Social Media

Debra on July 2nd, 2009

I greatly admire Gary Vaynerchuk. The video below is a talk he gave called Scaling Caring. Gary is always entertaining, but cuts through the crap and gets his message to the people with humor and great caring. He talks about quality interactions with people, business, Twitter, caring, and being authentic. These [...]

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Debra on May 16th, 2009

I hear people in restaurants talking about Twitter, friends and family asking questions about it’s uses. Twitter is chatted up on television crime dramas, comedies, news, tabloids, the presidential campaign, sporting events and even hospitals teach using Twitter during surgery.  It’s everywhere and growing.
I have been using Twitter almost a year and have met some [...]

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Debra on February 19th, 2009

I don’t know about you, but I really enjoy unique people, courageous people who think outside the box. Gary Vaynerchuk is that person. I met Gary on Twitter through my friend Jonathon Gunson – feel free to visit Jonathan’s trafficcafetv for a new website traffic tip each day. This video of Gary V. at the [...]

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admin on February 11th, 2009

At the end of December, I interviewed Julio Ojeda-Zapata, the author of Twitter Means Business. During the interview, Julio gave a prize to the first 4 people who tweeted (sent a message on Twitter) the word “Batman.” This is what happened next:

“… within milliseconds, I had a boat load of Batman messages on the Internet [...]

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Debra on January 23rd, 2009

I have a Twitter & Facebook friend that I love to watch in action.  His name is Perry Belcher.  He thinks outside the box and I like that.  He posted a You Tube video I find fun and refreshing.  It is “7 Secrets of Social Media.”  It is pure Perry, raw and real.  I hope [...]

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admin on December 10th, 2008

My fascination with how to use Twitter to grow my business continues to grow, as do the new uses I find for my business. In case you missed my last post on Twitter, click here.

6 TWITTER USES

Many large businesses – such as H&R Block, Southwest Airlines, Whole Foods – are using Twitter [...]

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admin on November 21st, 2008

What are you doing?

Try following me at http://twitter.com/PhilJohncock. Here’s why:

Two events happened recently that turned me on to Twitter for small businesses:

I have been enjoying the FREE “Thirty Day Challenge” with Internet marketing guru Ed Dale (http://ThirtyDayChallenge.com). I highly recommend this program, by [...]

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