Beth Harte (@BethHarte) from The Harte of Marketing brings us the following post about the culture of Twitter: Who are you? And why should I follow you? In a nutshell, she wants…
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The CEO Technology Generation Gap
I hear or see this every day. Business owners know their businesses and customers. They roll their eyes at Twitter and Facebook. But something has shifted over the last 10 years. The…
Not a Two-Way Street
Social networks can be strange. Especially Twitter. Networks like Facebook or LinkedIn require that connections be mutual. That is to say if I want to connect to you, you have to accept…
Build Your Network in Advance
There are no shortcuts. Whether it is blogging, social networks or simply owning a business. Darren Rowse from Problogger brings us this post: Build Your Network Before You Need It Darren is…
Plurk: Do we need another microblog?
Twitter has been suffering major reliability problems. Perhaps the service was never engineered to handle the number of users and “tweets” and third-party clients. While it may have cute error messages, the…
Twitter Cheat Sheet
If you are new to Twitter or even for seasoned users, head on over and take a look at the Twitter Cheat Sheet. And if you aren’t following me yet…
Two weeks with BrightKite
For a little more than two weeks, I have been investigating BrightKite, a new website that brings location and photos to Twitter. Now onto my experience. After receiving my private invitation to…
Describing Van Halen to a Horse
Favorite tweet: Merlin Mann from 43folders describes what it is like to talk to a Windows user about the Mac. And if you haven’t heard it yet, check out the “You Look…
Twitter Error Messages
Even when Twitter needs to go offline, the error message has character. All too often, error messages on websites aren’t helpful for the users. It is a nice touch for both marketing…
Twitter your way out of an Egyptian Jail
In case you were wondering about the merits of Twitter, check out this CNN report: Student ‘Twitters’ his way out of Egyptian jail And you were debating the merits of Twitter!