I wish I could take credit for the term “social poop” but sadly I can’t. I first learned the term from Andy Fogarty in a wonderful blog post called How To Create Social Proof In 3 Simple Steps on the Laura Roeder blog. Andy defines social poop as the stuff you get from Twitter feeds […]
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Twitter has added a new feature, lists. You can create lists of people you want to follow. People on your Twitter list do not have to be people you are following on Twitter. This is an interesting feature, but many people are wondering what to do with lists on Twitter. Here are some ideas. Experts
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With Twitter being in the news so often, many people are curious and ready to give it a try. Getting started on Twitter is easy. Go to Twitter.com, create a username for yourself, enter a password, and get started. Include a thumbnail photo, a short bio (160 characters), and a link to your website. If
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I just watched a YouTube video by TweetDeck about their new version. I’ve been using TweetDeck for a while to manage my Twitter account and I already thought the previous update was a huge improvement. But version 0.32 just blew my mind. I could barely wait to get the update. Some of the new features
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Many small business owners view social media sites like Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter as an exciting new shortcut for marketing their business. They think social media magical solution; if they sign up customers will flock to their website or store front. It’s as if marketing no longer has to be work. Well I hate to
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Last week LinkedIn announced it was adding Twitter to the list of applications you can add to your LinkedIn profile. This means you can now have Twitter update your LinkedIn status and vice versa. For someone like me who is a heavy user of both LinkedIn and Twitter, this added functionality is much appreciated. To
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When I’m out speaking to business people, just about everyone has heard of Twitter. But in spite of the phenomenal growth Twitter has experienced, the majority of people I meet still haven’t given it a try. The main reason people give is “I just don’t get it. Why does anyone care that I’m having lunch
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Recently I spoke at the Business Women’s Network of the Owen Sound Chamber of Commerce about why every local business needs to be on Twitter. Most of the women present were not using Twitter so I needed to give some concrete examples of how people are using Twitter to promote small businesses to a local
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One Tuesday last spring, Twitter users logged into their accounts to discover all their followers were gone. So were the people they were following. Instead of being part of one big Twitter party, everyone was alone in the virtual Twitterverse. What happened? Twitter’s server crashed and deleted everyone’s followers. For Twitter addicts this was a
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I was on LinkedIn this morning checking the LinkedIn Answers section. On person asked how to use Twitter, saying he didn’t get it. Several answers were from people who agreed that they didn’t quite know what to do with it. This made me laugh a little, because I don’t know if I could function without
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