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Re: Ragamuffin Soul » Pimp Yourself

Travis Campbell — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 06:54:19 -0000

Really enjoy what you are doing here... The support and encouragement you are providing many. Not sure my blog is a fit for your audience...
http://www.MarketingProfess...

I get to ATL 3x a year, perhaps we can connect sometime.

Re: 21 of the Best WordPress Plugins for New Blogs

Travis Campbell — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 13:51:31 -0000

Andy-

Excellent list of plugins here. Can you comment on the use of these plugins in the recently released WP 2.7. Are you planning to upgrade to that version soon? (maybe the conflict with WP-Cache and Math Comments would be fixed?)

Thanks again, nice work.

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Re: 21 of the Best WordPress Plugins for New Blogs

Travis Campbell — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:22:04 -0000

That is great news! Thanks for the speedy reply (subscribe to comments works well, eh? :-)
Keep up the great work.

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Re: How To Brand Yourself On Twitter

Travis Campbell — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 07:55:33 -0000

Well done Marko. I think your code of conduct section cannot be overstated. As folks try to figure out how to use twitter to brand themselves, you do need to deliver value, and be a little hesitant when it comes to prominence of 'casual' posts.

With all the excitement surrounding twitter and micro-blogging, many are diving in to get experience, and figure it out. While this is normal with any new trendy technology, at some point folks need to settle in and determine if it is worth their time... this is especially true for businesses.

Your code of conduct is an excellent guide business folks can refer to when posting.

Keep up the great work.

Re: Infusionsoft’s Five New Editions

Travis Campbell — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:12:24 -0000

Smart move Infusionsoft. I think this is really going to serve small businesses well, as you have made it more affordable, and tiered it with growing businesses in mind. Congratulations!

Re: louisgray.com: 40 Key Elements to Getting Started In Social Media

Travis Campbell — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:04:19 -0000

Mike-

Who says blog posts shouldn't exceed 500 words?? Very well done, and worth the stumble I'm giving it. Thanks @marismith for point this one out.

Re: My Favorite Wordpress Themes & Resources

Travis Campbell — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:38:19 -0000

Well done Jim, to the point. Thanks for calling attention to it in your tweet.
Oh, and love the graphic plea by your kids, excellent!

Re: 5 Ways TweetBacks Can Make Your Blog More Social — and More Viral

Travis Campbell — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:22:32 -0000

Nice job Dan!

I think point #4 is most compelling. With release of a lot of SM tools like yours (and it is a great concept, as are your 5 points). Bloggers have to decide what will give their site the most bang for the buck, without killing performance or confusing users.

Dan, I'm wondering if there could be a hover option instead, so a user hovers over a "This Posts Action on Twitter" link or button and a hover box appears with a scroll bar, and option to see it on a full page.

Thoughts?

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Re: Should Your Small Business Be Incorporated?

Travis Campbell — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 11:59:14 -0000

It seems many overlook this important aspect of having or running a business. Thanks for explaining it so well in this overview. Does your recommended corporate entity change if you plan to outsource vs hiring staff?

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Re: It’s Not You It’s Me - My Goodbye To Facebook Friends

Travis Campbell — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:53:08 -0000

Excellent post Ed, and very thought provoking (IMers are NOT normal). I've learned a lot form you, and that continues in this post. As for Facebook pages, I think that is why Facebook designed them to be so good for SEO purposes. Your thoughts?

Looking forward to your update on this...

Re: Twitter Study: 20% of Young Americans Online Have Tweeted

Travis Campbell — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:54:03 -0000

Andy-

Interesting stats indeed.

I recently ran across a post with stats as well (Ok, I admit, I like numbers a little) and if these stats are true http://cli.gs/P2n3rN than twitter has a considerable uphill climb. Another article in Dec08 suggests it will take Twitter 36 years to catch up, http://cli.gs/Dr3YUh. Be interesting to see how it all shakes out.

(sorry for all the links Andy, remove them as needed).

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Re: TextToChat.com- Why MLM and Social Networking is a Tough Sell

Travis Campbell — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 04:55:39 -0000

Mike-

I hope your downline found value in this post.

Isn't that the beauty of this thing everyone calls Web 2.0? You get to choose on your terms how you want to receive communications. It is the method of your choosing. The traditional sense of I tell you on my terms what I have to say (come to my website, or watch the commercials with your favorite TV program) is fading.

I think MLMers get this concept (they are all over Facebook), however consumers (and potential downlines) are now able to leverage Web 2.0 to tune out those they don't want to hear from. When MLMers figure that out, and make adjustments, I think they will be way more effective in their efforts.

