by Heather Townsend on March 15, 2012 · 0 comments
The sad demise of formulists has meant it’s time for me to do a long overdue spring clean on Twitter. For the last 18 months I have had Formulists working on my behalf automatically managing my list membership for me. This means it’s back to manually updating my lists (damn!) If, I’ve got to go [...]
So, we are onto my 4th and final time saving twitter application. I deliberated long and hard before deciding on my 4th tool. Would I choose a dashboard application like hootsuite, socialoomph, social sprout or sendible? In a word, no. For each of these, I found that there was either something I didn’t like or [...]
I do remember a time when lists didn’t exist on twitter…. However, let’s not reminisce now! Like many people when lists were first introduced, I thought great. But, how can I take out the back-breaking element of adding people to lists? At 2000+ followers then, I really didn’t want to have to manually categorise my [...]
This is part 2 of a four part series focusing on the best twitter tools which you need to be using. In today’s blog, we are going to look at BufferApp. What BufferApp does is save you from having to go into twitter regularly across the day to share interesting and relevant content. The way [...]
I have been fortunate to introduce many great professionals to social media, and share my love of twitter with them. Inevitably, the time question normally gets asked ‘how much time does twitter need?’ or ‘how often do I need to tweet?’. At that point there is an awkward silence. However, with many of the twitter [...]
The first impression any networker makes is vital. No surprises there then! I’m bet most of us would cringe if we met someone at a networking meeting and in the first sentence they were pitched at. So, why do so many people and businesses do this on social media? I’m not against sending an automated [...]
I was asked by Sonja Jefferson of Valuable Content to write a guest blog for them on the role of valuable content in gaining referrals for your business. I have reproduced the blog here:
Save your connection details (Name, E-Mail) by clicking ‘Export Connections’ when in the ‘Contacts’ Page. Save as CSV or VCF. Add a Twitter account & blog link to your company page & visitors will see them in your company profile. When creating a new company on LinkedIn, ensure you use the correct company website domain [...]
LinkedIn has a ‘Learning Center’ – http://learn.linkedin.com Find and Follow Your LinkedIn Connections on Twitter using the Twitter App ‘Tweets’ Watch others’ status updates to initiate contact for potential business opportunities. Job Hunting? Ensure your LinkedIn Profile URL is on your CV, allow potential employers to see your recommendations. Search for yourself on Google, you’ll quickly [...]
Hide which companies you follow in your settings, otherwise your competition may know who you are trying to do business with. Business owners, create a ‘Products & Services’ section on your company page. Get client recommendations for services too. Don’t ‘over-do’ it with colleague recommendations. Client recommendations are more important. Job hunters – Make LinkedIn [...]