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10 Twitter Users Share Why They Use Twitter

Nov. 20, 2009

As a follow-up to my December 2008 blog post describing Twitter in 14 ways, and countless articles since, I feel there is no better time than the present to revisit the question why people use the social media tool.
Why do you have a Twitter account? I realize this may be self-serving, but consider me curious. [...]

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LinkedIn MySpace Facebook Twitter Time

Nov. 13, 2009

Amber Naslund researched social media job vacancies and, among her findings, wrote:
In my research, I saw several job descriptions (most, frankly) that focused heavily on how social media benefited or could impact the company and their aims to be better known. They were largely focused on tactics and tools, and few actually referenced anything from [...]

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Will You Miss My Facebook Friendship?

Nov. 12, 2009

UPDATE: After reading the following, I’ve edited the very bottom.
Two hours after posting a status update on my Facebook wall and reading the replies from people I know very well and others I hardly know at all, I’ve decided to walk the talk. I’m about to sever over 50% of my connections.
I wrote:
Thinking about overhauling [...]

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Want to Meet My First 221 Twitter Friends?

Oct. 3, 2009

Short of sharing details of their lives, here’s the next best thing. Courtesy of the fine folks at Sxoop Technologies, I want to share with you the below Twitter Mosaic of the first 221 tweeps I am following, interacting with, and learning from.
Plus or minus a few additions and subtractions, these are educated and intellectual [...]

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Delivering the Loop of Government

Sep. 28, 2009

Launched by Department of Homeland Security employee and Young Government Leaders co-founder Steve Ressler in May 2008 as a hobby, GovLoop is the largest social networking site for the government community–whoever they are in role and wherever they are in geography.
Steve was smart. He recognized there was no single portal for government-centric individuals to share [...]

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Raking for Relationships

Aug. 4, 2009

Imagine you are outside with a rake–or a broom or a snow shovel or a hammer or a paint brush or any other workbench tool–and during your task, you strike up a conversation with a passer-by. Sally, the woman walking by, admired your front lawn flowers or architectural style of your porch–or she asked you [...]

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How Unfollowing May Increase Twitter Productivity

Jul. 27, 2009

If you’ve used Twitter long enough (and only you can define what “long enough” means), you’ve probably accumulated a hefty number of people and organizations you follow, right?
Unless if you have no life, you’re not staring at the incoming Twitter stream 24×7 but glance at it once in a while, whether 3-4 times a day [...]

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