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I’ve noticed lately that my buying behavior has been switching to brands who are on social media and, more importantly, brands who would engage with me (more on that soon). I wanted to see if I was an oddity or a norm here. So, like anybody else would on a Sunday I created a 30 second survey [...]

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Want to get found at a conference? Engage in meaningful conversations while you are supposed to be silent? Debate content and be seen as a thought leader? You probably already do this; just tweet. I’ve always live tweeted at conferences. I feel that the stream and conversations add a layer of value and let me [...]

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I’m expecting a flaming for this one but here goes. Last Thursday, the 3rd of June I deleted over 4,000 of my 1st level LinkedIn contacts bringing me down to a healthy 68 (see the profile here.) Removing that many contacts is sure to frustrate some people though I feel I vetted out my contracts [...]

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Last year I wrote an entry on why Social Media is important for business, specifically how it can be leveraged for sales. I’m not going to rehash what I’ve already said but being a practical guy I love examples; especially recent ones. A huge part of your social media presence should be monitoring your customers [...]

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I have a confession to make. Supposedly I have been co-writing an ebook on all things web with @NatalieSisson. Due to time commitments I was unable to further my work with Natalie (this time). The good news is she has just released a fantastic (and free!!) eBook giving brief, bite sized workouts to improve your [...]

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It’s been on the cards for a while. Tweetie has been acquired (and is becoming the official Twitter app). A new URL shortener is being launched. Android apps are being made official. Ads have been launched. Twitter has grown up. They are making the transition from a platform to a product. Platform:  describes some sort [...]

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Just an administrative thing but the article is not located on this page. Click here for my guide on finding LinkedIN contacts on Twitter.

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Yesterday I got into a slightly heated discussion with one of my Twitter followers. I was asked to not @ people so much as they were finding that nearly half of my tweets, sometimes mere, were @’s. Obviously I ignored this piece of advice but it made me think, Why do I @ so much [...]

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3-4 weeks ago now I wrote a Squidoo lens titled ‘How to add your LinkedIN contacts to Twitter’ and forgot about it. Last week I decided to check in on how it was going – around 20 uniques visitors per day. Then I searched Google for keywords, including ‘how to add LinkedIN contacts to Twitter’ [...]

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