Comments on: It's the participation economy, stupid! http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/its-the-participation-economy-stupid.html Canada's Search and Social Media Authority Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:01:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Abdulrehman http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/its-the-participation-economy-stupid.html#comment-7218 Abdulrehman Wed, 04 Feb 2009 19:24:30 +0000 http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/its-the-participation-economy-stupid.html#comment-7218 I'm starting to think more of participating in my community because for my blog I hardly participated with blog posts in other bloggers in my niche, although I do follow-up with comments. Participation can attract great attention, and I think i need to take advantage of that! I'm starting to think more of participating in my community because for my blog I hardly participated with blog posts in other bloggers in my niche, although I do follow-up with comments. Participation can attract great attention, and I think i need to take advantage of that!

]]> By: Intellect Y’all » Blog Archive » Social media works for attention seekers http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/its-the-participation-economy-stupid.html#comment-4473 Intellect Y’all » Blog Archive » Social media works for attention seekers Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:07:25 +0000 http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/its-the-participation-economy-stupid.html#comment-4473 [...] to get their attention and participation is the how.  Or as Ruud’s other article puts it, It’s the participation economy, stupid!   Once you have attention you can do anything with it. You can influence, set the agenda, raise [...] [...] to get their attention and participation is the how.  Or as Ruud's other article puts it, It's the participation economy, stupid!   Once you have attention you can do anything with it. You can influence, set the agenda, raise [...]

]]> By: Trendthemen: Social Media Marketing & Wandel der Medien at About: Webciety http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/its-the-participation-economy-stupid.html#comment-4469 Trendthemen: Social Media Marketing & Wandel der Medien at About: Webciety Mon, 20 Oct 2008 08:57:23 +0000 http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/its-the-participation-economy-stupid.html#comment-4469 [...] Metrics for the Engagement Marketing” habe ich hierzu auch auf einen netten Beitrag von Ruud Hein und der “Flipside of the Attention Economy” [...] [...] Metrics for the Engagement Marketing" habe ich hierzu auch auf einen netten Beitrag von Ruud Hein und der "Flipside of the Attention Economy" [...]

]]> By: notizblog - Weblog der Social Web WORLD: Thoughts regarding Metrics for the Engagement Marketing http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/its-the-participation-economy-stupid.html#comment-3934 notizblog - Weblog der Social Web WORLD: Thoughts regarding Metrics for the Engagement Marketing Sun, 28 Sep 2008 12:25:32 +0000 http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/its-the-participation-economy-stupid.html#comment-3934 [...] a framework of measuring social media. This led me to some Google research and brought me to a posting of Jeff Quipp back in November last year - defining the participation approach as “f... - discussed by Michael H. Goldhaber. If we take participation as expressed engagement - then [...] [...] a framework of measuring social media. This led me to some Google research and brought me to a posting of Jeff Quipp back in November last year – defining the participation approach as "f… – discussed by Michael H. Goldhaber. If we take participation as expressed engagement – then [...]

]]> By: Bill Quimby http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/its-the-participation-economy-stupid.html#comment-205 Bill Quimby Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:25:09 +0000 http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/its-the-participation-economy-stupid.html#comment-205 There are lots of ways you can participate though, not just through your blog, although that is a good way and is obviously relevant to an audience reading your blog on the internet. But there are a lot of people out there that don't blog too. That's where an old fashioned phone number can work too. So many people on the web tend to forget or ignore that. They think they will get buried with calls or that people will stalk them or something. But even if people don't call you, having a real phone answered by real people isn't that hard to do and will pay you big dividends too. It's the ultimate participation. And when you think about it, you're closing rate or action rate when you talk to someone over the phone is many times what it would be if they just came to your website alone. Bill Quimby, President of <a href="http://www.TollFreeNumbers.com" rel="nofollow">Toll Free Numbers.com</a> There are lots of ways you can participate though, not just through your blog, although that is a good way and is obviously relevant to an audience reading your blog on the internet. But there are a lot of people out there that don't blog too.

That's where an old fashioned phone number can work too. So many people on the web tend to forget or ignore that. They think they will get buried with calls or that people will stalk them or something.

But even if people don't call you, having a real phone answered by real people isn't that hard to do and will pay you big dividends too.

It's the ultimate participation. And when you think about it, you're closing rate or action rate when you talk to someone over the phone is many times what it would be if they just came to your website alone.

Bill Quimby, President of Toll Free Numbers.com

]]> By: Webmaster, stop being so AntiSocial!! | Collective Thoughts http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/its-the-participation-economy-stupid.html#comment-204 Webmaster, stop being so AntiSocial!! | Collective Thoughts Wed, 14 Nov 2007 06:35:20 +0000 http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/its-the-participation-economy-stupid.html#comment-204 [...] Hein wrote an amazing post, “It’s the participation economy, stupid!” In his post he points out that attention requires participation. Hein writes, “If [...] [...] Hein wrote an amazing post, "It’s the participation economy, stupid!" In his post he points out that attention requires participation. Hein writes, "If [...]

]]> By: Clement http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/its-the-participation-economy-stupid.html#comment-203 Clement Mon, 12 Nov 2007 13:27:42 +0000 http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/its-the-participation-economy-stupid.html#comment-203 Good piece!I hope that I have your attention now :) Good piece!I hope that I have your attention now :)

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