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May

I Wish Twitter Would Go Away

By • May 11, 2010 • Social Media, social media marketing, Twitter • 12 Comments

I have a long love/hate relationship with Twitter. When I first started with it, I hated it. Then I quit it, then I came back. Now I’m back for more of the same topic. Here goes… this might hurt a little bit. No one else will say it, but I will. I wish Twitter would [...]

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25
Jan

Discover Twitter & LinkedIn’s Hidden Potential

By • January 25, 2010 • Linkedin, Twitter • 2 Comments

Join me & Lewis Howes & Sean Malarkey to talk about how you can drive more leads and boost your traffic in this free social media webinar. Yep, free. Register here. In this one hour social media webinar you will learn: • The Top 5 Things You Must Do On LinkedIn To Generate Business • [...]

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11
Dec

Making the most of your time at a TweetUp

By • December 11, 2009 • Twitter • 13 Comments

On December 3, 2009 I attended the Boston MegaTweetUp at the Microsoft Cambridge NERD center. I went by myself and didn’t know anyone who was going to be there. I was really looking forward to it and excited to meet new people. However, I am a bit introverted and I have a hard time approaching [...]

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01
Nov

Twitter Lists Resurrect The “A-List”?

By • November 1, 2009 • Authority, Influence, Online Marketing, Twitter • 9 Comments

Twitter just released Twitter Lists. Steve Rubel points out that this is perhaps the new measure of influence? In July 2008 I wrote “The Death of the A-List” which caused a slight stir. Ok, not really, I was right. Here’s what I know. We don’t need lists to tell ourselves how influential we are. You [...]

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01
Sep

Twitter & Linkedin Secrets

By • September 1, 2009 • Linkedin, Twitter • 1 Comment

Let me tell you about my friend Lewis Howes. He’s the “Linkedin Guy”. You may have heard of him. Now, when I say friends I mean we actually hang out and I know him as a person, not just as an business associate. We’ve done shows and webinars together, and we both generally believe that [...]

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26
Mar

10,000 Twitter Followers. Now What?

By • March 26, 2009 • Online Marketing, Twitter • 13 Comments

Well, here I am, with supposedly 10k Twitter followers. Yay me. Here’s what I think. “Big deal”. What does it really mean? If anything at all? I Didn’t Try Either It’s not that I even tried to get them either. The thing is, aside from doing an auto-follow that Twitter themselves turned on for me [...]

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26
Feb

Using Social Media To Sell Offline

By • February 26, 2009 • social media marketing, Twitter, YouTube • 10 Comments

Yesterday as I was browsing my Twitter followers, I came across a retweet from someone I know in Cleveland who linked to a local fitness company who made a video about their training programs. So I clicked on the Twitter link, went to the blog, and watched the YouTube video. Then I picked up the [...]

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11
Feb

Rackspace Hears My Twitter Whining

By • February 11, 2009 • Online Marketing, Rackspace, Social Media, social media marketing, Twitter • 6 Comments

Well, I’m not sure how much they “get it”, but I know they use it and monitor it. Case in point… Last week I was informed via phone that I had just passed my fifth year of hosting with Rackspace. It’s obvious I love the company and their services because why else would I pay [...]

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14
Jul

Free Business Twitter Backgrounds

By • July 14, 2008 • Free, Online Marketing, Twitter • 7 Comments

Sticking with my “the power of free” mantra, I put together a small little mini-site for anyone to use that has business-type Twitter backgrounds. It’s over at TwitterBacks.com. Head on over and download a Photoshop file and customize it to make your Twitter background personalized! Here’s mine. Why? Well, watch the video. It’s free. If [...]

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08
May

Is Your Online Social Life Ruining Your Real Family Life?

By • May 8, 2008 • Online Marketing, Social Media, Twitter • 22 Comments

Being “social online” using things like Twitter and Facebook is all part of having and building a brand online, especially a personal brand. I cannot “not” be on Twitter and be active. If I wasn’t, it would be a liability to me in my line of work as a consultant in the business of online [...]

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