Friendfeed for Business

"Mark up websites, graphics, and photos, or start brainstorming on a blank canvas. Browse the web with your friends or make that conference call more productive than ever. No plug-ins, downloads, or firewall voodoo - it's all here, ready to go when you are. Browser-agnostic, user-friendly." - Jannifer @wordsforliving from Bookmarklet

I tried this and what my colleague and I had drawn disappeared when I switched tabs and then switched back a few minutes later - sjjh

This is one of my NEW blogs - I'm hoping to start getting followers and comments soon... - Jannifer @wordsforliving from Bookmarklet

I ordered the colorful ones shown on the right for my free pack of business cards... - Jannifer @wordsforliving

keep reading around. FF will be absorbed completely into FB - LANjackal

hello how 's it going? - debbie kamer

"I prefer to see something else happen: that Stampin' Up! go back to the drawing board and craft a careful, thoughtful policy that extends only to those areas where you have a legitimate business interest. I am talking about "subject matter", not mode of technology. Sure, I get it--you guys had your meetings, and it's no secret you're not exactly riding tech trends at the head of the pack. Letting the lawyers or the workshop-based sellers who are afraid of Internet competition set the tone, you decided to clamp down on EVERYTHING. And your interpretation is, you want to control ALL online presence, regardless of subject matter." - Jannifer @wordsforliving from Bookmarklet

That's your mistake. By focusing on closing loopholes according to communication method--listing e-mail, message board posts, Twitter feeds and any other tech innovation or mode of communication--you ignored the fact that for most of us, "online communication" is used in many more arenas than just our Stampin' Up! side businesses. Now there's a firestorm of controversy. You didn't see... more... - Jannifer @wordsforliving

"Why and How to Rank in Image Searches One aspect of search that doesn't get discussed often enough is image search. It's such a huge part of search and the daily habits of web surfers all over the world, it's amazing how little attention is actually paid to it when it comes to marketing and optimization." - Jannifer @wordsforliving from Bookmarklet

I can understand the construction of Google Image.It's a nice lecture. - Ami Iida

gmail chat? yes !- username is wordsforliving... - Jannifer @wordsforliving

Are you sure you want to talk to me? I may start following you around asking questions all the time... - Jannifer @wordsforliving

"YouTube’s not just for posting silly videos of sleepwalking dogs and other embarrassing moments — it can also be used as a highly effective business tool. You can use it to show off your expertise, share knowledge, market your products and connect with customers, colleagues and prospects." - Jannifer @wordsforliving from Bookmarklet

"Leverage LinkedIn as part of your unified brand strategy When it comes to your personal brand, LinkedIn is only one piece of the puzzle. You’ll want to supplement LinkedIn with profiles on Facebook and Twitter, in addition to your own blog or website and profiles on industry specific social networks. Your LinkedIn profile should be consistent with your online presence, which means you should be using the same avatar, your full name and your personal branding statement." - Jannifer @wordsforliving from Bookmarklet

1. Registration 2. Aggregation 3. Privacy 4. Tools - Jérôme Flipo from Bookmarklet

"I was squinting at Friendfeed today, and I realized that it could really work nicely as a business collaboration tool in a few different ways. Between all the various aggregation points, and the “rooms” function, I think the platform has everyone one would need to cook up a collaboration environment. Here’s what I mean." - Jérôme Flipo from Bookmarklet

"Most people use this as a way to share a more enriched experience with friends and colleagues. But I think there’s a business opportunity in using the tool for collaborative business. Remember, Friendfeed can collect your status information, your presence, media from several sources, your bookmarks. There are many ways to use that. Here’s one set of use cases to consider for that purpose." - Jérôme Flipo from Bookmarklet

Much of a blogger’s life is, well… their blog. FriendFeed allows you to catch the content a blogger creates on the periphery of their blog. For example, in addition to reading Chris Garrett’s blog (which I subscribe to by email), I can also see what Chris Stumbles, or tags in Flickr. - Jannifer @wordsforliving from Bookmarklet

