Comments on: Maximizing the Impact

By: Paula

Paula — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 16:14:14 +0000

With Twitter I don't want to become one of those narcissistic attention mongers only posting links to my articles, so commenting on other people's tweets about my articles seems like more of a Paula-type approach.

B-i-l's film in question is Chicago Heights: http://923films.com/923Films/Chicago_Heights.html

By: Lori

Lori — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 13:06:03 +0000

Sam, great idea on the specialized groups. It does help. I've found interview subjects through a few LinkedIn groups. And thanks for wishing my daughter luck. She's a go-getter. I'm sure she'll find a good job soon. And yes, spending time with her is great. :)

Paula, that's great use of Twitter! Thanks for the ideas. Fingers crossed for the BIL's movie - give us the title again!

Kathy, love using Google Alerts! I love how you're using it - sending ideas to editors. Brilliant!

The blog is through a network of blogs, but we're encouraged to link to our own if we have them. I link to here at the moment, but once I get a blog up and running on the auto side, I'll link to it.

By: Irreverent Freelancer

Irreverent Freelancer — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 21:54:43 +0000

Your productivity makes me tired just reading about it. LOL I'm glad to see you doing so well. I set up Google Alerts for some of my ongoing clients. It's particularly effective with clients who have a hard time coming up with newsworthy ideas/angles for articles and press releases. When something juicy shows up in my inbox, I can email them with an idea, which results in more work than I'd get if I depended on them coming to me. I highly recommend it.

I'm not really into promoting myself or my clients via social networking, so I'm interested to hear more about your new auto-related gig and how it all works out for you. Congratulations by the way!

By: Paula

Paula — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 19:24:09 +0000

A couple weeks ago I had a rush assignment for Favorite Editor. She mentioned the big boss of the guy I interviewed was known for being a big-time tweeter, and they sent him the layout ahead of time to encourage him to start tweeting.

After years of avoiding Twitter, I finally joined about two weeks ago.(I'm P_Hendrickson there if anyone is bored enough to follow me - I read more than tweet.) I found my interviewee's Twitter page and found one of his followers had seen my article and Tweeted about the fabulous 6-page spread. I was able to tweet thanks back and forth with the interviewee. My editor was thrilled.

A week later I read Rodger Ebert's tweet about his list of Top Art Films of 2010 and saw my b-i-l's film on the list. I tweeted about that. Maybe the b-i-l will "hire" me as his one-person production company's official Twit.

By: whatlittlethings

whatlittlethings — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 18:30:48 +0000

I find that niche communities help you build a presence and network. You can link up with others through LinkedIn group or forums, for example.

As for tweeting, I've set up my tweets so that they go directly to my FaceBook as well. I try to only tweet once or twice a day to not overload followers. =P But I'm sure each person has their own individual balance.

Luck to your daughter! =) You must be happy you can spend more time with her! =)

By: Lori

Lori — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 18:12:32 +0000

And here's another way to maximize the impact of your words – try actually POSTING your blog entry under the right date stamp. Ugh! Sorry, folks. This was supposed to go up this morning, not this afternoon.