Have you ever had the experience of meeting someone for the first time but feeling like you already knew them? The first time I ever got on the phone with Mary Kurek, that was how I felt. Yes, she has a warm and easygoing personality and that made a difference, but the reason I already felt I knew her was because we had already begun a dialogue on Twitter.

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I met someone through Twitter while ghost twittering for a client who has gone and written a great ebook about Twitter so I don’t have to.

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Once someone is past the initial set up of a Twitter account, there are some common first  questions.  One of them is “What the heck do I tweet about?”  This comes up as people begin to understand that they need to be interesting and give value, not just push their product or service, and that [...]

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So often people are on the fence about whether or not it is worth it to spend the time and energy it takes to learn how to use social media to market their business.  This video, an updated of one that was made a year ago, is based on the book Socialnomics: How Social Media [...]

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How to Use Twitter Use Twitter by sending short messages about what you’re doing and communicate instantly with others. These are two videos I selected, the first for basic set up instructions, the other one is about getting quality followers. Worth your time!

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More on using Hootsuite

March 12, 2010

I have found Hootsuite to be very user friendly, but I thought I’d upload a basic guide they provide in video form.  In my mind it is an essential tool for integrating my working channels.  I can basically manage my social network from my Hootsuite Dashboard.  Gotta love it.  Here’s a brief view of integrating [...]

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Facebook – Basic Concepts

March 9, 2010

Image by Old Shoe Woman via Flickr Maybe you’ve had a Facebook account for awhile and have used it primarily for connecting with friends and family. It’s good for that. Many are finding the power Facebook has for networking and advertising for business.Here are some articles to peruse if you are contemplating taking your facebook profile a [...]

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Facebook Etiquette

March 8, 2010

Time to look out for your P’s and Q’s.  I’m not really sure where that phrase came from, but I do know that when it comes to using any social network online you need to be careful not to step on cyber toes as much as possible. Do I follow all the rules?  No, not [...]

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Hootsuite Effectiveness

January 31, 2010

Image via CrunchBase Hootsuite has been one of my favorite tools to recommend to clients for keeping on top of your twittering. Of course if you’re managing multiple twitter accounts it’s great, but I also love it because it’s web-based rather than something I must download to my computer (like TweetDeck) so I can access [...]

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Twitter Clients – Maximize your Twitter Time

December 17, 2009

How to use twitter clients or twitter applications to make your social media networking time more efficient and effective.

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