Is this about You? It’s not personal. This blog has featured a few articles on how to get noticed on Twitter or how not to get noticed on social media. To branch out to new topics, here are some points on not taking social media so personally and being authentic in your approach. Many use [...]
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How I Gained Over a Quarter Million Followers Organically
People often ask me for tips about growing their following on Twitter. They wonder if I bought any of the over one quarter million followers in my Twitter family. The answer is a resounding, “No!” The Twitter rules prohibit using sites to automatically add followers. “Twitter reserves the right to immediately terminate your account without [...]
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What is Your View on Scheduled Tweets?
When it comes to social media, I think there are a lot of ways to do it successfully, while also making sure you stay true to your identity outside of the virtual world. As such, there are many ways to make your life, online and off-line, easier. I recently wrote a piece about balancing life [...]
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Blogging, Social Media, Twitter
How is Your Re-tweet Mojo?
I wrote a post on 7 Ways to Get Re-tweeted and thought a follow-up post on the topic may be useful. I regularly check my stream to see what tweets get shared the most. By now, most of you may know that using quotes is very popular. I used to have ten quotes lined up [...]
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Blogging, Social Media, Twitter
How to NOT Get Someone’s Attention in Social Media
Generally, I do my best to focus on helpful and inspirational tips. That said, when I encounter a situation that some may experience, I like to share my point of view in case it’ll help. Some of my Twitter friends have inquired about gaining a better understanding of how to get the attention of social [...]
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Inspiration, Social Media, Travel, Twitter
The Power of Connectivity in social media
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Blogging, Social Media, Twitter
Nurturing Partnerships in Social Media
For the past two years, I have been working on my social media accounts, which includes building my community and connections by attending tweet-ups and conferences, as well as reassessing and fine tuning my content on my social media pages and my website. My blog is just slightly over one year young. For certain, the [...]
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Blogging, Social Media, Twitter
Subjects and Content I Avoid on Social Networks
Social networking is a great way to connect and interact with other people on the internet. I am always looking to be helpful and promotional to others, but there are certain subjects and topics that you will not find in my feed. I have preferences that I like to stay true to, both in my [...]
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What are your favorite mobile apps for social media?
There’s a mobile app to handle almost anything out there. With thousands available, how do you even start to load your phone with the best options? Since so many are now accessing social networks from their smartphones, it’s important that each user is getting the most out of the experience. I asked ten savvy Smartphone [...]
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Blogging, Social Media, Twitter
How do you support your blogging community?
First of all, I would like to say thank you for the generous re-tweeting and sharing of my blog posts. It’s difficult for me to return the re-tweet favor due to high volumes of followers. As often as possible, I try to introduce a new person from my stream by re-tweeting them or sharing their [...]
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