The Future Is Here: Passive Monitoring. I remember as a kid being very excited about the future. One concept that was extremely enticing was the coming age of robots. I was assured that they were only around the corner by my favorite cartoon at the time, The Jetsons, and their robot Rosie. I knew in the future I would want my very own robot to take care of the laundry, vacuum the house, and cook all my meals. Fast forward to today and unfortunately the closest thing we have to commercialized personal robots is the iRobot Roomba that can vacuum your carpets. That's sadly about it. Yet the underlying beauty of having a personal robot, something that was always taking care of things for you while you were busy with the rest of your life, has found it's way into many interesting software solutions. Four such passive monitoring solutions have found their way into my own day-to-day life. The key enabling technology behind Mint is a company called Yodlee which developed the interfaces to connect to your bank transactions.
Bit.ly | Basic | a simple URL shortener. The 39 Social Media Tools I'll Use Today | Blogging and Content Creation. Subscribe to our new Definitive newsletter: High grade digital marketing guidance, topically sorted, and curated to the max. You pick the categories, we deliver the content. The best content from around the web, on topics you care about and need to be an expert in. Amazingly, it seems like there’s more social media tools than Jonas brothers, with the gap growing every day. I don’t feel the need to experiment with every new piece of software that emerges from its chrysalis, but I do feel a responsibility to you and my clients to have some idea of what’s out there and what’s worthwhile.
Also, at my social media speaking engagements hither and yon I’m often asked what tools I use. Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, Google + (combined) Buffer I use Buffer for scheduling and sharing my po2sts to Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin and Google + throughout the day, at the optimal times. Twitter Tweetdeck I use Tweetdeck for serious twitter sessions. Note: There are thousands of Twitter apps (literally). Facebook.
Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media Consulting » 5 Staggeringly Simple Ways to Create Custom Facebook Landing Tabs. The Anatomy Of A Facebook Post. What’s on your mind? Social Media Marketing: Facebook + Twitter Aren't Enough. Facebook's had an incredible run for the last 6 years: source Twitter's had a remarkable 4 years under their belt: sources: 1, 2, 3, 4 The growth of these twin networks has brought new discipline to the practice of traffic generation, branding and customer engagement on the web: social media marketing. Plenty of recent facts and figures have helped to hammer this point home: If your job includes the monitoring, management and/or promotion of a company's brand through social media, I'd strongly urge you to consider educating yourself about and participating in all the platforms that might matter to your company. 100 Million+ Users 25 Million+ Users 10 Million+ Users Up-and-Comers There's dozens, possibly hundreds of others sites worthy of your attention as a social marketer (and possibly helpful to those focused on social as a channel for SEO opportunity).
P.s. . * I'm a fan of Quora, but this quote made me gag a bit: "Cheever dismisses the notion that there is a direct competitor for Quora. "