Pump up your tweet viewership with this dead simple trick

I’ve been on Twitter for over 8 years. Among all the Twitter accounts I’ve managed during that time, I’ve sent out over 200,000 tweets. Needless to say, I’ve learned a few tricks along the way for building engagement and followers. I wanted to share one particular trick today that’s dead simple, and it will vastly improve the… Continue reading Pump up your tweet viewership with this dead simple trick

Hot Pepper Hot Picks: 8 January 2016

Here are the 20 most popular (listed from most popular to least) social media and writing articles I shared this week, based on the number of likes, comments, and reshares they received.

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Social media is called social for a reason

Social media differs from other media. That’s obvious. Previously, social and media were more or less separate. We got together with friends and family to discuss and socialize. And we consumed content through television, radio, books, music, film, and so forth. While the social was two (or more) way communication, media consumption was one way:… Continue reading Social media is called social for a reason

Hot Pepper Hot Picks: 1 January 2016

Here are the 20 most popular (listed from most popular to least) social media and writing articles I shared this week, based on the number of likes, comments, and reshares they received.

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Don’t unfriend your Facebook friend, unfollow them instead

Every so often, a friend of mine shares something offensive that I no longer want to see on my Facebook News Feed. I don’t want to remove them as a friend. (Actually, in the 9 years I’ve been on Facebook, I’ve never removed someone from my friends list.) To me, unfriending seems too harsh. Plus, it… Continue reading Don’t unfriend your Facebook friend, unfollow them instead

Hot Pepper Hot Picks: 25 December 2015

Here are the 20 most popular (listed from most popular to least) social media and writing articles I shared this week, based on the number of likes, comments, and reshares they received.

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Don’t let a robot respond for you on Twitter

Last week, I talked about why you shouldn’t use auto DMs on Twitter. Today, I wanted to talk about something similar: autoresponders. As I mentioned last week, some people on Twitter use software designed to take one action when triggered by another action (e.g. sending auto DMs whenever someone follows you). This software doesn’t just… Continue reading Don’t let a robot respond for you on Twitter

Hot Pepper Hot Picks: 18 December 2015

Here are the 20 most popular (listed from most popular to least) social media and writing articles I shared this week, based on the number of likes, comments, and reshares they received.

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Hot Pepper Hot Picks: 11 December 2015

Here are the 20 most popular (listed from most popular to least) social media and writing articles I shared this week, based on the number of likes, comments, and reshares they received.

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