Quit or Coast on Empire Avenue?

Many people have used the word ‘addictive’ when referring to Empire Avenue. There have been references to ‘lost sleep’, ‘time suck’, ‘angry spouses’ and more.  Meanwhile, others have said, that you just ‘hook up’ Empire Avenue and do your thing in your regular social media with no big time commitment required. It’s this range of opinion that leads some people to quit and others to scratch their heads over those departures.

Next, the appeal and the burden of social obligation.   Continue reading

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New Achievements: New Engagement or New Spam?

Late in the trading day Monday, Empire Avenue introduced new achievements with badges for for Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and Facebook Pages.  One can assume YouTube achievements are coming, if not yet here by the time you read this.   Assuming you have now had a good look at your new shiny, you might be wondering what effect this will have on Empire Avenue activity.  Expect to see people working the system, but something more significant is developing as well.

Next, in your face(book) activity. Continue reading

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Castaway 2: Lost Empire

Castaway 2: Off the Avenue

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Does Self-Interest Kill Influence?

People buy my 90-eave shares faster than I can earn dividends for upgrades even when I spend real cash.  When my share price was about 65e, I wrote an article entitled, You Will Still Love Me at 80 where I proposed that folks should have no problem buying my shares for 70e.  Some people thought that article was pretty arrogant.  Suggesting someone might pay over market rates for shares generated some strong responses. And yet, what are market rates?  My stock costs 25e more a share than it did back in July.  It’s been suggested that share sales are a powerful measure of your influence, but has my influence increased by 38% since then?

Next, self-interest or influence?   Continue reading

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Building Your Facebook Page Score on Empire Avenue

Note: This article discussed building a vibrant Facebook Page in the context of the social media site Empire Avenue, but the strategies apply generally.

If you have a Facebook Page, chances are you weren’t doing a happy dance when you saw your Empire Avenue influence score. If you don’t have a Facebook Page, you might be trying to figure out how you could put one to use.  If you are like me, you have wondered how the Pages are different than your main Facebook profile.  While I have done a lot of head scratching, I am developing a strategy.

Next, are contests and surveys the answer?   Continue reading

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Do Blogs Matter on Empire Avenue?

I have been quiet for a couple of days on this blog. Sometimes, I just need to take a break. There is only so much I can pontificate about social media. I will continue writing. However, we have entered a new era on Empire Avenue and this blog will probably change along with it.

Next, why we still don’t have blog scores.   Continue reading

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Social Media Top 10: Improving Your Flickr Stats

William Pitcher of the Empire Building Network discusses ten tips to improve your views, comments and favourites on the photo sharing site – Flickr.

Each tip is discussed in more detail in the video, but here is the list:

  1. Take good photos!!
  2. Use comedic photographs to generate response.
  3. Fine tune your photos with editing tools.
  4. Quality is important, but more photos creates more score.
  5. Comment and favourite other people’s photos.
  6. Use Flickr groups to promote your photos.
  7. When posting, make your last photo of a group your best photo.
  8. Tell your story in words as well as in pictures.
  9. Use tags and geotags.
  10. Use good picture names.
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Influencer Listing: Yumi Ventura

Yumi Ventura  (e)13

Best place to find you online:  Empire Avenue

Professional Bio Information:I am a student studying in Canada from Japan.

Who should contact you for networking?  Anyone can contact me.

Why should someone buy your shares?
Because I love now to blog. You can see my posts 2 or more every day, and I also like to be on facebook and twitter.

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News: Impact of Youtube & Facebook Pages on Empire Avenue

Empire Avenue listed the scores of YouTube and Facebook Pages today on the site.  The average of these new scores is much lower than some of the other Influence Scores.  For example, the 100th highest Empire Avenue Influence Score for people is 42 while the 100th highest score for Facebook Pages is one.

Next, the top 30 score averages.   Continue reading

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Cartoon: Empire Avenue in the Courtroom

Empire Avenue in the Courtroom

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