How To Be Interesting on Twitter

May 24, 2011 Filed under: Blogging,Social Media,Training — Brian @ 9:55 am

Easy tip for getting blog comments

If you’re already blogging, this is a great tip for enticing people to leave comments: Leave off the last paragraph. It’s not a guarantee to get comments, but it can help.

I know you love what you’ve written, and you should – you put time and effort into it. That last paragraph is usually where you sum yourself up, where you put the final stamp on the point you were making. What would happen if you didn’t include it?

You’d leave an open question mark on your post that would invite others to come in and answer it for you. Instead of making a definitive argument for something, you invite people to either agree or disagree – but add to the conversation either way. On some level they’d know your post isn’t really finished, and might feel obliged to give it the ending that appears to be missing.

This has the added benefit of making your post a little shorter. People will be more likely to finish your piece if they can see it won’t take long to get through.

May 23, 2011 Filed under: Blogging — Eric Reid @ 3:28 pm

Adding and Removing Imported Blogs on Facebook

Facebook changes. A lot. So much so that we often come back to subjects we’ve covered in the past, but with new instructions on how to get them done.

Such is the case with importing blogs on Facebook. This was something we covered in our original Social Media Road Show last year, but the way Facebook handles this has changed since then. As such, a lot of you have reported trouble changing your import settings. (more…)

May 10, 2011 Filed under: Social Media,Training — Tags: — Eric Reid @ 5:44 pm

Getting Isagenix Podcasts on Android Phones

We’ve done a lot to make podcasts easy for you to get to. They are available on iTunes, made them available to Blackberry users, and even started posting the shows on our Facebook Fan Page.

Isagenix podcast Android

The Isagenix podcast page on an Android web browser

One area we haven’t addressed yet are Android devices. Android phones (and soon tablet computers) are very popular for web browsing, and perfect for listening to Isagenix podcasts on the go. However, they don’t really have a centralized “store” for podcasts the way Apple and Blackberry do.

Getting Isagenix podcasts on your phone, however, is very simple. In your Android phone’s browser, simple go to the Isagenix podcast page. Newer versions of Android will be able to play the files directly off of the screen.

If your Android phone doesn’t allow this, you will need to get a podcast player from Android Market. (There are several to choose from.)

Then add in the link to the RSS feed for the show you want. These can be found on the Isagenix podcast subscription page.

Finally, if you are already using Google Reader on your Android phone, you can find the subscription buttons for it on this page as well.

Enjoy!

May 4, 2011 Filed under: Mobile,Web Services — Tags: — Eric Reid @ 2:02 pm

Fit more on Twitter and Facebook – Shorten your links

If you’re on Twitter and Facebook a lot – as everyone else is these days – you’ve likely posted a message or two by now for your followers and friends. You might even have shared a URL to something. (A URL – or Uniform Resource Locator – is a techie way of saying “web link.” If you just say, “URL,” though, most people will know what you’re talking about.)

You might also have found out that you only have 140 characters for your post on Twitter – and some web links are REALLY LONG. (more…)

May 3, 2011 Filed under: Blogging,Social Media,Web Services — Tags: , , — Eric Reid @ 3:30 pm