Almost Savvy

MARCH 24, 2011

Little did I know these voices would come in handy when thinking about Twitter. I had a recent conversation with Laura of EzraTech on Twitter about the practice of sending DMs (direct messages) to new followers. She seemed authentic to me. Your Outside Voice on Twitter. Your Inside Voice on Twitter. It is intimate.

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Almost Savvy

JULY 11, 2009

To me, Twitter is about building relationships. Like all social media tools, there is no one right way to use Twitter. Like all social media tools, there is no one right way to use Twitter. I like to give people the benefit of the doubt, but I do aggressively unfollow if your use of Twitter is not aligned with my own style.

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Almost Savvy

OCTOBER 4, 2012

Among the millions of debate-related tweets on Twitter, there was a completely insensitive and inappropriate tweet about President Obama’s grandmother. Within minutes of the now-infamous tweet from the KitchenAid account, it was deleted and reappeared on an individual’s personal Twitter account. Targeted apology.

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Almost Savvy

OCTOBER 4, 2012

Among the millions of debate-related tweets on Twitter, there was a completely insensitive and inappropriate tweet about President Obama’s grandmother. Within minutes of the now-infamous tweet from the KitchenAid account, it was deleted and reappeared on an individual’s personal Twitter account. Targeted apology.

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Almost Savvy

OCTOBER 4, 2012

Among the millions of debate-related tweets on Twitter, there was a completely insensitive and inappropriate tweet about President Obama’s grandmother. Within minutes of the now-infamous tweet from the KitchenAid account, it was deleted and reappeared on an individual’s personal Twitter account. Targeted apology.

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Almost Savvy

JUNE 16, 2011

The fish are on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube; not on your website. Sure, you can easily get a certain number of Facebook fans or Twitter followers in a short period of time, but will they be the right ones? If you wait for the fish to come to you, you may be sitting alone with your pole in the water for a very long time.

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Almost Savvy

JULY 26, 2009

Granted, I’m more “me&# on Twitter and Facebook than I am on LinkedIn, but I do not use social media to share every last detail of my life (which, truth be told, is pretty darn dull). 4 Tales of Accidental Twitter Friends) The Art of Saying Thank-You on Facebook Shopping Cart Your shopping cart is empty Visit the shop ?

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