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Nicholas Christakis: The hidden influence of social networks
Social networks shape our thinking, our lives and our actions.
They are arenas of influence. Nicholas Christakis in this video
presentation shows how social networks can explain the growth
of philanthropy, obesity and drug use.
His visual presentation of the forming and re-forming of a
social network over 15 years is stimulating and enlightening
It will change your perspective of social networks and
their power for creating good in the world.
Nicholas maintains that social networking is embedded
in our genes and that one only has to look at our offline
social networks to confirm this.
The question for us as business owners and online
marketers is. "How are we going to use these arenas
of influence?" Will the world be a better place as a result
of our actions on Facebook, Twitter, Squidoo, RedGage
and other social networking sites?
RedGage, the new social bookmarking and social networking site has monthly contests to encourage users to contribute positively to the development of the site.
The details of the August RedGage contest are shown here:
August Contest
For the month of August, the RedGage Contest has two parts: a raffle and a competition.
The Raffle
RedGage users can collect points for receiving views, rating content, commenting on content, inviting peopleto join Redgage or mentioning RedGage on other sites (mentions have to be separately advised to Redgage in the form provided).
These points are raffle tickets that are collected until midnight each day. There will be daily ($25), weekly ($50) and monthly ($200) winners that are chosen at random. (Note: minimum points to be able to enter = 10 points, a very low activity point).
The Competition
New this month is the competition that ranks users according to their activity. There is a scoreboard that shows the ranking of the Top 20 users in the following categories:
receiving views
rating content
commenting on content
inviting people to join Redgage
mentioning RedGage on other sites
The scoreboard helps users to determine their progress in each category and determine what is required of them to win the cash prizes.
The user who is ranked number one (in each category)will be the competition winner of the day.
Just like the raffle, daily activity will clear at the end of the day to even the playing field for the next day's competition. However, users will still be tracked for the weekly and monthly competition.
You will be able to win (in each category) only once per week!
The following cash prizes are awarded to the competition winners.
Category
Daily Winner
Weekly Winner
Monthly Winner
Views Received
$4
$8
$30
Rating
$6
$12
$40
Comments
$8
$16
$60
Mentions
$12
$24
$80
Invites
$20
$40
$140
For more information about RedGage and the August Contest, CLICK HERE.
********************************************** Ron Passfield is a Top 100 Squidoo Lensmaster and Giant Squid. He provides free resources for Squidoo affiliate marketing on his Squidoo authority site: http://www.squidoo.com/squidoomarketingstrategies
Redgage is not just a social bookmarking site for uploading photos, links and videos. It is very much a social networking site. The richness of the online content is more than matched by the richness and diversity of the network.
RedGage facilitates the building of your social network through the add a friend button, the ability to store content in Collections and the capacity to develop a comprehensive profile.
Top Web 2.0 experts, like Mari Smith and Percy Belcher, stress the importance of transparency on social networks. Your RedGage profile page enables you to share a lot of your self - your work, education, history, interests, passions and the things you like. Additionally, you can add web links to your blogs, Squidoo lenses and other sites.
Your Collections, in turn, provide insight into your passions, preferences, hobbies and online goals.
By sharing something of yourself through your profile and Collections, you enable others to identify common areas of interest and connect with you.
RedGage can thus help you brand yourself - to show something of who you are, what you believe in.
As Mari Smith argues, authenticity and transparency enable others to relate to your humanness and to build trust and rapport.
Adding genuine and transparent comments to others' content helps to build on that rapport and trust and establish a lasting connection.
Social networks such as RedGage are not just information exchange centres - they are very much centers of human connection. By sharing something of yourself, you invite the other person to reciprocate and so a genuine relationship can develop.
As you explore the RedGage site, you will find heaps of Giant Squids and a host of excellent writers from sites such as eHow.com, Gather.com, Scribd.com and Associated Content. You will encounter photographers ranging from the amateur who just loves taking photos to the professional engaged in glamor photography.
RedGage enables the creation and sharing of all forms of creative expression including art, photography or writing.
So why not share and connect on RedGage and enrich your life? Create a revealing profile, build your Collections, add friends and make quality comments on Redgage content. You will be amazed at how many people from diverse parts of the world share your interests.
********************************************** Ron Passfield is a Top 100 Squidoo Lensmaster and Giant Squid. He provides free resources for Squidoo affiliate marketing on his Squidoo authority site: http://www.squidoo.com/squidoomarketingstrategies
Ron has been involved in Internet marketing and small business marketing since 2005. He is recognized as an expert in Web 2.0 traffic strategies being a Giant Squid100, Top 100 Squidoo Lensmaster and creator of the SquidooRoo social media training program. Ron is a Co-Founder of Wizzley, a Writer's community.
Ron's blog for his offline business is Human Resource Consultancy.
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