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LinkedIn is attracting more small business owners than ever. If you’ve set up your profile, you may be wondering about how to make your presence felt and communicate with those important connections. This short video shows you how you can update your status, whether to share with your Twitter followers, and how to restrict sharing…
Just over a year ago, Louise wrote a useful post on what url shorteners are and why you need to use them, you can read the post here: Why URL Shorteners are a Good Idea In this post, I want to go into a little more detail as to why using URL shorteners are really…
This post is long overdue as I’ve been using Buffer for several months now. I can’t remember exactly where I first heard of it, but I have been most impressed with this free Twitter scheduling tool. You’ll already know that between us, Sam and I read an awful lot of blog posts and visit many…
Hootsuite is a web-based Twitter client which will also enable you to manage all your other online networks. There’s nothing to download so, unlike some other popular Twitter clients, it doesn’t slow down your computer. There are also ‘apps’ available for iPhone, Android and BlackBerry users. You can link, not only to your Twitter account,…
I’ve just received another automated Twitter Direct Message inviting me to join yet another new social network. Frankly I find it hard enough to keep up with the main three (Twitter, Facebook & LinkedIn) so I’ll be declining the invitation Sometimes the sheer volume of invitations and notifications from networks you belong to can become…
Using social sharing buttons has become a great way of letting our connections know when we find something interesting that they might also like to know about. Which button we choose to use is very much a matter of personal choice, and largely depends on which of the social networks we, and our connections, spend…
On 21st April 2008 I set up an account for @LouiseBJ on a cutely named website called Twitter. I didn’t have a clue how it worked or what to do with it. I was soon warmly welcomed by @JeanetteJoy and @ShermanHu – the very first people who followed me and whom I eagerly followed back….
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