Be Twitter-Savvy Without Ever Tweeting: LISTEN

May 2, 2009
Be Twitter-Savy Without Ever Tweeting: LISTEN

Twitter this, tweet that, twitter in the news, on TV. So you’re sick of hearing about twitter, right? It’s OK, sometimes we get sick of it too. Here’s a strategy to benefit from Twitter without ever Tweeting!
Use twitter to listen to a specific audience. For anyone planning a new product launch or if you are [...]

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Economics 2.0 ‘Neighborhood New Deal’ Through Local Currencies

April 8, 2009

When I first heard about the “bailout” money going to large banks with no requirement to make sure that money helped local homeowners facing foreclosure, I felt sick to my stomach. I had a feeling like I did after hurricane Katrina when I realized that instead of helping the stranded victims of the flooding, the [...]

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Great Story and New Blog Tools from Web2.0 Expo: Actionable Take-Aways

April 3, 2009

I gained so much from the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco this week. The theme for me at this year’s conference was “create value” and “be passionate” about issues we care about, even if there is no obvious business benefit. This is what attracts success to us.
First two new blog tools I discovered:
OutBrain.com  is [...]

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MoneyStreaming: Using Twitter to Help Economic Recovery

April 1, 2009

Twitter, the popular micro-blogging platform turning up everywhere these days, and economic recovery are both popular topics in the blogosphere. Many people advocate various ways of using Twitter for business benefit. If you are still a skeptic who cautions against tweets, like the SF Weekly’s recent piece begging musicians not to tweet, hop on over [...]

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Viral Videos the Easy Way With NEW Version Traffic Geyser (Phone It In!)

April 5, 2008

I first started learning about using video and social bookmarking to get loads of free traffic without expensive pay-per-click advertising from Jeff Johnson. He demonstrated how he quickly made top 10 ranking for highly competitive keywords in Google and other search engines by placing videos he made using inexpensive tools like Traffic Geyser. The [...]

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