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Twitter Notes from Speak To A Geek
- bobop: 43folders.com or inboxzero.com give tips on dealing with email faster so you have more time to engage through social networks
- bobop: You need to engage with the people you want to reach where they are on the web
- bobop: Twitter helps spread your message and engage with people easily in real-time
- bobop: Ping.fm spreads your updates across many web applications, but interacting on these web applications is still crucial
- bobop: "Social Media" is something that gets better when people are in it
- bobop: Other recommendations: Getting Things Done, Ta-Da lists, Writeboards, iPhone, Twitter, Paper and Pen!
- bobop: Other online tools: Drupal, Wiki's, WordPress.org, RSS, BaseCamp, Google Apps for your domain, Gmail, PhpBB forums
- bobop: UserVoice let's your users easily tell you what they want on your website
- bobop: Google Analytica allows you to see how many visitors have come to your site, which pages are popular, and more information
- bobop: Let your, or your organizations, personality shine through when you interact online, don't use the same reply everytime
- bobop: Google Alerts can help you discover content and people relevant to your work who you can then interact with or promote
- bobop: Linking to similar or helpful websites, commenting on articles or forums will help raise your profile
- bobop: Search Engine Optimisation helps people find your website and content more easily
- bobop: "Getting Real" is a very good book, well written, on building web projects
- bobop: Iterative or Agile development (shorter time limits on goals) allows for better communication and more accurate results
- bobop: Communication with web developers is extremely important to achieve your aims. Developers are often not good at communicating!
- bobop: Having an "evangelist" of personality is very useful to attract attention and keep conversation and interaction going.
- bobop: To attract attention to your content/information it needs to be spread widely: Blog RSS, Twitter, Ning Google Groups, etc.
- bobop: Community websites need a community already to succeed, you can't force community
