From the monthly archives: July 2011
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If you put a lot of time into Twitter, how to get more out of it.

By On July 21, 2011 · Leave a Comment

By its very nature, Twitter is an immediate and fleeting medium.  The immediacy is a large part of the appeal, but all those moments you put into using it add up. If you are like me and you have put thousands of hours into reading tweets and tweeting yourself, then it just makes sense to [...]

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Google Plus Circles brings online audience segmentation to small businesses.

By On July 18, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Google Plus is new enough that I am only beginning to understand all the nuisances.  Aside from looking at how Breaking News, Mashable and my local paper The Lawrence Journal-World are using it, my use cases are fairly limited.  The experience I am going to share is isolated, but it is first hand. How @free [...]

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A free social media tool I really like: Crowdbooster.

By On July 12, 2011 · 2 Comments

This week my local Social Media Club in Lawrence, Kansas is discussing free social media tools, so I wanted to write about one of my favorites: Crowdbooster.  It is hard to describe exactly what Crowdbooster is, but I guess the right phrase would be a “social media analytics dashboard”.   If that sounds cold and boring, [...]

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Klout: A social media company that doesn’t get social media?

By On July 5, 2011 · 4 Comments

Update 1:22PM 7/6/11 – Megan Berry, Klout Marketing Manager, responds below in the comments. —– Maybe I have gotten spoiled with the connectivity Twitter provides, but I am finding myself increasing frustrated when trying to communicate with what is supposed to be one of the leading social media companies . . . Klout. I am active [...]

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