Tag Archive: micro blogging

Most ReTweeted

I received a very interesting email on Tuesday, which will be of interest to ANYONE who is using Twitter as a way to market their business, but not getting the kind of results they need. First off, for those of you who do not already know, I used to be the 3rd most followed person on ...

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Twitter and me

As you might already know, I stopped using my @jimconnolly Twitter account on 31st of January.  The reason for this, was that following tens of thousands of people took up way too much time - largely because of the hundreds of Direct Messages I received each day, (usually over 500 a day ...

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Why I’m leaving Twitter!

It's sad, but the time has come for me to leave Twitter.  At the time of writing this, the three most followed people in England are; John Cleese, Stephen Fry and then me.  I have made some great connections because of Twitter and met a lot of interesting people too.  Twitter has been a great ...

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Building your twitter network

If you want to develop a high quality, large network of 'followers' on twitter; you will find what I am about to share with you extremely interesting! As you know, the best way to build any high quality network, is to make sure you are connecting with the right kind of people for you and your ...

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How I attracted 8000 Twitter followers in 14 weeks!

As this morning saw me attract my 8,000th 'follower' on Twitter, I thought it was a good time to share with you, how I have built my network of Twitter Associates thus far, (I don't like the word 'followers'.) Some background Whilst a few social media / marketing people have more followers ...

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Seth Godin and Twitter

A number of people contacted me yesterday, with a link to this post on Seth Godin's excellent blog. In his post, Seth warns people about using Twitter. His argument is that it's easy to be misunderstood, so you should avoid it for anything important or controversial, ...

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Online networking & attraction

As some of you already know, I use Twitter; the micro-blogging tool, to keep in touch with some friends, clients and contacts.  I have three thousand followers and really enjoy interacting with them; they are a BRILLIANT bunch of people!  However, I know that many of them find it hard ...

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The value of your network

If you are one of those dedicated people, who invests a lot of their time developing a network of contacts, I have a question for you: "How valuable to your business, (in financial terms), is your network of contacts?" I ask this because in my experience, many small businesses focus almost ...

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