Social Media Examiner | Carol Lynn Rivera | Activity http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/carollynnrivera/activity/feed Carol Lynn Rivera - Activity Feed Thu, 23 May 2013 19:22:53 +0000 http://buddypress.org/?v=1.5.5 en http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/guidelines-for-e-book-writing-please/#post-32137Carol Lynn Rivera replied to the forum topic Guidelines for e-book writing please! in the club Small Businesshttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/guidelines-for-e-book-writing-please/#post-32137 Fri, 25 May 2012 18:33:42 +0000 Carol Lynn Rivera replied to the forum topic Guidelines for e-book writing please! in the club Small Business I know this will only be partly useful, but have you tried Copyblogger's "Premise" plugin? I just bought it for my own use and unfortunately have not been able to test it out and give you any really good […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-do-you-get-one-of-those-popup-subscribe-boxes/#post-32132Carol Lynn Rivera replied to the forum topic How do you get one of those popup subscribe boxes? in the club Blogginghttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-do-you-get-one-of-those-popup-subscribe-boxes/#post-32132 Fri, 25 May 2012 18:17:13 +0000 Carol Lynn Rivera replied to the forum topic How do you get one of those popup subscribe boxes? in the club Blogging @hesham I agree with 
@juleswebb - I also get higher bounce rates on my articles, but based on what I know of what people do, they come to read the article, read it, and leave. I imagine that's what many people […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-do-you-get-one-of-those-popup-subscribe-boxes/#post-31964Carol Lynn Rivera replied to the forum topic How do you get one of those popup subscribe boxes? in the club Blogginghttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-do-you-get-one-of-those-popup-subscribe-boxes/#post-31964 Thu, 24 May 2012 18:23:13 +0000 Carol Lynn Rivera replied to the forum topic How do you get one of those popup subscribe boxes? in the club Blogging @juleswebb 
@hesham  I have debated this so many times. I really hate those things but every time I listen to an "expert" I hear about these massive increases in subscriber rates they get from doing it. One […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/need-a-recommendation-for-a-comment-reply-plugin/#post-31962Carol Lynn Rivera replied to the forum topic Need a recommendation for a comment reply plugin in the club Blogginghttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/need-a-recommendation-for-a-comment-reply-plugin/#post-31962 Thu, 24 May 2012 18:12:19 +0000 Carol Lynn Rivera replied to the forum topic Need a recommendation for a comment reply plugin in the club Blogging Yes, I've debated that. I never subscribe to receive comments from other blogs because I don't want to subscribe to the thread - some threads get hundreds of comments and I don't want to be notified of any of […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-do-you-get-one-of-those-popup-subscribe-boxes/Carol Lynn Rivera started the forum topic How do you get one of those popup subscribe boxes? in the club Blogginghttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-do-you-get-one-of-those-popup-subscribe-boxes/ Wed, 23 May 2012 20:02:25 +0000 Carol Lynn Rivera started the forum topic How do you get one of those popup subscribe boxes? in the club Blogging As annoying as they are, I have read over and over that people respond to those popup windows that ask them to subscribe to your blog. It's not really a window, it's more of a shadow-box, I'm sure you know what […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/need-a-recommendation-for-a-comment-reply-plugin/Carol Lynn Rivera started the forum topic Need a recommendation for a comment reply plugin in the club Blogginghttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/need-a-recommendation-for-a-comment-reply-plugin/ Wed, 23 May 2012 19:37:05 +0000 Carol Lynn Rivera started the forum topic Need a recommendation for a comment reply plugin in the club Blogging Hey folks,
I am currently using Disqus on my Wordpress blog and I like it for many reasons. But the one thing I notice when I visit a lot of other blogs is that they send auto thank-yous when I comment, which […]
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/activity/p/315529/Carol Lynn Rivera and Nikki Thelin are now friendshttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/activity/p/315529/ Thu, 10 May 2012 20:27:34 +0000 Carol Lynn Rivera and Nikki Thelin are now friends

