KnowTeBook - Webworkers Daily Milk » social media http://www.knowtebook.com A community blog about design, ideas, trends, wordpress & more. Sun, 11 Dec 2011 13:58:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=9 en Go Google: Socialize Your WordPress Blog without Using Plugins http://www.knowtebook.com/go-google-socialize-your-wordpress-blog-without-using-plugins-1799.htm http://www.knowtebook.com/go-google-socialize-your-wordpress-blog-without-using-plugins-1799.htm#comments Sun, 11 Dec 2011 13:58:34 +0000 Knowtebook http://www.knowtebook.com/?p=1799 There is a plug-in for each requirement for WordPress. However, it does not worth always to add a plug-in? For example, Google Inc. launched Google Translation and you have a plug-in for it from a third-party developer. This has limited functionality unlike Google API. Take another scenario – Facebook provides Facebook Connect for Websites and it’s easy to integrate to your blogs. However, there are paid plug-ins available for this work. Do you like paying for plugins or using ones with limited functionality even when you are using free and fully functional WordPress CMS? Why to use plugins with limited functionality when we can get feature rich APIs for free from the original manufacturer itself? It takes only minutes to integrate famous social networks to your blog. In this article, will illustrate the steps to manually integrate the social media features to your WordPress blog.

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]]> http://www.knowtebook.com/go-google-socialize-your-wordpress-blog-without-using-plugins-1799.htm/feed Seven Big Mistakes Of A Twitter Addict http://www.knowtebook.com/seven-big-mistakes-of-a-twitter-addict-1797.htm http://www.knowtebook.com/seven-big-mistakes-of-a-twitter-addict-1797.htm#comments Sun, 04 Dec 2011 19:01:41 +0000 Knowtebook http://www.knowtebook.com/?p=1797 Definitely, any Internet user is aware that Twitter can bring him certain advantages, but to be able to benefit from them he has to follow a minimum set of rules, nothing common sense doesn’t cover. The number of followers tells us to what degree these rules are obeyed. By having many people interested in what others are twitting it’s influence grows and along with it the possibility of obtaining advantages. The conclusion is simple: the more followers, the better. But how can we get a considerable number of people interested in the same thing? The answer is not complicated at all: by offering QUALITY.

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This article is not meant to show you ways of offering interesting tweets or of growing your number of followers but merely how to avoid losing the ones we have because many people don’t take this scenario into consideration; it’s useless to get a large number of followers in a day if you lose a larger number at the same time.

1. More tweets or less

Even if you may have much to offer and you want to share that with your followers, there has to be a limit as having your timeline filled only with your tweets will sooner or later make your followers leave. The other way around isn’t good either as a tweet once a week shows a rare usage of the network and who would want to follow someone who offers a link per week.

The best solution is a mild approach, offering tweets whenever you have something really interesting or when you need someone’s help. A frequent mistake is to tweet too often in a short period of time as the follower’s timeline is filled for some minutes only with what you offered and sometimes it’s irritating.

2. Irrelevant twitters

Nothing is more annoying than to receive idiotic tweets telling you, for example, what John had for lunch, how did he wake up or if he got the morning paper or not. When you tweet, you must be sure that it may be useful to someone. To tweet just so the number will grow will not be benefic to you, furthermore some followers may get fed up and leave. To offer useful links and interesting information you need time to search, so you must not forget that to become an important user of Twitter, you must sacrifice time, a lot of time that could had been used for projects. And in the end we come to the same conclusion that time is money. The Twitter account can be efficient long terms mean of publicity if it’s properly maintained.

3. Excessive Promo

Twitter is a mean of advertising but you need an intelligent strategy to make it truly efficient. First of all, by sending links to you portfolio in every tweet will not bring you more views but only a decrease in the number of followers. The thing is not to force your followers but to make them curious. To be more specific - an arrogant and boring tweet like “Hey, this is my portfolio. Am I not the best designer?” can be replaced with a more conservative and interesting “I am waiting for you opinions on my last logo. I appreciate any comments.”

