Posts tagged Social Networking
Guest Post: Social Networking Safety
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is John P. Dunker, a retired Navy Master Chief Petty Officer who has worked with computers for over 25 years. He is an independent IT consultant to businesses and individuals and designs and manages several websites. He is also “Tech-Know” columnist for Hometown Magazine.
Writers use Facebook, Twitter and other social networking sites to market their work. You want to meet new people, and you want potential readers to know you. But, how do you protect yourself from those who might want to do you harm instead? Today, John concentrates on Facebook safety, but these pointers apply to any online networking site. (more…)
Spring Link Roundup
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Last winter, I bookmarked several articles that I wanted to share with Blog4Writers subscribers. I’m spring cleaning my bookmarks, so I’m sharing these great links with you this week.
- Many of you are interested in using social networks to promote your writing. Take a look at this great article by Donny Gamble: Use Facebook and Twitter to Drive Crowds to Your Blog.
- Earlier this year, I encouraged you to comment on other blogs to help create interest in your blog. See my article here. Then, check out: Don’t Just Read a Blog, Comment.
- Many of you commented on my article, “Should You Write for Free?” A recent post on Faithwriters blog dealt with the same subject in more detail: Should Christians Write for Free?
- For those of you who are still trying to get published, take a look at Terry Whalin’s Strategy for the Unpublished.
- Getting rejections? Consider this: The Positive Side of Rejection.
- If you want to know more about self-publishing, this article will help you: Key Categories of Self-Publishing.
- And, finally, check out this list of time-saving Keyboard Shortcuts for the Busy Writer.
Comment on this article to suggest topics you’d like to see on Blog4Writers in the future.
Twitter and Facebook on Tweetdeck
0In my last post on social networking, I provided links to tutorials and evaluations of Twitter and Facebook. I said then that I wasn’t sure if it was worth the time involved to keep up with both. In the past week, I’ve had several experiences that make me lean toward Facebook as the better choice for social networking. Here’s why.
- Facebook lets you enter longer messages. In Twitter, you’re limited to 140 characters.
- Facebook lets you hide some of your “friends” that post too much extraneous stuff. On Twitter, you have to “unfollow” them entirely.
- Facebook comments allow for more inter-communication between me and my ‘”friends.”
I’m not ready to write Twitter off, though. I am currently tracking my Facebook friends and my Twitter follows through Tweetdeck, a free desktop application that lets you organize your tweets into groups. It also allows a Facebook friend column so that you can monitor Facebook, too. When I post something about my blogs on Twitter, I can send a duplicate post to Facebook from Tweetdeck. Here’s a partial screenshot of my Tweetdeck.
If you’re already using Twitter and/or Facebook, try it. It’s free. There are a number of other desktop applications that work with Twitter. There’s Seesmic and Twhirl which I have not tried. As long as I’m using both Twitter and Facebook, I would want a desktop client to track both. Twhirl only tracks Twitter.
I welcome comments on this post, especially if you have used Seesmic or Twhirl.
