Category Archives: Twitter

Must. Stop. Twittering.

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I was reading this article by Hutch Carpenter on why professionals should continue to blog in the era of Twitter (thanks @problogger), and I was thinking, “What? Me? Not blog because of Twitter? Nah. Never happen.” Then I realized my last blog post was nearly two weeks ago. Approximately when I became addicted [...]

Why the heck should you use Twitter? (or: Poor Twitter. You show 'em.)

Poor Twitter. It’s been called names (“useless!”), laughed at (“what the heck is a tweep?”), and derided by people who Just. Don’t. Understand.
But Twitter is powerful. It can single-handedly bring down a super-duper expensive ad campaign. It can cause an idea (or product, article, whatever) to spread like the chicken pox. It can help you [...]

Top Ten Web Predictions for 2009

TaDA! First video cast EVER. I created this especially for the participants of the Startup Princess retreat, since I wasn’t able to be there and didn’t want to waste my amazing insight and speaking ability [insert loud guffaws here]. Without further ado, my top ten web predictions for 2009…

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I'm a Twitter moron…I'll admit it right now

This article alerted me to a concept that I hadn’t thought about before — Twitter has a culture. There’s an etiquette there that you must follow or be ostracized (or at the least, laughed at.)
Such as: don’t follow a bunch of people unless you’re followed by a bunch of people. I hadn’t thought about it, [...]

How is Twitter used for business?

I’ve been on this Twitter thing for…oh…about a week now, and I am still trying to figure the whole thing out. John Jantsch of Duct Tape Marketing recently published an eBook called The Beginner’s Guide to Using Twitter for Business [pdf]. It’s very well done, and I even learned a few things (hello, twellow.)