MindFrenzy

Your user-name in the virtual world is everything. It’s the first thing people see on any of your accounts and its what will come up when people are searching for you. It NEEDS to be thought out.
I ran into this problem today when I decided to switch my twitter name from @jotoole4 to @JaredOToole. Now [...]

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8 reasons why social media is worth your marketing time.1. It’s FreeWho doesn’t like free things? All social media is free and it can lead to some great results when it comes to traffic for your site. This isn’t to say that paying for marketing is a bad thing, there are some good services that [...]

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I have had a Twitter account for awhile but I haven’t really gotten into using it yet.  At first it seemed like another annoying social media service that didn’t have any real point to it.  However I began to change my mind after reading a few articles on it.  It’s proving to be more and [...]

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Check out this site that tracks the top users on Digg and find out how far you really are from the top. DiggAnalytics.com
I think this shows the huge flaw in the Digg System.  This list shows the “powerusers” on Digg and its these people that can manipulate just about any story and get it [...]

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ToAnswer is a new and very interesting Twitter app.
Think Yahoo Answers meets Twitter.
What you do is send a question by tweeting @toask and then the question appears on the main page.  This then allows anyone looking at the page to answer your question.
When looking at the homepage it doesn’t seem as though many questions have [...]

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I have been using Plurk for only about a month now and I have been frustrated by the karma aspect of it.
If you don’t know, Plurk is another social media tool.  Its similar to Twitter although I find it easier to have conversations on and just find it more interesting overall.
If you use Plurk you [...]

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Came across this interesting inter-action the other day.  Goes to show everything you do on the internet is seen by someone.
So, I’m hanging out with William Shatner at the Jet Blue terminal on Friday…

Well, actually, I am watching him in a mildly-creepy voyeuristic kind of way as he saunters up to check in for his [...]

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See how far you are from “Poweruser” status on Digg. DiggAnalytics.com
The sites pretty cool it shows the top 100 Digg users. It sorts users out by how many submits they have had go “popular”.
Basically it shows everyone how far they are from really having an influence on Digg.
In case you were wondering about #16’s [...]

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Well Google Knol may not kill Wikipedia but it sure is some competition.  I don’t think most people have even heard about Google Knol so lets take a look at what it is.
Definition of a Knol: A unit of knowledge
Google Knol is a project that Google announced awhile ago however it just launched this past [...]

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1. Organic Stumble

- this is the process of clicking the stumble button on your toolbar and coming across articles.  When you come across a page this way and thumb it up or down your vote is given more weight because you came across the site randomly and therefore voted based on content you had never [...]

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