Comments on: The two secrets of social media sweetness

By: YC

YC — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 03:03:44 +0000

I think the main problem with most is that attitude part. They want it fast, easy and not being real. If the attitude is right, I really feel the time more than makes up for it because you know the people you meet are great individuals.

By: Kat Gritzmacher

Kat Gritzmacher — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:27:09 +0000

I love the way you just say it how it is. Bust your butt, and it will show.

By: Steven Snell

Steven Snell — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 03:06:09 +0000

Great points. I get questions from people all the time why there posts aren’t getting tons of traffic from social media sites. It seems the perception is that you create just about anything and it’s easy traffic. Of course, since everyone knows the potential there is a lot of competition, and that means work.

By: Matt Keegan

Matt Keegan — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 17:32:59 +0000

Social media is simple and hard. Simple in that there isn’t much to know about it, hard in that you have to keep it up.

I set aside time five days a week to work on SEO, social media, and the like. It has been paying off for me as I keep at it.

Fortunately, my network of SEO friends is like-minded: you scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours.

By: wow gold

wow gold — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 15:40:31 +0000

What do you think about buying a rating? such as paying diggers or paying for reviews and stumbles, etc?

By: Mike Levin of HitTail

Mike Levin of HitTail — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 13:35:27 +0000

I agree 100%. Attitude and time play a major role. But you can kick-start the social media process during all your downtime, by also employing a blogging and natural search strategy. People will fall into the web of your social network, and actively seek you out and engage you, if your opinions are put into a search-friendly blogging format. One leads into the other, and the true efficiencies kick in when you’re doing both well.

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 02:43:23 +0000

As long as you focus on helping build the social media community around you, it is only a factor of time to achieve your online networking goals. That’s It!

By: Zaibatsu

Zaibatsu — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 23:27:33 +0000

I agree completely about ‘attitude and time’.

Personally I’m switch focus from Digg to StumbleUpon and maybe a couple of other promising new social media sites.

You have to fight for it, but after you achieve a strong presence on 1 or 2 popular sites, getting a leg up on other social media properties is a breeze.

As alway Lyndon, your blogs are always insightful and refreshing.

By: Skellie

Skellie — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 23:25:56 +0000

I think time and dedication are integral across all spheres: social media, blogging, making (ethical) money online. The biggest obstacle to doing all these things is that people simply don’t want to hear that it’s going to be hard work. Thanks for your honesty :)

By: Glen Allsopp

Glen Allsopp — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 17:30:30 +0000

As with a lot of things, one reason people are willing to pay for it is because they aren’t interested in the time factors or the commitment.

But of course as you say, you can do it yourself, just like people do their own SEO.

Great post Lyndon, speed demon ;)