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Sep 02  10
Apple Social Networking Software1 Comment

Facebook is considered by many to have some structural issues that can cause privacy problems. And that’s putting it as mildly and as kindly as possible. Apple have a massive user base installed in iTunes. Many of those users have happily given Apple their credit card details in order to make their iTunes experience easier. [...]

Is Ping the sound that Apple makes as it starts to turn evil?

Aug 02  10
Blogging Social Networking Traffic1 Comment

When I began Modern Super Momma, I knew exactly who my audience was…no one. Tempting as it was to send a blanket invite to all readers (friends and family) of my personal, limited-access baby blog, I needed (a) moms (b) who would read a blog (c) that could handle my trucker’s vocabulary. This is a [...]

Blogging – Obtaining (and Keeping) an Audience

Jun 17  09
Social Networking9 Comments

Yesterday Myspace made 30% of it’s employees redundant. And, whilst I sympathize with those employees who are now wandering around employment websites, desperately trying find a job, this day had to come. There is no getting away from the fact that Myspace is over. And it’s been over for a long time. Unfortunately for the [...]

Is this the beginning of the end for Myspace?

Mar 30  09
Blogging Giveaways Money4 Comments

It’s a badly kept secret that I am available for blog consultancy. The reason I try to keep my consultancy services reasonably quiet is that my clients often don’t like the advice I give them, even though I suspect they know, deep down, that I am right. My ongoing micropatronage project is a roaring success. [...]

The fine line between blogging advice and dogma

Apr 14  08
Social Networking8 Comments

Everyone is on Facebook. Or so it seems. Its meteoric rise in popularity has been met by an equally meteoric fall in its usefulness. Facebook is overcrowded and is fast becoming the new myspace. A total and utter waste of everyones time. If you search for yourself on Facebook you will almost certainly run into [...]

Stand out from the crowd on Facebook with this killer punch