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December 31, 2008 at 6:57 pm

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1 Toma Bonciu December 3, 2008 at 9:17 am

Hi there captain Michael,

I’m happy to report that all you’ve posted here is entirely correct. For the moment I don’t use any kind of automation. Do you think Stumbleupon can be more powerful then Digg ? (I’m asking this because today I’ve created digg accounts for a few of my friends from my computer and show them how to use it and in about an hour I got all the accounts including mine suspended. I don’t know if it’s worth starting again).

Good job captain. See you on the next mission. :)

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2 Phao Loo December 3, 2008 at 10:51 am

I come here from a tweet of @GrantGriffiths. You ten tips are really informative and useful for a greenhorn like me.

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3 Writer Dad December 3, 2008 at 12:12 pm

I liked the view from 30,000 feet, Michael. All well said, and totally accurate (at least from where my newbie toes are in the water). Thanks.

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4 Sonia Simone December 3, 2008 at 1:43 pm

Great perspective–there are so many detailed “how” articles on this, but not a lot of “why.” Nice!

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5 Michael Martine, Blog Consultant December 3, 2008 at 1:53 pm

@Toma – Pick the services that resonate with your market. For me, that is definitely NOT Digg. It’s different for everyone.

@Phao – Thanks. Hope you subscribe and stick around for more!

@Writer Dad – Glad it’s copacetic. :)

@Sonia – How without Why has no Where.

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6 hariman December 3, 2008 at 9:58 pm

30.000 feets wow.. it’s amazing

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7 Ashwin December 3, 2008 at 11:17 pm

Hi Mike,

That should be the most productive flight ever, eh?

I like the way your new site looks.

“Automating” blog posts as twitter feeds is indeed an amazing little thing that saves me at least about 15 mins which I could use to read a blog or even write an article. I did just that and it’s a breeze.

Moving on to stumbleupon. Let’s see how that works out. :-)

Ash

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8 Justin Levy December 6, 2008 at 3:43 pm

These are some great tips Michael!

Any service is only good if that is where your community is. You have to constantly test new services to see if you have some of your community hanging out there and also to cyber-squat your name should the service take off. But, you always have to settle into a couple services that you will fully utilize. Right now, for me, it’s Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and StumbleUpon. I play on a bunch of other sites but those are the ones I put a lot of time into.

-Justin

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9 Miguel Wickert December 7, 2008 at 4:48 am

Michael

We at times do without thinking. We’re all guilty on this one. :)

People just want something in return, from a particular service; beyond that, they likely have no clue why they use the services they choose.

Promoting value, can’t go wrong with advice like that. What if people don’t know how? What does value look like? Depends on who you ask. You’re right on about forming alliances, I call it blogging mentors. Being useful and helping to inspire others, you can’t go wrong.

Again, you’re right… don’t spam twitter or other social sites with your own crap. Take breaks and show some love. Solid post bro. :)

-Miguel

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10 Takumi86 December 8, 2008 at 11:33 am

About point no 4, thats not always true, what is really matter is the nickname, i often use this nickname and with different avatar in a lot of social media and they can still recognized me

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11 Gray December 10, 2008 at 2:00 pm

Stumbleupon and Twitter have done good by me.

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12 Jim Dornan December 22, 2008 at 9:50 am

The cross pollination tip is great.
Can you suggest any automated tools for very light automation?

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13 Michael Martine, Blog Consultant December 22, 2008 at 7:27 pm

@Jim – A couple automation services are http://futuretweets.com and http://tweetlater.com.

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