Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 7, 2011

All the smiles you see on people’s Facebook and Twitter avatars. Image: seanbjack via Flickr, CC 2.0. Are they real? Are they really as happy as that smile would make you believe? Or is that a way for them to face reality and get through life, one day at a time? I would really like to know what’s behind the smile.

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Because other than my limited (primarily to Twitter and the company’s customer service hot line) communications with Pepco, I really had no idea what their efforts entailed. … Our Twitter responses during a crisis are not as timely due to the dual responsibilities of our social media representative, Andre Francis.

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Image: Massimo Barbieri via Flickr, CC 2.0. It’s not fine, IMHO, to send out auto-DMs when someone starts following you on Twitter. With the new page layout, because your page’s fans are no longer featured with their avatars, as they used to be, your “liked&# pages get moved up a bit. I mean, really?!

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Socialized

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

You’ll also have the option to “cross-post” such that your location and message is published both within the application and to your Twitter or Facebook account. was recently introduced , which is quite attractively laid out, and includes Twitter-inspired graphics. They may function differently on other platforms. Brightkite 2.0

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Proactive Report

OCTOBER 31, 2009

update avatar, bio, links, email, customisation, etc). Social media sharing / participation (activity on key social media sites, e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Digg, etc). Social media sharing / participation (activity on key social media sites, e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Digg, relevant design forums, blogs etc). Profile (e.g.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Become a Blogger (and a Twitterer). Blogs and Twitter go hand in hand. Twitter is a powerful tool for sharing quick snippets of your thinking, for connecting with others, and for widening your information consumption a little bit at a time. Create a free edublog to get your own comment avatar (and more!). Once youâ??ve

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Laurel Papworth

JANUARY 14, 2010

In addition, over one-third of social network users and 44% of Twitter users have engaged with a brand through discount promotions (Mashable). companies use Facebook and 45% Twitter. All major hotel brands, airlines and other travel suppliers, as well as all OTAs are now present on the social networks like Facebook, Twitter, etc.

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Hotels Tourism Travel Social Media 85

Proactive Report

OCTOBER 31, 2009

update avatar, bio, links, email, customisation, etc). Social media sharing / participation (activity on key social media sites, e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Digg, etc). Social media sharing / participation (activity on key social media sites, e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Digg, relevant design forums, blogs etc). Profile (e.g.

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Bare Feet Studios

MAY 22, 2010

It’s not just your name and your avatar! Here are the links we visited Get your free eBook on How to Manage Your Online Identity at KnowHowCafe.com Ten Ways to Use LinkedIn by Guy Kawasaki Roxanne’s Profile on LinkedIn Roxanne’s page on Twitter. Your time. Actions speak louder than words. Rox’s Tumblr blog.

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Social Media How To Upcoming Viddler 46

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

Social media connections are those I know through a variety of online forums, the blogosphere, Twitter, and the like (but I generally don’t befriend someone immediately; I still give it time). Reply Miriam Schwab December 19, 2007 at 2:46 pm Tamar – you didn’t mention Twitter. The jury is still out for me on Twitter.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

The photographers are all kicking it at flickr, the chatterboxes are tweeting away at Twitter, and you got your musicians over at last.fm Lets say you are connected with Jane on MyBlogLog and are chatting it up with her on twitter and sharing photos on flickr. The gang here has got some mad love for Twitter.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Social media is not about Facebook or MySpace or Flickr or Twitter or blogs or YouTube. Too often we see social media strategies that involve putting photos into Flickr, videos into YouTube or the creation of a Facebook application and then never revisiting the environment to engage with the communities around this content.

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Social Media Strategy Consultant Web 2.0 151

ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

What I had was a Facebook page, multiple Twitter accounts, and more than a few social networking accounts as well as media distribution properties like Flickr, YouTube, Vimeo, and more. I even changed my Twitter handle, which had over 10,000 followers! Was it worth it? Absolutely.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 7, 2011

She was probably new to Twitter and didn’t know that sending automated DM’s was worse than asking a NOT pregnant woman when she is due. I went to her Twitter page, sure I would find she had 22 followers and was following 37 people. Also the super hot women in the avatar or the eggheads are a dead giveaway. No, of course not.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

I, too, find that Twitter has been incredibly powerful for me to connect with real life colleagues, readers of Techipedia, family, and everyone in between. I’m also something of a Twitter purist. Enter a second Twitter account. With Twitter being so incredibly large and vast, there are different types of mini-communities.