4. Incomplete account

The bio reserved for each user is intended to offer a clear idea about each person and about what they are doing. To complete it just partially or not at all isn’t a sign of bravura nor justified by privacy concerns. As well, the users should upload a photo of themselves so the followers know if they’re dealing with a real person or just a spam. The customization of the background is not compulsory but an original one would be an extra source of attraction and so, of users. To conclude - un incomplete account represents a source of mistrust and the followers lose that feeling of “Global community” that’s so attractive to most of them.

5. Private tweets

Another new concept that Twitter brought on and with it won their users’ hearts is the total lack of privacy. Your tweets can be seen by everyone. Despite this concept, you still have the options of hiding your tweets from the users that are not your network friends. I may be an extremist to some people but this option is stupid as the initial idea was giving up on privacy.

On the other hand, the arrogance of showing tweets only to some will surely have a negative impact on the number of followers…And it’s a justified call.

6. Automated DMs

In Twitterland, DM stands for direct message and represents the direct communication between the follower and the followed. An sign of total lack of respect is sending automated DMs to your followers. Even if you’re sending an automated thank you note, that is still very similar to spam even if it’s a thank, you spam. What’s your opinion on DMs? Are they a sign of appreciation or not?

7. Growing the number of followers with the help of different applications

I saved the best for last. This is the biggest sin a Twitter user can commit. The burning desire of having more and more followers in a short period of time was noticed by certain individuals with a good sense for business who launched some applications that for small fees can bring you followers. Apparently that’s a good piece of business, but more likely a huge mistake. First of all, the hundreds of followers you are buying are nothing than worthless accounts with no people behind them. What’s the use of being followed by thousands of spams? Aside from the chance to brag about your number of followers, it’s useless.

Let’s just say that these accounts have people at the other end who follow you for a few dimes the result is essentially the same. Indeed, at some point you will have hundreds or thousands of followers but in time they will abandon you as your tweets do not have any relevance to them. And so this type of business is bankrupting. When a user follows you for the few cents you are offering, do you thing he’s interested in your tweets…I doubt it.

My conclusion is that Twitter is a fantastic application, but to gather a large number of followers and to become influential you need time, patience and interesting tweets. What’s your opinion on the matter? How should a quality tweet be? Feel free to use the comment form to share your interesting thoughts with us.

About the author

This article has been written by Daniel Pintilie a freelance writer working for for Go-Globe.com, a Shanghai Web design company that provides web design solution in Beijing, Sharjah and Middle East.

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]]> http://www.knowtebook.com/seven-big-mistakes-of-a-twitter-addict-1797.htm/feed 10 Awesome And Creative Google+ Brand Pages http://www.knowtebook.com/10-awesome-and-creative-google-brand-pages-1796.htm http://www.knowtebook.com/10-awesome-and-creative-google-brand-pages-1796.htm#comments Fri, 25 Nov 2011 14:19:12 +0000 Knowtebook http://www.knowtebook.com/?p=1796 In order for your company to look professional, it’s quite often a requirement for you to have a similar look and feel on the social media sites you feature on - not just on your homepage. With the very recent launch of Google+ brand pages, we thought we’d look at some of the best designed, to see which companies have been able to keep their look in a relatively restrictive setting, while still showing some creativity.

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Google Chrome

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Being one of the first to launch a Google+ brand page (and obviously having some first hand knowledge with the platform), Google Chrome’s own brand page is very well done. The 5 main images all link together cleverly, and the page is kept updated frequently with news on Chromebooks and links to the official Google blog for more detailed information.

BMW

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BMW have also spliced up one feature image into 5 separate smaller images that serve as a great introduction to their brand page. They’ve also made sure the content they’re sharing (while obviously promotional) is very high quality, and feature YouTube videos and images of their latest supercars.

