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Twitter

16 Twitter Analogies To Help You Explain Twitter

I seem to find myself digging for great Twitter analogies when faced with the paradox of explaining Twitter to a friend. You would think that something so simple would be easy to explain, yet somehow people are still dumbfounded by its purpose.

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Social Media

Get Your Hands Dirty

Sometimes you have to go beyond your normal limits and explore unknown social media territory.

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Twitter

6 ReTweet Monitoring Tools

Retweeting has become a great way to find quality information through Twitter. New, more advanced, Twitter monitoring tools have made it easier to drown out a lot of the noise and focus on the quality posts being shared. It’s not fool proof as popularity and quality battle for the number one spots. You’ll almost always […]

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Web Development

16 Useful Blogs for Web Design and Inspiration

Staying updated with high-quality web design resources is crucial in today’s fast-paced industry. To help inspire creativity and problem-solving, here’s a refreshed list of websites that consistently offer valuable insights, tutorials, and design inspiration for web professionals. These sites cover a range of styles, techniques, and trends that reflect the ever-evolving landscape of digital design. […]

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Rant Social Media

Why Do You Use Social Media?

I set up my Facebook account in September of 2004. I remember everyone was talking about it. The timing was perfect as it was my first time out on my own and I was desperate to meet people. It instantly became the go to solution to find out who that cute girl in my math […]

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Rant Twitter

Twitter's Reply Changes, Not A Big Deal

Funny how everyone is all up in arms about Twitter’s most recent changes. Small Settings Update

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Social Media

What We Can Learn From Drive-Through Menus

I’m always interested in how companies position themselves and go about their business. I find myself analyzing the most mundane things like the importance of brand names on trucks and even the song selections in the background of TV commercials. I believe there are lessons to be learned everywhere in life depending on whether or […]

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How To Web Development

Using Custom Social Bookmark Icons With AddThis Analytics

(Note: This code is meant to be put in your WordPress Template. However, it should be easy to modify it for other uses.)

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Rant Twitter

How Much Value Is In A ReTweet?

ReTweeting is the act of re-posting someones tweet on Twitter by copying their message and adding the prefix “RT @username“. The idea is that you are passing on a tweet or a link that you like and think your followers would also enjoy. It’s also a great way of letting someone know you liked what […]

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Social Media

April Fools Survival Guide for Twitter

Once a year, Twitter lets loose, with fictitious news stories devouring the social media space. What’s worse is that April Fools day is no longer limited to it’s normal 24 hour time span. Instead, it lasts for a 48 hour Social Media day. Remember, it’s April 1st somewhere.