Use the blog or the Tumble log and link. I have a lot of rules I’ve imposed on myself, in everything I do. won’t use a postage meter, for example, because I think an envelope with a stamp is less likely to be thrown out. also have a lot of rules for how I use Twitter, so I thought I would share them. was very deliberate when I wrote “rules for how I use Twitter.” These are the rules I’ve established for myself. wouldn’t presume to tell you how to use Twitter. Be relevant 90% of the time. Be original 90% of the time. Don’t rely too heavily on retweeting other people’s content. or 3.ly. MORE >>

There’s much more going on here than I can discuss in a single blog post. Tags: Blogging Social Media 31-Cent Scoop Night Baskin-Robbins Facebook ShareThis sharing TweetMeme Twitter 31 Cent Scoop Night Baskin Robbins twitter Last month I took my daughter to 31-Cent Scoop Night at Baskin Robbins. was so impressed with how effectively the company used social media to promote 31-Cent Scoop Night, I got in touch with them and did an e-mail interview with one of their PR managers. The interview is a little later on in this post). How did I find out about 31-Cent Scoop Night? MORE >>

On the home page of its regular web site is a link titled Community Hub , which leads to the company’s blog as well as providing links to its Facebook , Twitter and YouTube accounts. You have a Web site, maybe a blog, perhaps a Twitter account and a few other social media vehicles. you might find your blog posts displaying multiple times on the same network, which really bothers most people. Several clients have told me recently they don’t think their Facebook pages have as many fans as their brand seems to warrant. Why do you have a Facebook Fan Page? Apple has1.3 MORE >>

When I reference someone else’s blog, or an article, I’m very thorough and conscientious about clearly pointing out where the information came from. As far as I’m concerned, for a blogger to “ act like a journalist ” is for the blogger to apply a few basic principles to blogging, like research, fact checking, correcting errors, using some kind of consistent style of presentation, distinguishing fact from opinion , and so on. Tags: Blogging Journalism attribution blogger inverted pyramid journalist Dave Winer journalism Tom Foremski Here’s why I think so. MORE >>

Use Facebook, Twitter, and your blog if you have one, to inform others of developments in Facebook’s ongoing privacy saga. Sure you’re ticked off about Facebook’s abuses of consumer privacy, but does closing your account accomplish anything? It’s like getting a tattoo in a secret place. You have the satisfaction of the accomplishment and the knowledge you were in control, but does it have a lasting effect on the rest of the world? Even if one million people closed their accounts, that would represent 1/4 of one percent of Facebook’s 400 million user base. MORE >>