Janet Fouts gives us another how to lesson in Social Media

“I read a lot of blogs and I confess I often post my thoughts to Twitt rather than commenting on the blog. Unless I’ve got a LOT to say and then I’ll write a post of my own and link back to the blog that got me thinking. To me, the important thing is to share the post with my friends and talk about it and commenting on the blog sorta limits the reach unless i comment and then link to the post and share it with my networks. Ugh,      too  many steps.
I’ve been playing with a new service that just may change all that. It’s called Amplify, and here’s the thing that makes it cool. Set up an account and then get the Firefox extension. Browse your favorite blog, click the Amplify button in the browser and you can clip specific paragraphs, images or sections of the post you’re reading and file it on your “clog” (short for “cliplog”) at Amplify with your comments. You can even clip straight out of Google Reader or Bloglines. Here’s mine so far, but look for more content, I can see using this a lot.
Here’s the beautiful part. Amplify syncs with your favorite social networks like Twitter, Facebook and even delicious. As soon as you post it sends out to the networks you select and posts a link there too. Simple as that. Now your friends have a link to discuss the post or to go directly to the post on the original blog and add their comments there. This takes sharing links on Twitter to new heights.
Amplify lets you create groups too, with it’s own URL, like socialmedia.amplify.com so as users naturally gather to read posts they can share across groups on the site too.
I’ve got a couple of beta invites for this left, so Tweet me on Twitter if you’re interested and I’ll pass them along, or you can sign-up for the beta by following @amplifytheweb and when they are available they’ll get you a beta invite!”.Janet Fouts

I founded this business to help people understand this thing called social media and how to work with it instead of against it.
I call myself a  “social media coach” because I coach you through the early steps of getting to know the tools and the playing field, and then to excel at communicating your message online –building conversations around it that are sustainable.
Yes, my company (Tatu Digital Media) can help you set up the tools you need and put them in an appealing package, but we’ve found that building it is not enough. You need to understand how best to use these tools to communicate and create lasting relationships. That’s where I come in. I help you see how to use the tools in the most effective way and build a strategy that leads to success.
Whether you’re just getting your feet wet in the social media pool, or you’re in the deep end already and you need to keep on top of the newest information, I’m your resource.
Now for the dry details.
I have been involved in online community for over 12 years. I co-founded ONTHERAIL, the award winning online community for the restaurant industry and have continually been involved in online community ever since. I am an active participant in San Francisco Women on the Web (Director 2000-2001), Women in Technology, Silicon Valley American Marketing Association, Green & Sustainability Innovators & Innovation Network, and the Social Media Club as well as several industry groups.
My expertise ranges from content creation, coding and web project management to social media coaching  and  social media strategy development.
I am  senior partner at Tatu Digital Media, a San Jose, Ca. web design and development firm, producing blogs,  websites, product demonstrations and e-learning modules for online delivery.
You can find me on many of the social networks. Here’s a short list:
Linkedin
indenti.ca
Twitter
Friendfeed
Plurk

Read more: About Janet Fouts – Social Media Coach | Janet Fouts – http://janetfouts.com/

Below Is the Link To Janet’s New Clog-

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