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Twitter

Kiss Your Publicist Goodbye (and still be loved by media online and offline)

March 12, 2010
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7 Ways to Kiss Your Publicist Goodbye
1. Make your site a mini-magazine issue of thought-leadership. Look at your site as though it’s a real publication for both your peers and the media to source for news. Build an editorial calendar for all your online tools including Twitter, Linkedin.com (status updates), Facebook and make sure [...]

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Checking your Grade on Twitter…

December 5, 2009

As everyone who reads this blog knows, I’m a giant fan of HubSpot’s free tools like websitegrader.com, pressreleasegrader.com and bloggrader.com .
Guess what?
Just in case you’ve not been monitoring their free tools in the past couple months,  they’ve also powered up Twittergrader.com.
Should you try it out? Of course. Should you use it as another way to give [...]

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You Might Be A Social Media Junkie If…

November 17, 2009

Nielsen recently released an interesting study on social media usage and social media junkies.
I thought I’d post my own list of items for you to determine if you are a true social media junkie or not. For someone (me) who is always trying to balance the online with the offline, I feel your junkie [...]

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The Sweet Brevity of a Tweet – 5 billion strong

October 22, 2009

“I notice that you use plain, simple language, short words and brief sentences. That is the way to write English – it is the modern way and the best way. Stick to it; don’t let fluff and flowers and verbosity creep in. When you catch an adjective, kill it. No, I don’t mean utterly, but [...]

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Ten Free Tools To Kick Your Social Media Cynicism to the Ground

September 18, 2009
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“If we listened to our intellect, we’d never have a love affair. We’d never have a friendship. We’d never go into business, because we’d be cynical. Well, that’s nonsense. You’ve got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down. ” (Ray Bradbury)
If you’re still feeling hesitation about the importance [...]

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Twitter and publishing

August 25, 2009

Very interesting story of how one author got a book deal and now a published book through her use of Twitter. Check it out and keep in mind – no matter what Web 2.0 tools you are using – each one of them raises your visibility and brings new opportunities!

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Journalists Twittering – Great Resource! Use it for Good not Evil!

July 22, 2009
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Journalists twittering – use it for good not evil!

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Good Tools for Organizing Twitter

July 17, 2009

Ten superb tools you can use to track your Twitter efficiency.

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Twitter Elves Busy…Add More Tools To Twitter-User Stockings!

June 30, 2009

Image via CrunchBaseGreat post on Mashable.com today about the Twitter tech elves and what they’ve added in terms of functionality to the platform.
“For example, on the page listing your followers, Twitter now shows a check mark of the people you follow back. There’s also a pull-down menu that includes options for direct messaging them, sending [...]

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Alice Hoffman, Twitter, Yikes

June 29, 2009

Alice Hoffman, Twitter and why Richard Ford once shot one of her books…

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Twitterature Coming Soon

June 24, 2009

Twitterature…

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100 Plus Authors Tweeting!

May 18, 2009
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100 Authors tweeting…publishers rejoice

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