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"Yep, being OK with loosing control is a big issue here and I would add a big part of the fact that increasingly positioning is up to consumers and customers. Just get your message out and, as Alexis says, be genuine. Don't get so uptight about what people do with it."Social Networking equals Fake Networking
"I think a subtlety Seth is assuming his audience will get that Anita alludes to is that there are many different kinds of relationships. Astoundingly on Facebook and LinkedIn when I began I had tons of people wanting to be my friends who I had known from high school and college, but ironically these relationships while "real" were absolutely worthless because these people have absolutely no interest in what I do now. By contrast, when I share interesting information on the range of topics on which I focus on various blogs and social networks, I attract "friends" who I have never met before and by sharing interaction online we develop an ever deepening relationships which in the past has led to sales, jobs etc. I think what's important in social media is the kind of friends you develop not how real or "fake" they may be when you are first introduced."Will You Pay For Online News? | Online Media Gazette
"This business model HAS been tried before, or some variation of it, with no success. The problem? News is a service not a product. It is easy to see the value of a newspaper hand delivered to your door or purchased to read on the go at your local newsstand. The choice is really which service you go with. It is much more difficult to sell the idea that while on the Internet information is free everywhere else, I want you to pay for mine. This is especially the case if my information is not exclusive. "Are You The Best Version Of Yourself? - The Converted Geek Guide To Self-Upgrade
"Thanks, Dragos. An excellent guide for self-diagnostic of the human soul. And something I think we all need from time to time...or maybe all the time? It's a great perspective. I always hope to keep my own operating system running more effectively than my laptop. Sadly, I'm not as meticulous as you in that department."9 Businesses You Can Start In Your Pajamas in 2010
"Thanks for these great profiles, Wayne. Working from home is definitely a perk of entrepreneurship these days especially with the online tools available to all business, but it is also a great way to save money while getting your venture up and running."Does Facebook and Twitter Increase Your Google Ranking?
"I think there is a deeper context to be considered here and it probably has little to do with what your business does on Twitter, Facebook or any one of a billion other platforms out there including bookmarking sites and feedback forums. The real lesson is that social media will undoubtedly impact your SEO but perhaps not directly in a way you can control. Comments through all of these platforms could be looked at from the standpoint of the Semantic Web as layers of detailed information, the good and the bad, about your business. So the important question becomes how well you interact with others and accurately represent who you are and what you do and then follow through when providing products and services. Creating perception, and thus controlling where you rank on the World Wide Web, may increasingly be up to customers as, perhaps, it always has been."How To: Get Your Twitter Account Suspended Or Banned
"Interesting and helpful review, however, I've always felt Twitter's rules could be more clear. For example, most Twitter posts today include some sort of link, so are all of these accounts in danger of being terminated? Or is there, as common sense would dictate, a difference between posting regular links to helpful information and news articles you would like to share and posting the same link to a come-on for teeth whitening or getting a million followers repeatedly? Most Twitter accounts also share feeds which always have links and the rules on this seem perplexing as well."Subscribe
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"Great projection and why wouldn't it come to pass? My only question is whether format will truly be an issue or whether it is more likely either mobile devices or new online innovation will allow common content across all platforms with little customizing. "