<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" ><channel><title>Social Media Examiner | Mike Brooks | Activity</title> <atom:link href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/mikebrooks/activity/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/mikebrooks/activity/feed</link> <description>Mike Brooks - Activity Feed</description> <pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 01:02:15 +0000</pubDate> <generator>http://buddypress.org/?v=1.5.5</generator> <language>en</language> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/when-no-one-comments/#post-53602</guid><title>Mike Brooks replied to the forum topic When no one comments in the club Facebook</title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/when-no-one-comments/#post-53602</link> <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 00:11:09 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/mikebrooks/" title="Mike Brooks" rel="nofollow">Mike Brooks</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/when-no-one-comments/" rel="nofollow">When no one comments</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a> <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/deborahng/" rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/deborahng/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/deborahng/' rel="nofollow">@deborahng</a>&#160;Where are you posting it and how many comments do you normally get?&#160; Since you posted this in the Facebook forum, I am assuming you're talking about Facebook?&#160; But the answer will probably be the same [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/likesand-friends/#post-53601</guid><title>Mike Brooks replied to the forum topic &#34;Likes&#34;and &#34;Friends&#34; in the club Facebook</title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/likesand-friends/#post-53601</link> <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 00:02:32 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/mikebrooks/" title="Mike Brooks" rel="nofollow">Mike Brooks</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/likesand-friends/" rel="nofollow">&#034;Likes&#034;and &#034;Friends&#034;</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a> Yes, you are 5,000% correct.&#160; When you setup a Facebook account it is as a person.&#160; You must use your real name.&#160; A page is created for a business.&#160; You 'friend' a person and 'like' a page.&#160; Of course you can [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/activity/p/592065/</guid><title>Mike Brooks and Kristi Hines are now friends</title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/activity/p/592065/</link> <pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 23:50:29 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/mikebrooks/" title="Mike Brooks" rel="nofollow">Mike Brooks</a> and <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/kristi-hines/" title="Kristi Hines" rel="nofollow">Kristi Hines</a> are now friends</p><p>Comments: 0</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/share-your-best-blog-post-this-week-542013-edition/#post-53323</guid><title>Mike Brooks replied to the forum topic Share your best blog post this week, 5/3/2013 edition. in the club Blogging</title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/share-your-best-blog-post-this-week-542013-edition/#post-53323</link> <pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 02:09:14 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/mikebrooks/" title="Mike Brooks" rel="nofollow">Mike Brooks</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/share-your-best-blog-post-this-week-542013-edition/" rel="nofollow">Share your best blog post this week, 5/3/2013 edition.</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> Got to interview Jon Loomer this week.&#160; Wealth of knowledge.<a href="http://nuclearchowdermarketing.com/getting-likes-and-metrics-on-facebook/" rel="nofollow">http://nuclearchowdermarketing.com/getting-likes-and-metrics-on-facebook/</a></p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/introduce-yourselves-1/?topic_page=9#post-53322</guid><title>Mike Brooks replied to the forum topic Introduce Yourselves! in the club Blogging</title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/introduce-yourselves-1/?topic_page=9#post-53322</link> <pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 00:01:10 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/mikebrooks/" title="Mike Brooks" rel="nofollow">Mike Brooks</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/introduce-yourselves-1/" rel="nofollow">Introduce Yourselves!</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> I've been a member here for a while but not sure if I ever introduced myself.&#160; Even if I did, I thought I'd do it again since my blog is different now.I renamed and reinvented my business this past winter.&#160; My [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-often-do-you-blog/#post-53321</guid><title>Mike Brooks replied to the forum topic How Often Do You Blog? in the club Blogging</title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-often-do-you-blog/#post-53321</link> <pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2013 23:56:16 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/mikebrooks/" title="Mike Brooks" rel="nofollow">Mike Brooks</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-often-do-you-blog/" rel="nofollow">How Often Do You Blog?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> I've been trying to get more content out lately.