Comments on: I’ve Retired From Social Networking

By: connor@UB Funkeys

connor@UB Funkeys — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:13:13 +0000

There are so many new things like Twitter taking up our time it is a wonder anyone gets anything done! connors last blog post..U.B. Funkeys - Vroom

By: olly@Computer Parts

olly@Computer Parts — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:11:59 +0000

Am I missing something with the whole social networking thing? Facebook was fun for a while when you get added by someone you forgot existed but usually you have no further contact than this - coupled by the fact you get a million requested to join a food fight or get eaten by a zombie?

What is that about? And how on earth can this be good for link building for SEO?

By: Alex@gadgets

Alex@gadgets — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:16:39 +0000

Interesting - somebody asked me a similar question yesterday - which network would you choose if you could have only one. I said Twitter, partially because its simple. It works too and its basically blogging.

Most of the social networking is about teens - but who cares? If you are in the teen market go for it. If not - like most of us, the majority of it can be safely ignored. Remember forums? They were web 2.0 before web 1.0 !

Each of us needs a proper marketing plan. Blog commenting in blogs I like in in Internet Marketing is part of my plan.

As the saying goes -if you fail to plan you plan to fail.

And there’s a place for recreational networking too. But as you say Monika - it can go too far. Jack Humphries recently pointed out a YouTube video about misusing twitter http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALbH63Ali9U and there’s plenty of of overuse elsewhere too.

Sounds like I am coming to a conclusion of everything in moderation!

Alex

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By: Proxy

Proxy — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:19:16 +0000

Social sites became so popular and as a result everyone tried to jump on the bandwagon and create their own version. The last I checked I was registered with 15 different sites which I would class as “social” and to be honest I rarely check one a day. If I were to spend any serious time on them I just wouldn’t have time for anything else.

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By: Monika Mundell

Monika Mundell — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:26:15 +0000

@ Thaya: I really like your social importer idea. I think this is a great hint for developers since it will no doubt be a popular solution if it ever became available.
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By: Monika Mundell

Monika Mundell — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:24:33 +0000

@ Sarika @ Barbara: Thank you for sharing your own feelings with me in regards to social networking. I admit I also loved the idea of Twitter, but found myself spending an hour a day at least following the conversations.

To be honest, I rather build my business in that time since my Twitter friends won’t pay my bills for me.

Monika Mundells last blog post..Copywriting - The 10 Magic Words

By: Monika Mundell

Monika Mundell — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:18:41 +0000

@ Thaya: Thank you for taking the time to stop by from the reader. I guess I’m just getting tired with all the new social networking sites that keep popping up.

The biggest trouble I have seen is that most people run to sign up and I’m left to follow to keep building a community. I find this too time consuming and wish there were ways to incorporate all these sites into one, allowing us to merge them while still communicate without login in here, there and everywhere.

Although having said this, it still is way too time consuming to spend hours every day checking my messages in all the different profiles, let alone Twitter my way around the world.

Monika Mundells last blog post..Copywriting - The 10 Magic Words

By: Clive

Clive — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:42:38 +0000

Hi, I too have found Facebook has got out of hand, my account is full of people I don’t know - what happened? ISo picked the people I want to network with most ( kept it to under a dozen) and set up our own, invite only- password protected, Ning.com site. seems to be working OK so far, at least it’s manageable.

By: TheSpot-er

TheSpot-er — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:48:57 +0000

I actually love this post - cause now I know how Monika feels and it brought a few people from reader to blog, just like you

Cheers

By: Thaya Kareeson@web development

Thaya Kareeson@web development — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:45:00 +0000

From the feed reader I could not tell that Monika wrote this post. But after reading it, I thought, “Hey, that’s not the Alex I know.” So I figured that it wasn’t you writing it. Maybe there’s a way to prepend something to the article saying something like, “This is a guest post from Monika Mundell. Monika writes about at .” I problogger doing it and it works quite well.