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My Favorite Tools in Ten Installments: 2. Twitter

April 25, 2011
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My Favorite Tools in Ten Installments: 2. Twitter

This is post 2 of 10 in my 10 favorite tools series. I regularly get asked how I “do it all” so I’ve put together some of handy tools that (in addition to hard work) help me do it.  I covered the many ways I use Google last week, this week its Twitter! Now that might seem obvious since I have over 4,000 followers, but hopefully you’ll find something useful. In the past I’ve written how I decide who to follow on Twitter, and that hasn’t changed much. Although at that time I was trying to keep the number of people I followed around 250 and I stated I “absolutely wont go over 300.” Now I’m up to almost 350, I’m trying very hard to keep it under 350.  But the rest of the information is the same I have Gmail set to filter emails from Twitter with their own label and to skip the inbox. I go through them every week or so.  I try to look at each one.  Any of the following disqualifies the account for a follow: the default avatar 10,000 followers or more businesses social media experts marketing experts no bio no real name private

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10 Ways Twitter Will Make You a Better Employee, Better at Your Job and Benefit Your Library

October 15, 2010
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10 Ways Twitter Will Make You a Better Employee, Better at Your Job and Benefit Your Library

In my case this means my day, the 9 to 5 one, not the one on the side where I write this blog and other stuff and do workshops and present and read article and government reports, though it helps there too. For the sake of this post I’m focusing on my 9 to 5 job or more like 7 to 6 job. Here are 10 ways Twitter has made me a better employee, better at my job and benefited my library. 1. Connection to experts. Thanks to Twitter I can connect with experts it might take years to connect with otherwise. I might see them in passing at conferences (if I’m fortunate enough to attend) or exchange emails. But Twitter connections so much easier to make. No need to write a formal email, I respond to their tweets starting a conversation that is much faster and easier to maintain than formal emails. Through my tweets they get a feeling of what I am like professionally and as in individual. These connections include those tweets that aren’t related to work or libraries, personal tweets help build a relationship between people who have never met face to face. They are the mortar between

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What Twitter Lists Say About You

June 21, 2010
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What Twitter Lists Say About You

Ever since Twitter implemented lists I try to check out mine regularly.  Mostly I’m looking for bad or amusing ones, but so far if anyone has me on a list titled “idiots” or “b!tches” its private.  :-) As of writing this I am on 373 lists, of which probably 90 – 95% say something related to libraries (I didn’t actually do the math). This aren’t surprising to me. And that’s good. I am a librarian, I work in libraries. It’s the ones that fall outside of those that intrigue me. What do they say about me? My tweets? My online persona? I started thinking about this thanks to a post my friend Dani wrote about how people define you pointing me to this post, where Naomi asks what Twitter lists do you WANT to be on? What do the lists you create say about you? - clearly your priorities and interests, what else? What do the lists you are on say about you? – I’m not sure about this one What lists would you want to be on? - I wish I were on more transliteracy lists, but other than that I’m not too sure. Just for fun a snap shot of some of the non-librarian related lists

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How to Decide Who to Follow on Twitter

June 9, 2010
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How to Decide Who to Follow on Twitter

I have had several conversations lately about how to use Twitter and how to decide who to follow. I know everyone has a different methodology and goal when using Twitter.  Here is mine. I have gmail filter, label and auto archive emails from Twitter and I go through them every week or so. Any of the following disqualifies the account for a follow: the default avatar 10,000 followers or more businesses social media experts marketing experts no bio no real name private account Of course as these are my rules I have broken them all at least once I’m sure.  :-) Other than that I look at the bio, the link if there is one and recent tweets. I try to keep the number of people I follow around 250 and absolutely wont go over 300. I can’t keep up with more, some people can, I can’t.  I spend most of my time on Twitter using Tweetdeck, without the columns I think I’d have to follow less than 250. How do you decide who to follow? Other strategies and tips: Deciding Who to Follow on Twitter The Secret to Twitter How To Decide Who To Follow On Twitter – 9 Tips How

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Don’t Miss These Twitter and Facebook Guides from Mashable

January 6, 2010
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Don’t Miss These Twitter and Facebook Guides from Mashable

Whether you are teaching a class, helping a friend or just looking for information for yourself these guides from Mashable are a great resource. The Facebook Guide topics include: Facebook 101: The Basics Managing Your Facebook Wall Using Facebook for Business How to become a fan of Mashable Using Facebook Applications Facebook 305:Advanced Topics Twitter Guide topics include: Twitter 101 – The Basics Building Your Twitter Community Twitter for Business Twitter Guide Book To Go: PDF Download and Slideshow Sharing on Twitter Managing Your Twitter Stream Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Share on FriendFeed Share on netvibes share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Buzz it up Subscribe to the comments on this post Print for later Tell a friend

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