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Twitter Sports Microblogging HootSuite 205

Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 25, 2011

Walking the transparency talk I WAS going to write about something to do with online integrity, but, like many well-meaning bloggers, I got side-tracked by my Twitter feed. This includes your username, Public Profile , item titles, tags, avatar, banner, and/or shop sections.” Image: striatic via Flickr, CC 2.0 pts Settings.

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Webbiquity SMM

OCTOBER 5, 2010

While a dwindling number of business executives still dismiss Twitter as a waste of time, recent research suggests it is one of the most valuable social networks for business. Awareness of Twitter has exploded; 87% of Americans said they were “familiar with” Twitter in a poll taken earlier this year, versus just 5% in 2008 and 26% in 2009.

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Tools Twitter Tips Statistics 207

Social Media Marketing

JUNE 29, 2011

And yes, it can now be revealed that the avatar I've been using on Facebook was in fact tied to this project. Even better, you can follow all of those with this handy Twitter list. There's also a Flickr set with everyone's avatar , in case you'd like to see them a little more closely.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 22, 2009

Tweet Spinner is a powerful application that manages the more high level management Twitter tasks for you, from managing followers/friends to changing your profile design and then some. Consider spam protection for your email inbox ported over Twitter. Twitter CRM. It’s especially difficult to build up a strong following.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 16, 2010

Follow him on Twitter. If you have your brand name as your Twitter handle and a portrait photo of you on your profile, you are getting it all wrong. You may want to create a custom Twitter background, custom Facebook fan page landing tab (with FBML) and custom YouTube channel backgrounds. Some however see it as an opportunity.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 8, 2010

Social Media is More than Just Twitter and Facebook Hopefully, if you’re participating in social media marketing, you’re using more than just the tools everyone else is using. However, you need to articulate to your client or marketing teams that social media is not just about participating on Twitter and Facebook.

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Social Media Marketing Policies Sysomos 268

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 1, 2009

Here are some tips you can apply to your Facebook marketing strategy that will put your Facebook Page leaps and bounds ahead of the competition: Maximize Your Avatar Visibility Profile pictures on Facebook can have a maximum size of 200×600 pixels. Facebook Pages do not allow background images like Twitter, Myspace, and other services.

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Facebook How To Applications URL 279

Viper Chill

JUNE 21, 2010

Choose a Profile Picture No matter what your reasons for using the service are, I believe everyone should at least take a minute to update their profile with a picture (also known as an avatar). In other words, your avatar is going to be seen in a lot of places on the service so pick something memorable. I used the su.pr

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Kikolani

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Day 2 – social promotion via Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, etc. They note that Facebook referral traffic is growing faster than Twitter. All of the people I met with, as well as favorite speakers from various sessions in my BWE10 Twitter List. Re-send email to those who didn’t open with a different headline.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 25, 2010

October 25th, 2010 Tweet A couple of weeks ago, I noticed my friend Kim Wells was sporting a purple ribbon on her Twitter avatar. Image: Kurtis Garbutt via Flickr, Creative Commons Kim, who runs the Corporate Alliance to End Partner Violence (CAEPV), asked what I thought was a valid question on her blog: where is all the purple?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 10, 2008

Twitter Following a user and then unfollowing them before they have a chance to follow back. Consistently using your Twitter stream for nothing but self-promotion and ego. This is much more bothersome when the request comes via IM or email and not on Twitter itself. Twitter is also about real relationships.

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Handbook Social Media Web 2.0 StumbleUpon 279

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 1, 2008

It has made me reevaluate what/who/why I do some things and go back into my history where I am active (I am afraid to look at my Twitter archive ). Some people have avoided making that call on the Internet thus far through avatars, but that won’t fly with FriendFeed. Answers Yahoo!

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ProBlogger

JUNE 26, 2019

She puts it on Twitter 15 times in the first month. We started a Flickr group. We ran Twitter chats for a little while. It’s just after Twitter came about. How do you do that as an avatar? I know a number of avatars who’ve become very successful online in many different niches. It’s just me.

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