Category Archives: Social Media Tools

23 Reasons To Make Twitter Chats Part Of Your Social Media

Leveraging The Power of Twitter Chats In Your Social Media

This past Sunday, I spent some time on a Twitter chat hosted by Mack Collier and Brian Clark.

This one goes by the #blogchat hashtag handle, happens every Sunday night at 5 pm Pacific and brings in some of the best bloggers and social media mentors on a common platform.

Twitter chats can be one of the most invaluable tools in your social media success arsenal – but given their ephemeral nature, the …

Twitter Tools: HootSuite Freemium – Unimpressive At Best

HootSuite Paid Plans

A few weeks back, I had written a post applauding the next-gen version of HootSuiteHootSuite Rocks: The First Impressions. When I started using HootSuite, it looked like it was bringing a lot of firepower to the world of Twitter tools.

A lot of other social media evangelists had picked up on HootSuite – and were talking about crossing the bridge from their current Twitter tools – over to HootSuite.

Danny Brown was …

Social Media On A Shoestring: Going Vocal With Vokle

Social Media On A Shoestring - Vokle

We’re taking a break from social media perspectives in this post – and heading over to the realm of social media tools.

The last time I spoke about social media tools, I talked about Drop.io, and why I am impressed by what they offer.

I have been toying around with four new social media tools recently, one of them is Vokle. The other three are TokBox, Audioboo and UStream. In today’s post, …

Social Media On A Shoestring – 4 Creative Uses For Drop.io

Tools, technologies and platforms that drive and enable social media are dime a dozen. There are so many innovative products in the social media space  – all of which add their own version of spices and zing – and many of them are wonderful. And creative. And usable. And cool!

Few of the key considerations, however, while selecting and using a tool for your social media efforts (marketing, interactions, or otherwise) are:

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The 5 Faces Of Twitter – The Honey Trap And The Reward – Part II

In part I of this post, you saw the first three faces of Twitter. This post continues that journey and winds up with thoughts on making the most of your Twitter time.

Part I of this post can be read at: http://www.socialmedianotebook.com/twitter/the-5-faces-of-twitter-the-honey-trap-and-the-reward/

PR, Marketing, Branding And Brand You

The fourth important and relevant dimension of Twitter is using it as a powerful PR, marketing and branding tool for the most important brand in the world …

The 5 Faces Of Twitter – The Honey Trap And The Reward – Part 1

Twitter is here to stay. That’s an undeniable truth of social media success. Never before have we seen a platform that has offered a wide plethora of creative options as Twitter.

And a lot of folks are putting Twitter to a large variety of uses – including some very profitable ones.

Do you already have a Twitter account? I am assuming you do. And if you don’t happen to have a Twitter account, now would …