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- 570+ Design, SEO, Social Media and Freelance Links I Tweeted This Past Week (5/1-5/7)
Each week I share on Twitter all the links and resources I am reading and learning from with those who choose to follow me. Everything from social media, technology, freelancing, web and graphic design, search engine optimization and more! At the end of the week I am compiling these resources to share in one spot for those that are interested. So here is some weekend reading, or a mega-bookmark, or however you choose to use this list. I hope you enjoy it!
- 650+ Design, SEO, Social Media and Freelance Links I Tweeted This Past Week (4/24-4/30)
Each week I tweet what some may consider a ridiculous amount of resources to share what I am reading and learning from with those who choose to follow me. Everything from social media, technology, freelancing, web and graphic design, search engine optimization and more! Now at the end of the week I am compiling these resources to share in one spot for those that are interested. So here is some weekend reading, or a mega-bookmark, or however you choose to use this list. I hope you enjoy it!
- 600+ Design, SEO, Social Media and Freelance Links I Tweeted This Past Week (4/10-4/16)
Since I started publishing these weekly lists of all the links and resources I tweeted in the past week, this is by far the biggest yet! With over 600 links to this week’s published articles about SEO, social media, web and graphic design, freelancing and more, there should be enough weekend reading here to satisfy everyone.
- 490+ Design, SEO, Social Media and Freelance Links I Tweeted This Past Week (4/3-4/9)
It’s Saturday again and that means time for the weekly list of resources I have tweeted over the past week. This week I was out of town on Sunday and Monday, so it was a little slower in the tweeting department – only 490 or so links. Next week hopefully we’ll be back into the 550 range, but for now this will have to do. Every day I tweet links to all of the articles and blog posts I subscribe to and read. Most of them are related to web design, graphic design, social media, technology, SEO, freelancing and sometimes just the latest buzz. Hopefully these weekly list will give you a place to catch up on anything you may have missed.
- 540+ Design, SEO, Social Media and Freelance Links I Tweeted This Past Week (3/27-4/2)
I’ve started posting a list like this on Saturdays for those that would like to go back through all of the resources I have shared each week. On average I tweet around 550 links and resources a week, in the topics of web and graphic design, social media, SEO, freelance and more – basically all of the things I am interested in. So here is a list of those tweets in the order I tweeted them, for your review.
- The 570+ Links I Tweeted This Week (3/20 – 26)
The past few weeks I’ve started posting a list like this on Saturdays for those that would like to go back through all of the resources I have shared this past week. On average I tweet around 550 links and resources a week, in the topics of web and graphic design, social media, SEO, freelance and more – basically all of the things I am interested in. So here is a list of those tweets in the order I tweeted them, for your perusal.
- Should Social Media Relationship Rules Be Different Than Real Life?
My answer is no. But then, that’s just me. I truly believe you are free to answer differently, and even better, we can co-exist with our differences of opinion and practices. The world is full of people with distinctly differing opinions, belief systems, methodologies and more, and while this can sometimes cause tension, anger and even war, the human race is still here. I see that as proof that we don’t have to all believe and live our lives in exactly the same way in order for society to continue moving forward, online or off. In fact, I believe that society benefits from our differences, as long as we allow and even embrace each other’s freedom to be an individual.
There. I said it. You know where I stand and hopefully have an idea how you personally would answer the question in the title of this post. Now why am I asking it?
- Social Media Strategy Minus Human Engagement = Business Fail
Last night I went to my daughter’s first Freshman Chorus concert. Of course, my little girl’s voice stood out among the pack, but the beautiful sound of angelic voices blending perfectly together was wonderfully soothing and enjoyable, even though the majority of the songs they were singing were remarkably antiquated and, in my opinion, emotionally sterile. As a musician myself, I am admittedly a bit of a snob, but this was more about a lack of connection with and passion for what the songs were about. Each selection, including the big finale splattered with corny unison hand claps in what I guess was an attempt to display enthusiasm, left me disappointed for my daughter’s personal musical progression. Afterward we discussed the differences between singing well and singing with a passionate desperation from the depth of your soul. This is a perpetual rant for me, and one my family is probably exhausted with. But every time we sit through an American Idol show, or hear another sticky sweet pop song on the radio, or encounter anything else that pits passion against perfection, I can see that they get it, and that’s important to me as their father. If there is one thing I most want my children to carry with them throughout their lives, it is an intrinsic understanding that the pursuit of their passion is primary and that without it they will not only never be completely content, but they will also fall short of giving the world their very best.
At this juncture you are probably wondering what any of this has to do with the title of this post. Don’t worry. I didn’t use the title to lure you here to listen to me rant about musical integrity and passion, or how proud I am of my children. The point is this: whether it’s your own personal endeavors, or your business pursuits, or your new social media strategy, I believe you can only get so far on just doing it well. Without real, personal, passionate human interaction, your end result will always be limited.
- How To Become A Link-Spewing Maniac and Still Have A Life (Like Me!)
Those of you who follow me on Twitter or Facebook are presumably aware of the seemingly endless stream of quality resource links I provide (an average of around 150 per day). I have developed a few methods to incorporate my own online reading, research and education into my social media management routine to make it one that invites and enables others to discover valuable links on a variety of topics. I share my interests in social media, technology, web and graphic design, web development, freelancing, and art. Without even really trying I have created my own “niche” with widespread reach, thanks to my own personal needs and interests being simultaneously broad yet specific. I have learned to intermingle the spewing of links with real interaction and engagement amongst those that I follow and those that are following me in a way that really fits my lifestyle and provides reciprocal value that is priceless for me. This combination has literally changed my life both professionally and personally in ways that I consider significant improvements. I have explained in previous posts the impact this has had on my site visitor traffic, increase in clients, and my own personal education, so I won’t go into that here. But I do want to share with those that are interested some of the key transferable principles and tools that I have learned to use so far in my foray into social media.
- I Ain’t No Followback Girl (or Boy)
Just the other day I saw this tweet in my @replies column on Tweetdeck. I have to admit that right at first I was a little angry, offended and irritated. Not because this person chose to stop following me, but because they thought it was necessary to make a public statement about it. It felt a little bit like an attack on me and all because I had not automatically followed this person back after they followed me. Of course, in a matter of seconds my emotions came back to reality and I replied with an apology, explaining that I was weeks behind on going through people’s profiles to determine if I was going to follow them. I have explained my process in further detail in a previous post, but in a nutshell it goes like this: whenever I have time I go through the list of people who are following me and check out their profiles, looking at their bio, background, avatar and recent tweets. If it seems we have something in common, or they seem funny or engaging or interesting in some other way, then I will follow them back. But I don’t automatically follow people simply because they chose to follow me.
I ain’t no followback boy.
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