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Ever since joining Google+, I’ve been reading many discussions about how cool this new network is because there’s “less noise.” I’ve never been a fan of ”noise” as a description of social networking because most of the interaction there are legitimate attempts at conversation and referring to it as noise is kind of insulting to those in [...]
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A couple of weeks into Google+ and I’m still pretty sure it won’ t put Facebook out of business any time soon, but I can definitely see Twitter taking a hit. While it may not be a game changer in the social networking space, at least not for now, I can tell you it’s a [...]
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Can you stand another Google+ post? As I was home this weekend, supposedly to work on my book, I spent more time than I want to share with you playing around on Google+. Now you know me, I overshare on Facebook and Twitter on a daily basis and didn’t think anything would take me away [...]
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So a couple of days into it and I’m already digging Google+. It’s new enough that the streams aren’t clogged with links and nothing else, plus since it’s in the beta/early adapter stage, there isn’t too much noise on the stream yet. Still, it’s fun watching my friends get added little by little and I’m [...]
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Are you on Google+ yet? I got my invite the other day and it’s another interesting social network with the potential to be the next big thing. I have to admit, I’m spending more time on it today than I should be, but I can justify it by sharing some tips with you for the [...]
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If you have access to my Twitter stream, you may have noticed a lot of hashtags lately. I’m kind of addicted to Twitter chats. If you’re not familiar with them, Twitter chats enable a group of people to have a productive conversation on Twitter following a specific hashtag. Each week, there are dozens taking place [...]
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I’m thinking about “engagement” and being “engaging.”It’s one of those buzzwords we’re all tossing around in the social media circle. We tell our readers and clients that social media is all about being engaging and how we need to have a conversation with our communities. I think this is all well and good and if [...]
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Consider this: I can’t name one person who likes it when door to door salesmen or someone belonging to a religious organization rings the bell and begins the hard sell after we open the door. Yet, many of the same people who hide behind closed curtains rather than saying “no thank you” also send spam [...]
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I’ve been using freecycle, the social network and listserve geared towards finding a home for clutter, for several years now. I don’t like to throw anything away, nor do I have time to organize a garage sale, and freecycling enables me to find a home for the stuff I have no use for. I don’t [...]
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I pride myself in a nice tidy Twitter timeline. I carefully consider everyone I follow and don’t do so for the sake of acquiring more followers or giving me high numbers. As a result, I get to know everyone I follow a little better than if I blindly followed a bunch of randomness. I do [...]
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