Social Marketing Samurai Schmamurai
I give up! =D Almost . . .
. . . over at the iliveisl blog (self-hosting envy from this blog) the proof is there illustrating that
smarter efforts to a sharply focused niche yields better results.
We had a day in January when the iliveisl blog hit 50th fastest growing blog in popularity and that was exciting since there are 3 and a half million WordPress blogs. But it was just pointed out to me (well, tweeted to my phone) that the iliveisl blog actually hit 5th fastest growing blog earlier in January.
What’s the secret over at that very silly and rarely ever serious blog?
Passion. Passion. Passion.
Better widgets (at least easier to install ones) take advantage of the iliveisl twitter to the max. Any new posts are automatically tweeted with a tiny url (thus my notification), people can tweet about a post directly from the post, and any tweets that mention a post are treated like direct comments. There are some other widgets at work too (like enhanced statistics that anyone with OCD would lose themselves in).
Plus there is a lot more out in the blogosphere about iliveisl and our 2,200 Flickr pics help a lot with SEO (thanks Torley for the inspiration on that).
Congrats to iliveisl and the people involved including the new contributing authors (Allison, Turu, Micheil, DreamWalker, and Ener) and all the residents on the iliveisl estate that put out the good word (thanks M.P. for the shout out to M Linden that there should be an Ener Linden!).
I’ll stay in the background . . . and try being a social marketing ninja instead! (aren’t self-imposed titles just the best!) :p
mini moos on a sunny afternoon
Mini Moos are so great and cute. They are easy to hand out and always get good reactions. This is only the third set I have made but really love the Muji portable ashtray for carrying them.
The Muji is made of aluminum and about as a perfect a fit as you could have for the mini moos. Even Linden Lab uses mini moos as their official business cards for their Second Life employees.
The portable ashtray gives me a great way to feel comfortable handing out cards. You may not know it if you have seen me speak at conferences but I am not as confident as it may appear, well not enough to hand out cards to strangers.
The portable ashtray lets me tell a story and share the cards. The reaction is always great even from people that would never go into Second Life or even know what eLearning is.
*hmm . . . time to make some for iliveisl*
Note: The location of the Second Life image from this mini moo is in in the Eville Atomic Lounge of Enerville in the iliveisl estate, thus the 1950’s martini ads in the background. Keep up with the going ons of the estate and it’s 100+ wonderful residents on the iliveisl blog (where I am an author and I really should start posting there – it’s a far heavier traffic blog) =D