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Pardon the dust…
Some big changes are coming to readers of 12 Minute Media. I'll explain more later, but for now, I realize that there may be a lot of broken links here. Be patient with me? If you came here from a redirect from 12minutemedia.com, welcome to my favorite space online —...
LoveThiz
Normally, I post a review of the week's tips on Saturday morning. I'll recap this week's tips in a post later today. For now, I want to share this awesome new tool from the talented Raj Setty. Raj created an Instant Smile Service for Twitter called LoveThiz —...
Follow Friday to Stronger Relationships
Follow Friday, along with the hashtag #ff, is one of the most widely used practices for building relationships on Twitter. On Fridays, you have the chance to give a shout out to people you respect, admire, or appreciate. Depending on how much time you want to spend,...
Surprise and Delight
I love surprises: when my husband brings home a mocha for me, a handwritten letter in the mail from a friend, a friend stopping by unannounced. One of the best social media related surprises ever happened on the morning of my most recent birthday. My cell phone rang...
Get to Know Someone New
Involvement in social media is all about relationships. Social media is about relationships. The short answer to the question "Why social media?" is relationships. When you participate in social media, you create an opportunity for buidling and strengthening...
Three Tips about Organizing Online Contacts
This week, I shared four tips about organizing online contacts. If you are seeking to grow your influence online, you likely want to build your network of fans, friends, and followers. But how do you keep them all organized and filter out important information from...
Are your Circles Organized
When I joined Google+, I fully intended to add people to circles in a organized and orderly way, so I would be able to communicate with them easily about pertinent topics and filter my stream effectively to read updates by topic. It worked at first. I diligently spent...
A Story about Online Connections and Reading Every Update
One day a few years ago, a new Twitter friend sent me a direct message. "How do you read everything in your Twitter stream?" he asked. I laughed out loud. Then I shook my head. He asked a serious question. I wanted to give him a respectful answer. But I couldn't...
The 2nd Most Important Page on Your Website
I have a new show this morning at Toledo Biz Connect TV. In it, you'll learn which page is the 2nd most important page on your website and what content it MUST include. Curious? Think you know the answer? WATCH IT NOW! People visit the 2nd most important page...
Filtering Out Facebook Noise
If you are overwhelmed by a steady stream of information about your friends' activities related to Facebook games (Farmville, anyone?) or by multiple updates from friends you don't know well, this tip may be very helpful to you. I hesitate to give detailed...
A Week of Organizing Online Contacts
Not long ago, my friend Thabo asked me to write a post about using lists effectively on Twitter. As you grow your following and build more connections online, you have likely wondered: How can I keep up with all these connections? How do I read all these updates? How...
Four Tips about Blogging
This week, I shared four tips about blogging. Your blog is a very important part of your business website. You can use your blog to share your expertise and keep customers up-to-date about new products and services. You can build relationships and community with the...