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Get rid of useless ReTweets. Remember #followfriday recommendations? They used to be cool, but these days all you see is people retweeting list of names that has no meaning. I usually ignore these huge RTs. Sometimes people greet multiple friends at once – OK I understand this – but why do ten people have to … Continue reading
While your Twitter handle or username is an important identifier, your profile pic is a lot like speed dating – you’ve only got a couple of seconds to make an impression. So you’ve got to choose wisely. Think about your business or product (even if you don’t have a product, you’re a product) and what you want it to … Continue reading
Wondering how you’re going to use social media to build business and grow your presence? Do you ever stop to look around and see how you’re faring? Services like Twitter are great for listening and connecting, but they work a lot better if you take a look back. Break open your Twitter account and see … Continue reading
It’s funny how many people are lamenting the temporary shutdown of brands on Google+. Meanwhile, I’m seeing lots of smart business people connecting with people, making relationships, sharing a mix of personal and business materials, and building relationships that will transcend the vagueness of following an official stream. Business is about humans connecting with humans. … Continue reading
Build an account and immediate start using Twitter Search to listen for your name, your competitor’s names, words that relate to your space. (Listening always comes first.) Add a picture. ( Shel reminds us of this.) We want to see you. Talk to people about THEIR interests, too. I know this doesn’t sell more widgets, but it shows us … Continue reading
Facebook’s not just for keeping tabs on friends and filling out quizzes — it can also be used as a highly effective business tool. It’s great for marketing your products, landing gigs and connecting with your customers. Here are 32 ways to use Facebook in your business. Manage Your Profile Fill out your profile completely … Continue reading
#FollowFriday is great in theory, but often turns out badly in practice, so I have a hard time recommending it…although it works well for some people. First, here’s what you should do instead: Ask for and give personal recommendations (Example 1Example 2). Also see 10 seconds a week to find great Twitter users What most people … Continue reading
1. Tweets that start with “@…” are mostly private and won’t be seen by many people. These are known as “@messages,” and are pronounced “at messages.” As private as they are, there is a trick you can use to make @messages be seen by everyone. And it can help you make friends quickly on Twitter. Some people … Continue reading
PollMyTweets is a neat little service that allows you to send out a request to your followers to participate in a quick poll. Starting is easy. Simply log into the site via Twitter. Tweet using #poll: #poll Do you Like IceCream? They create a link for followers to vote on. From there you can … Continue reading
Google has been around for more than a decade now. With its super powerful search engine it has literally dominated the online search world and updated its algorithm day in day out, to remain ahead of the race. But there is a strong reason why I make such a bold statement here. Follow on. What … Continue reading
Regardless of how you use Twitter, there’s one thing you don’t need to worry about half as much as many people do. I’m talking about mutual/reciprocal following. When I started using Twunfollow to see who was unfollowing me, I was shocked by one single thing. Not the number of people unfollowing me, not a load of people … Continue reading
Twitter is a wonderful communications tool and while it does many things really well, there are a few things it doesn’t do so well. One of those things is having discussions about specific topics with specific groups of people. This is often known as a TwitChat. The Problem I participate in a number of weekly TwitChats. … Continue reading
Twitter is buzzing and here is a collection of top 10 twitter tools, plugins, widgets and scripts to integrate with your wordpress blog. These Twitter tools are easy to implement and you can get them running in minutes in your wordpress blogs. Wickett Twitter Widget – Display tweets from a Twitter account in the sidebar of your blog. As … Continue reading
Twitter isn’t just about telling people what you did last night or what you are eating for dinner. It is a very powerful business tool if used correctly. Using Twitter just to broadbcast self-referential tweets and automated random crap see almost no return on their time investment, and leave saying what a colossal waste Twitter is … Continue reading
Speaking at a press conference last week, Twitter CEO Dick Costolo revealed for the first time the micro-blogging site’s number of active users – currently 100 million. User engagement is key to the survival of social networks, and Twitter remains positive it will go from strength to strength. That figure is half the number of … Continue reading
When you start to get going on Twitter, you will want to share resources, information, knowledge, advice, links, and to demonstrate your knowledge and expertise. You may well want do this by writing blogs, having eBooks and factsheets, and other pieces of useful information on your website / blogsite. So how do you get people on … Continue reading
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