Comments for Tech With Aliza Sherman: Social, Mobile, Digital Marketing

Comment on Editing a Facebook Link Preview by Zane Aveton

Zane Aveton — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:52:36 +0000

Way to go Aliza. I calll this section “prime real estate”

Comment on 3 Simple Ways to Use Pinterest by my little otter

my little otter — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:10:03 +0000

Thank. You. I am waiting for that elusive invite, but was wondering how it could help my business. I will definitely do research on pinning.

Comment on 3 Simple Ways to Use Pinterest by Morgan Howard

Morgan Howard — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 03:13:28 +0000

Great intro to Pinterest! I had someone ask me about it so I am going to send them here.

Comment on 3 Simple Ways to Use Pinterest by : Pinterest: My Newest Social Media Obsession | A Productive Pen

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Comment on If This Then That Makes Things Happen by Ryan McCormack

Ryan McCormack — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:21:48 +0000

Thanks for sharing, Aliza! ifttt looks really interesting. I’ve already signed up and started using it for some simple cross posts.

There is one thing I found troubling, though: default privacy settings.

I wanted to create a simple task to cross post from Twitter to Facebook (FB) whenever I used a certain hashtag. Easy enough to do…All I had to do was enable both Twitter and FB access. By default, ifttt wanted VERY broad access to my FB account. It wasn’t just permission to post on my behalf; ifttt by default also wanted permission to see what other people say to me, view my InBox, and manage my Pages. While this level of access might be needed for some actions I would want to take on ifttt, it was way too much for the purposes of what I wanted to accomplish.

By managing my per-application privacy settings in Facebook, it was possible to revoke some of these privileges for ifttt (though some are required for the app to work). However, most people would probably just enable the defaults and not even think about it.

Word to the wise: Be aware of default privacy settings and manage them in a way that’s consistent with your usage. Don’t give apps more access than they need!

Anyway, thanks again for the pointer. I’ll be digging into ifttt quite a bit more to see what it can do.

Comment on How Summify is simplifying social by Christian Vogel

Christian Vogel — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:06:25 +0000

Hi Ted, give Nine-Connections a try, it’s in invite-only public beta right now, but you can apply for an account here: http://www.nineconnections.com/?invitation_code=14IDZzBabS1pA9

Comment on When Email Goes Wrong by Tre ~ (@thoughtbythought)

Tre ~ (@thoughtbythought) — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:56:26 +0000

you’re gracious beyond to write about this honest feeling.
i wanna offer more feedback ….no glitches with your email and because you’ve already established yourself as a true genuinely interested in our techie wellness author, if there was a glitch, i’d get it.
but…i wanna offer this.
i received your email on the same day as about 10 others.

you perhaps have your reasons for sending out on monday.
i’ve unsubscribed from several newsletters just feeling overwhelmed with all the data….
but to your point about the information overload….

consider something: 2x/month instead of every week

or.

if every week is a must to you…an alternative day than monday

truth aliza?
i’m not even motivated to look at my monday inbox anymore
and my thoughts are on my ‘evolving’ my work….

but i am open to new ideas and tech support mid week and even weekend when i have downtime to try new things.

this may not be everyone

but you’re offering tutorials, suggestions, it’s like tech class…and stuff i wanna learn and grow to use….

it could be cool to ‘try’ other readers’ optimum preferred time to ‘read’ your content…..

and maybe this is on my mind b/c i’m thinking much about when i post my more substantial how to’s than simply blogging about something of interest.

those of us like you who work round the clock on a 7 day work week…when’s our true Monday?

Anyhoo…something to think about.
But see I’ve already commented like we’re sitting down for tea b/c the tone in your email newsletters and your posts is so inviting of that….

grateful for all you are offering and you can be sure i read it…:) no matter when you send it….

Comment on If This Then That Makes Things Happen by Tre ~ (@thoughtbythought)

Tre ~ (@thoughtbythought) — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 05:57:03 +0000

ooooh.
hadn’t heard of it. and am kinda doing this already but in my head. i know the tags i want to show up on facebook business page vs what i wanna share on twitter. this is really good.
for the simple nudge to have a bitta gameplan. i’m all things spontaneous but consistency is vital for me right now.
tx muchly:) hope you are closer to home….

Comment on If This Then That Makes Things Happen by Morgan Howard

Morgan Howard — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 04:53:04 +0000

Yes, I have heard about ifttt but now I am going to try it. Thanks.

Comment on How Summify is simplifying social by Ted M.

Ted M. — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 03:40:15 +0000

Robin forgot the “PS, we’re being bought by Twitter and shutting down!”

I’d love suggestions from others for new tools, if Summify goes away.