I love live tweeting conferences. It’s fun to share quote, insights, stats and takeaways in real-time with other conference attendees and people following along from home. Conference tweeting is also a great way to connect with people, grow my audience and showcase my … [Read more...]
11 Cool New Twitter Features that will Change How You Tweet
Part of Twitter’s brilliance is its simplicity. It is simple, sleek, and easy to navigate. But below the simple interface, Twitter has been rolling out some great new features. Here are 11 that will change how you tweet. 1. Polls Have a question? Want to test the waters for … [Read more...]
Streamline Your Time On Social Media with Keyboard Shortcuts
You're probably using keyboard shortcuts already, right? Every time you hit Command A to select all, Command C to copy, and Command V to paste (Yes, I'm a Mac user.), that's a shortcut. There are TONS of keyboard shortcuts for Windows and Mac—most of which you'll never use. … [Read more...]
8 Reasons Freelance Writers Should Be On Twitter
I have a recurring conversation with one of my freelance writing buddies who I’ll call Max. Here’s how it goes. Me: You really should put a photo up on your Twitter profile. You still have the egg. Max: I don’t really use Twitter that much. Me: I know but, as a writer, … [Read more...]
With Twitter, More is Not Always Better
I recently noticed that an acquaintance of mine has over 20,000 Twitter followers. He’s fairly well-known in his industry circle, but this enormous amount of followers outsizes his standing by quite a bit. When I clicked to see who his followers are, I discovered why: a large … [Read more...]