I’m always on the lookout for new ideas, websites or tricks to help market my clients, or market myself. While scanning various articles that have accrued over the holidays in my Google Reader, I came across a few that sound interesting and ones I plan to check out. It’s a constant battle to obtain and remain on the first page of Google so any new ideas are welcomed. Today I will highlight Posterous.com.
Posterous is a new social media platform where you can post anything from text to videos to pictures. But you post these by sending an email. Pictures can even be sent via a cell phone. This sounds like it could potentially save precious time. As one reviewer states, “It’s also the ideal solution for sharing content that’s too long to tweet yet too short to blog post.”
Posterous also autoposts to all other social media sites you use. You simply email your content and it will automatically update your blogs and sites such as Facebook, Xanga, WordPress, Blogger and more. You can also publish your content on your website by setting up your Posterous account on your own URL, which could be a sub-domain on your website. And because posting videos and pictures is so easy, you will share more and more content therefore increasing your presence in online search results.
Posterous is easily customizable as well, and has plenty of themes to choose from. If you know CSS/HTML however, you can build your own theme. Google analytics is built in and Itunes podcasts work automatically.
This seems like a really innovative site worth checking out. To set it up, you simply email Posterous at post@posterous.com with your first blog post, or pictures, and your account is automatically set up. So easy! I’m going to try it now.
