Do you need a separation from your work and personal social media personalities? Louis Gray advises to use multiple browsers, to create a second login for TweetDeck and Disqus, as well as “always work methodically when acting on behalf of the company.” To read more about these tips or to share your own, visit Louisgray.com.
The PR Friendly Index for March 2009, created by Brendan Cooper, is now available. The Index uses a compilation of social media resources to determine the top 100 PR blogs. Brendan says, “…what I’m trying to achieve here is an ongoing, developing investigation into how to measure blogs, what can be measured, and to engage in debate about the benefits and drawbacks to each method.” To check out the blogs, visit Brendan Cooper, Your friendly PR Social Media Planner.
You created your blog and now all that’s left are the improvements. It’s time to sign up for the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog challenge, created by Darren Rowse. Starting on April 1, participants will receive tips and practical tasks to help improve their blog. Look for more details in the days to come on his ProBlogger!
A new report by The Conference Board, Managing Reputation Risk and Reward, “reveals that intensive social media monitoring and engagement are still early-adopter activities.” Nathan Gilliatt shares from the report that “one third of the companies have extensive social media monitoring programs in place, and 75% report little or no active participation in social media.” He wrote on his blog, The Net-Savvy Executive, that this new report tells him the basics of social media will continue to be taught for a long time.
David Mullen encourages you to participate in this “Unknown” blog discovery meme. The purpose of the meme is to help create blog love by highlighting undiscovered blogs and providing reasons people should subscribe to them. David says, “I’m a big fan of finding people who are producing great content but still flying under the radar.” Visit his blog David Mullen – Communications Catalyst for more information or to suggest blogs!
Thanks for the mensh but can I just point out that I am no longer a social media planner? I am now a social media strategist. It’s subtly different in ways that I cannot explain right now. I’m still friendly, however.
Thanks for including me in the round-up this week! It’s appreciated.
I do love finding hidden gems. There’s so much great content being produced by great people that it’s easy to miss much of it. Hopefully you drawing attention to the post means a few more folks will share their favorite unknown blogs and we’ll be pointed to even more good stuff.
@Brendan – My apologies, and thank you for the correction. I really enjoyed your PR Friendly Index. =)
@David – Thank you for sharing these “hidden gems” with the rest of the blogosphere.
Thanks for the article. It’s a combo of the old internet ethos and the new; sharing with others but also promoting yourself.
VlogHog – I’m glad you liked the post!