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5 Lessons on Twitter from the First Article Ever Written About It
In honor of the 5th anniversary of Twitter officially opening its doors to the public (July 15, 2006), Twitter co-founder @biz will be radiating his awesomeness on NPR's Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me tomorrow. In response, @mgrooves pointed out the first article ever...
South Sudan: The First Country to Tweet its Initiation?
A few days ago, the world's newest country joined us. South Sudan, the 193rd nation, came into being on Saturday, July 9. Although I had once seen 26.56% of the world (51 countries out of 192), that number has now plummeted to 26.42% (51 out of 193). Despite this...
How to Tweet? Ask Me. I Know.
I talk a lot about how to tweet. At conferences, in my book, on this blog, and to any and all small, defenseless babies I come across on the street. And for good reason, I must say. If you're not following me, you really should be. That way, you can study and learn...
Why Blogger Agents Will Change the Future of Blogging: How Danielle Wiley of Sway Group Has Turned Blogging on Its Head
The Old Blogger Agent In the old days, bloggers only heard the never-uttered word "agent" in conjunction with the less-than-never uttered phrase "book deal". Ah, the coveted blogging book deal. These days, when bloggers talk about book deals as the next holy grail, I...
Adults Need Recess. My Recess is Kombucha.
We all need a little recess in our lives. Any business book or tome on workplace productivity (I've read a number of them and like to blab about them here) will tell you the importance of working hard when you're working, and playing when you're not. As such, Keen...
What Weiner Should Have Done: The Nascent World of Twitter Addictions
At this point, we all know the sad Weiner saga. Thus, it was no surprise to read the CNN News Alert this morning letting me know that "embattled" Democratic New York Rep. Anthony Weiner will officially resign his seat in the House of Representatives. In a shocking...
What Is Referral Key? (My Referral Key Review. Free Steak Aplenty)
Referral Key is one weird force to be reckoned with. Three times in the past week I have received email invitations from someone in my address book that state, "If you're taking on new clients, I'd like to include you in my private referral network to send you...
Spammy Emails Are Bad Business: Lessons to My Amazon Kindle
I'm used to spam. For example, I win at least three million dollars from non-English speakers seeking minor processing fees nearly every week. I have excellent access to cheap growth enhancing products for several areas of my family's bodies. I am well versed in the...
How to Use Twitter: Twitter Best Practices and the T.W.E.E.T. Framework
Do you want to learn how to use Twitter? Pick up Twitter for Good and learn to excel on Twitter in 5 steps. Or, register for my Twitter for Good video course. See details here, or click below to register with a donation to charity. Register: Want to Sign Up? Want an...
Why Your Pitch Sucks (and how to fix it)…
Lately, I've been thinking a lot about pitches. The pitches I get, the pitches I send, and the sad world that is people-wanting-things-from-people-and-not-knowing-how-to-ask. To start, let me say that no discussion of pitch failures would be complete without a...
How to Make a Viral Video (and how not to…)
When the indomitable Sammy sent me his latest video masterpiece this week, I laughed. Hard. On the surface, "ghostbusters music video" (capital letters lacking) has all the trappings of pure, adolescent boy dancing genius. Terrible, unsynchronized moves? Check....
The Wedding Photographer Put Me in the Bathtub
When your wedding photographer tells you to get in the bathtub, you say yes. Even if it's 45 minutes before your wedding starts. If you're lucky, your groom, mother, and bridesmaids all agree. When Twitter coworker, friend, and photographer extraordinaire Jillian West...
Read Quakebook, Remember Japan, Learn What Twitter Is All About
Earlier this week, I read Quakebook. To be more precise, I read it in one sitting. And I think you will, too. Otherwise known by the book's official title, 2:46: Aftershocks: Stories from the Japan Earthquake, the book is a Twitter-sourced effort led by Our Man In...
Why Facebook Thinks I’m a Public Person
It all started when my friend Deanna did it. Since I take cues from others, I thought about it long and hard. Was making a public page for myself on Facebook a bizarrely egotistical thing to do, or a smart professional decision? Once I decided on the latter, the big...
What is Twitter? (An Overview)
Every day, more than 140 million ____ are sent. Every day 400,000 people *sign up* to start sending _____ for the first time. Today, there are more than 200 million people total sending _____. Maybe you've even seen one. {gasp} It's true: Twitter is made of Tweets....