I have a troll. Do you? Trolls slither over the internet. They start as lurkers, then get brave, creep out and spit things at you. 10 out of 10 trolls feed on attention. Negative or positive – they don’t care. Attention is the oxygen that keeps them going. Here’s the story of how I found my troll and what we may do next?
Entries Tagged as 'Twitter'
How To Handle A Troll & Beat Them at Their Own Game
March 15th, 2010 · View Comments · How To
Tags:Facebook·Identity·Linkedin·Personal Branding·Social network·Troll·Twitter
5 Reasons You Should Leave Facebook and Join LinkedIn
January 11th, 2010 · View Comments · Facebook, How To
I’ve started to use my social networks more strategically rather than adopting a ‘shotgun approach’. In other words, I try to leverage each site by seeing the opportunities it offers and then using these. Recently, I’ve started to shift away from Facebook and moved to LinkedIn. What does LinkedIn offer that Facebook doesn’t? Here are five reasons to Leave Facebook and join LinkedIn instead.
Ten Tips & Tricks to Get the Most Out of HootSuite
January 9th, 2010 · View Comments · Facebook, How To
If you have multiple Twitter accounts, want to schedule your tweets, want to see stats on your tweets, and want it all in a new user interface, then try Hootsuite. I used to use TweetDeck but have moved to Hootsuite as it offers better stats and integration with Facebook. Here are 10 tips to get the most out of this desktop twitter client.
Tags:Add new tag·Facebook·HootSuite·Linkedin·Social network·Tweetdeck·Twitter
10 Best Mistakes I Made in 2009
November 22nd, 2009 · Comments Off · Career, Technical Writing
Fail to prepare, prepare to fail. If you don’t know your mistakes you’re going to repeat them. Here’s my best mistakes.
Tags:contracts·Facebook·GTD·India·Podcast·rates·Social network·Twitter
Technical Writing News Nov 13th
November 13th, 2009 · View Comments · How To
This week’s technical writing news includes RoboScreenCapture, a FrameMaker screenshot app, Twitter 101 for Technical Communicators, the New Help System in Visual Studio 2010, List of the Top Open Source technical writers on the Web, feedback on STC’s Dues Increases, and The Freelancer’s Guide to Working With Clients That SUCK.
Tags:Adobe Framemaker·Doc2Help·Freelance·Help System·Open Source·RoboScreenCapture·STC·technical communicators·Technical Writers·Twitter·Visual Studio
How to write Link Bait for Digg, Reddit & StumbleUpon
November 11th, 2009 · Comments Off · How To
Want to be on the very first page of Digg.com? You’d be famous, right? Here’s how to do it.
How The Huffington Post uses Real-time Testing to Write Better Headlines
October 24th, 2009 · Comments Off · Google, How To
Zachary M. Seward http://www.niemanlab.org writes that The Huffington Post applies A/B testing to some of its headlines. Readers are randomly shown one of two headlines for the same story. After five minutes, which is enough time for such a high-traffic site, the version with the most clicks becomes the wood that everyone sees.
Tags:Arianna Huffington·audience segmentation·Detroit Free Press·Dustin Curtis·Eric Brown·google·headlines·Huffington Post·Josh Young·Market research·metrics·ONA09·Online News Association·Oscars·Paul Berry·Research·social media·Steve Dorsey·Tagged A/B testing·Twitter·user behavior·Yahoo
Dustin Curtis says: You should follow me on Twitter
October 23rd, 2009 · Comments Off · Social Media, Technical Writing
Dustin Curtis likes experiments. He re-arranged the words Follow Me on Twitter and the position of the hyperlink to see if it would increase the number of followers, i.e. click-throughs. Changing the text increased the clickthrough rate from 4.7% to 12.81%. Here’s how he did it.
Tags:Clickthrough·Command·Follow Me·Hyperlink·Lower case·Online Communities·rates·social media·Social network·Statement·Structured Writing·Twitter·Usability·web·Writing Techniques
Interview with TweetDeck Founder
October 23rd, 2009 · Comments Off · Technical Writing
For those of you with an interest in social media and real-time data distribution, Adobe’s Andrew Shorten talks to Iain Dodsworth, founder of TweetDeck, about his experiences of developing this AIR application and how using Adobe technology contributed to TweetDeck’s success. See this intervieww withTweetdeck_Founder
Tags:Adobe Platform Evangelist Andrew Shorten·Facebook·Iain Dodsworth·Illustrator·MySpace·Platform Evangelist·Tweetdeck·Twitter
11 Reasons To Attend Adobe Learning Summit 09
October 23rd, 2009 · Comments Off · Technical Writing
RJ Jacquez shares the line-up for this year’s Adobe Learning Summit 09 and gives us 11 reasons why you should consider joining us on November 9th in San Jose, CA.
Tags:Adobe Captivate·Adobe eLearning Suite·Adobe Learning Summit·Adobe Learning Summit Last·Connect Pro·Electronic learning·Learning Management System·Shantanu Narayen·Thomson Reuters·Twitter
Why TechSmith should make Jing Pro Free
October 22nd, 2009 · View Comments · Technical Writing
Why TechSmith should make Jing Pro Free
Tags:Camtasia Studio·Facebook·Flickr·Free·H.264+AAC·high-definition·Jing·Limitations·MPEG-4·Screencast.com·Screenshot·Snagit·Techsmith·Twitter·Viddler·Video recording·Vimeo·YouTube
Adobe: Twitter 101 session for Technical Communicators
October 19th, 2009 · Comments Off · Social Media
From Adobe Tech Communication RJ Jacquez, ” I don’t think it would be an overstatement to say that thanks to Social Media, we are experiencing a fundamental shift in the way we discover, share and consume information. This was the topic of my closing presentation at this year’s Technical Communication UK.”
Tags:Adobe Systems·Dell·Mass media·social media·Social Networks·technical communication·Twitter·web
How to link your Flickr and Twitter accounts
October 7th, 2009 · Comments Off · Flickr
You can now link your Flickr account to Twitter, allowing you to send photos in real-time to this very powerful social media application. Before you start, you might want to read the tips on getting started over on the Flickr Twitter Beta site. It’s an easy read and you’re bound to pick up some nice [...]
How to Get Your Email Answered
October 6th, 2009 · Comments Off · How To, Productivity
Chris Brogan (read and bookmark!) just hit a new milestone.
He’s now getting over 600 emails a day on average. 50% were people asking me his time, 25% were “really nice people,” 20% were business opportunities, and 5% were friends. A quick bit of math: if he answered 1 email a minute, 600 emails would take [...]
Tags:Chris Brogan·email·Facebook·google·google docs·Google Spreadsheets·Productivity·social media·Social network·Time-wasting·Twitter
