My Life With IT

These days, social networking sites are sprouting up on the net everyday. There’s no way to be able to join all of them and still keep track. Essential Keystrokes has given some food for thought on social media. One of the points caught my eye, “Don’t spread yourself too thin!”. True. I have too many accounts to worry and just adding the codes to show that I’m part of those accounts is simply too much on a blog. It clutters up the blog.

Joining the social media does not guarantee a high traffic everyday. It just brings new visitors for that one time, perhaps you’ll see a peak on that day you joined but they won’t continue to come or add your blog feed if you’re not creative or interesting enough to keep their interest in reading your past and future posts. Check out Pick The Brain on the secrets to creativity. It may just help you on adding subscribers to your feeds.

Another tip is writing your own style and attract readers.

Somebody, somewhere, is sharing the same knowledge you are, and odds are they’ve been doing it longer and have more authority.

Ouch. Being new doesn’t help, does it? However, it is never wise to just pull the information (claim it your own) from one blog to your own without being accused of stealing information. It’s called plagism and you don’t want to be infamous because of it. It ain’t worth it.

Involvement in social networking and bookmarking takes up your time. But how involved can you be? Problogger here has some reflections and thoughts about it. I haven’t been very involved in some of the networks I’ve joined. Perhaps during the initial “high” of joining them and discovering new blogs and others who enjoy reading the same blogs as me.

Finally, check out Go 2 Web 2.0. I like the candy logos or whatever they are called. They look cool. Wonder if I will be able to design one that’s suitable. Any tips?