Social Media – What Difference Does It Make?
August 27, 2008 by BloggerNewbie
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Social Media –
What Difference Does It Make?
Does it make ANY difference?
Before we can answer that question, we need to know – What exactly is Social Media? According to Wikipedia – “Social media is the use of electronic and Internet tools for the purpose of sharing and discussing information and experiences with other human beings.” In other words, 
Social Media is a form of communicating with others online whether it be chatting, commenting or instant messages, etc to name a few.
When I first started blogging, I tried to learn as much as I could. The top successful bloggers thought it was a good idea to join the social network scene. I took everyone’s advice. Everyone had their own opinions; some the same, some different.
Social Mind from SocialArrow.com is holding a Social Media Marketing Contest. He is asking you to post about your favorite social media. Which one do you use? Why? What benefits do you see?
What social networks are available? Glad you asked. There are a few to choose from. I looked at the following (in no particular order):
- (1) Twitter
- (2) Facebook
- (3) MySpace
- (4) Digg
- (5) StumbleUpon
- (6) Delicious
- (7) Plurk
- (8) Reddit
- (9) Technorati and last but not least
- (10) Xanga
When it was all said and done, I had signed up for 10 social network tools! I couldn’t possibly use and interact with 10 social networks on any regular basis with any quality! So I had to choose just a few. Given the numerous tasks involved in operating a blog, I decided easy and simple was good.
My first choice for socializing with my peers was Twitter. I find Twitter to be extremely easy to use. It’s as effortless to use as it is to sign up. Email address, username and password. You are now officially a Twitter Tweeter! 
They have a ton of various tools to aide you in getting your tweets out! It seems like every time I see a tweet from someone it is coming from a different Twitter application! I discussed my initial review of Twitter a few weeks ago when I first started using this social media. Since that time I have discovered the real ease and benefits of Twitter.
With Twitter, I am meeting a bunch of new people and interacting with my peers daily. I am able to ask questions to a large group and get diverse answers. I can tweet about the posts I am writing and leave links for everyone to check out my brilliant work! I get to explore a wide variety of blogs and people also discover my blog. I have seen an increase in traffic and comments coming from other Twitter Peeps. I actually like the “140 characters or less. Gets right to the point! And more importantly, it’s EASY.
What do you like or not like about Twitter? Do you use something better or more effective? Be sociable – join in the discussion!
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Was looking to see if you covered this or a good place to ask this. Saw on AverageGal you mentioned you get StumbleUpon traffic, so came to see if you might have a post on the topic. Haven’t found one, so would you consider doing one?
I am now trying to learn StumbleUpon and it nuances. Would love to hear from someone like you, how you got it going. Feel like the gurus forget what it is like for newbies to get things off the floor. They gloss over things like “ask our StumbleUpon friends to stumble you.” There I am like “I have no StumbleUpon friends. Maybe cover that first?” Anyway, you seem perfectly positioned to write a wonderful post on the topic, useful to newbies.
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Thank you. I will definitely do that. I agree on the “gloss over” approach to most subjects. Kind of like they skip a few steps or something. I’ll schedule a post on StumbleUpon for next week. Thanks for asking.