Social Media
A Year’s Worth of Blog Data In Review: When People Like Your Words, They Want To Know About You
Posted on December 2, 2009. Filed under: Social Media | Tags: blogging, blogs, Movement, page view analysis, Social Media, Sterling Lynch, traffic |
I’m sharing my traffic numbers for the past year because it could be useful to my fellow bloggers. It will provide a benchmark with which you can compare your own traffic. There is also, at least, one important insight I draw from my numbers which should be useful to you. Read on!
Here is as much [...]
Happy Birthday Blog: What A Difference A Year Makes!
Posted on November 26, 2009. Filed under: Social Media | Tags: blog anniversary, blogging, community, Movement, Social Media, Sterling Lynch, Writing |
Happy Birthday Blog!
[cue confetti, balloons, streamers, horns, and party hats. Pop the bubbly!]
One year! What a difference a year makes! It’s a total cliche and yet totally true. In early November of last year, I was probably still unsure if I would bother with this whole blogging thing. Now, I can’t imagine myself ever not [...]
Me Seeing You Seeing Me: What Flavor of Blog Do You Prefer?
Posted on July 17, 2009. Filed under: Social Media | Tags: audience survey, Blog, blogging, market research, market survey, Movement, reader survey, Social Media, Sterling Lynch |
I have a huge favor to ask.
My regulars know that I tend to jump around between different topics and sometimes even different styles of writing. There is a kind of logic to it (I swear) but it may not always be obvious to all and even my now dominant theme — theatre — is handled [...]
The Great Favorite Theatre Blog Twitter Survey: Results and Analysis
Posted on June 2, 2009. Filed under: Business of Arts, Social Media | Tags: analysis, blogging, blogs, community, community building, Movement, on-line survey, Social Media, Sterling Lynch, survey, theater, theatre, Twitter best practice, Twitter Survey |
There are a lot of theatre and theatre-related blogs out there and the sheer volume of choice is daunting, especially for people who are new to the on-line community or who are not intimately involved with a theatre community in a particular region. As previously discussed, choice overload often leads to no choice at all. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 6 so far )Why Blog? For The Community, Of Course.
Posted on May 25, 2009. Filed under: Social Media | Tags: arts marketing, blogging, blogs, community, community building, marketing, Movement, Social Media, Sterling Lynch, why blog, Writing |
A writer might be reluctant to start or maintain a blog because it may seem like she is providing a service for free. She creates content and her readers consume it, giving nothing in return. Why should she provide a free lunch when she has better things to do?
While it is fair for a writer [...]
How To Use Twitter: A Primer For New Users
Posted on May 21, 2009. Filed under: Social Media | Tags: community, community building, How to Use Twitter, How-to, Movement, Social Media, Sterling Lynch, Twitter |
In a previous post, I explained why Twitter works. Essentially, Twitter is a tool that can be used to create new and unexpected community and to share valuable content with that community. In this post, I want to provide a few nuts and bolts suggestions on how to use Twitter to accomplish these aims.
Like many [...]
Why Twitter Works: A Primer For New Users
Posted on May 19, 2009. Filed under: Social Media | Tags: How-to, Movement, power of twitter, Sterling Lynch, Twitter, Twitter explained, Twitter vs. Facebook, Why twitter works |
Recently, a number of my friends grudgingly jumped on the Twitter bandwagon and, so far, seem to be mostly underwhelmed. Because the power of Twitter is not immediately obvious, I thought I’d explain why I think Twitter is a powerful tool. In my next post, I will explain how I use it to pretty good [...]
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