Posts Tagged "twitter"

Twitter Power Tools

Posted by on Jun 20, 2009 in Old Blog Posts | 1 comment

Twitter Power Tools

Now that the hype has settled and the new website smell has faded, let’s take a look at Twitter and how to maximize it’s effectiveness via third party Twitter tools.  These tools come in various forms; from websites, desktop apps to mobile phone applications, there are many ways to get your tweets in order. Multi-Account Management Twitter is a great tool, but their website is pretty simple – and that has it’s pros and cons.  The pros being the ease of using it.  For...

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Twitter for the Middle Ages

Posted by on Apr 10, 2009 in Old Blog Posts | 0 comments

Surprisingly, it is not the kids that are doing all the Twittering – far from it.  New research shows it’s the middle age sector that is using it the most, and that means business – kids rank at the bottom of the list as the most common users of Twitter.  Full article from Web Pro News...

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Who to Follow on Twitter

Posted by on Dec 3, 2008 in Old Blog Posts | 0 comments

If you are new to Twitter, usually the first question that comes up is “who do I follow and how do I get followers myself?” Well, if you are just starting out, I say follow everyone you can.  You never know who will turn out to be interesting and you can quickly weed out the the uninteresting ones with a simple click of the “unfollow” button.  In return, most people you follow will return the favor of being followed by following you back.  Of course if you are not...

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Twitter Cured My Hiccups

Posted by on Nov 19, 2008 in Old Blog Posts | 0 comments

I had a bad case of the hiccups this evening – couldn’t get rid of them and my chest was really starting to hurt (I don’t get them often, but when I do, they’re massive).  I was sitting at the computer and thought “I’ll send a tweet (post) out on Twitter about my hiccups”.  Sure enough, in less than 30 seconds I got a response from one of my followers saying to exhale slowly for 30 seconds and then inhale slowly.  I tried it and bingo, my hiccups...

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Further Exploring of Twitter

Posted by on Nov 17, 2008 in Old Blog Posts | 0 comments

I wanted to do a post on Twitter highlighting all the pros and cons and then remembered Chris Brogan has already written an excellent article on this very topic.  Twitter is one of those social media tools that you can get a lot out of if you take the time to use it and get over the initial uneasiness of telling the world what you’re doing at that exact moment.  But at the same time, it helps to know what you can expect to get out of it before jumping in.  While I find Twitter a great...

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