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Archives for August 2011

What I Learned From Not Watching The Blues Brothers

August 31, 2011 by Margie Clayman 18 Comments

Well, here we are. The last post of this August series. And I’m setting up to deliver some hard lessons I learned. Kind of mean, huh?

The thing is, this post appeared very differently in my head when Nancy Davis first gave me the idea. She simply said, “Can you do a post about how the Blues Brothers movie ties into Social Media?” I thought it was a gimme. A fun post that I would enjoy writing and that hopefully you would enjoy reading (Ideally). A few days ago I started thinking about it. What angle exactly would I take? What facets of the movie would I use?

Then I realized a fundamental problem. Although I am entirely familiar with the concept of this film, I have never actually sat down and watched the whole thing. I don’t actually know it well enough to write the kind of post Nancy wanted.

Uhoh.

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You blog because…

August 30, 2011 by Margie Clayman 17 Comments

Daria Giron posed a great question for my August series (or should I say OUR August series). She wanted to know my take on why we blog.

I’ve been thinking about this question for the whole month. And you know what? I still don’t have a great answer. I can tell you some of the reasons that I blog, but it would not be a comprehensive list. So I’ll tell you some of those things, but then you fill in the blank too.

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Change is in the air

August 29, 2011 by Margie Clayman 17 Comments

My friend Janice, who I was going to post an interview with as part of the August series, has been waylaid by some personal issues, so I have a spare spot here on the calendar. As it happens, I have some news items that will fit here just splendidly 🙂

As some of you may have heard, this weekend I officially stepped into the position of community manager at www.12most.com, a fantastic blog site that I’ve had the opportunity to guest post for over the last few months. Now, this is not a new job. I am still very much the Director of Client Development at Clayman Advertising. This is a very involved hobby!

Because I can’t seem to get the powers that be to work with me in adding more hours to the day, though, something does have to give as I take on this massive new responsibility. The answer seemed pretty clear – my blogging is going to have to slow down a bit. I will be working full throttle to promote other peoples’ posts and my blogging will become a second priority.

Starting next week, September 5, I’m going to be posting Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings here on my site. I’ll be inviting guest posters to join me on Tuesday and Thursdays so you can still have fun things to read here every week. Weekends will be a bit of a grab bag.

I am going to continue my work on The Blog Library as well, which goes right along with the “promoting other peoples’ content” thang I have going on here.

Otherwise, everything is exactly the same! I have not told my television about these developments yet so please do not scare it. I am telling it that we will still bond a semi-regular basis.

Any questions? Concerns? Let me know!

Image by Jaime Bárcena. http://www.sxc.hu/profile/actraiser

Filed Under: Musings

Your Favorite Social Media Platform

August 28, 2011 by Margie Clayman 21 Comments

My friend Andrea Donahue got to know me back during my Livejournal.com days, when my blog was really more a diary that people could respond to (so scary). Back then, very few people used their real names or pictures online, which afforded a kind of freedom that is a lot harder to gain in this era of real names and face…book.

Of course, back when I was using Livejournal, I wasn’t doing too much else online. I had a MySpace account but I never really got totally addicted to it. I tested out Friendster and Orkut and they were okay.

Now of course, the story is entirely different. It is Livejournal that has petered out for me, and in its stead is this site, Twitter, Facebook, and even Google Plus. All of that inspired Andrea to ask me what of all of those platforms was my favorite and why. Maybe it’s because I have the kind of lag that can only come after a great vacation, but my gut reaction is, “Uh…all of them?” Since that is entirely not helpful, I thought I would give you some of my pros and cons on the different portions of the online world. Maybe doing that will help me rank these properly!

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Breaking Through the Blogosphere

August 27, 2011 by Margie Clayman 25 Comments

Moxie Reviews wanted me to write a post about how a person new to blogging can break through and start to get heard in the online world.

You’ll think I’m pulling your leg, but factually – I can’t really answer this question. It’s not that I don’t have ideas on how I can increase how I get heard. It’s not that I can’t remember how I got from my very first blog post to where I am now (wherever that is). But the truth is that this journey is different for everybody. Everyone has to figure it out based on their own objectives, their own goals, and all of that jazz.

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my dinner with Abe, Eleanor, Martin, and Elizabeth

August 26, 2011 by Margie Clayman 4 Comments

So the other night, per Brandon Duncan’s idea, I decided to invite four of my favorite historical figures over for dinner. I cooked a really lovely feast for Abraham Lincoln, Eleanor Roosevelt, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Queen Elizabeth I. Then I showed them this social media stuff to see what they thought about it.

Why are you looking at me like that? Doesn’t this happen to everyone?

Well, anywho, I captured some of our conversation, and I thought I would share it with you here.

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