Comments on: Do You Need a Social Media Power Account? http://www.chrisg.com/need-digg-power-account/ Build your business by sharing what you know Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:38:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: jonsonroth http://www.chrisg.com/need-digg-power-account/#comment-8467 jonsonroth Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:57:39 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/need-digg-power-account/#comment-8467 I agree: the power user doesn't have to be you. There simply isn't enough time in the day/ week to do all the tasks necessary to build a power account AND blog regularly. I agree: the power user doesn’t have to be you. There simply isn’t enough time in the day/ week to do all the tasks necessary to build a power account AND blog regularly.

]]> By: jonsonroth http://www.chrisg.com/need-digg-power-account/#comment-19358 jonsonroth Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:57:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/need-digg-power-account/#comment-19358 I agree: the power user doesn't have to be you. There simply isn't enough time in the day/ week to do all the tasks necessary to build a power account AND blog regularly. I agree: the power user doesn’t have to be you. There simply isn’t enough time in the day/ week to do all the tasks necessary to build a power account AND blog regularly.

]]> By: Eppie http://www.chrisg.com/need-digg-power-account/#comment-8463 Eppie Sat, 19 Apr 2008 19:41:03 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/need-digg-power-account/#comment-8463 Chris, I think this is a great point to make. We needn't be all things ourselves. A huge part of achieving success in business is learning to leverage the abilities of others. Find people with a skill in a certain area and use that to your advantage. So it is with social media - if you can find a power user to submit your content, you're much better off than wasting hours building your own power account. I know a very respected SEO firm that employs top Diggers on a consultant basis to review content they author for their clients and make suggestions on how it can be altered to succeed in Digg. They technically don't pay the individuals to digg their stories, but I'm guessing that the power users feel a certain connection to pieces they've helped shape. Chris,

I think this is a great point to make. We needn’t be all things ourselves. A huge part of achieving success in business is learning to leverage the abilities of others. Find people with a skill in a certain area and use that to your advantage.

So it is with social media – if you can find a power user to submit your content, you’re much better off than wasting hours building your own power account.

I know a very respected SEO firm that employs top Diggers on a consultant basis to review content they author for their clients and make suggestions on how it can be altered to succeed in Digg.

They technically don’t pay the individuals to digg their stories, but I’m guessing that the power users feel a certain connection to pieces they’ve helped shape.

]]> By: Eppie http://www.chrisg.com/need-digg-power-account/#comment-19357 Eppie Sat, 19 Apr 2008 19:41:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/need-digg-power-account/#comment-19357 Chris, I think this is a great point to make. We needn't be all things ourselves. A huge part of achieving success in business is learning to leverage the abilities of others. Find people with a skill in a certain area and use that to your advantage. So it is with social media - if you can find a power user to submit your content, you're much better off than wasting hours building your own power account. I know a very respected SEO firm that employs top Diggers on a consultant basis to review content they author for their clients and make suggestions on how it can be altered to succeed in Digg. They technically don't pay the individuals to digg their stories, but I'm guessing that the power users feel a certain connection to pieces they've helped shape. Chris,

I think this is a great point to make. We needn’t be all things ourselves. A huge part of achieving success in business is learning to leverage the abilities of others. Find people with a skill in a certain area and use that to your advantage.

So it is with social media – if you can find a power user to submit your content, you’re much better off than wasting hours building your own power account.

I know a very respected SEO firm that employs top Diggers on a consultant basis to review content they author for their clients and make suggestions on how it can be altered to succeed in Digg.

They technically don’t pay the individuals to digg their stories, but I’m guessing that the power users feel a certain connection to pieces they’ve helped shape.

]]> By: Henry Griner http://www.chrisg.com/need-digg-power-account/#comment-8431 Henry Griner Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:13:11 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/need-digg-power-account/#comment-8431 One of the areas that didn't see anyone comment on is building traffic from Digg and other Web 2.0 sources using outsourcing. There are several good service providers that do nothing but help Bloggers and others with traffic generation. Jeff Mills has used resources like that (outsourcers) for the past couple years. I have some video of Jeff doing a workshop on outsourcing on my blog. http://www.whoishenry.com Thanks for the info here. Henry Griner One of the areas that didn’t see anyone comment on is building traffic from Digg and other Web 2.0 sources using outsourcing. There are several good service providers that do nothing but help Bloggers and others with traffic generation. Jeff Mills has used resources like that (outsourcers) for the past couple years. I have some video of Jeff doing a workshop on outsourcing on my blog.
http://www.whoishenry.com

