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Getting the most out of Twitter
Twitter is a great tool for finding information, meeting new people, building social networks (both personal and professional), sharing your knowledge, website, expertise with others, and so much more. However, getting useful information out of Twitter can be surprisingly difficult,…
The importance of establishing a personal brand
Developing a personal brand is essential to differentiating yourself and establishing a reputation. Personal brands are developed over time, but can be honed, shaped, and changed at a moment’s notice. Personal brands are good for any professional, but are absolutely…
Comment spam – These people are none too bright
The comment spam that is left on this site is absolutely ridiculous. Links surrounded by incoherent drivel that sometimes hardly passes for any language, whatsoever. Now, I’m not against anyone promoting their site in a comment, so long as the…
What is to gain from social bookmarking sites?
I’ve been doing some experimenting with social bookmarking sites, like Digg, Reddit, Mixx, and StumbleUpon. When no effort is made, they provide an absolutely small measure of traffic. On a blog that was recently launched, that has no real established…
The failure of social media games
Any game that involves two or more people could be called a social game, in that it requires players to interact with each other. However, not all games are truly social – having social, team-based game-play, rather than solitary, individual…
Why do you twitter?
Twitter asks the simple question, “What are you doing?” But the question, “Why do you twitter?” seems to be much more popular with friends, co-workers, and family members, who “don’t get” twitter. I do it for the information.