The FriendFeed Notifier is a desktop application that allows you to view your friends activity without having to visit FriendFeed.com. The moment a friend of yours bookmarks an article in Delicious, or reviews content in Stumbleupon, the FriendFeed desktop notifier window pops up. You can view, like and comment directly from the notification window - instantly. - Jannifer @wordsforliving from Bookmarklet

I wish I can help you - I don't even know what it is. Anyone else? - Mona Nomura

They offer I guess an online presence for businesses where a business can have a website, offer coupons and such. They have "free" account options but it doesn't seem to be really "free" if that makes sense.. - Jannifer @wordsforliving

However, it's catching my attention because I'm noticing how a few people who are NOT active online in social media (like twitter, friendfeed, etc.) but only have a MerchantCircle website and one person in particular is ranked #1 in Google search results. So, I'm confused... - Jannifer @wordsforliving

Another way to enhance your professional and personal relationships is be a source of fresh and valuable information. FriendFeed’s cornerstone feature is that it allows folks to receive fresh content from the people that they know and trust. If Darren Rowse shares an interesting article on Photography, I know that that will be valuable content because he’s a trusted professional. In other words, social proof is built right in to the FriendFeed platform. - Jannifer @wordsforliving from Bookmarklet

Finally, with Friendfeed, you can organize folks by “relationship type”: Business, personal, partners, mentors – or any category your choose. - Jannifer @wordsforliving

"STEP 1 (5 Minutes) Set Plan for Day. Before turning on your computer, sit down with a blank piece of paper and decide what will make this day highly successful. What can you realistically accomplish that will further your goals and allow you to leave at the end of the day feeling like you've been productive and successful? Write those things down. Now, most importantly, take your calendar and schedule those things into time slots, placing the hardest and most important items at the beginning of the day. And by the beginning of the day I mean, if possible, before even checking your email. If your entire list does not fit into your calendar, reprioritize your list. There is tremendous power in deciding when and where you are going to do something. In their book The Power of Full Engagement, Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz describe a study in which a group of women agreed to do a breast self-exam during a period of 30 days. 100% of those who said where and when they were going to do it... more... - Jannifer @wordsforliving from Bookmarklet

Excellent and practical tips! - Jannifer @wordsforliving

I'm putting together this "video showcase" and would like to know if you think this is a good idea or bad idea. I'm not sure the music part of it "fits". I'm picking from Animoto's music collection. Not sure I know which would be a fitting music selection. I've made several videos with different music selections. The problem is that I can't find anybody to critique it and tell me what they think. - Jannifer @wordsforliving

If there is no way of measuring the results from the advert, How do you know you are not just chucking your money away - Guy McLaren

@Guy that's my point. I am writing an ebook on how tradition business, not using e-stuff, throw many away because they ignore measurements. Online we can measure. But off line, I get the feeling, that business advertise because they feel it's the right thing to do. What I want is for people like you to tell me why advertisers should measure ;-) - Johan Horak

Or maybe I should just ask - why or how do some pages or sites show up but not others? - Jannifer @wordsforliving

I think if your keyword is part of the permalink (hover over the timestamp) then there's a greater chance it will be picked up. So it should occur within the first ... 10 words ? - Ahsan Ali aka. Slick

"According to Wikipedia, coworking is an emerging trend for a new pattern for working. Typically work-at-home professionals or independent contractors or people who travel frequently end up working in relative isolation. Coworking is the social gathering of a group of people, who are still working independently, but who share values and who are interested in the synergy that can happen from working with talented people in the same space." - Jannifer @wordsforliving from Bookmarklet

Not sure if you got the answer you were looking for but my business partners and I at the Secret Women's Business Network ( http://www.swbnetwork.com/blog... ) use FriendFeed as a collaboration tool as we are on three different continents. We have a private room where we do our collaboration and a public one http://friendfeed.com/swbnetw... where we share bits and pieces to the world. It really is fantastic as a communication and collaboration tool. - Allison

Jannifer I really believe we need (or rather I need) to stop trying to sell friendfeed or twitter or anything that's not email. We need to sell the concept. - Johan Horak