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Micro-blogging Olympics Day Three

by Jason Boom on August 11, 2008

Micro-blogging has its perks. You can meet cool people and chat all day long. The downside — you rarely get much done except for talking and reading different blogs. Well at least that’s how Sunday went. I interacted on both Twitter and Plurk most of the day, adding in a failed EC forum postings. All [...]

Micro-blogging Olympics: Day One

by Jason Boom on August 9, 2008

The Olympics have commenced. I’ve dug into my micro-blogging sites of choice and begun the games. Here’s one response to my previous post. “I have just started with twitter but honestly I don’t believe that it will add that much readership but one has to keep trying to promote a blog if your going to [...]

Micro-blogging Olympics

by Jason Boom on August 8, 2008

In honor of the Summer Olympics starting in Beijing today, I’ve decided to start my own Olympics. I thought in what areas can I improve the reach of my blog, both with brand and readers. How can I introduce myself to new readers without paying for ad space? I’ve been somewhat absent when it comes [...]

This is a guest post by Mark Schumann the owner of the Publicity Wheel website. Traffic exchange programs have remained relatively unchanged over the years.  In general, you’re asked to place a piece of code on your site to generate a banner link to other participants’ sites.  In most cases, you’re required to show two [...]

Twitter Me This

by Jason Boom on March 28, 2008

It’s taken a little time to understand, but I’ve finally started to use Twitter effectively. Well, as effectively as being myself can be. Twitter can be terribly time consuming and just a little bit overwhelming at first blush. So why do so many A list bloggers, regular old bloggers, and industry leaders use the service? [...]