I’ve been seeing lots of Twitter users making a common mistake. I’m on a mission to help change this. Here’s the deal: an @ reply, such as the one below, is only visible to the mutual followers of the parties involved. So the following tweet only shows up in the tweet streams of my followers… Continue reading »
Mar
31
Five Lessons on How Not to Use Twitter
I was absolutely stunned when, during a workshop I was teaching, I learned that a business owner had instructed staff managing the company’s Twitter account, to block anyone who wanted to follow the business on Twitter if they seemed irrelevant. Huh? I know that the business community is still trying to wrap its mind around… Continue reading »
Feb
02
Social Media Assignment #5: Find Your Tweeps
I let you have a few days off; call them virtual snow days. Now, back to work! If you’re not on Twitter, go set up an account at www.twitter.com We’ll wait. If you’ve ignored that last line, still don’t have a Twitter account and yet are still reading this post (tough room), here’s the deal… Continue reading »
