Good post, may I quote you as a source in the Social Media Directory 2009?

I use Ping.fm to coordinate my social media. Currently, I’m using it to update Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Multiply, Diigo, MySpace and a few others.

It offers a long list of services to update, and yes, they are adding to that list. There is also a new toolbar for Ping that makes signing in and update a lot easier. The list of tools and applications Ping offers is good, too.

I haven’t run into any glitches or difficulties with Ping. But there is one element I would really like to see added.

Right now, Ping is a one-way street. You can send updates, but you can’t track updates from any of the social media. I’m thinking about something similar to TweetDeck – an application that would let you choose which services to show updates from.

That would be a dynamite addition.

Thanks for your post, Jenny. And I really will use some of it in the new directory.

Sincerely,
Conrad Hall

To answer your question about overlapping contacts and status updates, I think it depends on what you feel comfortable with. I use status updates in LinkedIn a little differently than I use Facebook status updates. So while I might include a link to one of my blog posts in both, I also tend to update my Facebook status with more personal information throughout the day.

There is another similar application called Ping.fm, which I have yet to test. So that might be another option for you as well.

Thanks for visiting!

Great post! I’m definitely going to check out the hellotxt tool. I also update my status on multiple platforms and find it rather time-consuming. That being said, if your contacts on the different platforms overlap at all, won’t they see the identical status updates as being status spam? Might they take you less seriously if your status is exactly the same on each platform, or is it not really an important issue?

And if any of you use another Web 2.0 application that really helps you get your work done more efficiently, I’d love to hear about it!

Thanks for stopping by! I agree that social media marketing does take time, and so does keeping up with your peers.

I have found, though, that if you also tend to update your status lines in these various social media applications to update your peers on what you’re up to work-wise that programs like hellotxt offer a way to do this much more quickly than logging into each program separately. With hellotxt and other similar programs, it literally takes seconds to update your status lines across multiple social media programs. For me, the program has proven to be quite a time-saver.

Thanks again for dropping by Lars!

-Jenny

For social media marketing to be effective, time is exactly what you have to invest in them. You have to keep up with your peers; share, discuss, inspire and engange – not just put some status updates in there from time to time..

If you are looking for effectiveness, I believe Twitter is the right thing. The platform levels the playing field and puts everyone back on equal footing; it enables regulars, like me and you, to be heard – despite the long payrolls, SEO-budgets etc. of Huffpost, NyT and others..