How to use Twitter to mitigate a crisis

Planning, setting and managing expectations, establishing your message platform as well as aligning resources are essential to gaining the most value from your Twitter channel, and will help you be prepared for “what-if” scenarios.
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Twitter is changing the sports industry

SI.com has a write-up that combines two of our favorite things, Twitter and sports.  Is the start-up social media site doing what SI claims?
Stewart Cink is a nice golfer — ranked 29th in the world, a member of the 2008 Ryder Cup-winning U.S. team — and one of the most affable, accessible guys on the [...]

Common Social Media Mistakes

Macon.com has come up with 10 mistakes that are easily made when folks start diving into the world of social media.  Well worth the read if you’re just beginning to get your feet wet.
Social media networking is a marketing phenomenon too powerful to ignore. Many companies use it wisely to communicate and connect with existing [...]

Google Wave: Weird and quite wonderful

CNET kind of misses the boat here – this is much more than just a slick email/IM tool.  Google Wave, set to launch later this year, has the potential to change how we use the internet.  Web 3.0?  Maybe….  How is it more than just email?  Google has provided API’s that will allow web developers [...]

Tweet your favorite Flickr shots with Autopostr

Want to post some of your latest Flickr shots to Twitter? Autopostr lets you do it without any special browser add-ons or software.
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The Best of SlideShare: “The Twitter Book”

Volume I, Issue 6: The Twitter Book – A Sneak Peak
Why you care? A lot of folks I knew are swimming in the sea of, “What the heck is Twitter, and why the uproar??” Fortunately for you, there is a new book recently out that will answer all of your questions, and, like the title of this suggests, for a sneak peak of what’s in that book, give the show below a quick run through.

AdvertisingAge: How marketers can tap social media.

Covering widets, apps, twitter, and facebook, this article serves as a good reference for anyone starting to jump into social media as a marketing channel.

Poducate Me – an Online Podcasting Guide

If you or your company have ever considered starting a regular podcast, website poducateme.com covers every aspect you need to know.  With an online guide covering topics ranging from “Educational Challenges (of Planning Your Own Podcast)” to “Hybrid (Dynamic Processors)”, you won’t find a wider knowledge base.  Happy podcasting!

ChaCha Search

Many people have heard of the text message service ChaCha that magically answers any question you ask within minutes. You send a question via text or voicemail to ChaCha, and they respond in a couple of minutes with an answer. How do they do this so quickly? ChaCha employees utilize ChaCha quicklinks to drill right to your question’s answer. What you probably don’t know, however, is that you can take advantage of their exceptionally designed search functionality, built for speed, to bolster your own search results.

SEOrush Helps Determine SEO Effectiveness

If you are maintaining a website, or are in competition with one, fine tuning SEO, Search Engine Optimization, is a must. We’ve provided some resources to help you optimize your site, but sometimes it can be difficult to determine how effective of a job you are doing. Let SEOrush help. Plugging a URL into SEOrush provides a one-page snapshop of that site’s search engine ranking, basic metadata analysis, site traffic ranks, and social resources.

The Best of Slideshare: “Shift Happens”

Each Friday, we hand select a presentation from SlideShare that focuses on the area of business, design or technology (preferably a marriage of the three) for your personal and professional enlightenment.

Volume I, Issue 4: Shift Happens

Target Twitter Users with TwitterHawk

Now that have determined businesses are able to use Twitter free of charge, we felt it appropriate to begin providing tools for you to take advantage of the medium. Thus, we present TwitterHawk – a service-based website that auto-contacts twitter users based on their message content and location.

Twitter’s On Again, Off Again Business Model

Thanks to creativebuzztoday reader Amy, we are happy to report that Twitter “will remain free to use by everyone—individuals, companies, celebrities, etc.,” per the company blog. So, no need to blame Dell for ruining a potentially incredible marketing channel!

Dell ruined it! Twitter to start charging for commercial use.

Given the success of Dell’s holiday campaigning on Twitter, and Twitter’s need to monetize their incredible asset, it was only a matter of time before companies would see an invoice to be part of the Twitter community.

Real-Time RSS Shipment Tracking

If you manage the shipment of packages or have a need for instant status updates for the packages you do send/receive, simpletracking.com creates RSS Feeds that deliver your package status directly to you any time it is updated.

When shouldn’t you Twitter?

So, if you ever head out on a secret mission or receive confidential business info, you should keep that to yourself. Think that is elementary? Check out this gem (one of many) from a US Congressman en route to a “secret” trip to Iraq: “Iraq! Issues! Longterm impact on containing Iran.. Need a coherent detainee strategy. Amb Crocker leaving after a very successful tenure”. Again, just one of many, including a “Just landed…” message.

Disney’s PhotoPass: Upload & Print Photos

Everyone knows you can upload your photos to Shutterfly and print them. If you don’t use Shutterfly, maybe you use smugmug, Printroom, snapfish, Kodak Gallery or even Walmart. But did you know that Disney’s PhotoPass offers the same services?

The Best of SlideShare: “How to Use Google Analytics”

Each Friday, we hand select a presentation from SlideShare that focuses on the area of business, design or technology (preferably a marriage of the three) for your personal and professional enlightenment.

Volume I, Issue 3: How to Use Google Analytics

UsernameCheck: See What’s Available and Where

Ever start up a site or register a new name and come to find down the road that your user name was already registered on some key social media sites? Forgot where you’ve registered an account at with your user name? Today we present usernamecheck.com to you for all of your … um … user name checking needs.

mindmeister: Collaborative Online Mind Mapping

Last week, we brought you Webspiration, a collaborative, web-based mind mapping site. Today, an alternative choice is made available to you: mindmeister. With multiple users editing a single map at the same time, much more elaborate portability options, and varying levels of service, mindmeister may fill in some of the Webspiration gaps.