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Re: Who Are Their Learning Heroes -- and Why?

davidfinch — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:51:08 -0000

I love the idea of putting together a dream team of thinkers and doers. As someone that is inspired by the success of others I can see how this can be effective for students.

Re: Managing Online Forums

davidfinch — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:05:34 -0000

Patrick, it was nice to meet you as well. Thanks for all the good tips.

Re: Lack of Market Focus Can Kill Your Startup

davidfinch — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:59:40 -0000

Often times startups lose their focus because their chasing funding. If their not extremely focused on their goals and confident of their business plan, they can easily fall into this trip.

Re: 10 Reasons Why Brands Refuse to Embrace Social Media

davidfinch — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:49:03 -0000

Jorge, thanks for the comment. I love quote, "The most adaptive prevail, it's as simple as that."

Re: 10 Reasons Why Brands Refuse to Embrace Social Media

davidfinch — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:47:49 -0000

Kevin, I think you're absolutely right. I hear the "fad' response a lot, but they also said that about other mediums. It will be interesting what social looks like in five years.

Re: Creating Effective Social Media Habits

davidfinch — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:19:04 -0000

Korye, Thanks for the comment. Mix it up!! Not every post has to be significant, but it does need to be informative. Remember not everyone is going to engaged with text. Some will engage more with video or even audio. However, the struggle we all have is being consistent.

Thanks again for the comment.

Re: Creating Effective Social Media Habits

davidfinch — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:16:09 -0000

I've used both. iGoogle works, as well as Netvibes. I use RSS from Google Alerts, Twitter Search etc. and then just monitoring it all through my RSS reader.

Re: Weekend Reader: Late Edition

davidfinch — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:59:19 -0000

Mike, try using the Firefox plugin "Zemanta." It is recognized with Wordpress, Blogger, Moveable Type, Ning and others. It's a great tool for adding images and links into your post.

Re: How Social Media Influences

davidfinch — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:46:59 -0000

"This is likely what is wrong with most usage stats, the "Real" consumer isn't even aware of this although likely uses it every day."

Steve, you make a great point. It's not a strategy, or a tactic, or even a word they use, social media is just something they do.

Re: How Social Media Influences

davidfinch — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:44:10 -0000

Thanks Jim!! It always help when you reference the author with the correct spelling of their name. :-)

Re: CAM 2009: Interviews & Pictures Of Eric DeCamps, Jason England, David Acer, Steve Duperre

davidfinch — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 11:18:11 -0000

Thanks for sharing the interviews. It always good to hear insights from seasoned performers.

Re: My morning news-stand

davidfinch — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 12:22:04 -0000

I love Calibre and what it's suppose to do, but I can't get it to stop crashing while updating news subscriptions. Have you had this problem?

Re: 10 Sure-Fire Ways to Maximize Your Online Distribution Channel

davidfinch — Sun, 31 May 2009 17:37:47 -0000

Sue, thanks for the feedback and suggestions!!

Re: 10 Sure-Fire Ways to Maximize Your Online Distribution Channel

davidfinch — Sun, 31 May 2009 17:37:12 -0000

Dave, thanks for the comment. However, your comment has nothing to do with the blog post written above. In the blogging community we call this comment spam!! You may want to find a blog that is writing about "No Child Left Behind" and leave this comment there.

Enjoy your weekend!!

Re: 10 Sure-Fire Ways to Maximize Your Online Distribution Channel

davidfinch — Fri, 29 May 2009 07:59:14 -0000

Thanks Tom for your feedback. Correction made!!

Re: My Social Media ToolBox: Seesmic Desktop

davidfinch — Wed, 20 May 2009 17:16:48 -0000

Russell, I think Seesmic's best feature is how it handles searches and userlists.

Thanks for the feedback!!

Re: My Social Media ToolBox: Seesmic Desktop

davidfinch — Wed, 20 May 2009 17:15:15 -0000

Loic, Thanks for the comment. I look forward to seeing how it evolves as you continue to make changes. Great app.!!

Re: My Social Media ToolBox: Seesmic Desktop

davidfinch — Wed, 20 May 2009 17:13:20 -0000

Thanks for the comment!! Looks like an interest application, but being a Mac guy I have no way to check it out. :-)

Re: My Social Media ToolBox: Seesmic Desktop

davidfinch — Thu, 14 May 2009 15:53:48 -0000

Matthew, we're happy to be such a positive influence on you!! :-)

Re: My Social Media ToolBox: Seesmic Desktop

davidfinch — Thu, 14 May 2009 15:46:58 -0000

Katie, I completely understand. Recreating groups/userlists seemed really overwhelming, but what I did was switch back and forth from Tweetdeck to Seesmic Desktop until I had all my groups recreated. It took a little time, but it was a way for me to make the transition slowly.

Thanks for your feedback!!

Re: My Social Media ToolBox: Seesmic Desktop

davidfinch — Thu, 14 May 2009 15:44:01 -0000

Wendy, great points! I felt the same thing after using Seesmic Desktop initially, but what sold me was the ability to monitor a larger number of groups and search queries with less screen real estate.

Thanks for your feedback!!

Re: My Social Media ToolBox: Seesmic Desktop

davidfinch — Thu, 14 May 2009 11:21:45 -0000

Gregg, One of the desktop apps that I tried over the past few weeks was Nambu. However, it wasn't the features that I didn't like it was the stability. It constantly crashed, as well as it would freeze up. I think if they can every get those issues worked out then I think they may have a chance to be in the same conversation as Seesmic Desktop and Tweetdeck. Until then, I"ll stick with Seesmic.

Thanks for your feedback.

Re: The Social Media Trifecta

davidfinch — Sat, 02 May 2009 09:12:01 -0000

Amy, boxing the trifecta is always a smart move! Adding teaching to the mix and the supertrifecta is close in sight.

Re: The Social Media Trifecta

davidfinch — Sat, 02 May 2009 09:08:49 -0000

Wendy, you're absolutely right! Conversing has to go hand-in-hand with sharing. It's just as important as "sharing articles and spreading the love."

Thanks for your feedback!

Re: 5 Steps to Social Media Grieving

davidfinch — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:41:14 -0000

Thanks Brent! Responding emotionally is normal however, having a response plan in place is must especially when the emotions kick in.

Thanks for the comment!