Twitter better than email and phone for responses!Posted by Maxine on September 12, 2011
I had an interesting discussion last week with someone who was asking me why they got a quicker response from me if they tweeted me rather than email or phone me. I figured I am not the only person in the world who reads text messages whilst they are on the phone or in meetings [...]
Twitter Mistakes… I’ll share mine if you share yours!Posted by Maxine on March 25, 2011
I’ve been asked what mistakes I have made with twitter and there are a few that spring to mind. I’m not too proud to share them … Mistake 1: Linking twitter and linkedin account Conversation on twitter is more casual than linkedin and some of my connections on linkedin are more traditional in their views [...]
The Twitter Marketing TestPosted by Maxine on March 11, 2011
As much as I really enjoy using twitter for marketing for myself and clients it isn’t always a good media. Here’s why: Some client’s businesses would have other better uses of their time and resources. It mostly comes down to whether their prospective clients or influencers hang out on twitter. Here’s a quick test for [...]
Twitterfall to identify local conversations and opportunitiesPosted by Maxine on March 10, 2011
I have referred to Twitterfall.com in other blog articles and thought it was about time seeing as I regularly recommend this, that I gave Twitterfall.com an article all of it’s own. Twitterfall.com is a valuable and free resource to identify conversations on twitter by keywords and phrases by geographical location. It’s real time and scrolls [...]
You’re only as good as your last three tweets!Posted by Maxine on February 28, 2011
The last three tweets shown on twitter.com can be important for people making their minds up on whether to follow you back or not so what should these be like or more to the point not be like?
Tips for Tradespeople and Plumbers in Particular on TwitterPosted by Maxine on February 21, 2011
A few quick tips for tradespeople and plumbers in particular on using Twitter… Don’t get squeezed out of the twittersphere by British Gas! A few handy hints from Maxxy marketing
Facebook as a Backup Web PagePosted by Maxine on February 4, 2011
Should you have a facebook business page as a contingency web presence if your website or hosting goes down? Would you use this as a back up marketing plan or for customer support purposes? Here Maxxy looks at a recent supplier event that prompts businesses to think about what they would do in the event of hosting disruptions so that customer support is offered, care and communication takes place, and operational disruption in minimised.
RT from multiple twitter accounts… just my thoughtsPosted by Maxine on January 26, 2011
This topic came up on twitter yesterday as someone tweeted that they didn’t like people with multiple accounts re-tweeting themselves as a means of promotion. This prompted me to think about people who I follow or more likely used to follow who tweet from several accounts and who regularly RT between accounts in an excessive self [...]
Roll Up Roll Up.. Get your Twitter Newspaper at Paper.liPosted by Maxine on October 15, 2010
A conversation cropped up at HBN today about being too busy to keep up with Twitter so if this is you and you don’t always have much time to read tweets from the people you follow and top stories, then you may like this service from Paper.li that lets you read your twitter stream as [...]
My little bit about KloutPosted by Maxine on
Now those that know me will appreciate that I simply cannot be shown a fabulous analytical tool like Klout and not be intrigued and start analysing. But I have had to really go against my natural urges and pull myself back from this because whilst it is a fascinating tool, I have had to consider [...]
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