Zahid Lilani – Technology and Social Media

[INFOGRAPHIC] The Science of Timing and Blogging

Posted on 11. Nov, 2011 by Zahid Lilani.

Timing is everything, and maintaining a blog is no exception to the rule. Learning when your audience is tuning in, and therefore when to post, is mandatory for any successful blogger.
Two Takeaways
- Post on Monday before 12:00pm.
- Post opinionated posts on Saturdays to generate discussion and comments.

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Fresh New Social Media Icon Sets That Include Google+

Posted on 03. Oct, 2011 by Zahid Lilani.

Bloggers, designers, creative nerds and everyone in between, it’s about time you have an all-you-can-eat resource of social media icons. These icons are those small, sometimes big, images and graphics you see all over the internet. Primary use includes linking them to your social media profile.
My list consists of icon sets that include [...]

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Dlvr.it – Social Media Publishing and Statistics Tool for Bloggers

Posted on 16. Apr, 2011 by Zahid Lilani.

Dlvr.it lets bloggers publish to different social media sites such as Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, Ping.fm, Tumblr and Statusnet. Once you publish posts using Dlvr.it, you can stay in the loop by tracking statistics such as clicks and trends.
I have been playing with Dlvr.it for over a month now and really like it. [...]

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Bloggers need Newspapers to Survive

Posted on 08. Sep, 2009 by Zahid Lilani.

As a Bay Area resident I wasn’t really shocked when the news broke that San Francisco Chronicle is in trouble. Chronicle isn’t in trouble because of diminishing advertising revenues, it is in trouble because most people get their news online through specialized news blogs and aggregators like Google.
To be honest, Chronicle is not in [...]

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