Category: How To

5 Creative Ways To Use Your Twitter Favorites

December 15, 2009

If you look at most Twitter users' Favorites, this feature is often completely empty or seldom used. Many people simply don't know the power of this tiny tool! There are so many creative and useful ways to get mileage out of selecting tweets to favorite (others' and your own).

With the constant stream (river!) of information rushing by on Twitter, here are five fun ways to capture your favorite tweets and have a way to archive/refer back to them.

First, let’s make sure you know how to favorite tweets, what types of tweets to favorite, and

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The Secret to Growing Your Blog Following and the Pitfall You Must Avoid

December 3, 2009

Looking to grow your blog following? You might be surprised that the best way to gain a following is to focus on other people's blogs.

Outreach is key to having a blog that actually works for your business, yet it's the one element many professionals ignore. And it's contrary to most competitive thinking because it involves spending time away from your blog.

Done correctly, however, reaching out to other bloggers in your field will actually create more business opportunities, increase traffic to your own blog, and enhance your business

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5 Tips for Finding Time for Social Media

November 19, 2009

One of the major objections I hear about social media is about time.

Do any of these sound familiar? "Who has time?" "You expect me to do all this on top of my normal duties?" "How do you fit everything in?" ... and so on.

I am not going to lie to you. Social media does take time. In fact, time is going to be one of your major hidden costs of doing business on the Internet. And for some of us, that time could be wasted if we are not careful.

You need to watch where your time goes to ensure you're spending it efficiently and with the

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