Thanks for the info here.
Henry Griner

]]> By: Henry Griner http://www.chrisg.com/need-digg-power-account/#comment-19356 Henry Griner Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:13:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/need-digg-power-account/#comment-19356 One of the areas that didn't see anyone comment on is building traffic from Digg and other Web 2.0 sources using outsourcing. There are several good service providers that do nothing but help Bloggers and others with traffic generation. Jeff Mills has used resources like that (outsourcers) for the past couple years. I have some video of Jeff doing a workshop on outsourcing on my blog. http://www.whoishenry.com Thanks for the info here. Henry Griner One of the areas that didn’t see anyone comment on is building traffic from Digg and other Web 2.0 sources using outsourcing. There are several good service providers that do nothing but help Bloggers and others with traffic generation. Jeff Mills has used resources like that (outsourcers) for the past couple years. I have some video of Jeff doing a workshop on outsourcing on my blog.
http://www.whoishenry.com

Thanks for the info here.
Henry Griner

]]> By: Dharmesh Shah http://www.chrisg.com/need-digg-power-account/#comment-8412 Dharmesh Shah Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:51:08 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/need-digg-power-account/#comment-8412 Great article. What further supports your arguments is that even the power social media users (particularly on digg) are finding it tougher and tougher to get content to the front page. Great article.

What further supports your arguments is that even the power social media users (particularly on digg) are finding it tougher and tougher to get content to the front page.

]]> By: Dharmesh Shah http://www.chrisg.com/need-digg-power-account/#comment-19355 Dharmesh Shah Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:51:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/need-digg-power-account/#comment-19355 Great article. What further supports your arguments is that even the power social media users (particularly on digg) are finding it tougher and tougher to get content to the front page. Great article.

What further supports your arguments is that even the power social media users (particularly on digg) are finding it tougher and tougher to get content to the front page.

]]> By: GL Hoffman http://www.chrisg.com/need-digg-power-account/#comment-8358 GL Hoffman Sat, 12 Apr 2008 15:59:45 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/need-digg-power-account/#comment-8358 hi chris...thank you for sending me the video of Liz s. at that conference...I completely missed that. I agree with you completely, although I am still somewhat surprised at what gets picked up by digg, stumbleupon, etc. I most definitely DO NOT write for them, probably to my detriment. I find when I 'try' to do something which is not familiar or easy, it just doesn't work anyway. keep up the good work. best, gl hi chris…thank you for sending me the video of Liz s. at that conference…I completely missed that. I agree with you completely, although I am still somewhat surprised at what gets picked up by digg, stumbleupon, etc. I most definitely DO NOT write for them, probably to my detriment. I find when I ‘try’ to do something which is not familiar or easy, it just doesn’t work anyway.
keep up the good work.
best, gl

]]> By: GL Hoffman http://www.chrisg.com/need-digg-power-account/#comment-19354 GL Hoffman Sat, 12 Apr 2008 15:59:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/need-digg-power-account/#comment-19354 hi chris...thank you for sending me the video of Liz s. at that conference...I completely missed that. I agree with you completely, although I am still somewhat surprised at what gets picked up by digg, stumbleupon, etc. I most definitely DO NOT write for them, probably to my detriment. I find when I 'try' to do something which is not familiar or easy, it just doesn't work anyway. keep up the good work. best, gl hi chris…thank you for sending me the video of Liz s. at that conference…I completely missed that. I agree with you completely, although I am still somewhat surprised at what gets picked up by digg, stumbleupon, etc. I most definitely DO NOT write for them, probably to my detriment. I find when I ‘try’ to do something which is not familiar or easy, it just doesn’t work anyway.
keep up the good work.
best, gl

]]> By: Armen http://www.chrisg.com/need-digg-power-account/#comment-8357 Armen Sat, 12 Apr 2008 13:19:19 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/need-digg-power-account/#comment-8357 Hi Chris, I try to get a balance, but Digg is extremely frustrating these days. They've changed the algo, and they seem to be severely clamping down on certain patterns. I had a post receive over 140 diggs recently, and still didn't make the FP, and I know people who have had over 260, and no FP. Something is up, and it's rather annoying! Writing compelling, original content in order to attract the big players, is the best way forward. Hi Chris,

I try to get a balance, but Digg is extremely frustrating these days. They’ve changed the algo, and they seem to be severely clamping down on certain patterns. I had a post receive over 140 diggs recently, and still didn’t make the FP, and I know people who have had over 260, and no FP. Something is up, and it’s rather annoying!

Writing compelling, original content in order to attract the big players, is the best way forward.

