Archive for the ‘Twitter’ Category
I never thought it could happen, but one should never say never – you’ll always be proven wrong. It was the SocialFish that proved me wrong this time. I should explain by saying I never thought I would see an example of sponsored tweets working, yet at Buzz 2009 I saw just that. Blew me […]
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Tags: Buzz2009, Events, Scholarships, Sponsors, Twitter
Sometimes I feel like this should be an association twitter blog, but then I realize I do write about more than just Twitter. Anyways… Ghost Tweeting – To hire and have someone tweet on another person’s behalf. This may done by politicians, actors and other celebrities. Today I decided that ghost tweeting really irks the […]
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Tags: CNN, Ghost Tweeting, Guy Kawasaki, Not Cool
To tweet a different way.
So most .org’s that use Twitter have a general account that is usually something like @[YourOrgHere]. At AAPA we don’t do that, we have two AAPA branded accounts – @AAPALynn & @AAPABrooke and a smattering of other staff under their own usernames. I’m realizing this is completely different than any other .org I’ve seen on […]
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Tags: Associations, Individual Connections, Twitter
ABR – My New Motto
ABR stands for “Always Be Relevant” I’m thinking about this because lately I’ve been receiving tweets from random Tweeps (not people I follow) based on keywords totally taken out of context, or that the subject matter of one thing is completely irrelevant to what I’m actually talking about. Here is an example of what I […]
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Tags: Motto, Relevant, Social Media, Value
The longer I do social media for a living, the more I look for ways to automate my process. Here are a few things I’ve found that you can do to make things a little easier on you. 1. Harness your RSS feeds There are RSS feeds everywhere! Find ways to integrate them into all […]
Filed under: Resources, RSS Feeds, Social Media, Social Networking, Twitter | 7 Comments
Tags: Automation, RSS Feeds, Twitterfeed
The Long Road.
So this past week I’ve been in San Diego for our Annual Conference and I’m completely exhausted. I wanted to share with everyone the different ways that we used to connect with our constituents and I would love your feedback on all we’ve done. The PAnel – A conference blog manned by 11 PAs/PA Students […]
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Tags: #aapa09, AAPA, Conference, Physician Assistant, Social Media, Strategy
So I was really excited the other day when I found out that the Washington Nationals had a Twitter account. I’m a HUGE baseball fan and I was sitting at the game on Sunday when I tweeted about how I figured out what my dream job would be… Working as the Washington Nationals Community Manager! […]
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Tags: @WAS_Nationals, baseball, bot, Twitter, Washington Nationals
Tweeting with value.
I know I’ve been writing about Twitter a lot lately and if this topic bores you, please let me know by commenting! I was talking with my mom (who also happens to work in associations) and she was saying how some people she works with tell her that Twitter is worthless. It’s a bunch of […]
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Tags: Twitter, Value
There’s been a lot of talk about Twitter lately. Between Congress tweeting, Jimmy Fallon having Kevin Rose & Alex Albrecht on and talking about Twitter, to @Ev on Charlie Rose, Twitter is getting it’s 15 minutes of fame. I think there are a lot of mistakes those new to twitter make. I know I’m halfway […]
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Tags: Mistakes, Twitter
Your Twestions Answered. Part 2
So my answers to these questions are so long that I wanted to break this up into more manageable pieces. Plus I know I hate reading super long blog posts. See Part 1 here. And so it continues… 6. What is “12 seconds” and “twitscoop?” “12 Seconds” is a reference to 12seconds.tv, it’s a way […]
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Tags: Questions, Twestions, Twitter