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Social Brand Visibility

Top Reasons to Blog, by Basil C. Puglisi

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            1)You already do it every day….

            When you learn about something, develop an opinion, share information, you are already blogging, you just haven’t taken the time to write it down or share it, why?

            2) Stress Release

            They say when something bothers you can count to ten or write down what’s bothering you. *note in this case, choosing not to publish may be a good idea, but that’s up to you.

            3) Education is a global responsibility

            The internet is full of so-called experts, if people who really know about a topic do not get on and share it, then others will be mislead by others. Wiki is a great example of this.

            4) Visibility

            The blog is a way to get your name and skills out there. Looking for that next great career move? Want to run for public office? The blog is a  simple way to share what you know and how you are qualified.

            5) Optimization

            Have a website? Blogs are the perfect tool to share information, display your website and drive traffic to your business, campaign or whatever.

Social Brand Visibility: SimPy

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Launched in 2004, Simpy is a web-based personal and social bookmarking service. It used tag clouds to bookmark and recall your favorite places, it’s most advanced feature was the ability to share or keep prive the bookmarks. While others were drawn to the ability to save, tag and search free text notes. The pages ran RSS feeds and bolstered an impressive search tool. It allowed users to work in groups and even develop watch lists a feature coveted by bloggers.

Recently:

The service was acquired by Reuters and ceased operation as a social bookmarking site in April of that year. It now serves as a forwarding link to news stories covered by Reuters.

Social Brand Visibility: Propeller

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A Social Bookmarking Service, Propeller was born of Netscape. A design Similar to Digg it allowed users to vote, via bookmarking on stories and sites that visitors found useful.

In 2007 AOL bought the bookmarking site and did the rebrand for Propeller, unfortunately it did not propel as far as they had hoped. By 2009 the site traffic had slowed to a crawl and it took as little as 15 votes to get to the top of the page.

It is unlikely likely that the Social Site will make it into 2011, however there can be no doubt that this grandfather of Social Media will remain in the digital history books next to Netscape, once the most powerful web browser.

UpDate:

“Note to all users: As of October 1, 2010, Propeller will no longer be active. To the loyal users of the site, we extend our thanks. Keep talking about the news that matters most to you and sharing it with your friends both online and off. – Team Propeller”