Gisele Navarro Mendez
Berlin, Germany
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SEO consultant, social media doer and networking lover who plays the bass guitar from time to time.
Generosity is contagious!
@simonpenson @zazzle_chris I would add the number of linking root domains and the overall link profile to the mix: does the site have 3k incoming links? What percentage of those links come from different domains? Are the sites that are linking to the blog doing so naturally? Are they topically relevant URLs?
It's not uncommon to find a blogger who has built a network of blogs and have them all pointing to each other. We know that's not exactly a recommended practice, but sometimes that contributes to the PageRank and even the authority of the site -at least for a while-, so I always take a look at their link profile before moving forward.
Another factor I like to consider is the engagement coming from their readers and followers. If I find a neat site with tons of content but there's not one single comment, I start thinking to myself "will I be wasting my content here?". Shares are nice, especially when people take the time to actually read what you've written instead of clicking the Tweet button blindly. Comments are a good indicator of engagement and interest, and help you understand which type of content that specific community will appreciate the most.
Domain age, location where the site is hosted, appealing web design and good usability are other factors you can keep in mind.
@ginidietrich Oh yes, I did :) Meet Bruce Lee » http://imgur.com/a/dH6GI#0
@rdopping I too am super glad we connected :) Bruce is doing great, right now he's going through his daily crazy time » http://youtu.be/6whK8SRsfAM Cute AND destructive!
@ginidietrich He is! And he really admires you and your team so this means the world to him :)
I was so happy when I read about this week's #FollowFriday on Spinsucks on my RSS feed reader!! Ralph truly is a forward-thinker who happens to be one of the nicest and funniest persons I've met. Well deserved #FF, my friend!
@rdoppingThank you, Ralph! I'm glad to read you appreciate my opinion because I love the way you think so it's quite amazing to know you enjoy my comments.
You're right about the fakers, and too believe that "our community" is not like that :) From different sides of the world, we've found each other and decided to stick together. It wasn't faith, we search for the same things and care about the same matters, and here we are: connected. Clearly our interactions have defined our relationship!
We're still in Berlin, now with a new family member, meet Bruce Lee:http://imgur.com/a/dH6GI#9. We will probably spend two more years here and then possibly move to the UK, although we're missing Italy so we might go back at some point.
Have a beautiful week!
Loved the last sentence: "We are all advocates now, like it or not." We all have a voice and we all have something to say; we are all afraid of what other people might say about us and other people are afraid of what we could say about them. It's a strange time because as you said, our digital footprint follow us around and there's nowhere to hide. I think individuals are now empowered by the fact that brands will hear their voice, but employers, colleagues, friends and enemies will form an opinion over their social media presence at the same time. That's when "posing" - @Caitlin Kelly said- begins... As a matter of fact, I've read an article stating that "looking as good as possible on Facebook profile pages is the main priority of 56 per cent of Britons questioned in a survey looking at social media habits", and that won't lead to a natural reflection of who you are. We have to find a balance between how do we want to be perceived and how to better define ourselves, as individuals and as a brand.
@veroach Nice meeting you, Eric! I love Curate.me so thank you :)! I'm checking out xydo.com right now.
There are two other tools I've been using that I really like: Curate.Me and SmartBrief. Curate.Me finds the best stories from your Twitter/Facebook friends and deliver them straight to your inbox :) And SmartBrief is just amazing: they hand-pick the most relevant and important news from all over, summarize it, link to the original sources and deliver it to your inbox. Cool, uh?
Great tools, Jess! I've never heard of GroupHigh before, it seems to be a dream come true so I'm rushing to try it out right now ;) Thanks for the reviews!
I believe in all the benefits you've mentioned but lately I haven't been commenting much on other blogs nor writing on my own blog (yesterday I tried writing a post and ended up baking a cake, I'm hoping this is just a phase). But when I do leave comments, I usually see new visitors arriving to my blog and -what is better- I meet new interesting people!
@ginidietrich As you've said, they are a good community, and that's why it's more painful to see there's no one on the other side willing to engage, give some answers and make them feel heard. Traveling with a feeling of uncertainty and a pinch of fear it's just awful!
(you are so right about them reading Mashable all the freakin' time)
She's unbelievably cute!
Same thing happens to me with Argentinian politics and my Facebook friends. I had to create different lists just to make sure those insanely misinformed and totally one-sided propaganda images shared by all the 'kirchneristas' dissapear from my stream. It's hard because they don't check on the facts nor are open to discuss any of their beliefs. And both sides (kirchneristas and antikircheristas) make use of the negativity surrounding their competitors instead of pushing for their own positive attributes. I won't unfriend my brother, but I did move him to a list I try to ignore...
(just a recommendation: if you enjoy reading about social good sections, I think you might enjoy http://www.good.is/tag/paa, "People Are Awesome" section of GOOD.is)
touchè!
The story and the idea behind it are just perfect. It's just a matter of thinking a little bit before launching your blog, your Facebook page, etc. It's better to be the shepherd than the stable owner who doesn't even know which animals are living under his roof. And yes, I know that's not the best analogy :)
Thanks for this inspiring post, Ken :) We all love stories, we enjoy sharing them with others and and they will stick with us for as long as we remember them. Those six -actually, seven- points are quite obvious when you give them a minute inside your head, yet we tend to forget...