socialFIEND - Online Marketing Minute - Webisodes

Sunday, May 25, 2008

Interesting concept - Let's test it to see if it works.

What would you say if a company offered to split 80% of their revenues with you the social network user????

What if it were FREE and you would never be charged to use their platform or service?

What is all you had to do as a user is log into the website 30 times in a month?

Sounds too good to be true doesn't it?

Well.....

Check out ZenZuu.com

The one thing members are asked to do is invite their friends to join. The official launch of this company happens in August so now is the time to stake your claim to future revenues.

I don't know about all of you but if I can get paid for doing what I love anyway, I'm IN!!!

I hope you will all join me on ZenZuu.com. Just search for "socialFIEND". See you all there.

Best Regards,

Kenneth "socialFIEND" Knapp

Friday, May 9, 2008

Twitter! In Plain English What a Video!

For those who don't twit, don't care are are utterly clueless please enjoy this video by Lee LeFever at CommonCraft.com/show. Thanks Craig Shoemaker for commenting on my post "Do non-socialnetworking types Twitter???".



This is truely a helpful video your non-techno types.

Enjoy everyone! Thanks Craig.

Kenneth "socialFIEND" Knapp

Niche Wiki!?



By now you've visited, searched and read Wikipedia. So have you thought about developing a Wiki for your business, hobby, club or school? Check out: http://www.mediawiki.org, to host one of your own. Here's an idea of what a Niche Wiki can look like: http://valuewiki.com.



Think about asking all your friends, strangers, experts and fans to share everything they know about specific topics, host a Wiki and start posting!



What about a Wiki on Hip Hop, culture; clothes, dance, poetry, rap. Detailed lessons on movement, writing, lifestyle, history etc... Deep knowledge collected from all corners of the planet. How to kids in Japan embrace hip hop? What's a swipe? How do you egg roll? What defines old school?

The power of the Wiki is the same as the power of social networks. The content is the people, the power comes from activity and involvement.

Having a centralized repository of knowledge developed, maintained and edited by all can be not only be useful, practical and powerful but necessary. In sales logging best practices, company methods, history, project timelines, product knowledge etc... is incredibly important. So why does my company maintain an archaic FAQ when a Wiki is the answer?

Create, involve, share, maintain and archive. Niche Wiki... Who's got one!

Share some comments on successful Wikis you know about. Who's doing ti right?

Kenneth socialFIEND Knapp
Founder EyeBalls, Inc.

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

What's so cool about 1,000 Followers on Twitter?!!!

Today I received a tweet from a truly genius social media and technology tweaker, Nate Ritter. The guy can hack, crack and code with the best of them and he truly sees long tail applications to the technology spinning all around us.

Today Nate announced he is very close to topping 1,000 followers on Twitter. If you're ask what the heck is www.twitter.com check it out and setup and account.

For marketers Twitter is an application that allows you to quickly alert followers (friends, contacts or perfect strangers) of critical information, meeting spots, events, ideas, concepts or whatever ideas you can relate in 140 characters or less. Don't worry if you spill over (I do all the time) the system will create a tinyurl link to allow your friends to read the rest of your mission critical info online.

Some really cool things can be accomplished using Twitter such as tracking RSS feeds and alerting follower bases of information critical to their job, life or safety. Want to know how to change the world: http://twitter.com/makechange. Want to know when an earthquake strikes join: http://twitter.com/whatsshakin. Want CNET news: http://twitter.com/CNETNews.

These are simply a sample of real time alerts automatically publishing critical tweets to interested followers. But it gets better. Twitter is community. Think of it as a blog in your pocket but your readers can churp back ideas, inspiration, ideas or comments in near real time.

Ideas are more timely. Thoughts can shared to massive diverse social segments. Readers can know what's in your mind now, whether you have time for a phone call or email.

Communicate, share, get social TWITTER!

Take a look and if you really get crazy hit Nate up for some superior code support. The guy can build anything? http://twitter.com/nateritter.

Thanks Nate for making Twitter an info rich environment in more thna one way.

Enjoy!

Kenneth "socialFIEND" Knapp