]]> By: Armen http://www.chrisg.com/need-digg-power-account/#comment-19353 Armen Sat, 12 Apr 2008 13:19:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/need-digg-power-account/#comment-19353 Hi Chris, I try to get a balance, but Digg is extremely frustrating these days. They've changed the algo, and they seem to be severely clamping down on certain patterns. I had a post receive over 140 diggs recently, and still didn't make the FP, and I know people who have had over 260, and no FP. Something is up, and it's rather annoying! Writing compelling, original content in order to attract the big players, is the best way forward. Hi Chris,

I try to get a balance, but Digg is extremely frustrating these days. They’ve changed the algo, and they seem to be severely clamping down on certain patterns. I had a post receive over 140 diggs recently, and still didn’t make the FP, and I know people who have had over 260, and no FP. Something is up, and it’s rather annoying!

Writing compelling, original content in order to attract the big players, is the best way forward.

]]> By: health http://www.chrisg.com/need-digg-power-account/#comment-8356 health Sat, 12 Apr 2008 08:10:56 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/need-digg-power-account/#comment-8356 If I might suggest, there might be a few exceptions. Maki is a superb Digg user (40% success rate), and we all know how good his blog is. I guess some people just have that nick to understand digg-worthy stories, thereby spending less time on digg without being less successful, and running a good blog at the same time If I might suggest, there might be a few exceptions. Maki is a superb Digg user (40% success rate), and we all know how good his blog is. I guess some people just have that nick to understand digg-worthy stories, thereby spending less time on digg without being less successful, and running a good blog at the same time

]]> By: health http://www.chrisg.com/need-digg-power-account/#comment-19352 health Sat, 12 Apr 2008 08:10:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/need-digg-power-account/#comment-19352 If I might suggest, there might be a few exceptions. Maki is a superb Digg user (40% success rate), and we all know how good his blog is. I guess some people just have that nick to understand digg-worthy stories, thereby spending less time on digg without being less successful, and running a good blog at the same time If I might suggest, there might be a few exceptions. Maki is a superb Digg user (40% success rate), and we all know how good his blog is. I guess some people just have that nick to understand digg-worthy stories, thereby spending less time on digg without being less successful, and running a good blog at the same time

]]> By: Sara http://www.chrisg.com/need-digg-power-account/#comment-8354 Sara Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:07:04 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/need-digg-power-account/#comment-8354 Hey Chris, Great advice. I have a question, though. What is the most reliable source for determining consistent and power users for social media sites? Thanks, Sara Hey Chris,

Great advice. I have a question, though. What is the most reliable source for determining consistent and power users for social media sites?

Thanks,
Sara

]]> By: Sara http://www.chrisg.com/need-digg-power-account/#comment-19351 Sara Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:07:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/need-digg-power-account/#comment-19351 Hey Chris, Great advice. I have a question, though. What is the most reliable source for determining consistent and power users for social media sites? Thanks, Sara Hey Chris,

Great advice. I have a question, though. What is the most reliable source for determining consistent and power users for social media sites?

Thanks,
Sara

]]> By: Daniel Scocco http://www.chrisg.com/need-digg-power-account/#comment-8353 Daniel Scocco Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:41:56 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/need-digg-power-account/#comment-8353 I agree with you. I don't think it is necessary to develop power accounts on social bookmarking site. Focus on producing the best quality content that you are able to, and other people will gladly promote it. I agree with you. I don’t think it is necessary to develop power accounts on social bookmarking site.

Focus on producing the best quality content that you are able to, and other people will gladly promote it.

]]> By: Daniel Scocco http://www.chrisg.com/need-digg-power-account/#comment-19350 Daniel Scocco Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:41:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/need-digg-power-account/#comment-19350 I agree with you. I don't think it is necessary to develop power accounts on social bookmarking site. Focus on producing the best quality content that you are able to, and other people will gladly promote it. I agree with you. I don’t think it is necessary to develop power accounts on social bookmarking site.

Focus on producing the best quality content that you are able to, and other people will gladly promote it.

]]> By: Fred Schechter http://www.chrisg.com/need-digg-power-account/#comment-8350 Fred Schechter Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:17:53 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/need-digg-power-account/#comment-8350 Finally someone is advocating what I've been telling (my clients anyway). It's the content stupid!!!! CREATE CREATE CREATE. Keep up the great work Chris. Finally someone is advocating what I’ve been telling (my clients anyway).
It’s the content stupid!!!!
CREATE CREATE CREATE.

Keep up the great work Chris.

]]> By: Fred Schechter http://www.chrisg.com/need-digg-power-account/#comment-19349 Fred Schechter Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:17:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/need-digg-power-account/#comment-19349 Finally someone is advocating what I've been telling (my clients anyway). It's the content stupid!!!! CREATE CREATE CREATE. Keep up the great work Chris. Finally someone is advocating what I’ve been telling (my clients anyway).
It’s the content stupid!!!!
CREATE CREATE CREATE.

Keep up the great work Chris.

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