It might sound odd but one of the biggest perks of having my own company is that I get to attend all sorts of cool conferences and meet all sorts of cool people. Ever since someone mistook me for Chris Anderson at a Mashable NY mixer, I have been interested in Meeting Chris Anderson. Well, that […]
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‘Twitter for Dummies’: Twitter for everyone
OK, Twitter For Dummies should be called Twitter for Everyone. I may be considered a pretty heavy Twitter user and was #herebeforeoprah but even I really enjoyed getting into the heads of Laura @pistachio Fitton, Michael @gruen Gruen, and Leslie @geechee_girl Poston. If I were to boil Twitter for Dummies down, I would say that […]
‘All a Twitter’ is Twitter for smarties
If you’re smart and savvy but have not yet been wooed to the world of Twitter, All a Twitter is for you: All a Twitter: A Personal and Professional Guide to Social Networking with Twitter. Author Tee Morris writes this book more to the folks who are not quite wooed by Twitter yet but who […]
5 questions for the author of ‘Twitterville’
Shel Israel discusses the impact of the real-time Web on society & business Shel Israel’s new book, Twitterville, is due to hit hit bookstores next week. (See Twitterville site, the Global Neighbourhoods blog or Amazon page.) A day after his book release party at the Hiller Aviation Museum, San Carlos, Calif., Shel took time out […]
6 experts on corporate blogging best practices
The Society for New Communications Research solicited capsule summaries of corporate blogging best practices offered by some of its members, who are among the top social media consultants in the country. Shel Israel Author, Twitterville, co-author, Naked Conversations Humanize: Remember that one fundamental reason for blogging is the humanization of the corporation. Be a real […]