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I'll throw out there that the purpose of a status update is to: stimulate conversation...
If you can write a short note that gets awareness and attention (see attention economy), that's remarkable.
And, if by doing so, you create a conversation with members of your network, you continue to differentiate yourself.
There are two parts to this:
- write something worth conversing about
- syndicate that content to your social networks
I'll tackle #1 in a later post, but for now, want to share thoughts on #2.
I'm invested in Twitter, FB, Skype (home office line mostly), LinkedIn, and Plaxo.
As an MS employee (note: this blog is my personal opinion, not MS's), I live in Outlook (and frankly, I still think it is the best way to manage, sort, slice/dice contacts).
So at some point, I'm in Outlook each day.
- I use OutTwit as an Outlook add-in which updates my Twitter status directly from Outlook
- I use Twype (my home PC is almost always on) which syncs Twitter with my Skype status message
- From there, it's pretty straightforward:
- in Facebook, you can add the Twitter app and have your FB status reflect your Twitter message
- Tumblr is an aggregation service which pulls feeds from multiple areas (more on that later), but I have Twitter integrated into that
- The new Plaxo has a status update feature and you can integrate that with Twitter as well.
In the event I'm not at Outlook, I can go straight to Twitter website (or via txt) and update and presto...instant publication to multiple networks.
And, as a result, multiple opportunities for network contacts to respond to the conversation starter.
Next up...the Art of the Status Update.




Comments
David said on 9.18.2008 at 4:41 PM
Interesting article. Personally I love the flowchart - right up my alley. However, I signed up for Tumblr and I don't see any way to link up all the various feeds...help?
jeremy said on 9.18.2008 at 5:16 PM
look for the rss feeds into Tumblr. i think it is under settings
david said on 9.19.2008 at 1:45 PM
Customize --> Feeds tab. Thanks!