Entries fromDecember 2007

Around this time of the year, I’ll take a look at my ongoing projects and habits in order for a major evaluation/cleanup. I’m a superstitious man and I don’t like to bring bad luck or poor management into the new year.

The 1st of January is an auspicious day for new beginnings and the last few days in December can be put to good use if you want to get off to a terrific start next year.

If you’re not holidaying, you might want to look over your habits for the past year and adjust accordingly to meet your 2008 goals.

Social Media users are emotionally connected to their communities. After visiting and using the social website for some time, some users naturally feel a sense of belonging within the community.

Although they are separate individuals, social media users gradually assimilate into the collective while developing in-group solidarity. This is when inside-jokes, memes and self-referential commentary starts to develop and spread from within the community.

This discourse influences the actions of other users. These behavioral displays and community-specific prejudices initially begin among established users, before transplanting itself within newer entrants into the social media community.

I’ve been wanting to write a weekly link roundup regularly on Dosh Dosh but didn’t because I was a little too lazy. Bad excuse really, because there’s a lot of great articles out there.

Some of them are extremely helpful, especially if you’re trying to promote your site or generate income online. Others broaden the mind and may give you a larger perspective on related industries.

I’ll plan do a link roundup once a week in 2008 as it’s a good way to give some exposure to sites and people who deserve it.

The year is coming to a close. When December finally changes into January, I will inevitably get a bittersweet feeling of starting over again, as I anticipate the opportunities yet to come in 2008.

Here is another chance for me to embark on new ventures, to accomplish the plans I’ve made in the last year, to do what I failed to do before. One more chance to do something extraordinary; something that changes my life and everything around me.

A powerful catalyst for viral marketing, social news websites are an excellent way to disseminate ideas and attract attention, traffic and links. These social media channels which will give you a platform to showcase your content and website to a large audience.

Even if you’re not interested in funneling visitors to your website, social news sites can easily be used as personal information-hubs.

They’ll provide you with quick access to a variety of news, along with the opinions of other users. Not only can you share content relevant to your interests, you can also participate in discussions with engaged members as well.

Some of you might have already heard of TED, an annual conference which gathers entrepreneurs, thinkers, artists and academics from the fields of Technology, Entertainment and Design.

Held annually in Monterey U.S.A, the TED conference is a four day affair with 50 speakers, each giving an 18 minute presentation. Tickets for these talks are regularly sold out well in advance.

These talks are available online at the TED website in the form of video and audio files you can view/download. There are over 150 talks from the archive and more of them are added each week, so it’ll be good if you bookmark the site or sign up as a free member (which also allows you to comment on the videos).

A vast plot of land can be used for many purposes; to build schools, residential houses, nightclubs and shopping malls. People visit these locations to purchase products, learn skills and have fun.

The internet is similar. Websites are often created to accommodate the needs and desires of the crowd. People will visit these sites or use them to get both information or entertainment.

When generating income online, view the web as virtual real estate: like physical buildings, websites are profitable entities that can be developed or bought.

Narrowcasting is both a subset and the opposite of broadcasting, which is the wide scale dissemination of content through electronic and traditional media channels, in order to reach a large audience.

Narrowcasting focuses on spreading messages to smaller niche audiences that are defined by their demographic profile, individual preferences and values.

This means you should intentionally target a specific group of potential consumers by giving them customized messages only applicable to their interests or profile. The aim of this is to provoke a direct response from them, be it to purchase your product or perform a specific action (spread your message, donate money etc).