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Twitter Twaddle, Part 1: What Twitter Is and Why It's Cool

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sites fall into one of a few increasingly well-defined categories, such as social bookmarking (Digg, del.icio.us, Searchles), social networking (LinkedIn, Facebook) or file sharing (YouTube, Flickr, podOmatic ). Twitter, however, stands alone. Okay, there's also Pownce , but Twitter is better.) Most Web 2.0

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Best of 2009 (So Far): Twitter Tips and Tactics, Part 1

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Despite a recent dip in users, Twitter remains a hot social media platform (and arguably a better venue for b2b marketers than Facebook). Bloggers not only use Twitter to promote their content, but writing about Twitter frequently is their content. This post is an excellent starting point for those new to Twitter.

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Twitter Twaddle, Part 2: Best Practices, Tools and The Future of Twitter

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Part one covered what Twitter is and why it's cool ; this post discusses Twitter etiquette, tools, and speculation about its future. How to Twitter Properly Like any other social setting, Twitter has its own etiquette. This is the second of a two-part series. This can be confusing to new users. But there are limits."

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Best of 2009 (So Far): Twitter Tips and Tactics, Part 2

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What are the four stages of Twitter enlightenment? How important is Twitter for business? How exactly did Dell generate so much revenue by Twittering? What are the "secrets" of top corporate Twitterers? A Twitter Marketing Sanity Check by iMedia Connection Yes, another Twitter "sanity check."

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Best of 2009 (So Far): Social Media Marketing, Part 4

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Facebook Lets Users Open Up Profiles by MediaPost Online Media Daily Mark Walsh helpfully outlines the recent changes Facebook has made to its privacy settings, though noting that " profiles opened to everyone, however, will still not turn up in searches on Google or other outside search engines. "

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Best of 2008: Social Media Optimization, Part 5

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Use Facebook fan pages to help with SEO? Attract lots of targeted Twitter followers in a short time? In Facebook Adding 'Fan' Pages To Public Search Listings , Mark Walsh of MediaPost provides additional detail on this announcement and its implications for marketers. How I attracted 8000 Twitter followers in 14 weeks!

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Social Media Ostriches

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We're only allowed to use Facebook and LinkedIn for one hour each day, from noon to 1:00, and we're not supposed to say anything about the company." "Our We can have a personal Facebook page for sharing family pictures and things like that, but if we say anything about the company we're asked to take it down immediately."