Convince & Convert

APRIL 1, 2010

It’s a good mix of coach-speak, highlights, community service footage, and cheerleader features. I got hooked on the Star Tribune Twolves message board in 2002 and haven’t looked back. Which leads me to what I think is a huge miss by most sports franchises, including the Twolves: the message boarders.

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Viper Chill

APRIL 26, 2010

That means setting aside time to answer community questions, point people to resources, and find ways to be useful to your audience – whether that’s educating or simply entertaining them. The great thing about Twitter is that anyone can sign up and easily find his “community.&# Use Twitter as your company office hours.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

I’ve moved from Tweetmeme to Topsy on my embedded tweeting, due to improved metrics, and Topsy’s competitive intelligence capabilities are impressive. SocialMention For more comprehensive social media searching, I use SocialMention , which indexes blogs, tweets, message board posts, and a lot more.

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