Man what a day!!! Over the past 12 hours i’ve read a dozen posts on “Twitter vs Friendfeed” and “Everyone is leaving Twitter” blah blah blah.

FriendFeed enables you to keep up-to-date on the web pages, photos, videos and music that your friends and family are sharing. It offers a unique way to discover and discuss information among friends.

It’s interesting cause a lot of people have been chatting about Friendfeed over the last week. Michael Arrington from Techcrunch wrote about it, iJustine who is the Internet wrote about it, TechTicker wrote about it, & several other posts & “influencers” in the Social Media world have talked about it. Jeremiah Owyang who is a Sr. Analyst at Forrester Research also wrote about that actually inspired me to write this post & do the Video below (more about his post below).

Techcrunch talks about how much more interesting the conversations are on FriendFeed vs Twitter (which to me are a HUGE part of Social Media), iJustine is talking about “who will go mainstream first - Twitter or Friendfeed” and “asks does it really matter”, and a few others are chiming in.

Check out my thoughts on this 8 Minute video on FriendFeed:

Its very interesting because with Social Media, things change so fast so you can’t focus on the “Social Technologies” but focus on the “Social Touch” side of things, the people, the conversations, the relationships, then figure out which technologies would best fit you.

There’s so many technologies out there and guess what, you don’t have to be on all of them to succeed in Social Media Marketing. I promise.

Listen, I LOVE Twitter, it’s really helped my business & I’ve made some tremendous advancements in my business just become of the little tool. This is NOT about who’s better. Twitter sure has been having some issues over the last few weeks & some of the functionality has been taken away for periods of time, etc. That’s inconvenient for the folks that spend 8 hours a day on Twitter. LOL

Not only is FriendFeed a GREAT solution for when Twitter is down, I think the concept and what FriendFeed is up to is pretty outstanding. They just “get it.”

So back to Jeremiah’s post about the “Herding Behavior on FriendFeed.” A couple more folks who are at Forrester (Charlene Lie & Josh Bernoff) wrote a book called “Groundswell - Winning in a transformed by social technologies” that talks about what Jeremiah referred today in his post. He talked about the Social “Technographics” which is a tool to allow people in business to examine and then create strategies based on the groundswell tendencies of any group of people.

The Social Technographics ladder represents a group of consumers more involved in the groundswell than the previous steps. Take a look at the image below:

Jeremiah says that…“aaside from aggregating content (you can see all my tweets, flickr, digg, upcoming, blogs on one stream) you yourself can be a creator, critic, collector, joiner, or spectator.”

It’s too soon to see who will go mainstream first, and if FriendFeed will do what Facebook did to Myspace, or predict any of those type of things, the one thing that is for sure is that FriendFeed’s concept is RIGHT ON. I think this is where social media is going as having all these tools, sites, etc in one place makes it easier to:

• be more productive (not having to login to 20 different sites)
• monitor you or your brand
• research & staying ahead of the pulse

Who’s to say that Twitter or FriendFeed won’t go under tomorrow, that’s irrelevant, the point is that FriendFeed is onto something with their concept and if the influencers are attracted to it, there’s definitely something to say about it.

Over the next week or so I’m going to be playing with it & will write about my thoughts about it.

What are YOUR thoughts about FriendFeed so far?

Please make sure to also leave your FriendFeed URL.

I’ll start http://FriendFeed.com/successfool

You’ll also wanna make sure to add my good buddy Maria Reyes-McDavis the WebSuccessDiva here: http://friendfeed.com/websuccessdiva

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Image source, Forrester and FriendFeed, screenshot taken by me

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To wrap up this weeks Twinterviews, I interviewed Book Marketing Genius, Warren Whitlock. Warren has been a very successful marketer for a very long time, so the value you he provides in this interview did not shock me.

Warren really hit it on the nail when he said that Twitter is all about “listening” to the conversations and seeing how you can provide value, an answer or a solution to someone. He was referring to a great post on the “Secret to Twitter” by Robert Scoble found here.

Warren has over 1,200 people following him on Twitter and in this interview he share’s how you can use Twitter to your advantage as well! Him and @CoachDeb are coming up with a Twitter Handbook at the end of May so make sure to check it out!

Follow him here: @WarrenWhitelock

Thanks so much for the great insights to Twitter Warren!

 

 Twitter Interview with Warren Whitlock: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

If you haven’t met Anthony Blake, you must. There’s a lot of marketers out there that “try” to be someone they’re not, try and cause controversy for no apparent reason, but Tony Blake is authentic as they come. He might curse, he might make you mad, call you out, or even make a video about you, but the guy when it comes to marketing, knows what he’s talking about.

In this interview, Tony shares what he’s been using Twitter for and why you need to start paying attention to the “tech” world folks! There’s a lot of good tips in there on marketing as well.

Make sure to check Tony out at The Blake Forum and also on Twitter here: http://twitter.com/tonyblakelive

Thanks Tony!

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 Twitter Interview Tony Blake: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

This is a great interview with blog consultant, Remarkablogger Michael Martine.

I love this interview because I learned the importance of being “remarkable” on Twitter, provide value to the conversation, it’s going to pay huge dividends.

There’s too many on Twitter that are trying to take, take take, but not give.  If you are willing to give and set yourself up as someone that is remarkable, then Twitter is for you.  If not, good luck.

