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Linkedin shuts down Tweets Application – but what about Connections?

30 January 2012

Last week Linkedin announced that it “will be shutting off the Tweets application on January 31, 2012”. Here is the announcement: I found out about Tweets in May 2010 from this post on the Linkedin Blog and have blogged about Linkedin and Twitter integration on and off since. Integration has some downsides, in particular the [...]

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After a lull of a few months, new Twitter Phishing Scam phrases appear

16 January 2012

On Friday morning I started to get some new Direct Messages on my account (see examples in image) with phrases like: “Want to lose any weight? go here: [link removed] best product for losing weight” And then later, “You seen what this person is saying about you? [link removed] terrible things..” The first one of [...]

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Some practical ideas for filtering leads out of Twitter

13 January 2012

Here is a conversation some of my friends had yesterday on Facebook. Thought it might be useful to some of you twitter people. Peter Syme Twitter ? I really need to nail this. Background. I have various twitter streams running and when we do answer them they are driving business however, is their anyway to [...]

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Who should I follow on Twitter to get followers?

15 September 2011

The important thing to realise with Twitter is that it is assymetric. You don’t have to follow back and people you follow don’t have to follow you. This is an advantage to you, but you need to take that advantage. Because there is no absolute requirement for reciprocal following on twitter, it means following and [...]

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New twitter phishing scam preys on curiosity about criticism

23 July 2011
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I had a direct message from a friend on twitter today asking about a direct message she’d had from someone she followed. The direct message said, “Someone said this real bad thing about you in a blog….[link removed]” If you click the link it takes you to a website at tnijurl.com and then a ‘twitter [...]

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Twitter isn’t real life

3 June 2011

I’m involved in a project to share twitter as a business tool with a skeptical audience via the trade press at the moment. It is insightful. I’ve been thinking about the reactions some people have when I tell them I use twitter. These include Really? I’d have thought you’d be too busy. Then there’s You’ve [...]

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Twitter introduces a one click ‘follow’ button – try it on your website

1 June 2011

Yesterday Twitter introduced a one-click ‘follow’ button – see examples to the right sidebar of this blog post. The idea of the button is that you can allow people who are signed into twitter to follow you with one click, from your website, blog or other web page. A very useful tool as it associates [...]

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PeerIndex and the Independent tells us nothing about Twitter

16 February 2011

I’ve been in two minds to blog about the scourge of ‘who is important on twitter’ answers but am moved to do so today by the collaboration between the Independent newspaper and PeerIndex. The reason why I’m moved to blog is that whilst both participants say that tools like PeerIndex and Klout aren’t perfect, they [...]

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Twitter is Stretchy and Sticky

22 September 2010

One aspect of Twitter some beginners have difficulty with is the concept of time. Is this you? You’ve learned how to send replies on twitter and someone doesn’t reply straight away, you’re wondering, what did I say? It seems quite natural with email. We send the email, perhaps get a read receipt, and don’t expect [...]

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Seven First Steps in Twitter – 2: Finding People You Know – ScreenCast

13 September 2010

When you’re starting out using Twitter, your real life friends and contacts can be immensely useful. Apart from anything else they are likely to be the most sympathetic with your early attempts to understand the medium, and they’ll help you get started. If they are any good at networking they’ll also start introducing you to [...]

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