Making an impact

February 9th, 2009

8 Questions to Ask Your “Social Media Expert” – So many people are looking for SMEs, but they don’t know where to start. In my opinion, they need to first decide what they need, followed by this site. It’ll help determine which SME’s are worth their salt and which are not.

–And a related post: When Can We Start to Say “Expert”? – A very nice, basic post that reminds the community that no one can be an expert since it’s constantly changing.

–And one more: How Not to be a Key Online Influencer – An excellent case of “Think before you speak” and “If you have nothing nice to say, don’t say anything at all” when working on Twitter.

COOL TOOL: Twitter Influence Calculator – You can be chatty on Twitter, but that doesn’t mean you’re making an impact. Although I don’t entirely agree with this tool, I do find it interesting. It measures several areas of Twitter-use including authority (based on re-Tweets), visibility (based on references) and generosity (based on your RTs).

And just because: Firefocks has Crashed – Adorable.

Entry Filed under: Social media

Dave Fleet

Hi Amanda,

Thanks for the kind words. As for the Twitter Influence Calculator - I'm very cynical about tools like this. It seems that it's very much a numbers game. I'd be more interested in something that looks at the ratio of followers to retweets or something similar, which would mean 'influence' wouldn't just come down to the number of followers you have.

Cheers,

Dave

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Welcome!

Hi, thanks for stopping by.

The past year has brought about many changes -- one, I'm no longer at the Chicago Tribune. After a great two years there, I've moved on to Creative Director at Consumer Media Network. I'm also no longer "acmaurer" technically, since I married my best friend in June '11. I'm now Amanda Woodhead, but between you, me and the Internet, I'll always be acmaurer. So thanks again for stopping by, and here's to some great conversations.

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