’s pushing you to go. It is not pulling you in as a trusted friend. Your friends have your best interests at heart and advertisers do not. Social Media Marketing is based on building trust and that foundation will make Social Media a dominant player in Marketing.

That’s funny, I was thinking of the Plain English series, too, as I wrote this– what a fantastic set of videos. I bet if we could figure out how to provide a similarly beneficial bit of perspective, our pals would really appreciate it. It’s no question that services like Twitter offer true value in my life; heck, if Twitter didn’t exist, I might have sat home alone on New Year’s Eve!

Thanks for the great thoughts!