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07.17.2009 Will Twitter for Small Businesses Last?

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We’ve all seen the case studies. The coffee shop that saw triple digit increases in sales. The food and ice cream trucks that are driving customers to their location each day. Even the Sunset Strip is (desperately) turning to Twitter. Judging by the many success stories, Twitter seems to have […]

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05.01.2009 Are You Who You Say You Are [on Twitter]?

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One of the great things about Twitter is that other people get to peek through a tiny, 140-character-sized window into your life a few times a day. Most of us have a purpose behind our Twitter use, professional networking, personal branding or just for fun. Our followers recognize where we […]

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03.20.2009 My Problem with Twitter’s #FollowFriday

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If you’re unfamiliar with #FollowFriday, it’s a weekly Twitter event allowing tweeps to recommend the great people they follow to their own followers. Superb idea, right? Right. Here’s the thing, if you recommend someone, tell me why I should follow them. I’m not going to blindly sign up for anyone’s […]

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02.16.2009 Quick Lesson In Twitter Etiquette

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Listen up news sites. I follow you because I want the latest news. Because I want breaking news. If you spam my stream with five headlines in a row, they all can’t be the newest news. And it drives me insane. Quit putting tweets on scheduled releases and release news […]

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02.08.2009 Twitter’s Unused Celebrity Potential

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Matt Rhodes over at SocialMediaToday.com wrote an interesting post asking, “Will 2009 be the Year of Twitter?” My initial reaction was, “Wasn’t 2008 the year of Twitter?” After all, Twitter has grown 752% in 2008. But some think Twitter’s growth and popularity will stall. In their Marketing Over Coffee podcast, […]

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