Looking for a Job? Only Twitter Applicants Need Apply.

As social media begins to envelop every part of a corporate organization, it becomes important that every employee begins to have a certain level of literacy in using social media tools.  This becomes even more important in outward-facing rules where “social business” is changing the way companies engage with present and potential customers over Twitter, [...]
Continue reading Looking for a Job? Only Twitter Applicants Need Apply.

February 25, 2010, at 7:20 pm | Category: Twitter | View Comments

Social Media Etiquette: 6 Important Lessons Learned from One Japanese Company’s Major Twitter Mistake

Social media is a fascinating and new medium for businesses.  If done right, social media can be an incredibly viral way of spreading the word about your company, brand, or product.  However, because of its “viral” nature, companies are learning the hard way that social media can amplify the good, and the bad, about your company and/or [...]

Continue reading Social Media Etiquette: 6 Important Lessons Learned from One Japanese Company’s Major Twitter Mistake

February 19, 2010, at 11:15 pm | Category: Twitter | View Comments

HOW TO: Tweet Your Way to Finding a Job on Twitter


I have given many presentations on social media and your job search.  Everybody is finally “getting” LinkedIn, but few are looking at Twitter or even Facebook as platforms which could aid those in transition in their job search.  Today I want to talk about one strategy that I discuss on Twitter and your job search, [...]

Related posts:

  1. Goodbye Job Boards, Hello Twitter! How to Use Twitter for Your Job Search. I just finished giving a presentation on utilizing Twitter…
  2. How Would You Use Twitter Differently than LinkedIn? This is a question geared more towards those that…
  3. Twitter Coming to a Store Near You…SOON! It is no secret that 2009 saw the dawning…

Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Posted By: Alfa Spartan
News Syndication by Ramberg Global Content News.

January 12, 2010, at 11:20 pm | Category: Twitter | View Comments

Swas Inc. Launches Fastest Weather Alerts Available for Smartphones and Computers Powered by Twitter

Swas Inc. has developed a new system that delivers the fastest weather alerts available in the United States. This system utilizes the real time speed of Twitter, and Twitter’s free SMS delivery. (PRWeb Jan 12, 2010)

Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/01/prweb3434504.htm

Posted By: Alfa Spartan
News Syndication by Ramberg Global Content News.

January 12, 2010, at 6:25 pm | Category: Twitter | View Comments

Top 35 Most Useful Twitter Blog Posts of 2009


2009 was, without doubt, the year of Twitter.  Whether it was the massive hacker attacks that created a massive Twitter outage and reminded us of how Twitter has now become an important part of our lives, the interest in both Fortune 500 companies as well as small businesses to utilize Twitter as part of their [...]

Related posts:

  1. Top 25 Most Useful LinkedIn Blog Posts of 2009 As the year comes to a close, it is…
  2. Twitter Tip #1 for Beginners: Follow Lists Before You Follow People! This is a continuation of my previous post, where…
  3. HOW TO: Find Relevant New People to Follow on Twitter One of the questions I get asked by relative…

Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Posted By: Alfa Spartan
News Syndication by Ramberg Global Content News.

December 31, 2009, at 12:10 am | Category: Twitter | View Comments

Twitter Coming to a Store Near You…SOON!


It is no secret that 2009 saw the dawning of the new era of consumers using social media to find deals and product information.  If you didn’t hear, Toys R Us symbolized this new movement by releasing their new catalog on their Facebook Fan Page, and in doing so picked up between 40,000 to 95,000 [...]

Related posts:

  1. How Would You Use Twitter Differently than LinkedIn? This is a question geared more towards those that are…
  2. Twitter for Real Estate Agents I have had the pleasure of “meeting” many real estate…
  3. What is #FollowFriday on Twitter? There are still a lot of people who ask me…

Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Posted By: Alfa Spartan
News Syndication by Ramberg Global Content News.

December 4, 2009, at 2:10 am | Category: Twitter | View Comments

Twitter Tip #1 for Beginners: Follow Lists Before You Follow People!


This is a continuation of my previous post, where I wrote about 7 useful tips for those getting started on Twitter.  Assuming that you have just signed up on Twitter and don’t know where to go from here, instead of following everyone from your email address book that is already on Twitter by selecting “Find [...]

Related posts:

  1. HOW TO: Find Relevant New People to Follow on Twitter One of the questions I get asked by relative newbies…
  2. 4 Great Ways to Use the New Twitter Lists Twitter is slowly rolling out their promised Twitter lists to…
  3. Are There People Monetizing their LinkedIn Connections? I hope I got your attention with this title, but…

Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Posted By: Alfa Spartan
News Syndication by Ramberg Global Content News.

November 27, 2009, at 8:10 pm | Category: Twitter | View Comments

Twitter 101 with 7 Useful Tips for Those Getting Started on Twitter


Yesterday I presented on the topic of Social Media and Your Job Search in front of a large group of executives, many of whom were in transition.  As with any professional crowd, nearly everyone was already comfortable with LinkedIn, but less than half of the attendees had ventured out onto Twitter yet.  I sensed some [...]

Related posts:

  1. LinkedIn: My 5 Tips to Getting Started I am always amazed of the people I meet at…
  2. Twitter Direct Messages: Why I Don’t Read Them Anymore When I spoke at the Cool Twitter Conference in…

Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Posted By: Alfa Spartan
News Syndication by Ramberg Global Content News.

November 20, 2009, at 2:10 pm | Category: Twitter | View Comments

6 Reasons Why Your Twitter Account May Be Restricted (Without Your Knowing It)


Twitter is starting to slowly grow up.  Now that Fortune 500 companies are starting to recruit on Twitter and social networking sites like LinkedIn and search engines like Google and Bing are partnering with Twitter, it was only a matter of time before Twitter took steps to root out spam as well as those who are [...]

Related posts:

  1. Twitter Direct Messages: Why I Don’t Read Them Anymore When I spoke at the Cool Twitter Conference in…
  2. 5 Reasons Why the LinkedIn-Twitter Integration is Big News Just a few days after I mentioned in my blog…
  3. How We Can Help Reduce Twitter Spam: Broadcast the Spammer! I got sick of Twitter spam, and I decided…

Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Posted By: Alfa Spartan
News Syndication by Ramberg Global Content News.

November 17, 2009, at 8:10 pm | Category: Twitter | View Comments

HOW TO: Find Relevant New People to Follow on Twitter


One of the questions I get asked by relative newbies to Twitter is how to go about finding relevant people to follow.  The problem that a lot of Twitter newbies have is that they either 1) upload their entire email address book and follow everyone and/or 2) they start following some of Twitter’s Suggested Users. [...]

Related posts:

  1. 4 Great Ways to Use the New Twitter Lists Twitter is slowly rolling out their promised Twitter lists to…
  2. Goodbye Job Boards, Hello Twitter! How to Use Twitter for Your Job Search. I just finished giving a presentation on utilizing Twitter for…
  3. Are There People Monetizing their LinkedIn Connections? I hope I got your attention with this title, but…

Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Posted By: Alfa Spartan
News Syndication by Ramberg Global Content News.

November 14, 2009, at 2:10 pm | Category: Twitter | View Comments
 
  Older Entries »