Comments: 0

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/wordpress-plugin-for-requiring-people-to-subscribe/#post-23071Carol Lynn Rivera replied to the forum topic Wordpress plugin for requiring people to subscribe? in the club Blogginghttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/wordpress-plugin-for-requiring-people-to-subscribe/#post-23071 Fri, 09 Mar 2012 17:01:12 +0000 Carol Lynn Rivera replied to the forum topic Wordpress plugin for requiring people to subscribe? in the club Blogging
Wow, Aweber has a lot of strong recommendations! I've been looking to switch recently anyway so this looks like a good opportunity. And thanks, @erikdeckers for the referral.
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/wordpress-plugin-for-requiring-people-to-subscribe/Carol Lynn Rivera started the forum topic Wordpress plugin for requiring people to subscribe? in the club Blogginghttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/wordpress-plugin-for-requiring-people-to-subscribe/ Fri, 09 Mar 2012 02:42:29 +0000 Carol Lynn Rivera started the forum topic Wordpress plugin for requiring people to subscribe? in the club Blogging Anyone have a suggestion for a Wordpress plugin that I can use so I can make an offer like this "join my email list and get my free ebook..."
I don't quite know how to go about setting up that "hidden" content […]
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/looking-for-insight-on-commenting-systems-responders-and-notifications/Carol Lynn Rivera started the forum topic Looking for insight on commenting systems, responders and notifications in the club Blogginghttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/looking-for-insight-on-commenting-systems-responders-and-notifications/ Fri, 02 Mar 2012 22:12:34 +0000 Carol Lynn Rivera started the forum topic Looking for insight on commenting systems, responders and notifications in the club Blogging Hi folks,
I am currently using Disqus on my blog and I really like it because it makes it easy for people to comment via various profiles and for me to comment on other people's blogs via my own profile.
But I'm […]
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic//#post-Carol Lynn Rivera replied to the forum topic Landing Pages on New Facebook Page in the club Facebookhttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic//#post- Thu, 01 Mar 2012 03:18:25 +0000 Carol Lynn Rivera replied to the forum topic Landing Pages on New Facebook Page in the club Facebook This change is bugging me a lot. It feels like Facebook is making changes that pretend to be so amazing and fun and fantastic but it's really just advertising bs in disguise. You can't use your cover image as an […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic//#post-Carol Lynn Rivera replied to the forum topic If You had a Local Brick and Mortar How Might You Use Pinterest? in the club Small Businesshttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic//#post- Fri, 17 Feb 2012 21:45:32 +0000 Carol Lynn Rivera replied to the forum topic If You had a Local Brick and Mortar How Might You Use Pinterest? in the club Small Business @dedimason I just jumped into Pinterest myself, given that it's suddenly all the rage. I just set one up for a client, they are a local car wash and it's been challenging to get their customer base engaged […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/using-mailchimp/#post-16704Carol Lynn Rivera replied to the forum topic using mailchimp? in the club Small Businesshttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/using-mailchimp/#post-16704 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 23:21:33 +0000 Carol Lynn Rivera replied to the forum topic using mailchimp? in the club Small Business @deairby I used Constant Contact for about 5 minutes then switched to Mailchimp which I love. I'm just wondering what it doesn't do that CC did. It may take getting used to, like anything, if you are switching […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic//#post-Carol Lynn Rivera replied to the forum topic How many of you are attending the Small Biz Success Summit? in the club Small Businesshttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic//#post- Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:30:34 +0000 Carol Lynn Rivera replied to the forum topic How many of you are attending the Small Biz Success Summit? in the club Small Business Yes, I love it! My favorite so far has been Marcus Sheridan on blogging. He had some great ideas and tips for how to write blog posts that would get into search results and that people would love. 
I'm going to […]
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/is-not-having-an-email-list-really-that-bad/#post-16168Carol Lynn Rivera replied to the forum topic Is not having an email list really that bad? in the club Blogginghttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/is-not-having-an-email-list-really-that-bad/#post-16168 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:11:32 +0000 Carol Lynn Rivera replied to the forum topic Is not having an email list really that bad? in the club Blogging If you use Wordpress (what I'm familiar with) you can grab a simple plugin to manage subscriptions. 
If you want to go with another service, I like Mailchimp for managing lists and sending campaigns and they have […]
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-would-you-blog-to-market-a-fiction-book/#post-16166Carol Lynn Rivera replied to the forum topic How Would You Blog to Market a Fiction Book? in the club Blogginghttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-would-you-blog-to-market-a-fiction-book/#post-16166 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:04:54 +0000 Carol Lynn Rivera replied to the forum topic How Would You Blog to Market a Fiction Book? in the club Blogging That sounds like it could be fun, but if you tweet as a character I would also suggest a personal account so people can talk to you. Research is another great idea, especially if, like Monique @BoxcarMarketing […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/is-not-having-an-email-list-really-that-bad/#post-16154Carol Lynn Rivera replied to the forum topic Is not having an email list really that bad? in the club Blogginghttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/is-not-having-an-email-list-really-that-bad/#post-16154 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:13:32 +0000 Carol Lynn Rivera replied to the forum topic Is not having an email list really that bad? in the club Blogging Sounds like you have a built-in audience - probably moms everywhere who can relate. Since it's growing you must be doing something right! Do you have an email signup box on your site? At the very least, you can […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic//#post-Carol Lynn Rivera replied to the forum topic How Would You Blog to Market a Fiction Book? in the club Blogginghttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic//#post- Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:02:54 +0000 Carol Lynn Rivera replied to the forum topic How Would You Blog to Market a Fiction Book? in the club Blogging Why did you pick blogging specifically, as opposed to Twitter or Facebook? I know a bunch of authors who have had great success marketing on Twitter. Just a thought.
As to your question, start with what your […]
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/do-third-party-scheduling-apps-negatively-impact-your-edgerank/#post-16137Carol Lynn Rivera replied to the forum topic do third party scheduling apps negatively impact your edgerank? in the club Facebookhttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/do-third-party-scheduling-apps-negatively-impact-your-edgerank/#post-16137 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:43:29 +0000 Carol Lynn Rivera replied to the forum topic do third party scheduling apps negatively impact your edgerank? in the club Facebook I have the same conundrum. There are people/companies I follow on Facebook who I sometimes never see in my feed, which is really annoying since they're the ones I want. And as nice as it is to say I'll post on […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/a-great-tool-to-keep-track-of-facebook-and-other-profiles/#post-16133Carol Lynn Rivera replied to the forum topic A great tool to keep track of facebook and other profiles in the club Facebookhttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/a-great-tool-to-keep-track-of-facebook-and-other-profiles/#post-16133 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:36:42 +0000 Carol Lynn Rivera replied to the forum topic A great tool to keep track of facebook and other profiles in the club Facebook I've had a lot of trouble finding a good Facebook scheduler. Honestly, I don't think it has to do with the tool as much as Facebook making it difficult to do anything but post directly. I've used Hootsuite and […]

]]>