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The best way to figure out social media, is to use social media and do homework.

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Time Saver: CopyTalk Copies What You Talk

Recent conversations about work-flow, capturing ideas, and leveraging knowledge turned up a site and service I had not seen. Looking over there offer left me some questions since I would be accessing the service from outside the United States. I phoned their toll free line 1-866-267-9825 and ended up speaking with Linda Baxley at extension [...]

29 May 2009 at 13:43 - Comments

Hootsuite: Hoo Do You Want to Hoot Too?

All I can say is, “About bloody time!” I know functionality is a key driver in the initial stages of creating any new application. The online realms are no different. As such, I’ve chomped down on my lower lip and muscled through many of the online apps thus far to help me streamline my Twitter [...]

20 May 2009 at 19:50 - Comments

Flickr-ize and Extend Your Site’s Reach

Flickr has long been the first recognized social media site of the Web 2.0 phenomena. Started to provide a medium for amateur photographers to share their photos online, it quickly revealed the social component that brought tremendous exposure for many. Most people don’t realize that Flickr has gone far beyond just being a place to [...]

20 May 2009 at 19:00 - Comments

Raise Your Twitter Efficiency with TwitIQ

TwitIQ is a pretty layout, interface, and toolset that is feature-rich. If offers a visually helpful keyword cloud that gives a good picture of your account’s conversations, along with the # hash tag conversations. The Channel feature allows you to set up search/sort criteria that you can follow more easily in the filtered stream. Depending [...]

18 May 2009 at 16:44 - Comments

Google Directory Gets You Found Fast

Google Business Directory, Local Business Centre, is tied to Google Maps. Adding your business, services, location, and other details relevant to your industry, including the link-back to your website gets you found for the keywords relevant. You can add keywords through the directory too for your listing. You can use the Google Adwords Keyword Tool [...]

18 May 2009 at 15:44 - Comments