The technique that you describe reminds me of one of my most popular posts of late. It did relatively well at StumbleUpon. The topic: eight complaints about StumbleUpon. A few people could identify with them!

-Jeff

As to Chris leveraging a new social media for linkbait – well done!

I am beginning to wonder if keeping an eye on meaning is a special skill. :-)

The ability to sift twits and see meaning may also be a special skill.

And, it got my attention yesterday when two friends messaged me simultaneously to ask if my Twitter was on, while another was doing the same to ask if I saw any value at all in Twitter. I passed the value question on to the two twit-ons who both said “test first, rant later.”

I may not be able to resist the temptation to rant before and during, too, when a quick search serves up pages that suggest Twitter can be of use to spread homeland security disaster alerts, or to get out of an Egyptian jail – LOL – momentarily speechless….

[words:supaswag music:supaswag]

See your name – Get the fame – In the game

Blog Writer – Name Dropper – Hard Bopper – Chart Hopper

GTA – NRA – CEO – SEO

Everybody wants to be a Popstar – Rockstar – Interweb Superstar

Guitarsolo

Look at my pretty avatar – My sexy avatar – My pretty sexy avatar

Do you like my avatar? – My pretty sexy avatar?

Come baby stumble me, sphinn me, digg me, touch my twitt feed

I give you Link Love all night long – You and me can sing this song

But only if you love me – Talk about me – Make me a

Popstar – Rockstar – Webstar – Twitterstar

See my name – Get the fame – In the game to be a

Popstar – Rockstar – Interweb Superstar

Guitarsolo [fade out]

Although I would question the premise. First ask yourself, “why do you want to be noticed”. For me, it’s about lead generation for my linkbaiting service, once I worked that out and that the market for $2,000 a pop linkbuilding service is quite narrow, I knew I did not have to chase a mass market and so crafted my message thus.

The narrower your target the easier it is to get noticed.

Once you have that worked out it gets very simple, so simple that people ignore it and that is to give people what they want. Know what people notice, what makes them stop and look and then replicate that.

There are techniques that I could bang on about of course, the kind people would put in an ebook, but I think most tips and techniques are useless and an holistic approach needs to be taken.

It’s not really about one thing or a number of things stuck together, it’s more a methodology, a way of looking at things.

Hey don’t mean to get all Zen on you, lol. But, I strongly believe that the way you approach things are as much to do with success as learning the stuff itself.

It’s more than a communication tool, it’s a branding and research tool too and probably lots more uses. But my point is you have to find how it works for you and every need and tolerance is different.

My perception of some “A list” bloggers has been realigned as I see them bitch, moan and squeal about nothing important and as there is a big “look at me, no don’t look at him look at me”, factor. From a psychological pov it’s fascinating to watch sometimes.

The biggest problem with twitter is the time suckage. I got into trouble yesterday from spending too much time on it.

Anyway, I will be interested to see how you use it.

Perhaps I can inspire a post from yourself as to the promise and advantages of using techniques to get people to read your content and also the downright disadvantages of content-gone-wrong.

Listen to me trying to get a master to write about his experiences (not that I would ever use any advice for my own monetary gains, for starters I drink the wrong coffee and don’t eat enough fish) but it would make for some great reading as to why some ideas work and others fail.

I’ve progressed to a definite maybe. Will there be munchies with tea? Should I wear my bunny slippers? Bring a special hat?

Oh, and big ups for this post! ;)

The technique that you describe reminds me of one of my most popular posts of late. It did relatively well at StumbleUpon. The topic: eight complaints about StumbleUpon. A few people could identify with them!

peace

This list “The top ten best looking bald twitterers” is all yours! Unfortunately (or fortunately) I have too much hair to be included but I look forward to seeing who makes the cut (no pun intended) :)