There is money to be made in blogging and affiliate marketing, but how much risk are you willing to take? Lately I have been hearing about a lot of affiliates being burned by delayed or unpaid affiliate commissions not covering their adwords spend, and...

I am not one for negative posting but sometimes I have to vent. This is one of those days! :) Here are my top 5 social media gripes … for today: Rants about who is and is not a social media expert - I agree that tooling around with Facebook or...

Personalities on Twitter are being hijacked to spread spam, scams and malware – look out! The problem with retweets on Twitter is that it is simply a free-text copy and paste thing. Even when you use a desktop tool such as TweetDeck, all it is...

Recently I realized there are two factors that powerfully determine if your blog will be a success. While you think what they might be, let me tell you about a crazy experiment … I just posted an article over at another blog that I write for about...

Someone asked me the other day why I write about personal stuff, what is the appeal of diaries, journals, personal blogs, and the like? I have been talking a lot about Posterous and life streams lately so perhaps this is a good opportunity to explain...

I hear from Al Fox that yet another company is reeling from brand damage caused by employees voicing their opinions on social media services. This time it is British high street giant Primark who has taken a turn at the mud pit Discount retailer...

Did you know that you are for sale on Twitter already? Yes, according to BBC NEWS a certain company has already started selling us by the 1,000 Australian social media marketing company uSocial is offering a paid service that finds followers for users...

Twitter has added a couple of neat features to your Following List interface. Now you can see the most recent tweets, a straight list as before, and more with a contextual menu to the side. Changing the list appearance is performed through the button...

It seems from talking to lots of people there is still some considerable confusion around how Twitter @replies work. The problem is that @replies are a vital part of Twitter, they make it more about discussion than “status updates”. The...

The discussion around the Chris Anderson goof episode raises an interesting issue. Is WordPress.com bad for the WordPress brand? Think I am being to strong? Check out this from Mark Jaquith What about the following, which I’ve all heard?• “You...