This post is in response to being tagged with the ‘7 random things’ meme, courtesy of my friend Simon Salt or better known as @Incslinger. In his post, he describes ‘7 random things‘ as “fun blogging event to get people behind the blogs to open up a bit and put the human face to their blogs”.
I have enjoyed reading the others random things, so I will happy to play along, who knows there might actually be something new I have not previously shared on Twitter.
1 – Wisconsin Summers
Wisconsin is my birth place. I spent the first five years of my [...]
December 14th, 2008, Author: Tawny Press
Tags: Brent Schlenker, Brian Regan, Calvin Lee, Cheryl Smith, Graham Smith, Lamarr Wilson, Mel Aclaro, Rock County Wisconsin, Tawny Press, Wisconsin
Posted in Blogging | 6 Comments »
This post has taken an interesting turn. My original thought was to feature individuals, as well as big brands in this set of examples. That turns out to be an entirely different post, as few big brands have actually “branded” their Twitter backgrounds. Valuable no cost space to show their unique brand, being wasted. Why? Maybe it was over looked as they hashed out their ROI justifications.
What the big brands have missed, the savvy business professionals have not. What do I mean? Take a look at these creative backgrounds, not only shows their brand, but also contains useful information in [...]
December 1st, 2008, Author: Tawny Press
Tags: Branding, photoshop, Social Media, twitter, twitter background
Posted in Branding, Featured, Social Media, Training & Development, twitter | 15 Comments »
Very busy as of late and this morning I was catching up on my favorite bloggers. This particular post grabbed my attention, “Social Media is a Lotta damned work”. First, I laughed, thinking “isn’t that the truth”, but then continued to read and found Mack’s candor on the topic refreshing.
I was first drawn to The Viral Garden, though a meeting with Mack Collier, the author on Twitter. I enjoy his candor on Twitter and then began to explore his blog and have been a fan every since.
There are many great blogs writing about etiquette, what to do, what not to [...]
November 26th, 2008, Author: Tawny Press
Tags: Networking, Online Communities, Social Media
Posted in Social Media | 6 Comments »
You have selected a Social Networking service, created your profile, selected a photo of yourself and invited your contacts to join your network. Now you have built a network! Congratulations!
The network you have created is an important one. You have invited people to become part of your network community, so what is your plan? How are you going engage with your community?
Being active and engaging in your community is vitally important. The same time you invest in your personal face to face relationships, you will need to invest in growing and enhancing your online relationship.
Twitter is an exceptional tool to [...]
November 6th, 2008, Author: Tawny Press
Tags: Branding, twitter, twitter backgrounds, twitter basics
Posted in Branding, Featured, Networking, Social Media, Tips/Tools, twitter | 18 Comments »
