I saw a video from @chrispirillo on Youtube where a viewer asked Chris whether Facebook or Twitter will die first? His respond to that question was that Facebook will die first. The reason to that was 1) Complexity In Chris’s opinion, he feels that Twitter is much simpler compared to Facebook. Twitter, in his opinion, is simpler with 140 characters and Twitter keeps it simple for reasons such as simplicity is sometimes more successful. Therefore it will last longer than Facebook. … [Read more...] about Which will DIE first Facebook or Twitter?
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Is Quora the biggest blogging innovation? No!
I recently stumbled upon one Robert Scoble's post about Quora being the biggest blogging innovation in 10 years, since he had been blogging for 10 years. If you ask me, I disagree with him completely. I think that Twitter is the best innovation in …well, let’s not give it a year, and say…since I came online. I have been blogging for a year now on Ask Aaron Lee, but I started blogging back in 2006. I even had a blog about coffee which I gave it up after 120 blog posts. Before twitter I wasn’t doing anything at all. I love reading but I didn’t know who Mashable was or Tech Crunch. Most of the blogs I read were on internet marketing. … [Read more...] about Is Quora the biggest blogging innovation? No!
Facebook Reaches 600 Million Users
There had been a lot of questions going as to if Facebook has pass the 600 million users milestone yet. Answer to that question, YES! Facebook passed the 600 million users mark in December 2010 (probably earlier). It was not announced publicly. Maybe not to tech blogs like mashable, techcrunch or RWW, however, when I attended iStrategy Singapore in December, Blake Chandlee the VP & Commercial Director, EMEA, at Facebook announced at the seminar that Facebook has already surpassed 600 million users. Of course we tweeted it out. … [Read more...] about Facebook Reaches 600 Million Users
Quora: The Next Big Thing?
Why is everyone talking about Quora? One reason is because a lot of people (even me) are flocking into Quora now, including Ashton Kutcher. (No signs of Justin Bieber yet)! At the moment, Quora has roughly 200,000 users signed up, however you will need an invitation to join. What is quora? On quora’s page its “a continually improving collection of questions and answers created, edited, and organized by everyone who uses it” .In short is a like a Q&A site, similar like yahoo answers and LinkedIn Answers. … [Read more...] about Quora: The Next Big Thing?
Social Media is like Learning How to Fish
This is my metaphor. Just something that I thought off. Don’t kill me for it. Social media or social networking sites like twitter or facebook is like learning how to fly fish. It takes time and patience. I’ve received a lot of emails and direct messages about influence and building a presence on twitter or facebook QUICKLY so why do I relate it with fishing? I’ll tell you why later, There are two types of fishing … [Read more...] about Social Media is like Learning How to Fish
5 Reasons Not to Give Up Your Blog because of Twitter
Have you been neglecting your blog? Are you spending time on social networking sites like LinkedIn, Facebook and twitter trying to "master" the way to make money and not spending time on your blog? Maybe someone told you that blog's are dead and its time to bury it? @Markwschaefer wrote a blog post regarding this topic before. I took a short quote from Mark's blog. … [Read more...] about 5 Reasons Not to Give Up Your Blog because of Twitter