Time Magazine

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Time Magazine faced the challenge of making sure that their new, modern Google+ brand page was in keeping with their classic, prestigious image. By using the 5 image slots to showcase some of their more iconic issues, they’ve been able to claim their space on Google+ and still have the gravitas that they’ve built up over the years.

The Muppets

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The Muppets have an entirely image to Time Magazine - they need to be seen as fun, creative and quirky, and their Google+ page doesn’t disappoint. Exclusive content is shared on the page, including images of the characters with celebrities, as well as videos and trailers for the new film. The 5 images used all match up, and suit the look and feel of the page perfectly.

Starbucks

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Starbucks have always been good at promoting themselves online, so it’s no surprise to see them putting effort into Google+ too. High quality, instagram-effect images are proudly displayed, and the page looks great - but Starbucks earn extra points for actively talking to others on Google+, from asking people which circle they want to be placed in to offering buy one get one free vouchers.

Red Bull

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Red Bull, the energy drink which wants to be associated with high energy sports, has done a great job of keeping their brand image and their Google+ page very closely linked. They’ve always been great at coming up with creative, unique designs for social media sites, and they don’t disappoint here - instead of 5 static images, they’ve been able to use animated gifs, all matching up to show one big image of BMXers in slow motion.

YouTube

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YouTube, being a Google company, will also have had a heads-up on how to style a Google+ page, and unsurprisingly they’ve done a great job.  Their 5 image joins together and reflects the creativity that YouTube sees each day, while they also ensure that interesting videos are posted frequently.

Angry Birds

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Angry Birds, the ultra-popular iPad and iPhone game, has also taken advantage of the 5 images to create a brilliant standout image, showcasing each of the birds - even the main logo image is used to form part of the scene. They also keep the page up to date and use it to talk to fans - even going as far as to have votes on which characters people prefer, as well as keeping people informed about new updates.

Pepsi

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Pepsi’s Google+ page has been designed beautifully, with the 5 image layout all matching up and following the look and feel of the brand, and they even make sure to talk to their fans - although they perhaps don’t post anywhere near as frequently as some of the other brands we’ve featured.

Zappos

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Zappos have clearly put some work into their Google+ page, and use it to showcase that they’re “more than shoes” by prominently featuring clothing, handbags, beauty and “at home” in their profile images. Like Pepsi, they may not be posting particularly frequently, but the page still looks lived in and has clearly been thought about and designed with the brand in mind.

Are there any Google+ brand pages you’ve found that you think deserve a mention? Let us know in the comments. You are welcome to add your G+ page if you like?

About the author

Dan writes for Christmas gift ideas experts The Handpicked Collection, who offer gifts for her & him. He’s a big fan of creative product design and spends his spare time outside of work studying graphic design.

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]]> http://www.knowtebook.com/10-awesome-and-creative-google-brand-pages-1796.htm/feed Social Media: How to Create Automatic If This Then That Tasks http://www.knowtebook.com/social-media-how-to-create-automatic-if-this-then-that-tasks-1791.htm http://www.knowtebook.com/social-media-how-to-create-automatic-if-this-then-that-tasks-1791.htm#comments Mon, 19 Sep 2011 10:51:13 +0000 Knowtebook http://www.knowtebook.com/?p=1791 Put the internet to work for you with a great new technology called ifttt by creating tasks that fit this simple structure: if this then that! Think of all the things you could do if you were able to define any task as: when something happens (this) then do something else (that). Learn how create automatic tasks, triggers and actions for your social media apps.

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Triggers

if this then that

The this part of a task is the Trigger. Some example Triggers are “if I’m tagged in a photo on Facebook” or “if I tweet on Twitter.”

Actions

if this then that

The that part of a task is the Action. Some example Actions are “then send me a text message” or “then create a status message on Facebook.”

