I just read an article where the author recommended “not feeding your blog entries into Twitter because they are “typically too long,” according to the article.
Actually, you can feed your blog posts into Twitter, you should do it with some catchy phrase if the blog post is useful to your Twitter followers, and you can do this from your WordPress platform easily!
Here’s the link for the plugin – http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/twitter-tools/ .
By using TwitterTools you can add the option to send the feed from your blog to Twitter. Twitter actually uses tinyurl.com to reduce the link so of course it’s not posting your whole blog post (which would be too long) it’s just posting a blurb and link to the full blog post. Why would you not want to do this? (That is a rhetorical question.:>)
Here’s a sampling of recent blog posts I’ve also shared on Twitter and what they look like: (Notice, on the ones directly from my blog it says “New blog post…”)
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buzzwords that need to be retired – love this list – http://tinyurl.com/73arv2
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New blog post: MarketingSherpa best enewsletters http://tinyurl.com/9m5rd4
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New blog post: If you pitch the press… http://tinyurl.com/ax5exj
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My recommendation is that if you have a cool insight on your blog that will help other folks (and is not an “all about me” post) that you should definitely tweet it so your followers can have the opportunity to go read it on your blog in full!
A good thing always to keep in mind as well is that even though there are a giant amount of Web 2.0 tools, only use the ones that will really be of value to you and make certain you’re not setting yourself up to be in front of the computer 24/7 just managing social media tools!
Quick tip for today as I’m heading up to Austin for client meetings the rest of the day!
What does the title of this blog post mean? Its purpose is to inspire you to look at your blogroll (if you don’t have one – start one) and get all the “ME, ME, ME” washed out of it.
ME, ME, ME means getting your blogroll off of ‘More about Me” and focused on other bloggers that might be beneficial and meaningful to your readers.
In this day and age, you really need to have a blogroll if you’re going to have a blog, but for Pete’s sake (as my mom likes saying) don’t have every link on that roll be another link about you. Don’t have the only links you have on the blogroll be links to other sites about you.
Who are you reading, who inspires you, who might inspire your readers, who do you get jazzed about that’s another blogger? What knowledge do you want to share with your readers from another blogger? Think abundance not scarcity! There’s plenty of greatness about you and others as well so make sure you give your readers additional places to find it!
And here’s an oldie but goodie, “We are the World.”
Superb post on the oft-assumed demise of blogging by B.L. Ochman. (Hint…blogging is not dead!)
I’m extremely humbled to be included among the folks who will present the fantastic Fall series of classes that my friend (and new executive director of the Writers League of Texas) Cyndi Hughes put together! I’ll be teaching a class on “Blogging and Beyond” and I hope that folks in Texas turn out! For a full listing go to this link and support the Writers League by going to the classes!
Also I have to give a wonderful kudo to David Henderson, speaking of blogs, who is an extraordinarily brilliant 2.0 guy, who basically reformatted my whole blog for me! Savvy man! He also co-founded BoomerCafe.com which is celebrating its longevity on the Web and continues to grow by leaps and “boomer bounds.”
Some of you might not know what the term “booyah” really means and how it applies to what you are doing with your blogs.
So here’s the definition from Wikipedia.com, “Booyah or Booya is a food that is prepared like a stew, but on a very large scale. It takes many cooks to prepare the food, and it is usually meant to serve hundreds or even thousands of people. The name booyah is also used to describe the event surrounding the meal, and is probably a degenerated form of the name bouillabaisse, or as a mis-interpretation of the French word bouillon by a newspaper reporter (see history).”
As a former VP of Future Homemakers of America (junior, senior year in high school), I can tell you that Booyah is good, and it’s a great way to build community while you’re cooking your stew.
How does it apply to blogging?
The best form of blogging is the kind that comes from many chefs, diverse spices and lots of interesting ingredients. That means you start the base of the booyah with your blog posts and then you encourage others to actively contribute to the stew as well.
Here are TEN ways you can encourage folks to contribute to the feast of booyah:
1. Start each blog post with an inviting flavor and enticing question.
Blogging is a marathon, not a sprint. If you’re blogging and all you’re asking is, “When will this pay off? When will I have thousands of vistors? How can I convert this to immediate ROI?”, then you’re blogging for the wrong reasons.
Respect the power of blogs and the time, authenticity and real connectivity that comes from blogging for all the right reasons.
Here are some good reasons to blog:
1. You want to connect to like-minded individuals.
2. You want to empower and enrich your blog followers.
3. You know it’s a marathon, not a sprint and you’re still willing to make those blogging laps count.
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