Tired of Browser Twittering - Meet Twhirl
It’s true. Twittering through your broswer is not everyone’s idea of easy. The bulky browser gobbles up screen space and in a moment of forgetfulness, you’ll click and close the “unwanted window” because you forgot it was running your Twitter updates.
Agggh! Welcome to a simpler, more desk friendly version. A small client that does one thing, and one thing only - Twitter management.
Meet Twhirl.
Look Ma… Twittering Can Make You Famous
This morning I was exploring my usual online haunts and for some reason a few sites would not load. After I visited a few, it seems as if they might be related so I asked (on Twitter) if anyone knew whether GoDaddy was having technical challenges - I doubted it, but it’s always worth asking.
And since I hadn’t been on Twitter today I had some catching up to do (if you want to see what I was Tweeting about you can follow me here.)
Then this showed up…
Proof that Twittering Pays Off.
Recently I was interviewed by Frank Derfler about social media (in particular Twitter) for a Dell Sponsored PC Mag web cast training program.
Well it’s available now and it would seem this nice lady enjoyed it so much she had to tell the world - ok… Twitterers.
Here’s the link to the materials on the Dell website:
Small Business 360 - Using Facebook and Social Networks to Promote Your Busines
Are You Plurking?
Seriously… what’s with these bizarre names? Plurk is another micro-blogging slash twitter site that has a really cool feature: it shows your “plurks” on a time line with your friends.
Marketing Your Business on Twitter
Twitter is a real time micro-blogging platform that uses very short messages to share information. It’s format is similar to SMS text messaging without the fumbling thumb typing.
What I’ve been asked — more than a few times lately — is “How can I use this social media platform to market my business?” Here’s a few simple, yet powerful ways to put the power of Twitter to work for you:
