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How to spot a Twitter spammer

by Stephen on February 19, 2010

A friend of mine recently set up a Twitter account to help promote his new blog. Within minutes of the account being created he had 45 followers. He was so pleased with this reponse he called me up to tell me about it. I had a look at the list of followers and noticed there [...]

Tagged as: Social Media, Twitter spammer

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275 Twitter apps – something to do just about anything on Twitter

by Stephen on February 19, 2010

275 Twitter apps – something to do just about anything on Twitter.

Tagged as: online tools, Social Media, Twitter apps

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Free social icons by ChethStudios

by Stephen on June 10, 2009

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ChethStudios has recently released a nice set of social icons which features 19 services including Blogger/Blogspot, Delicious, Digg, Facebook, flickr, Design Float, LinkedIn, Mixx, MySpace, Netvibes, Reddit, RSS, StumbleUpon, Technorati, Twitter, Visualizeus, WordPress and Yahoo!
The icons are all round in shape and come in two sizes; 64×64 and 128×128. The icons are free to use [...]

Tagged as: icons, Social Media, web graphics

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Why I love StumbleUpon!

by Stephen on February 11, 2009

StumbleUpon is my favourite way to find new websites. It is much better than Google (or any other search engine) at delivering something unusual because a) most of the great sites I find at StumbleUpon have never heard of SEO b) most of the great sites I find at StumbleUpon are built using flash (which [...]

Tagged as: community, discover, find, new, Random, Social Media, StumbleUpon!, websites

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What exactly is Twitter?

by Stephen on December 19, 2008

The basic premise of Twitter is to tell other people what you are doing right now in 140 characters or less; kind of like an online text message. The message, or tweet, is available for everyone to see through the public timeline or through delivery to the timeline of the members who are following you.
The [...]

Tagged as: communication, followers, friends, Networking, Social Media, Twitter

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UK Politicians Get Tweeted!

by Stephen on December 19, 2008

Looks like everybody is having a bit of Twitter these days!
Tweetminster is the latest spin off to adopt the Twitter platform and is providing a space for people to communicate directly with UK politicians.

Tagged as: politics, Social Media, Twitter, Twitter apps

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Like Twitter but With More Characters – Twitblogs

by Stephen on December 18, 2008

Twitter is currently the talk of the internet for those in the know, but the limit of 140 characters per tweet can be a little restrictive for some people.
As an extension to the Twitter format, Twitblogs has just launched (Twitblogs is not affiliated in any way with Twitter). You can log into Twitblogs using [...]

Tagged as: network, Networking, social, Social Media, Twitblogs, Twitter, Twitter apps, Twitter tools, Web Tools

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The Do’s and Don’ts of Social Media Interactions – A Simple Guideline

by Stephen on September 24, 2008

Social media is everywhere these days. Everyday I get a Facebook friend invite, Linkedin request, classmates update, and it goes on and on. It is an overwhelming experience to keep up with everything. And sometimes, when I get frustrated…

Tagged as: Advice, etiquette, social bookmark, Social Media, suggestion

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