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April
21st

I’m Speaking at ‘Three Steps to Success’

May 18 – Washington, DC

Three Steps to Success, focusing on using the networking you do to expand your reach. Presented by Sisarina and Simply Leap. (more…)

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April
12th

A Rant About Narcissists and Obsessive Whiners

I’ve been seeing quite a few posts on Twitter and Facebook asking if Facebook is becoming boring. It’s easy to say yes without much consideration, but the more I think of the question, the more I realize that it’s not Facebook, it’s really the so-called friends who are making the experience boring. Primarily, it’s the narcissists and the obsessive whiners. (more…)

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April
2nd

DCTH at South by Southwest

DCTH is a group started by @chadengle for the design community. It’s a time (Thursday evenings, btw) for creatives to get together on Twitter and chat, ask questions, give opinions, etc. I’ve been a participant in DCTH for quite some time, but had never met any of these friends in real life… until South by Southwest. (more…)

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March
31st

A Tweet New Home Page

There’s been quite a bit of buzz about Twitter’s home page. There’s loads of new dynamic content; you’ll see trending topics, ‘randomly’ highlighted Twitter users (yeah, right), and then even some top tweets. So what’s the point? It’s all about retention. (more…)

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March
23rd

Ignore Your Follower Count on Twitter

Stop right now. Don’t even look at your follower count on Twitter for another month, at least. For some of you this might be a challenge, so let’s go ahead and make it into one. I’m willing to bet that if you ignore how many people follow you and instead focus on interacting with the ones who do, you’ll have a much more effective presence on Twitter, which will turn into lots of things for you down the road (networking, referrals, leads, and yes, even actual sales). (more…)

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