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It’s De Rigueur… You Must Twitter Your New Blog Post
Posted in the Category of New New Things and Social Media
It's the new thing. If you're still not "getting" Twitter, which I wasn't... up until a few weeks ago, wrap your mind around this:
You've lovingly crafted a brilliant blog post. Ping! Your blog alerts Technorati. Ping! Your RSS feed goes out to all who've signed up via a news reader.
Nope. Not enough. The way to get attention for your blog these days is to tweet your new blog post to your "followers" on Twitter. Here's an example from Shel
It's the new thing. If you're still not "getting" Twitter, which I wasn't... up until a few weeks ago, wrap your mind around this:
You've lovingly crafted a brilliant blog post. Ping! Your blog alerts Technorati. Ping! Your RSS feed goes out to all who've signed up via a news reader.
Nope. Not enough. The way to get attention for your blog these days is to tweet your new blog post to your "followers" on Twitter. Here's an example from Shel Holtz's Twitter feed:
This is worth a read, BTW. He talks about how using social media tools can turn *into* a strategy.
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Bill Gates Called This Morning and Woke Me Up… Now He Wants to Twitter
Posted in the Category of In the News
Update: this was lame as an April Fool's. But hey it worked the first time.- DW
What is it with this guy? Bill Gates called me exactly two years ago about starting a CEO blog. This morning, at the ungodly hour of 4:47 AM PST, he called again. He doesn't sleep?
Anyway, this time it's about Twitter. He wants to learn how to Twitter, he said.
Bill, it's simple really. Just go to Twitter and set up your free account. Name it
Update: this was lame as an April Fool's. But hey it worked the first time.- DW
What is it with this guy? Bill Gates called me exactly two years ago about starting a CEO blog. This morning, at the ungodly hour of 4:47 AM PST, he called again. He doesn't sleep?
Anyway, this time it's about Twitter. He wants to learn how to Twitter, he said.
Bill, it's simple really. Just go to Twitter and set up your free account. Name it www.twitter.com/billgates (oops, I don't think this is you, Bill). So maybe use twitter.com/bgates. If you need help, of course I'm willing (not that I am *the* expert on Twittering). Just send the plane and I'll hop right on.
As for why you…
Epiphany: Twitter Puts the “There” There Back Into Social Networking
Posted in the Category of In the News and Social Media
I’ve been Twittering for a couple of weeks now after resisting for months. It finally came to me… why Twitter (some call it micro-blogging as you’re limited to 140 characters) has taken off and what need it fills.
Twittering puts the "here" back in the "there"
Cf Gertrude Stein’s "there is no there there."
It fills a need we have not only for connecting with other like-minded folks, but for locating them - and ourselves - in an actual, earthly
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