Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Promoting the conversation and social media

Realized got stuck with the money thing which is the purpose of this blog, as is SUPPOSED to be commercial, and then decided was ok. Things went very well early on in developing a format and getting a sense of what content I want to put out there that apparently interests people, which is most of the work really.

But then ran into difficulty with the conversation as I like to put it, which is a lot about me. Which is not a surprise if you check out my Twitter where use my handle jstevh for much of my social media. (I think I have it on just about all.) Is VERY quiet. Is lots me ranting here and there or just noting things of interest to me and lots of it is me-entertainment. I like it that way.

However, it dawns on me that I need to expand a bit for commercial purposes and yeah there is social media supposedly much about THIS blog. Like my Pinterest jstevh is heavily linked here. But you know, how do people talk to each other on Pinterest anyway? Guess there is a way but is maybe telling that is where I do heavy emphasis where I don't really know that way.

Benefits to me from sharing here are HUGE though as am into content much myself. And thanks to interest from others, get suggested LOTS of things. Should admit yeah that feedback is huge, where there are no words involved. No one having to tell me anything.

Social media companies do the work, as have experienced that in other places, and I don't like to talk about it, as is so cool. Don't want to mess it up.

Like the most popular post for this blog, is apparently dynamic. Most of the Pinterest things that show up there are recent, but not all. I guess Pinterest is dynamically building it based on what interests people to at least some extent. Emphasize am guessing. Don't know for sure. DO know want that to be true.

Oh yeah, also have a Facebook jstevh which tries to link to here. And I have messaging open, and it really does not seem to be a place where folks want to tell me things. Is ok with me! Um, so yeah can get a feel for the problem: am struggling with getting to a comfort zone with useful feedback necessary to really get commercial here.

Still there is that question of, how do I actually make money with this blog? Guess to me is a work in progress and am not going to rush it. It will take as long as it must take to figure it out. Who knows how long that is.

And am ok with that but here is a promotional post for the conversation. Is really cool thing about social media actually. And can be like when you're hanging out with friends and no one is talking much, but still is communication there. Which can be better anyway.


James