Social Media: Kanye West Style
Due to social media, specifically Twitter, within minutes of Kanye West’s jackass move, there were dis sites up and running.
This should be a huge lesson in the power of Twitter. There were thousands of tweets minutes after he did it and everybody hit the keyboards and popping out posts. Take a look at the digg search page for Kanye West.
Here is a page with other celebrities discussing the incident on Twitter where Pink calls Kanye a piece of shit
What Do Celebrities Think of Kanye West’s Diss on Taylor Swift?
Now, imagine the power you can have by developing a “breaking story” or just simply being your own jackass. Sites like Youtube and Viddler allow everybody to be their own jackass.
I’ve never met him, but have read loads on how Jason Calcanis get’s so many links. Simply by being a jackass, many sites link to him. Just take a look at Jason Calacanis Doesn’t Understand Affiliate Marketers and see how many comments there are there. He gets people so aggravated that he turn’s viral. Take a look at what Shoemoney said: Calcanis Plays SEO People Like a Fiddle. Yes, this is SEO, but now with social media so popular, I bet the links generated would be even greater.
Now, imagine the power you can have by developing a “breaking story” or just simply being your own jackass. Sites like Youtube and Viddler allow everybody to be their own jackass. Get people talking about you like they do Calcanis or Kanye and you can bet you will gain some nice traffic.
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and if you have any Kanye sites you’d like to share, feel free to add them in the comments.


Thu, Sep 17, 2009
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