Comments on: Ranking Social Networking Sites: Which Ones Make the Cut? http://www.marketingzen.com/ranking-social-networking-sites-which-ones-make-the-cut/ Just another WordPress site Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:11:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Reg http://www.marketingzen.com/ranking-social-networking-sites-which-ones-make-the-cut/#comment-420 Reg Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:23:27 +0000 http://www.afterthelaunch.com/?p=200#comment-420 This is a nice break down on a very popular topic. In fact, Tori Deaux of MindTweaks and I just finished a series on social media and temperament. If you have time to look it over, I'd appreciate any feedback you would be willing to offer. Here is the link to the original article in the series. http://elementaltruths.com/2008/07/04/temperaments-and-social-media-guest-author-tori-deaux/ Thanks, Reg Adkins This is a nice break down on a very popular topic. In fact, Tori Deaux of MindTweaks and I just finished a series on social media and temperament. If you have time to look it over, I’d appreciate any feedback you would be willing to offer. Here is the link to the original article in the series.
http://elementaltruths.com/2008/07/04/temperaments-and-social-media-guest-author-tori-deaux/
Thanks,
Reg Adkins

]]> By: Jun Loayza http://www.marketingzen.com/ranking-social-networking-sites-which-ones-make-the-cut/#comment-421 Jun Loayza Sun, 13 Jul 2008 00:27:04 +0000 http://www.afterthelaunch.com/?p=200#comment-421 Hi Shama, I like the choice of social networks that you compared. They definitely are the biggest players and you provide some great core insight about the pros and cons of each one. I think that Myspace should get a 3 star because of the number of users it has and the demographic that it reaches. While Facebook reaches primarily the student market, Myspace reaches pretty much everyone else. Though the user-interface is no where near as clean as Facebook's, I would have to say that the sheer number of users allows it to reach Star-3 status :P Since we're both members of BC, I want to invite you to my FD Career private beta: http://FDcareer.com Code: junloayza FD Career is a website where you can research companies and contribute by adding your comments about companies. This is a very early private beta, so you'll most likely encounter a lot of bugs. Throughout the summer, we'll be releasing more features like the FD RPG and FD Answers. Would love it if you tried it out, added your contributions, and gave me your feedback. Thanks Shama! Look forward to hearing back from you. - Jun Hi Shama,

I like the choice of social networks that you compared. They definitely are the biggest players and you provide some great core insight about the pros and cons of each one. I think that Myspace should get a 3 star because of the number of users it has and the demographic that it reaches. While Facebook reaches primarily the student market, Myspace reaches pretty much everyone else. Though the user-interface is no where near as clean as Facebook’s, I would have to say that the sheer number of users allows it to reach Star-3 status :P

Since we’re both members of BC, I want to invite you to my FD Career private beta:

http://FDcareer.com
Code: junloayza

FD Career is a website where you can research companies and contribute by adding your comments about companies. This is a very early private beta, so you’ll most likely encounter a lot of bugs. Throughout the summer, we’ll be releasing more features like the FD RPG and FD Answers.

Would love it if you tried it out, added your contributions, and gave me your feedback.

Thanks Shama! Look forward to hearing back from you.

- Jun

]]> By: Jay Ehret http://www.marketingzen.com/ranking-social-networking-sites-which-ones-make-the-cut/#comment-424 Jay Ehret Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:43:33 +0000 http://www.afterthelaunch.com/?p=200#comment-424 Shama, I give LinkedIn a little more credit. The past week I've been involved in my LinkedIn project, contacting all Age of Conversation II authors and inviting them to my LinkedIn network. I have made several new personal communications, received a couple of blog links, and have some new possible business connections. In fact, I found your blog because you accepted my LinkedIn invitation. Thanks for the great analysis. Shama, I give LinkedIn a little more credit. The past week I’ve been involved in my LinkedIn project, contacting all Age of Conversation II authors and inviting them to my LinkedIn network.

I have made several new personal communications, received a couple of blog links, and have some new possible business connections. In fact, I found your blog because you accepted my LinkedIn invitation.

Thanks for the great analysis.

]]> By: Elizabeth Marshall http://www.marketingzen.com/ranking-social-networking-sites-which-ones-make-the-cut/#comment-422 Elizabeth Marshall Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:01:01 +0000 http://www.afterthelaunch.com/?p=200#comment-422 Shama, Great post! I tend to agree with your rankings. Here's my take: LinkedIn is a must have, but is not the place where entrepreneurs will get the most traction. Twitter was cool and useful..until it kept going down and experiencing so many technical issues. I haven't given up on it yet, but I am not going to invest more time until they fix the tech issues. MySpace - Too hard to maintain your professionalism and your brand. Unless you are a musician or a band that needs the youth to spread your message. Facebook - what can I say? It rocks! Seriously, I can document many examples of new connections, new opportunities and new clients that have resulted from the time I spend there. I give it 5 out of 4 stars. Keep up the great work! Elizabeth Shama,

Great post! I tend to agree with your rankings. Here’s my take:

LinkedIn is a must have, but is not the place where entrepreneurs will get the most traction.

Twitter was cool and useful..until it kept going down and experiencing so many technical issues. I haven’t given up on it yet, but I am not going to invest more time until they fix the tech issues.

MySpace – Too hard to maintain your professionalism and your brand. Unless you are a musician or a band that needs the youth to spread your message.

Facebook – what can I say? It rocks! Seriously, I can document many examples of new connections, new opportunities and new clients that have resulted from the time I spend there. I give it 5 out of 4 stars.

Keep up the great work!

Elizabeth

]]> By: Steve Munroe http://www.marketingzen.com/ranking-social-networking-sites-which-ones-make-the-cut/#comment-423 Steve Munroe Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:36:00 +0000 http://www.afterthelaunch.com/?p=200#comment-423 Nice summary of the most visible SN tools out there. I agree with your assessment of Linked-In, it's way to static. Twitter is ok, but it marketing value is questionable. With Summise (http://summize.com/) I wonder if there might not be an opportunity to slip in occasional thread related ads...? to increase it's marketing potential. Facebook is my SN tool of choice. it does have it's problems (i.e. the annoying add friend apps) but it does seem to be settling down onto an ok advertising strategy. The contextualised ads on the left, under the search and app list works fairly well. Regards, Steve @ http://www.worklifeinnovation.com/blog Nice summary of the most visible SN tools out there. I agree with your assessment of Linked-In, it’s way to static.

Twitter is ok, but it marketing value is questionable. With Summise (http://summize.com/) I wonder if there might not be an opportunity to slip in occasional thread related ads…? to increase it’s marketing potential.

Facebook is my SN tool of choice. it does have it’s problems (i.e. the annoying add friend apps) but it does seem to be settling down onto an ok advertising strategy. The contextualised ads on the left, under the search and app list works fairly well.

Regards,

Steve @ http://www.worklifeinnovation.com/blog

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