You’ve
been working hard to increase your online status, but you have no idea if your
work is paying off. If you need a reliable barometer to measure your juice with
your the ‘net crowd, some reliable indicator that you have at last arrived,
look no further.
Here are ten concrete signs that your online social status is
climbing:
- Number of Friends/Followers – Of course, a good
place to start is to check the number of people who are staying current
with your updates. If you have a sizable following, chances are you are
doing something right.
- Status of Followers – It’s not just how
many people follow you, but who they are that counts as well. If you are
resonating with reputable and popular users and websites, then you’ve
definitely got something going.
- RT’s – Twitter re-tweets provide an immediate
feedback to measure the popularity of your input. If your tweets are
regularly being echoed across the web, that’s a very good sign that your
status is climbing.
- Links – When the links you share are
gaining traffic and are being shared by large numbers of visitors, you
have definitely arrived. This is where your network really begins to take
hold. Links are very important in online life.
- Backlinks – Social networking media is ideally
a two-way street. As you develop relationships with other users, sharing
one another’s links helps spread the word about one another. If your peers
and followers are backlinking from their sites to yours, that’s another
excellent milestone.
- Imitation – Imitation is, as they say, the
sincerest form of flattery. When other users are not only re-tweeting your
posts, but mimicking your style, you’ve just about reached cult status, my
friend.
- @Mentions – Now, when your
profile or website is mentioned by another user, independent of any update
or tweets from you, then you know that you’re on the people’s collective
conscience. You are a golden god! Okay, not really, but a vague Almost
Famous reference was kind of fun.
- Comments – There’s not much point in keeping
a blog if you don’t get any feedback. A blog without comments is really
just an online diary. When your posts start getting large numbers of
comments – good or bad – you’re resonating with your audience.
- Bandwidth – If your site is stretching the
limits of your initial bandwidth limits, then the growth of your status
has taken on a literal indication. Time to bulk up your website for
stardom.
- Advertising – Your ads will become more and
more plentiful on your website or blog in accordance with the increased
traffic you’ve gained. This is where monetization begins to pay off,
figuratively as well as literally.
If
any or all of these ten signs have occurred, you can be sure you’ve got it made
in the shade! Congratulations on successfully promoting your site, self, or
blog. You’ve worked hard, now enjoy the fruits of your labor.
Christine Kane
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