Jamie Ginsberg Social Media Strategist » NewsFeed http://www.sonicallstar.com Social Media Strategist Wed, 20 Jul 2011 00:10:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Bored with FaceBook? http://www.sonicallstar.com/2009/11/bored-with-facebook/ http://www.sonicallstar.com/2009/11/bored-with-facebook/#comments Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:44:11 +0000 Jamie Ginsberg http://www.sonicallstar.com/?p=224 If you are bored with FaceBook, it is your own fault. The first steps to curing this fault are expanding the number of profiles hitting your News Feed, then creating Lists. Scroll down to the very bottom of your Newsfeed and select Edit Options. Now you can change your default from 250 profiles to a higher number, I made mine 700 giving me some room to grow. I’ve discussed how to create and use Lists to manage your newsfeed previously. Remember these Lists are Private, only you see them, unlike Twitter which can be Public or Profile.

Now you are ready to play. Maybe be a little more generous with your friendship. Add some more people from the past or even people you have just met. Take the time to email people from the past and give a more detailed update to your life. Better yet ask some questions. Make friends with your scanner and add some of those old pictures you have buried in the closet. When you have exhausted your personal resources, start creating. Typing a “Note” on Facebook is just like Blogging. Pick a theme and start writing about it. Tag some of us so we see it. Write about whatever interests you and the odds are very good you will find some people who share that interest. Suddenly, Facebook isn’t that boring anymore…and neither are you.

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Why? LinkedIn is becoming an information resource, a tsunami that will overwhelm you if you do not pay attention. The center section of LinkedIn is now a running feed. As changes and updates occur in your network, they will “feed” into your center news section of LinkedIn. I haven’t figured out whether LinkedIn has changed they algorithm for how your activity is broadcast to your connections. What will remain true, is the more active you are within the LinkedIn ecosystem, the more likely it is your network will see your activity and remember you are “alive and kicking.”

If you are in 50 groups you may want to consider dropping the groups you do not participate in, or the ones that other people are “over-participating” in. People with spammy activity are going to have a rough time. If you take away one thing from reading this post, LinkedIn requires 15 minutes of your day, every day. More than ever, the asthetics of how you run your business will shine thru your LinkedIn activity. Be yourself and stay active within your network.

**Note – Navigate to settings in the top right and you can adjust your member feed. I set mine to my network, you may want yours to be set to everybody or simply your connections. If you do not want anyone to see your activity, then LinkedIn may be the wrong network for you ;-)

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