A Passing Absence

It has been almost 3 months since my last blog post and the time off was well spent.

It was never meant to be a long absence from blogging. Daily life took over, I became idle in maintaining my writing and also my blog.

However, I can proudly say that there have been good things that I've done while away. 

I spent time learning how to create contents and write better.

I also spent time learning a foreign language. 

I managed to catch up on my Korean dramas.

Yes, I love my K-dramas and I'm not ashamed to say so. You might even read about my passion in the future.

Have a nice weekend everyone and till my next post. X 

My Social Media Management Experiment : Klout

When I started this blog, I had hope that it will be something that I will be proud of. Blogging is a way for me to put myself out there, a means for me to throw my thoughts and opinions far and wide  and eventually gain new acquaintances.

Being married to someone who is digital savvy, I was posed with the question : how are you going to promote yourself and your blog?

So not too long ago I was introduced with the term Social Media Management. Well, initially I had trouble with my tweets every time I had a new blog update. I would use up all the character spaces before I could put all the necessary details because copying and pasting the link of my new blog post took up too much space.

Nothing such as a link shortener couldn't fix.

But at the same time, I came across websites that works like Google Reader and after a couple of days searching for more information, I was introduced to websites that helps someone manage their social media presence.

Klout is one of many and I decided to try it for at least a week. So I am going to share with you my experience of using Klout.

This is the Overview. I think it looks clean and tidy. Easy enough to navigate.

This is the Create page. The great thing about Klout is that it pools articles or interesting contents in one single page for you to sift through and share with your followers. You could share on Twitter or Facebook profile. I am currently sharing on Twitter only as Klout does not share on Facebook pages at the moment. But I have set my Twitter to share on my Facebook page,so whatever I share on Twitter will make its way to my Facebook page as well.

With the content, you can choose what type of contents you want to receive. On the right side of the screen, you can edit the type of content you want to receive.

The topics are many and you can choose up to 11.

With Klout, you can schedule your posts. That way, you can still maintain your online presence by sharing contents while you're away from your computer.

On this page you can check your Klout score. The score is a measurement of your overall online presence. I guess this depends on how many people click and view the content that you shared. So the more people click those shortened urls, the more points you'll get I guess. But it does not mean that that is the only way to get more points in your score. If you read the help section, they have a much more detailed explanation on how the score can go up and down based on your social media engagement across different channels.

Now what do you do with your Klout score? You can get Klout perks which are exclusive products or experiences you can get based on your influence. Is it important to get perks? Urmm, not to me. I don't go after this type of perks. I think I have enough real life based perks that I'm after at the moment.

When I click on my profile photo in Overview, this is where I'll be directed to.

For my first content sharing using Klout, I've chosen an article as shown above. I've set it to publish on my twitter account.

So this is how it looks like once the content from Klout has been published. Note that there is no inline photo in my tweet. Does it bother me? Not really.

And because I've set my tweets to be published on my Facebook page as well, you can see here that my page has been updated with the content shared using Klout. 

Over the next fews weeks or so, I'll be sharing contents using different types of social media management websites. Who knows maybe I'll stick to one that I really like.

What I like about having only one platform to use to share online contents is that I don't have to open up many applications at the same time. But it does not solve all my problems because currently not all of them can share contents over various different types of social media sites.

Join me next time as I share my experiences using a different social media management website.

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BLOG-OLAN : The Name

I spent a coupe of months thinking of what kind of blog I was going to build.

Image source Pixabay

Having spent countless hours reading blogs of others, I was still unsure of the name or the direction that I wanted to take.

I could just pick a topic and write on that throughout the life of the blog. But that would mean limiting stories that I could tell. You get to be more focus in your writing though. 

In the end, I decided to write about stuff that brings about the feelings of positivity, pleasantness and at times peculiar. These are also the things that I look for in other blogs that I read.

So here at ThreePV, expect positive, pleasant and sometimes peculiar stuff being churned out by yours truly. 

Hope you'll enjoy reading them as much as it excites me just thinking about all the things that I want to write about in the future!

Image source Pixabay

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BLOG-OLAN: The Beginning

Pixabay Image

I started to blog many years ago and back then it was mostly about random stuff.

I had a couple of blog sites. I would maintain one site for a couple of months, only to deactivate it later due to lack of time to keep the posts coming.

I also think that I wasn't focused on writing. There was no sense of direction or a goal to achieve. Blogging was just an activity for the days when I had nothing else to do. 

There was no concerted effort.

I used to follow other blogs written by friends or just random people, talking in minute detail about their daily life and experiences.

I tried to go in that direction but I felt a lack of passion in documenting my daily life.

I am not against people who document their days in their blog like writing in a diary or journal. 

I just think that direction isn't for me.

This time around, I have put in more effort into my writing and a focus for my blog.

And I am more passionate about my blog this time around!

I hope you'll enjoy reading my blog, as much as I enjoy writing them ;)

Determined look

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Alvina