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Re: Build Blog Posts Like Building Blocks

Travis Campbell — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:11:56 -0000

This is a very timely post for those with any degree of blogging fatigue. Blogging with a strategy seems to be important if there is to be any longevity. Thoughts?

Re: Twitter Week

Travis Campbell — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 09:43:35 -0000

Jack-

Good stuff, and great timing. I like Kent's spunk! (his comments) ;-) I went to a local networking meeting this week, and was hit with the reality that the average business person just heard of Facebook, let alone Twitter.

Thanks for your leadership.

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Re: 7 Habits of Highly Effective Twitterers: Kris Colvin

Travis Campbell — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 13:11:58 -0000

Excellent resource, thanks for putting a thoughtful easy to follow list together. Twitter is a mystery to some, and a goldmine to others. Thanks for taking time to share how it can be the latter. Now we just have to do it, right? :-)

Re: What Difference Do You Make?

Travis Campbell — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 11:09:45 -0000

Ray-

Thanks for this post and opening the discussion. For many, while the sincerety and desire may be there, lack of focus keeps one scattered, and unable to deliver the type of value services that have the lasting effect you speak of.

One of the options is to charge more so you can devote more focus to clients, and then take on less clients, so the ones you have get the attention they deserve.

Thoughts?

Re: 7 Lessons Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Twitter’s Success

Travis Campbell — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 08:22:30 -0000

Excellent job identifying 'lessons' (I'm a big fan of those). A bit of a sidepiece, and very difficult to duplicate is there branding. When competitors emerged, people would say, I signed up at "XYZ microblog", it's like * Twitter*...

Beyond that the spinoff branding vocabulary is unprecidented. Tweetups, Twestival, Tweeple, on and on. There has to be a new page in the dictionary to accomodate all the new terms.

As stated, this is difficult to reproduce, but makes for an interesting lesson.

Keep it coming.

Re: FACEBOOK FAIL: How to Use Facebook Privacy Settings and Avoid Disaster

Travis Campbell — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 08:14:13 -0000

Well done Alison. You make a good point about Facebook users who have not secured their profile getting into trouble (loosing job for calling in "sick"), I have a feeling many who read this will be spending time adjusting their privacy settings. Thanks!

Re: Proof That Nielsen is Wrong; Twitter’s Retention Rate is Not 40%

Travis Campbell — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:49:32 -0000

Hey Andy-

Thanks for starting this discussion. Would be nice if Nielsen would reveal their methods, but they have been around a while and usually do a pretty good job gathering their stats. Either way Twitter has a technical challenge of scalability which must be overcome, in doing so, they will also overcome the social perception that there service is unreliable. Lately with the rush of interest, the service has been frustrating for many.

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Re: 5 Terrific Twitter Research Tools

Travis Campbell — Tue, 05 May 2009 15:01:24 -0000

This is a great resource. I have had good experience with Twellow in meeting up with tweeple in a city I'm visiting. Thanks for putting this together Ben.

Re: How Many Chores Does It All Add

Travis Campbell — Wed, 06 May 2009 14:25:32 -0000

Indeed it adds chores, and value...if doing the right chores. Example: today I noticed something changed on one of my LinikedIn connections, I reached out and ended up having an hour conversation which led to a discussion about joint venturing together. What started as a "what's new" discussion turned into a possible "win-win" for both.

Discipline is key, when you got that cornered Chris, please DM me :-)

Re: Twitter Co-Founder: “We’re Not For Sale”

Travis Campbell — Wed, 06 May 2009 15:14:57 -0000

I was just thinking the same thing...sorta. Facebook was offered $1B a while back, and turned it down. There is something to this social networking stuff that people don't want to walk away from.

Re: Twitter Issues Awesome New Updates: Bit.ly, New Follower & DM Notifications

Travis Campbell — Thu, 07 May 2009 13:17:05 -0000

What would be nice is if they would give users tools to better organize DMs... as it is now it is not very manageable if you have a large number of them...search on DMs would be a dream for many :-)

Re: Numbers in April: Twitter and Facebook Shine, MySpace Stagnates

Travis Campbell — Fri, 08 May 2009 07:27:50 -0000

Stan-

Thanks for this report. I think MySpace and Facebook both had a perception of being for the "young", Myspace has remained there, and Facebook now hits every demographic.

Re: CEOs and Twitter

Travis Campbell — Mon, 11 May 2009 11:01:30 -0000

Frank-

Interesting summary, and questions. I find this to be one of the compelling reasons to use twitter is the flattening of the corporate org chart. Indeed CEOs should be careful, and take a measured approach. Interested in seeing what other commentors have to say as well.

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