FriendFeed as a social media strategy tool | John Haydon

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26 Jul 09

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- 1. FriendFeed as a “reader”
  
  Only FriendFeed can be used to aggregate a person’s social media activities - up to 58 different social networking sites – into a single source. This personalized, holistic view can help you develop a deeper relationship with people you care about. For example, I’ve learned over time that Megan Keane has consistent interest in Second Life – something I wouldn’t have learned If I only read her blog on Techsoup.Org.
- 2. FriendFeed as a social media “business card”
  
  FriendFeed allows you to create a widget with all your social media hubs and outposts. If you’re using a WordPress blog as your hub, you can simply embed this widget into your sidebar.
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- - 3. FriendFeed as peripheral vision
    
    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.
  - 4. FriendFeed as “first responder”
    
    A combination of many factors are important when nurturing relationships, but one factor is speed. This is where the FriendFeed Notifier comes in handy. 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 this notification window – instantly.
    
    I keep it open on my desktop as I work, and if something catches my eye, I’ll jump right in and like or comment. This also keeps me connected to folks even when I’m busy.
  - 5. FriendFeed as a “pre-filtered” content source
    
    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.
  - 6. Friendfeed as a relationship organizer
    
    Finally, with Friendfeed, you can organize folks by “relationship type”: Business, personal, partners, mentors – or any category your choose.
Marcel Weiss
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