Confessions of a Twitter Virgin

So Dawn, my wife and business partner, made me get into this thing called Twitter.  I wasn’t happy about it.  I use the Internet (mostly Wikipedia and YouTube), send emails, all the usual suspects.  I even write blogs and employ on-line, interactive websites in my workshops.  What more do you want from me, electronic fiend?

Questions I Get Asked About Getting Business Through Twitter

People are asking me the following questions – an awful lot – so I thought I’d write a blog post to redirect everyone to, when these issues come up again.  This blog post is directed at new Twitter users who are tweeting about their occupation or business.
How do I get more followers on Twitter?

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Ping.fm

Despite being fairly active on many social networking sites – for networking and research purposes – I’d never come across Ping.fm until it was recommended to me on Twitter by @mrcush.  Thanks Mr Cush from Wolfmarks!
What does it do?
It saves you time posting status updates to various social networking, IM and bookmarking sites and profiles.  [...]

Saturday Magazine Programme

Last Saturday, I was chatting to John Toal on the Saturday Magazine Show about blogging.  He wanted to know why anyone would blog, and why anyone would read it.  I suppose I’ve become something of a ‘person to ask about blogging’, since I started blogging a few years ago, and now teach regular workshops on [...]