Janet Fouts

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App dot net- It’s not Twitter

Janet Fouts

The difference between ADN and Twitter. When you look at App.net initially the website itself looks like a stripped down version of Twitter. It’s important to remember this is designed as a platform, not an application. People post short messages, almost always with links, photos and casual chatter, much like on Twitter.

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Hashtags, the Good the Bad, the Oh So Ugly

Janet Fouts

I stuck to Twitter posts simply because they’re easier to embed, but most or all of these hashtags appear across social platforms. “What if I did an #AskThicke hashtag on twitter? . “What if I did an #AskThicke hashtag on twitter?” Twitter Open Source (@TwitterOSS) March 18, 2014.

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There Is No Free Social Media For Business

Janet Fouts

Businesses tout their understanding of the value of social currency and especially small business, for whom the playing field was leveled online by the accessibility of social sites like Twitter and Facebook. Many businesses have shifted to using social sites as customer support venues, marketing platforms and communities.

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Twitter manners- how to write good tweets and be a good twittizen

Janet Fouts

Like any community there are a lot of un-written laws to how you tweet on Twitter. Most of it is just plain common courtesy and some of it is specific to the platform. Choose your Twitter friends carefully for the value they add to you and your network. When you create your new Twitter network of pals think out of the box.

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5 Top Social Media Professionals on Google+

Janet Fouts

First it was the meteoric rise of the new platform and social media types rushed to learn it and get those tips and tricks posts out. It’s Twitter on steroids. Unfortunately the platform has quite a lot of downside too. Personally, I find Google+ useful for surfacing content that I don’t find on Twitter or Facebook.

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Why I Killed My Facebook Page – Confessions of a Social Media Coach

Janet Fouts

Fortunately that first book had an overall focus, so it was OK to post breaking social media news, updates about new apps and platforms etc. I have two blogs that I post on regularly, I’m active on Facebook as an individual, also on Twitter , Linkedin , Scoop.it , Slideshare and Google+. and that’s what I used the page for.

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Easy guide to the Periscope video streaming app

Janet Fouts

You don’t have to use Twitter to join Periscope. I still recommend it if you have a Twitter acct as Periscope can leverage the social graph to spread the word about your video stream, but if you don’t have a Twitter account you can simply sign up with just a mobile phone number. Create your username.

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