Over the weekend I had the opportunity to go camping & fishing with my Dad, and two sons. It was a wonderful weekend to disconnect and just have some good times with those I love. If you are wondering how any of this has anything to do with Twitter, I am getting to it! I learned a lesson about Twitter that I never thought possible. My Dad, a retired Boilermaker (Welder) of 50+ years [...]
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Twitter Is Still An Amazing Marketing Channel
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Twitter quietly rolling out new stream on web interface?
Nov 09 2011Very interesting on the web interface seeing new follows and RTs etc. (see the screen shot) Anyone else seeing this on their stream when you look at your mentions?
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Twitter Suggest – What Are Your First Impressions?
Jul 30 2010Just got a suggestion from my good friend Dana about a new person I need to follow on Twitter, (by the way thanks) and after I followed I saw the screenshot below … I decided to go ahead and post it because a lot of my friends are asking me about it etc. If you have not seen it, or have it yet on your account – check it out:
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Larry Fitzgerald "Gets" Twitter And We Can All Learn From Him
Nov 18 2009I love when I see professional athletes using Twitter, but not just “using” it, I am talking really “getting” it – and understanding the power. It’s no secret I am a HUGE Arizona Cardinals fan, even more – I am a HUGE Larry Fitzgerald fan! FAITH FOCUS FINISH! I have been following him on Twitter for a while, and watching how he interacts with fans, and I must say, he does a great job. Check [...]
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Question: How Do I Retweet In Twitter?
Oct 08 2009I know, this seems pretty basic – and is to most people who are following me on Twitter, but believe it or not I got the email asking me to explain how to “retweet” something. After a few emails back and forth it gave me a great idea to create another video and share some thoughts and techniques.
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Want to Convert? Attract the Right Traffic
Aug 13 2009I was looking at my Google Analytics to get the top 10 sources of traffic to my web site. Then I looked at the different sources to see how long people stayed on my site from each source. I found that there was a huge difference in the quality of people depending on the source. Twitter sent me lots of traffic but the average time spent on my site was just seconds. Compare that to [...]
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Getting Shut Out of Twitter, A Story of Saving Tweets
Jul 22 2009My good friend, and fellow blogger on Dream Systems Media, Janet Meiners (aka Newspapergrl) had an interesting experience getting suspended on Twitter a few months back, and I want to take the time to talk about her experience and share how people can now, never have to worry about this happening to them. Here is Janet’s story: I twitter every day and have been building a network there for over a year. First it was [...]
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Helping The Unbelievers, Believe – In Twitter That Is
Jul 09 2009I had an amazing meeting this afternoon with 3 of the coolest guys you would ever be so lucky to meet. These guys are clients of mine, who wanted to discuss Twitter as well as the best ways to leverage its power. Everyone of these guys (up to this point) were WAY TOO COOL to use (or be found dead on) Twitter. By the end of the 2 hour meeting (which really did FLY by) [...]
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The Number One Question I Am Asked About Twitter
May 26 2009I’ll get right to it – I am always getting asked how to get more followers on Twitter, which to be honest I think is funny because I really don’t think I have a “TON” of followers myself. However; I am sitting close to 1100 followers and feel I have a pretty good idea of how to make Twitter work for business and marketing purposes. I want to help those who are asking me this [...]
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4 Real Offline Uses Of Twitter
Apr 15 2009I love when I see businesses who are using social marketing to its fullest potential. I particularly love to see them incorporating their social media marketing into their offline promotions. It is fun to see things I had not yet thought of. I will typically write these strategies down and keep them in my bank of ideas that I think are cool, because I know at some point I might be using the same technique [...]
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