Social Media Optimization

Has Twitter become the celebrity obituary?

Is twitter becoming a defacto place to find out the latest celebrity death? Well maybe not, as there are other sites such as this dead or alive one. However  the recent wave of celebrity deaths have (for me at least) all be found via twitter’s trending tool.

I found out about Michael Jackson’s departing via twitter, Farrah Fawcett and today another celebrity. Is twitter actually becoming the first virtual obituary? It could be at least in the sense that it is real-time. I hardly use news sites anymore due to twitter’s speed.

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Leverage a Social Media Strategy – Where To Start?

If you are wanting to start your blog or social media strategy, first thing to do before you set up, is listen. This simply means listening to what engages users on the most popular social platforms.

You need to focus on leveraging as many channels as possible, the four main pillars of social media are:

• Facebook
• MySpace
• Twitter
• YouTube

Follow these channels and listen to what stimulates the conversations and take note of the content and whether it provides you with really good information or advice that you find useful. Once you have decided what you like, then start to engage.

Commenting on blogs, giving a blog writer feedback joins you in the conversation that blog writer is having with his or her readers. Join Twitter and Facebook and any other social media site you’d like to participate in and listen.

Now, once you have all the research and are aware of how the conversations take place, is the time to get your hands dirty.  It’s time to create your own masterpiece and dive into the conversation.

Make sure your information is engaging, challenging and stimulating, continue to listen and join in conversations on other blogs, and you’ll be on your way.