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Learn about personal branding from the Brandapalooza panel

January 14, 2011 by Joe Hackman 8 Comments

What is personal branding and why might it be important if not essential to you and your success?

Our panel: Amber Osbourne a.k.a. @missdestructo, Olivier Blanchard a.k.a. @thebrandbuilder and Mitch Neff @mitchneff will be discussing building personal brands in Social Media next Wednesday on my Brandapalooza Blog Talk Radio show. All three of these individuals have built strong online personal brands. The discussion will bring to bear a tremendous amount of knowledge about building your personal brand in Social Media.

Is there anything you’d like me to ask the panel? Leave your questions in the comment section below or via Twitter.

Image: Stefano Principato

Thumbnail tips and tricks for posts with embedded video (Video)

January 12, 2011 by Joe Hackman 21 Comments

I was writing a post about the importance of including images in posts with embedded video’s recently and discovered a great little “hack” to hide said images so that only the thumbnail would show up when shared. This post is the result of that discovery, it solved a long standing issue that I had with video only posts. If you also had come across this issue the video tutorial in particular will be very valuable. There is actually a hidden image immediately after this paragraph, view the page source if you want to see it or watch the video to see how it was done.

The problem with embedded video posts

Posts with only embedded video and no pictures do not display as nicely when shared on Facebook, Linked In and other similar sites. For example, when I share a post without an actual image included, these are my thumbnail choices:

None of these are appropriate in most cases as they do not represent what I am posting about. The thumbnail should represent what the post is about, here is a good example:

In the example above the image represents the 2 Year Anniversary of Waxing Unlyrical (Shonali – that’s 3 days in a row, inside joke sorry readers). With the two candles you really get the gist of what the post is about before reading it, the image ties in perfectly with the title and what the post is about. The example above is clean and professional.

The solution is simple – an appropriate but hidden image, this video will show you how you do it:

Bring more readers to your blog with the LiveFyre comment system

January 11, 2011 by Joe Hackman 72 Comments

In my recent post about tagging people on Facebook there was a robust discussion that occurred that was largely not related to the post but was actually centered around the Livefyre comment system itself. In this video I explain how and why that occurred and how you can use the system to bring more readers to your blog.

What comment system do you prefer and why?

Facebook Tips – Tagging best practices and etiquette (Video)

January 10, 2011 by Joe Hackman 45 Comments

I recorded this video to show people how to use the relatively simple tagging function on Facebook. I also explain more in depth in the video some of the etiquette involved with tagging people and pages. This is a great introduction to the feature if you are unsure how to use it or are looking for a starting point on etiquette.

What would you like to see?

Do you have any Facebook related topics that you’d like to see a video of? Please let me know and I will try to include it in this series.

Mentioned in this video/post @Lifehacker and @Shonali

Episode summary Interview the Interviewer Episode 1 – Adriel Hampton (Podcast)

January 6, 2011 by Joe Hackman 2 Comments

This is a new monthly feature on my podcast where I will be interviewing “interviewers” in this case Gov2.0 Podcast host Adriel Hampton. Adriel is a passionate advocate for harnessing emerging technologies to make government more effective, collaborative and transparent. He is an early Gov 2.0 adopter and co-founded the popular public interest podcast Gov 2.0 Radio. In addition to producing the weekly show, Adriel is a community leader at GovLoop.com, the social network for government, and group manager for the LinkedIn Gov 2.0 group and its more than 4,500 members. Since 2005, Adriel has worked as an investigator for the San Francisco City Attorney’s Office, and he began his career as an editor, designer and writer for several San Francisco Bay Area daily newspapers. In 2009, he ran a grassroots campaign for U.S. Congress.

Highlights

What can you expect by listening to this podcast?:

Insights from one of the top people in the Gov 2.0 Space
Twitter and Social media tips
Where Adriel finds time to Tweet (hint – he commutes on public transit)
Some social media book opinions
Social media in relation to political campaigns (Adriel ran for Congress in 2009)

Listen to Interview the Interviewer Episode #1:

[audio:http://www.blogtalkradio.com/joehackman/2010/12/30/interview-the-interviewer-episode-1–adriel-hampto.mp3?localembed=download]

Adriel Quotables:

Regarding his 2009 campaign for Congress

“I got more Twitter followers than I got votes.“

Defining Gov 2.0

“Basically Gov 2.0 is the use of Web 2.0 tools and principles in government.“

On the disconnect between government and citizens

“We are the government, it doesn’t matter if you work for government or are a tax payer, or an immigrant to the country. Everybody makes up a democratic governance structure.“

Find Adriel Hampton online

On Twitter @adrielhampton
His blog adrielhampton.com

Listeners, who should I interview next?