SEO Mentor

With the rise of Social Media and the ability to converse real time with people you have never met before, it seems that things are changing almost daily for both the good and the bad. Lets focus on the bad for just a bit and then end with the good.

BAD:

Before social media the only area people in the industry would interact was maybe a couple times a year at conferences and the majority of this was when they were at the bar and totally relaxed. Now we have the opportunity to talk all day long via micro-blogging, live online TV, etc. We never had to interact in this setting before, we now know exactly what each other is doing not only on a daily basis but on a second by second basis (e.g. Twitter, Plurk, Friendfeed, etc.).

So you are asking, “Garrett what is the problem with this and why would this be bad?” Well it is simple, have you ever had a best friend that you loved to be around and then you moved into a apartment together and wanted to kill each other after a couple weeks. Well I see the same thing happening online these days, if you haven’t noticed lately there has been a lot more back and forth. In my opinion this is due to Social Media. Now you can argue my opinion all you want and that is fine really it is just an observation that a good friend of mine had and I happen to totally agree. So that wasn’t so bad lets get to the good!

GOOD:

Well the good items list is endless but here are just a couple of things that I think are totally awesome due to Social Media.

• Making new friends you would have never met any other way
• Building Relationships of trust
• Networking B2B and B2C
• Building Social Equity
• Instantly Communicating to Clients and/or Customers
• Reputation Management
• Being engaged in something (I see people being less depressed)
• Introverts becoming extroverts
• Conquering Social Fears
• Giving Value faster & more efficiently
• Building Brand Awareness
• Free marketing (if you do it right and give valuable content)
• Search engine rankings (Just search “SEO Mentor” and you will see what I mean)
• Last of all FUN FUN FUN

Again the list could go on and on and if you want to add to it simply comment below. Over all I think the Good wins over the Bad but I think we need to be aware and careful as we all share our lives online and talk about others. It all comes back to the ethic of reciprocity or the Golden Rule,“treat others as you would like to be treated.”

I had the wonderful opportunity to talk a bit with the crazy and funny Dave Harry aka TheGypsy. If you dont know who Dave is then shame on you because you are totally missing out on his very valuable and hilarious content at his famous SEO Blog Huomah.com. So listen to my interview podcast with Dave and get into the mind of this master of words! (P.S. He didn’t even swear once, NEW RECORD!)

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Sorry about the audio didn’t record well but you can watch Pre-Recorded video at YourSEOMentor.TV
Here it is my first weekly Social Media News Podcast episode #1. Today I talked about the following items:

Dave Taylor’s Twitter poll:

You can also follow Dave Taylor at his Tech Support Questions Blog!

Next I talked about how Americans Watched 12 Billion Videos Online in May and of those 12 billion, “Google Sites ranked as the top U.S. video property that month with 4.2 billion videos viewed (representing a 35 percent share of all videos viewed). YouTube.com accounted for more than 98 percent of all videos viewed at the property…”

I also talked about the big hype of Twitter Aquiring Summize and also the latest talk about how supposely Twitter is going to die and Plurk & FriendFeed are going to take over, I gave my insight on this and also read my buddy Alejandro Reyes‘ take on the whole issue at his blog post FriendFeed vs. Twitter - Is That Really The Point?!

Remember everyone to stay tuned to  my next Monday Interview with Cheri Pierson of ScrapbookTalkRadio.com where we will be talking about what SEO is (p.s. she has no idea)!

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So with all the buzz about Twitter and all the million blog posts done about this new Social Networking site, lo and behold another similar site pops up and is the talk of the web. So what is this new social site well it is Plurk.com and it is causing a storm. Some people have been calling it Twitter on meth, but you be the judge. Is Plurk just a Twitter Clone?

Social Media Mom, Kristen Munson talks about how she was , “At first I was a bit overwhelmed and did not see the attraction.” If you would like to see what others are saying about Plurk then check out all the recent posts at Sphinn.com and watch this video below from YouTube.com explaining what exactly Plurk is and how to use it:

Now that I am using Plurk I have found things that I really like and hate when comparing it to Twitter. First of all I really like the timeline concept that Plurk uses and I love the more visual effect it gives. I also like that you can divide friends into cliques. Some things I don’t like is that there is not a easy mobile updater like Twitter has although I have heard they are working on making the mobile “SMS” option easy and accessible.

So I will let you all decide what you think. For me I use it and like it for the most part. You can start following me at http://www.plurk.com/user/yourseomentor!