Make sure to download Michael’s ‘82′ page ebook on “How to Start a Business Blog” and follow him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/remarkablogger.

Thanks so much Michael for some awesome information!

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 Twitter Interview with Michael Martine: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

I hope you’re enjoying these Twitter Interviews as much as I am.  There’s a lot of great ideas from folks that have been using it to network, to grow their business, market research etc, but the Internet Marketing Sweetie’s, Alice Seba’s laid back approach is definitely something that you need to hear about.

I think that if more people go on Twitter with a much more casual approach then trying to be the person that wants to get followed by everyone, you’re going to see better results.

Alice Seba has been marketig full time on the internet since 2002 and her “sweet” or nice approach to Internet Marketing has definitely paid of.  Make sure to check out the Internet Marketing Sweetie today with tons of great information and insights of how to do marketing the right way.

Thanks Alice!

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 Alice Seba Twitter Interview: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Justin Brooke IS the guy that has taught me almost everything I know about Social Marketing.  He helped with a ton of the ideas for Successfool and is just an all around great guy.

Justin was one of the folks that got me using Twitter and has given me tons of ideas on how to use it.

In this interview, Justin discusses:
- How in 7 minutes a day you can use Twitter to your benfit
- How he connected to one of the TOP entrepreneurs in the world
- The decline of Email Marketing
- Social benefits of communication on Twitter
- How he was able to grow his Internet TV Show utilizing Twitters
- How he’s been able to support his customers a lot easier

It’s a cool interview of someone that is making it happen folks!  Thanks JB.

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 Justin Brooke Interview on Twitter: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Here’s a quick 15 minute interview with social media expert Sherman Hu as he processes his thoughts on Twitter and how everyone needs to look at potentially adding it to their arsenal of marketing weapons!

I’ve been following Sherman for a while now and have always wanted to meet him. In a matter of a few messages back and forth on Twitter, not only have I been able to connect with him there, but also have the opportunity to interview him as he processes his thoughts on Twitter.

You’ll hear some valuable information on how you can start using Twitter today for your internet business.

Sherman discusses:
- Competative Analysis Advantages
- Market Research - find out what people are talking about in your target market
- Why adding value to other people’s conversations (tweets) can build your brand add traffic to your site
- Connecting with other influential marketers
- How you can integrate Twitter to Facebook

Make sure you’re following him on Twitter @ twitter.com/shermanhu

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 Twitter Interview with Sherman Hu: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Hey folks, I told you in the What is Twitter? post that I was going to be interviewing some folks that are using Twitter to chime in and talk about why they’re using Twitter, what are some of the benefits they’re seeing so far, and how they’re using it.

Fortunately I had some Twitterer’s (or whatever they’re called) that were interested in discussing they’re experience with Twitter thus far.

The first interview is with Kevin Riley of Product Creation Labs. Kevin has a very cool story on Twitter about how he went an idea to creating a product in ONE week just by utilizing Twitter. Kevin shares the communication and networking benefits of Twitter and how it’s going to be around for a VERY long time.

Make sure to follow Kevin on Twitter here: twitter.com/kevinriley

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 Twitter Interview with Kevin Riley: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

What is Twitter?

I’m sure you’ve probably read a blog, received an instant messenger, got an invite or something that has to do with Twitter in the last couple months right? You’re also probably wondering, what the heck “Twitter” is and how in the world can anything like that benefit your marketing efforts or internet business blog.

Here’s my Twitter Account:  http://twitter.com/successfool

Well I was the same way. I joined Twitter last year sometime and never really did anything with it. I probably would have used it sooner, but I just didn’t understand it at the time. I didn’t get what it was about or anything. I guess I was preoccupied like a lot of people with other things.

Before I go on, let’s answer the question, “What is Twitter?”

According to Wikipedia, “Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that allows users to send “updates” (or “tweets”; text-based posts, up to 140 characters long) to the Twitter website, via short message service (e.g. on a cell phone), instant messaging, or a third-party application such as Twitterrific or Facebook.

So you can “update” or send “tweets” about anything. You can say good morning to the world, talk about your plans for the day, your travel plans, what you’re cooking, who you’re having lunch with, a blog post you just read or posted, who made you made, who bought you flowers, and end it with a “good night world.”

Twitter is like, Facebook meets, Blogging, meets instant messaging. It really rocks. So whether you wanna connect with old friends, meet new one’s, find out what’s going on in your industry, and learn a lot, Twitter is definitely for you. If you’re someone that doesn’t see the value in networking or market research, I’d probably advise you to stay under your rock and leave Twitter to the cool folks (jk).

My friend Coach Deb told me last week that I “needed” to be on Twitter and how she’s got a couple speaking engagements because of being on Twitter. I took her advice as she’s definitely an expert in social media, hopped on, started connecting with a few people, and started to get a bunch of emails saying, “Person’s Name is now following you on Twitter.” The moment that started to happen, I was hooked. So Twitter, had me at that first email.

So this week, I’m going to be discussing Twitter and how it can benefit you with your Internet Business or online efforts. I’m also going to be interviewing some folks that are on Twitter, why they’re using it? What has come about on it so far? And so on.

So are you on Twitter? What’s your URL? Why are YOU using it?

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