As the title of this post mentions, next week’s going to be a little different here. Instead of the normal posts, you’ll find 7 Days to Turn Your Blog Into a Social Media Hub.
The online world’s moving fast. Social media is on everyone’s lips, and questions about how it can impact you and/or your business are being asked every day. How do I use it; how do I measure it; what does it cost; where should I be?
The first three questions are ones that I look at regularly on here, and will continue to do so. The last question, however, is one that I’m being asked more and more.
While there are no simple answers, there is one overriding one – be where your home-base is and build outposts from there. And there’s no better home-base than a blog.
So, starting on Monday and continuing all week, I’ll be sharing some of the most effective ways for you to turn your blog into a social media hub. Some of the things I’ll be covering are:
- Why a blog is the ideal home-base.
- Why simple things like design can determine how successful a hub you have.
- How to integrate all your current social media outposts and those of your connections.
- The importance of percentages when allocating time to your blog and social media outposts.
- How to life-stream simply and effectively.
- Why WordPress is the best platform for a social media hub.
These are just some of the areas that will be up for discussion. As always, your input is welcome on each post, and be sure to let me know what examples you have that I don’t cover. And if there’s anything you’d like covered, leave your suggestions in the comments below and I’ll see if they can be fitted in.
I hope you can join me over the next seven days. I won’t promise to have all the answers, but I will hopefully give you a useful starting point for your own approach.
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This is clever as it gets! Looking forward to reading all of them. Keep it coming, Danny! Thanks for being such a great resource and for sharing your knowledge. I truly appreciate it.
-Shani
Hey there Shani,
Cheers! Always glad to have you here, and hopefully at least some of next week’s info will help
Wow- I can’t wait for this series! I know a lot of folks who are grappling with these questions, and you’re the man to bring the answers. We’ll all be tuning in.
looking forward to this!
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Twitter: davidspinks
Sounds like it will be a great resource danny. Are you going to combine it into an ebook of some sort afterward?
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I was definitely thinking along these lines, David, so seems like a natural follow-up. Cheers.
Looking forward to it, Danny. Everything you present here seems to rock!
Brandon Cox´s most recent blog post …Blogging About the Elephants In the Room
How cute, E.T. meets Danny Brown — both, with their lit fingers point to “HOME”.
Good catch, Danny — the cry for a Home base in this over-outposted realm of social media is one we are all hearing more frequently.
Any help in tactics to help develop people’s expertise in creating vibrant and useful home-bases is going to be very much appreciated.
I’m going to enjoy the next 7 sessions, I’m sure.
cheers.
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Cheers Vince – hopefully I’ll be able to cover the majority of questions and resources. But as David mentioned in his comment, perhaps I can add put an ebook together with extra resources for questions asked after the posts, if need be.
Twitter: FrankDickinson
*Licking Chops* Can’t wait Danny!
Twitter: Sue_Anne
Looking forward to this series.
Twitter: gemmawent
Looking forward to this my friend
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Twitter: timjahn
Looking forward to your take on these ideas, Danny! I think your series will be useful as I continue to work on growing Beyond The Pedway and the surrounding community.
I’m especially looking forward to the home base discussion. I think the idea of a home base and outposts are super important, but depend greatly on each specific situation.
I’ll be back tomorrow
Actually, video is going to be a key section, Tim, so hopefully there are some options there for your good self.
Twitter: EstrellaBella10
Excellent idea! Looking forward to the series. I’ll echo David Spinks’ question – Any plans to turn this into an e-book down the line?
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Looks like it, Nikki – cheers
Twitter: GlobalPatriot
Social media can often be like a pinball machine, as we bounce from one application to another without a plan in place for integrating the technology and/or purposing the content. This is a timely topic that all of us can learn from!
If you are talking about creating a Social Media Hub, simply to see all that is out there, I would recommend checking out GizaPage.com
see everyone at Social Media Week,
Mike Howard
http://social.mikespad.com
I am really looking forward to reading this post. As a newly started Technology podcast ( yes another one) I am looking for expanding my listener base and drawing in more readers and of course maybe even make some money if possible. I am really glad I came across your site and its all because of the Headway Theme.
Thanks Again!
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Social media is a pretty big thing. But it can also be a pretty fractured thing as well.A lot of people use Facebook as their social media hub, and it’s a great platform for doing this