I saw this statistic in a Twitter Update
“…people who have 10 followers and are following about 10 people represent 50% of all Twitter-ers.”
As someone who did very little with Twitter in my first couple months but hung in there and now sees much more value in it, I’ll share some resources I’ve found helpful if [...]

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After last week’s horrible tragedy at NIU, I wanted to float an idea that I’m sure isn’t new, but that I haven’t seen talked about much.
In the cases of these college shootings, very often the problem is the quick communication that is needed in order to perform a ‘lock-down’, and tell students to get to [...]

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Wednesday I had the pleasure of attending my first from-Twitter-to-face-to-face meet and greet. Rick Mahn organized the first Social Media Breakfast in Minneapolis, based upon the Boston Social Media Breakfast. How did I hear about it, via Twitter of course, one more good use of Twitter. Through that meeting, I’ve learned about LikeMind, another meet-up [...]

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Granted, I’m no Robert Scoble or Chris Brogan in terms of being out there on all the new services and social media, but I’ve signed up for a lot of services and new sites to see what they are like (see where I’m going here.)

…Occasionally I’ll check and see if anyone from my college or high school is out there, and I’ve been in touch with a couple friends that I wouldn’t have otherwise.

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