Experience #TWIRL

Experience #TWIRL

Have you ever met someone face to face who you initially met through Twitter? That’s #TWIRL — Twitter in Real Life — a phrase coined by Whitney Johnson, the author of Dare, Dream, Do, a client of my company, a mentor to me, a friend. Whitney landed on the phrase...
Ask

Ask

Each morning, I begin my time on Twitter by asking a question. It’s typically the same question, and I’ve certainly written about it in this space before: “Who’s awake?” I don’t ask because it’s a particularly important or...
Embrace Serendipity

Embrace Serendipity

One of the disadvantages of growing your Twitter following is that your Twitter stream may become a bit unwieldy. Because I follow more than 16 thousand people, mine moves by at a pace almost too fast for me to scan, depending on the time of day. In fact, I do not...
TweetDeck Is Your Friend

TweetDeck Is Your Friend

I am always surprised when I start meeting with a client who has used Twitter for several months (or years) yet is still logging in exclusively to Twitter.com. To get the most out of Twitter, use a third party application. This is an absolute requirement. You will not...
The Power of Social Presence

The Power of Social Presence

From Becky: In the coming weeks, you’ll notice some changes to the Weaving Influence blog and website. We’ve already made one big change – the tagline above: “connecting authors to online audiences.”  Weaving Influence began as a personal...