Sep 05 2008
BackType New Cool Research Tool.
White hat or Black hat? I’d love to know what you think?
OK micro platforms have taken the Web by storm. I wasn’t first out of the gate to get involved with twitter it’s OK but can be a little bit spammy if you want to keep up with me over there by all means do so you can follow me. I’ll have a look at your profile I’m not the type to follow thousands blindly.
However if you join backtype I will follow. Why because your posts are your comments on other peoples blogs. Why do I want to see what your posting? simply because I want to be involved with people that are active in this marketplace and add genuine value to conversations. You cannot possibly spam this system because you have to get you comments past the blog owner. If it’s in backtype it has some value to someone other than the poster.
What else can you do with backtype well you can look for topics in your field and follow the experts in your field looking at where they go to gather the information that makes them sparkle in your eyes and stuff’s their bank balance every month with tons of money.
Worth while?
This is a free service.
It will lead you to places you’ve never been before - I ended up looking at how to chrome your industry through backtype today.
You can shorten your learning curve by following the experts in your field. It’s a way of showing gratitude to your mentors thanks Jack on the 3rd Mr Humphrey wrote about things I found in backtype.
You can spy into other online communities and see what makes them prosper. Here’s a powerful and well bonded community have a look at what Lynn says on building an online community
Not convinced well it’s an active community and they are interested in whose come to town. I had had 10 visitors to my site before I even had a comment lised in backtype. Still not convinced you should be using this service well I give up if your still marketing anything in 6 months time and using a blog you will be looking at your backtype stats and smiling or not be quite as popular as you could be.
So is BackType White Hat or Black Hat Guys?
Welcome back!