&#160; My best advice echos some already given and that is to blog as much as you can as long as what you're putting out is the best quality content possible.Blogging [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/competitor-bought-our-domain-name/#post-52787</guid><title>Mike Brooks replied to the forum topic Competitor bought our domain name in the club Small Business</title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/competitor-bought-our-domain-name/#post-52787</link> <pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:42:33 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/mikebrooks/" title="Mike Brooks" rel="nofollow">Mike Brooks</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/competitor-bought-our-domain-name/" rel="nofollow">Competitor bought our domain name</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> If you&#160;bought the domain name of your business and your corporation you have legal right to file claim for the domain through Internic.&#160;&#160;That its "Trademark" infringement.  You would have to prove with corporate [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/competitor-bought-our-domain-name/#post-52777</guid><title>Mike Brooks replied to the forum topic Competitor bought our domain name in the club Small Business</title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/competitor-bought-our-domain-name/#post-52777</link> <pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2013 22:52:13 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/mikebrooks/" title="Mike Brooks" rel="nofollow">Mike Brooks</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/competitor-bought-our-domain-name/" rel="nofollow">Competitor bought our domain name</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> Sherry,&#160; how was this person able to buy it?&#160; Did you not have it?&#160; And is it the same as your business name?</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/pictures-compared-to-text-post-reach/</guid><title>Mike Brooks started the forum topic Pictures compared to text post reach in the club Facebook</title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/pictures-compared-to-text-post-reach/</link> <pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 17:10:19 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/mikebrooks/" title="Mike Brooks" rel="nofollow">Mike Brooks</a> started the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/pictures-compared-to-text-post-reach/" rel="nofollow">Pictures compared to text post reach</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a> Something strange is afoot on Facebook. I am seeing extremely low reach on images all of the sudden.&#160; When I make a text post it is seen by 4 times as many people. Of course, I know Facebook seems to always have [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/share-your-blogs-here/</guid><title>Mike Brooks started the forum topic Share your Blogs Here in the club Blogging</title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/share-your-blogs-here/</link> <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:00:18 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/mikebrooks/" title="Mike Brooks" rel="nofollow">Mike Brooks</a> started the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/share-your-blogs-here/" rel="nofollow">Share your Blogs Here</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> Thought it would be helpful to share each others blogs to help each other get traffic, guest bloggers, blog comments, etc.&#160; My blog is <a href="http://www.eyeonsocialmedia.com" rel="nofollow">EyeOnSocialMedia</a>.&#160; (eyeonsocialmedia dot com)Not sure if the link will take [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/no-engagement/#post-9976</guid><title>Mike Brooks replied to the forum topic No engagement? in the club Facebook</title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/no-engagement/#post-9976</link> <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:29:52 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/mikebrooks/" title="Mike Brooks" rel="nofollow">Mike Brooks</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/no-engagement" rel="nofollow">No engagement?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a> Push one of&#160;the 6 buttons of Buzz (to borrow from a really great back called Buzz Marketing)The taboo (sex, lies, bathroom humor)The unusualThe outrageousThe hilariousThe remarkableThe secrets (both kept and [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/facebook-imposter/#post-6232</guid><title>Mike Brooks replied to the forum topic Facebook Imposter in the club Facebook</title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/facebook-imposter/#post-6232</link> <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:28:43 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/mikebrooks/" title="Mike Brooks" rel="nofollow">Mike Brooks</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/facebook-imposter/" rel="nofollow">Facebook Imposter</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a> There are an absolute ton of imposter sites out there.&#160; Fact is anyone can create a fan site and make it look like it is an official site of that person/brand/personality.&#160; There are some clever marketers out [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/length-of-blog-post/?topic_page=3#post-2900</guid><title>Mike Brooks replied to the forum topic length of blog post in the club Blogging</title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/length-of-blog-post/?topic_page=3#post-2900</link> <pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 13:38:42 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/mikebrooks/" title="Mike Brooks" rel="nofollow">Mike Brooks</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/length-of-blog-post/" rel="nofollow">length of blog post</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/nickmessenger/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/nickmessenger/' rel="nofollow">@nickmessenger</a> Thanks for the heads up.&#160; I fixed the link.&#160; <a href="http://www.eyeonsocialmedia.com/content/does-size-matter-%e2%80%93-how-long-should-your-blog-post-be/" rel="nofollow">Here it is again</a> too.