The best way to describe Twitter is like a “water cooler”. It’s an ongoing stream of conversations (sometimes one-sided) that are updated real-time and are limited to “short bursts” in under 140 characters. There is a lot more to what Twitter is, and you can read more about it here. When using Social Media for…

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Twitter is what’s called a “micro-blog”. With a 140 character limit, you’re able to connect and converse with anyone who also has an account (aka a “handle). While it’s got its own subculture and language, and may even seem very stupid at first, once you start to connect with people, you’ll find that you’re meeting…

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Status updates are a non-intrusive way of publishing great information to your target audience without overtly “selling” to them. When you publish great information that is relevant, timely and solves your potential client’s problems, then you imply that you are the perfect fit for their needs. But your time is limited, and you want to…

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During the Superbowl blackout, Oreo tweeted this ad with the caption: “Power out? No problem.” According to http://www.buzzfeed.com, it was “tweeted 14,000 times (and the same image on Facebook has gotten more than 20,000 likes” Source: http://www.buzzfeed.com/rachelysanders/how-oreo-got-that-twitter-ad-up-so-fast Then, with the Grammys the following tweet that was sent out was: “Time to get your dunk on” Certainly not as many…

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On January 24, 2013, Twitter announced the launch of Vine: “a mobile service that lets you capture and share short looping videos. Like Tweets, the brevity of videos on Vine (6 seconds or less) inspires creativity.” It’s a free app available to iPhone users. [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes”…

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