Category Archives: Social Media

Mashable’s Twitter Guide Book Now Available for Download

Mashable posts that Mashable’s Twitter Guide Book Now Available for Download. It’s sponsored by Adobe so the guide book requires Acrobat 9 or Adobe Reader 9 for viewing.
You can read it online at Twitter Guide Book – How To, Tips and Instructions by Mashable which is described as:
a one-stop shop for getting up to speed [...]

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How Twitter is Changing the World of Professional Poker

ReadWriteWeb has an interesting article about How Twitter is Changing the World of Professional Poker. Professional poker players are using Twitter during tournaments, commenting on the game as well as providing information about themselves and their intensions. But just as in the game of poker they might be bluffing.
The article mentions PokerRoad as a site [...]

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Facebook and vanity links

Facebook has finally realized that so called vanity links are better than their old version.
My old Facebook link is
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=633735409
My new vanity style link which makes more sense is
http://www.facebook.com/bengt.wendel
To create your vanity link just log in to your Facebook account and then go to Facebook username.
Read more:
Facebook Username Rush Imminent: What YOU Need to Know at [...]

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The reason why I do not autofollow on Twitter

Image source: Mashable.

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Guide: Are You on Twitter (Yet)?

Over at Wishful Thinking is a post called Are You on Twitter (Yet)?, it is an excellent introduction to Twitter.
Mark writes “Think of Twitter as a virtual cocktail party.” I see Twitter as my virtual water cooler, slightly different but you get the general idea. Don’t just promote yourself and your business, instead chat with [...]

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Ten Ways To Be Useful on Twitter

TwiTip has a great post about 10 Ways To Be Useful on Twitter. This is a nice summary of advice ranging from “Be you” to “The Art of the Retweet” and “Have a Tool Box”:
Everyone has something to bring to the table that’s engaging, fun, and can help the conversation. So Be Useful, and [...]

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Twitter: Confession Of A Failure

TwiTip has a post about Why I Suck At Twitter: Confession Of A Failure.
Why I failed to do what every nowise is doing with twitter now days. What I have learned from my mistakes and how you can learn from my experience.
Each point is expanded in the post above, this is the list:
• I Didn’t Give [...]

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Twitter Links

WriteToDone has a post about How to Make Your Site go Viral on Twitter which is about using Twitter to build site traffic.
CopyBlogger writes about How Twitter Makes You A Better Writer. The 140 character limit in Twitter forces you to be creative.
Jenn Shallvey writes about Meaningful twitter.
More about Twitter:
The Inner Circles of 10 Geek [...]

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Twitter links

Traffikd has a post with 5 Reasons I No Longer Hate Twitter.
@cmusciano has posted Twitter Is Like… where he cleverly compares Twitter to an old communication technology.
TwiTip has a great post about The 90-10 Rule for Successful Twitter Networking. The working formula is 90% Helpful Stuff (Giving) and 10% for You (Giving and Taking).
Zappos CEO [...]

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A More Personal Way to ReTweet

Twitip has a great post about There’s a Better Way to ReTweet! The standard is that the retweet starts with “RT @whotweeted” which makes it rather unpersonal.
Miles Tinsley suggests that we change to “via @whotweeted”, keep the original link and then make the message personal. That means added value for our followers, they get our [...]

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