Channels

Triggers and Actions come from Channels. Channels are the unique services and devices you use every day like Facebook, Twitter, Photo or weather app…
When you put one channel’s trigger together with another channel’s action, that’s a task! Here is a task that saves every new photo I take with Instagram to my Dropbox:
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All tasks can be turned on and off. When turned back on, they pick up as if you had just created them. Interested? Check out this new fantastic ifttt tool.
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]]> http://www.knowtebook.com/web-strategy-get-real-time-comments-built-for-the-social-web-with-lifefyre-1761.htm/feed 20+ Amazing Video Apps for Twitter http://www.knowtebook.com/20-amazing-video-apps-for-twitter-1758.htm http://www.knowtebook.com/20-amazing-video-apps-for-twitter-1758.htm#comments Sun, 07 Nov 2010 18:50:22 +0000 Knowtebook http://www.knowtebook.com/?p=1758 Enlarge your Twitter experience and marketing strategies with the latest video apps. They range from just simple video tweets to streaming or sharing your exiting content or to location based features. Enjoy!

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Screenr

This app gives an instant screen cast for Twitter. You can create screencasts for your followers as easily as you tweet

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TWitVid

TwitVid could be precisely defined as one of the easiest and quickest applications for those that want to share videos on Twitter. This is one of the easiest and quickest ways to enjoy your video.

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TwitCasting

TwitCasting is a fun new way to share your tweets using live feeds. After you sign in to your Twitter account, you’ll be greeted with a split screen with one showing video from your iPhone camera and the bottom with your Twitter timeline.

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Twitcam

Twitcam allows twitter users to start streaming with live chat this apps help in using and post your video description directly live.

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Greetter

Greetter helps you to share photos, videos and texts to Twitter. You can tag people in these photos and link to their twitter page. Also you can view and comment on other photos and videos.

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BubbleTweet

This is a fun way to make a short video of your business or product business and bubbletweet it. It makes your twitter page special. They added a short video that played on a video player Bubble floating on your Twitter page and when finished, it came and went.

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Tweetmojo

Tweetmojo allows you to share your videos, photos, and documents on Twitter easily. You can also add more mojo by recording from your webcam and adding more text to your tweets!
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12seconds.tv

12seconds.tv is a Twitter-like video status service. It gives you 12 seconds to share video moments from your life.
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Twiddeo

Twiddeo is a powerful but simple service that lets you do one thing very well

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Tweetube

TweeTube allows you to share YouTube videos via twitter

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Tvider

Tvider is a twitter client application that allows mobile phone users who have a twitter account to send multimedia files audio, video and photos directly to your twitter timeline.
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Twitlens

TwitLens is a premier photo & video sharing service for Twitter

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Zocial

This is a site that will let you know which videos are being watched on Twitter and Facebook at any given moment. In that way, you can determine the popularity of clips in the two services that have come to define what the Social Web is all about.

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Streamd.in

Streamd.in is a simple web based Twitter client paired with Google Maps. See what’s happening around you, let others know what you’re doing or broadcast your thoughts & location with live video.

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Mov.io

Mov.io describes itself as the spot on the World Wide Web in which you can capture and share your life through videos

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Twidiko

Simply share your video on Twitter. No registration needed

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Screentweet

With ScreenTweet you can easily share your pictures, screenshots, mobile pics, YouTube / Hulu videos and sounds on Twitter

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Reeltimetweets

Reeltimetweets collects all movie Tweets from Twitter and classifies them as good or bad opinions. People can get an instant rating for that movie as soon as its releases based on real peoples thoughts.

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fflick

fflick is an instant movie review system based on Twitter. You can check out what you and your friends have been saying about movies.

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TweetReel

Tweet Reel lets you shoot pictures and video on your iPhone, upload them to TweetReel.com, and share them on Twitter!

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With such an amazing and good quality twitter video apps available to you, world has really come closer. You can share with us your own thoughts and comments regarding all such video apps. You may come across some amazing video apps from Twitter. Let us know as we welcome all suggestions and comments.

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