Posted in Social Media How-Tos on Aug 20th, 2009
Twitter has a few “special powers” as social media. In particular, it’s a powerful grapevine, thanks to the evolution of the beloved “retweet”, also known as RT. But how does a retweet work? Where are the rules for retweeting? Like much that is Twitter, or many other forms of human intercourse, the rules aren’t written [...]
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Interesting! Lee LeFever of CommonCraft.com produced this video which compares ice cream to social media. Anything that uses an ice-cream metaphor gets my attention, and I think he’s brought some fresh insights to the social media conversation. I’m surprised it doesn’t mention the big social networking sites (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc.) – but whether you [...]
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Posted in Social Media How-Tos on Jul 3rd, 2009
You know what the biggest challenge is for brand-new Twitter users? It’s not finding things to say – anyone who has wandered into a room and said to themselves aloud “Now what am I doing here?” knows it’s easy to blather on about stuff. No, the real challenge lies in finding people who want to [...]
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