</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/best-and-least-expensive-way-to-grow-facebook-pafe/#post-2766</guid><title>Mike Brooks replied to the forum topic Best and Least Expensive Way to Grow Facebook Pafe in the club Facebook</title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/best-and-least-expensive-way-to-grow-facebook-pafe/#post-2766</link> <pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 02:36:00 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/mikebrooks/" title="Mike Brooks" rel="nofollow">Mike Brooks</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/best-and-least-expensive-way-to-grow-facebook-pafe" rel="nofollow">Best and Least Expensive Way to Grow Facebook Pafe</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/evanthiajewelrydesign/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/evanthiajewelrydesign/' rel="nofollow">@evanthiajewelrydesign</a> It can be really overwhelming.&#160; There is a lot to this.&#160; But trying to learn it all at once can drive you crazy.&#160; First thing to do, in my opinion is to give great information/content to [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/length-of-blog-post/?topic_page=3#post-2725</guid><title>Mike Brooks replied to the forum topic length of blog post in the club Blogging</title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/length-of-blog-post/?topic_page=3#post-2725</link> <pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 00:53:17 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/mikebrooks/" title="Mike Brooks" rel="nofollow">Mike Brooks</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/length-of-blog-post" rel="nofollow">length of blog post</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> I was inspired to write about this on my blog today.&#160; Expanded a bit on what I said earlier.&#160; If anyone wants to comment on it, I would love to hear from you.&#160; <a href="http://www.eyeonsocialmedia.com/content/does-size-matter-%e2%80%93-how-long-should-your-blog-post-be/" rel="nofollow">Here is the link to the post</a>. Feel free to let me [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/best-and-least-expensive-way-to-grow-facebook-pafe/#post-2677</guid><title>Mike Brooks replied to the forum topic Best and Least Expensive Way to Grow Facebook Pafe in the club Facebook</title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/best-and-least-expensive-way-to-grow-facebook-pafe/#post-2677</link> <pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 22:43:30 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/mikebrooks/" title="Mike Brooks" rel="nofollow">Mike Brooks</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/best-and-least-expensive-way-to-grow-facebook-pafe/" rel="nofollow">Best and Least Expensive Way to Grow Facebook Pafe</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a> Great advice above.&#160; The big key for real, long term success is to provide great and valuable content.&#160; Without great content, people will come but won't like and share.With that said, a method i like to get [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/share-your-blogs-here/#post-2634</guid><title>Mike Brooks replied to the forum topic Share your Blogs Here in the club Blogging</title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/share-your-blogs-here/#post-2634</link> <pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 21:42:49 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/mikebrooks/" title="Mike Brooks" rel="nofollow">Mike Brooks</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/share-your-blogs-here/" rel="nofollow">Share your Blogs Here</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> They fixed the navigation issue so you can left click away.&#160;</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/share-your-blogs-here/#post-2444</guid><title>Mike Brooks replied to the forum topic Share your Blogs Here in the club Blogging</title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/share-your-blogs-here/#post-2444</link> <pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 16:12:01 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/mikebrooks/" title="Mike Brooks" rel="nofollow">Mike Brooks</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/share-your-blogs-here/" rel="nofollow">Share your Blogs Here</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> Thank Janet!&#160; Yours and Ann's are awesome!&#160; I'd suggest to everyone here to right click the links and open in a new tab or window.&#160; Left clicking, at least on my computer, is navigating me away from the [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/length-of-blog-post/?topic_page=2#post-2438</guid><title>Mike Brooks replied to the forum topic length of blog post in the club Blogging</title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/length-of-blog-post/?topic_page=2#post-2438</link> <pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 16:05:20 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/mikebrooks/" title="Mike Brooks" rel="nofollow">Mike Brooks</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/length-of-blog-post/" rel="nofollow">length of blog post</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> Great discussion.&#160; And some really great advice here.I often wonder myself what the right length is.&#160; I think it will differ from blog to blog, topic to topic and reader to reader.I have always felt my blog posts [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/activity/p/18420/</guid><title>Mike Brooks became a registered member</title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/activity/p/18420/</link> <pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 14:50:20 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/mikebrooks/" title="Mike Brooks" rel="nofollow">Mike Brooks</a> became a registered member</p><p>Comments: 0</p> ]]> </description> </item> </channel> </rss>