Find out what the new Facebook changes mean – Expanded Answers from the #SMManners Twitter Chat
I really enjoy a good Twitter chat. And last night was another example of a great community built through the Twitter stream using hashtags to create a real-time “chat”. When people talk about Twitter going out of style, I always remind them of the power of the Twitter Chat. Look at these stats [...]
How to use HootSuite’s New Feature – Interactive, Dynamic Scheduling Calendar
Here is a short video tutorial on some of the new features in HootSuite. Let me know how much you like this in the comments.
Empire Avenue is stressing me out!
{EAV_BLOG_VER:3b4bff5b06394af4} <–wondering what that is? It is a crazy attempt to raise my stock price at Empire Avenue. And as they say on their site, “Empire Avenue is the Social Media Exchange, where you can invest in any social media profile by buying their shares, meet new people, unlock Achievement badges, and earn boatloads of [...]
The Care and Feeding of Twitter
(and yes – cleaning the twitter-litter, too) You can listen to this post here –> Care and Feeding of Twitter I taught several New to Twitter Workshops last year. Small business owners mostly, ranging from solopreneuers, to mid-size nationally reaching publishing companies. Everyone is always so excited to finally be taking flight in the Twitterverse [...]
How Twitter Found My New Microphone!
Isn’t she pretty? Here’s how Twitter found my new microphone. Twitter Step-One: I happened upon a tweet of a podcast by Alex Mandossian and Paul Colligan. Paul and Alex are co-authors of The Business Podcasting Bible and the co-hosts of a the long running Marketing Online Live Podcast. And if you don’t know the name [...]
Tweepi Saves My Day
This is a Twitter 101 Post – those of you who are Twitter Power users you might want to read through and make comments about your experience with this particular situation…<hint> Twitter Tool: Tweepi http://tweepi.com/ saved my day. Those of you who have bumped up against that 2000 Twitter ceiling know the frustration of trying [...]
1790% Increase – Why Keywords are Important
Recently, I helped a new client design a few tweets for the upcoming Thanksgiving week. She wanted to schedule them and be able to walk away and enjoy her family. We spent an hour designing a few interesting tweets that linked directly to her services on her new website. She is an established healer/consultant with [...]
I love Photography + Social Media
I love photography. I love social media. Put them together in one post and I’m very happy. The one below is from a wonderful site called Light Stalking http://www.lightstalking.com/storm-photos Called Thunderstorm in Paradise by slack12 Their site is based on a generous business model of sharing, teaching, commenting – a model of great use of [...]
3Headed Power Tools
Power Tool for News Junkies! Would you like to visually scan through literally hundreds of newspapers inside one interface? I created a very short tutorial on how to use FastFlip from Google Labs. This month’s Featured Power Tool is screenr http://screenr.com Create a quick video tutorial on some aspect of your website – or – [...]
New to Twitter Workshop – The Food Edition
New to Twitter Workshop – The Food Edition Fun times for all as we fast-track everyone on Twitter as ALL marketing examples will be delicious! This particular workshop is Online and Evening ONLY this go round. Open to those who have relationship to FOOD as their business or hobby.We will have radio show hosts, chefs, [...]
Anatomy of a Good Tweet 101
Everyone says a “Tweet” is 140 characters. I say a GOOD Tweet is 120 characters because you want to leave room for one of the best things that happen on Twitter – the Re-Tweet (RT). The reason you want to leave room for the RT is the link is usually at the end of the [...]
What separates me from the rest…
There are so many ways to create the “elevator speech” we’ve heard about for years. Most small business owners – if they are serious about their business – are advised to create this even before they open their doors. I recommend two processes to create this specific text. By the way, this small paragraph you [...]
Got Kids? Grandkids? Great music kids love.
Long ago and far away – I was a children’s singer/songwriter. I traveled, performed hundreds of shows, taught songwriting classes in schools, and recorded two cassettes (you remember those – right?) and sold them all over the world. Many, many years ago I re-mastered those cassettes into one CD. I have been selling that CD all [...]
Answering the Call of the Universe
One of my favorite podcasts is “Beach Walks with Rox“. Her short podcasts while walking on the beach in Hawaii have brightened up many an Iowa Winter day for this solo entrepreneur. This particular video is a little different from her regular ones in that she is interviewing a very special woman. Usually she is by [...]
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