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David Finch

David Finch

It doesn’t matter what venue you choose to attend, there’s a common question that someone will be asking, “how do I get more traffic to my web site?” Which is often time followed up by the second question, “how can I make more money with my web site?”

The answer to these types of questions aren’t found hidden within the hard drive of your favorite influential blogger, but are revealed from a core of principles and disciplines. If you’re consistent in these practices, you can watch your readership grow and traffic increase.

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Why Social Media Will Not Get You A Job In A Recession

February 9, 2009

I love the optimism springing forth from the social media evangelists. It’s almost like because we have social media, none of us “insiders” have to worry about tough economic times, losing our jobs or finding new ones. I’ve got news for you. Not only have social media advocates not had enough time in most organizations [...]

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SXSW Sunday

March 9, 2008

The problem with conferences like South by Southwest (SXSW) is that you need 36 hours in a day. When Shawn Morton, Richard McInnis and I got on the elevator last night with Robert Scoble and Rocky Barbanica, Smorty very eloquently pointed out we needed to account for daylight savings time and spring forward. You could [...]

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Socializing At SXSW

March 8, 2008

Day one at South by Southwest (SXSW) couldn’t have been more fun or productive. My Flickr set documents some of the happenings. The video below puts the icing on the cake.
Shawn Morton, a/k/a Smorty and proprietor of Profilactic, one of the first and still the best (IMHO) lifestreaming platform on the web, and I boarded [...]

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SXSW Offers The Best Networking: Off-Line

February 29, 2008

If there’s one thing I’ve done well professionally through the years is network. A year ago, no one in the social media space, or among national thought leaders on public relations (the basis of my professional discipline) knew who the hell I was. Two years ago, no one in the Louisville market did. Granted, much [...]

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Fast Company Leads Off With Microcommunity Home Run

February 9, 2008

Logging into Fast Company’s new online community (fastcompany.com now in public beta) a few weeks ago was a neat perk of having a social media friend at a big company. I took my head start, got in, played around for a few hours, liked what I saw, then moved on to something else, forgetting to [...]

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Twitter Aftershocks: What To Do With The Conversation Now

December 12, 2007

Todd Earwood and I were discussing the impressive influx of new followers we both received yesterday in the aftershock of Jeremiah Owyang’s Twitter Conversations explosion yesterday. Jeremiah asked folks interested in more connection and conversation to leave their Twitter ID and topics they were interested on his post. As of 1:20 a.m. this morning, [...]

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More Evidence: Actual Networking Beats Social Networking Everytime

November 30, 2007

Last month I shared some meager website analytics and other influence factors for Social Media Explorer that resulted from the real, live networking opportunity presented at SMX Social Media in New York. My post illustrated the importance of doing the ole’ grip-and-grin and how actual networking is more effective than social networking (which I’m defining [...]

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What’s After Facebook Or Is The Migration Over?

November 19, 2007

No one really knows why birds migrate. Scientists can conjecture all they want, but until a Canadian goose pipes up and says, “Yeah, it’s because of food and a safe place to breed,” we can only guess. If that actually happens, my bet is migratory patterns will be the least of our worries.
Like birds, the [...]

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BWE Vegas: How To Cash In Your Networking Chips

November 7, 2007

So I’m on the plane headed to Vegas for Blog World Expo and realize that, while I’ve made some preliminary plans to meet up with some cool folks, the craziness of next week (cheap foreshadowing, but teasing … bad Jason) has prevented me from making a solid plan of attack for playing my cards wisely [...]

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Why Networking Socially Beats Social Networking Every Time

October 31, 2007

Add friends, send Digg shouts, use the @Twitter function all you want, the real way to grow your blog, business or network of contacts is to pry yourself away from the keyboard, the PDA and interact with other human beings.
Yes, Milton, this mean’s you.
As I ready for Blog World & New Media Expo next week [...]

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