Blogging,Facebook,Personal Branding,PR 2.0,Twitter,Twitter Basics         31 comments

What’s so cool about Twitter is that there are NO rules: it’s like the “Wild West” where anything goes — as long as you use 140 characters or less. Q: Why devote an entire post to this subject? A: The 19th century poet and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson said that “We are always looking for [...]

 Twitter,Twitter Basics         5 comments

If you love getting organized, you’ll love Tweetdeck Tweetdeck is the key that not only opens the door to greater accessibility but can make your entire Twitter experience so much fun — especially for those who love easy organization. How Tweetdeck works: 1. Download Tweetdeck (TweetDeck runs on the Adobe AIR runtime. To use TweetDeck, [...]

 Blogging,Personal Branding,Social Media Marketing,Twitter,Twitter Basics         18 comments

The REAL, intrinsic, not-so-secret value of social media in general — and Twitter, particularly — is the desire to help others by sharing information. Expertise, whether in the form of “raw knowledge” or super-research skills, is on the Net for the taking and, of course, the giving. Lesson TWO: How to find people to “follow” [...]

 Social Media Marketing,Twitter,Twitter Basics         39 comments

Stupid is such a loaded word: you never know how someone else will react if they hear the word So let’s begin TWITTER WEEK 101 with an agreement that 10 million+ users can’t be All Wrong. They’ve learned it’s all about How You Choose To Use The Power of Twitter. [BTW, as of Dec 2009, [...]