Comments on: Practical Tips for Targeting Social Media Users AND Satisfying Your Readers

By: Internet Marketing | Steve Renner

Internet Marketing | Steve Renner — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:18:13 +0000

Thanks for the article. Potential problem four caught my attention. You want to appeal to your niche but I see where someone could make mistakes.

Steve

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By: Steven Snell

Steven Snell — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:22:49 +0000

Yeah, it’s a great post that a lot of people could benefit from.

By: Adam

Adam — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:57:23 +0000

The mullet peaks its funky little head in there again…that post just keeps appearing again again.

By: Steven Snell

Steven Snell — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:04:50 +0000

Graham,
Niche social media sites our great if your content is well targeted to the audience. I like Sphinn although I’m not the most active user. Definitely check it out.

Beau,
You’re right. A lot of us blame social media when it doesn’t produce traffic rather than taking the time to learn more and create better content.

Matt,
Yeah, sometimes it’s hard to know where the line is and what subscribers will appreciate.

By: Matthew Griffin

Matthew Griffin — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:06:27 +0000

Great article. It’s a very delicate balance producing content that will satisfy readers and still be successful on social media site. Thanks, Steven.

By: TzuVelli

TzuVelli — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 15:16:19 +0000

I think the most difficult part of targeting social media is learning how to focus your content for a specific audience and truly knowing which audience you are targeting.

I hear people complain that their content does not do well on Digg or another site. They tend to blaim Digg users. But, in reality they are not targeting the correct social media site, the correct audience.

Obtaining balance between content targeting social sites and your subscribers is a fine balance. IMHO to be able to walk that thin line a blogger needs to understand the focus of their blog. And stay true to that focus. Be honest with yourself about why you created an article and be realistic about your expectations.

Beau Hooks

By: Graham Smith

Graham Smith — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 08:53:07 +0000

Morning,
Been learning alot about Niche and how it applies to me. More than I gave it credit for I think.

Had no idea what Sphinn was up and till now, brain overloaded with similar ‘rating’ sites, don’t know what’s what.

But after reading your little write-up on it am thinking this is maybe right up my alley. So will get signed up soon and check it out, amongst many other things to check out.

Crumbs, how do people fine the time, being pulled every which way, must be really hard to not allow yourself to become utterly disjointed both mentally, emotionally, and physically. :0)

I’m just struggling to concentrate on StumbleUpon, let alone anything else.

ImJustCreative.com