Comments on: How to Create Your Own Killer Platform (Without Relying on Twitter)

By: Feeling Scattered? You Might Be Feeling the Pressure to Publish

Feeling Scattered? You Might Be Feeling the Pressure to Publish — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 15:44:08 +0000

[...] of this pressure to create more and more on platforms that aren’t my own, I find myself doing the opposite and publishing less across the board. My Twitter account has [...]

By: esperanza

esperanza — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 01:20:29 +0000

hi thanks for this info. Can anyone recommend the cheapest option for having a domain name of my own? ive tried google it up and theres too many want to charge too much. im on a small budget and prefer to pay yearly not minthly, and a cheap price. ta

By: travesti

travesti — Sat, 08 May 2010 06:33:33 +0000

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By: ralph

ralph — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:16:07 +0000

I agree with you on why people should not put all of their eggs in one social media. Having your own site or blog is the best way to go.

By: ralph

ralph — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:16:07 +0000

I agree with you on why people should not put all of their eggs in one social media. Having your own site or blog is the best way to go.

By: alan jones

alan jones — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:59:24 +0000

Definitely! Diversification is the best way to go in almost everything. Diversify, evolve, repeat.

By: Glen Stansberry

Glen Stansberry — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:02:38 +0000

No, those are some excellent points. I agree, I get *TONS* of value out of Twitter and Facebook. It's not all about building an online brand. They can enrich your life too.

I'm just not a fan of the eggs-in-one-basket approach. Just like financial advice, diversify your portfolio :)

By: alan jones

alan jones — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:25:55 +0000

I agree it's necessary to make sure you don't spend too much time on social media.

But it's also important to remember that we don't have one way relationships Twitter, Facebook, FriendFeed, et al. It seems like perhaps you haven't accounted for the value of that in your model.

If we're using them right, those communities give us back all we donate and more, in the form of entertainment, richer relationships, advice and recommendations.

If you enter any of these communities with "building an online brand" as your sole goal, you will gradually have to invest more and more time in keeping your relationships alive and replacing lost relationships.

That's because people will only keep investing in their relationship with you if you are real, and only if you are prepared to give in equal proportion to what you get.

By: Annabel Candy

Annabel Candy — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:10:29 +0000

Great points. I'd recommend to people who are thinking about setting up a blog or website not to bother dabbling by hosting it with wordpress or typepad as an experiment to see how it goes.

If you're going to try something online you need to show you're serious by having your own domain name. I started out with wordpress then when I changed to my own domain name I wasted a lot of time and lost many followers because of it.

Twitter's great for tweeting but the rest is up to you!