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The power and value of Twitter

October 27th, 2008 · 37 Comments · blogging, social media

I love social networking. I’m not ashamed to say it. I love Twitter. I love Facebook. I love LinkedIn. I love Flickr. I love meeting new people through my blog.
What frustrates me is when people from the “outside” - people whom, for whatever reason, choose not to partake in social networking - try to diminish [...]

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I’ve driven a Ford (actually, a few) lately

August 11th, 2008 · 7 Comments · blogging, products, social media

I never cease to be amazed about where this blog takes me.
The people I have met, the places I have gone, the connections I have made, the work it has brought me… this blog, my voice as a part of Mom Generations, has been an incredible vehicle.
And please forgive me that metaphor as I tell [...]

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Using social media to get fit - the Tweightloss Challenge is making it happen

July 31st, 2008 · 10 Comments · Round-up, Tweightloss, contests, social media

**PRESS RELEASE: 70 Strangers Use Social Networking Site Twitter to Lose 1500 lbs.**
How do 70 virtual strangers sitting in front of their computers commit to collectively losing 1,500 lbs.? The answer is: Twitter.
Twitter is a fast-growing social networking and microblogging service that allows users to instantly message each other through updates (called “tweets”) of up [...]

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Twitter for Beginners

July 24th, 2008 · 19 Comments · blogging, social media, video

Twitter has become a part of my everyday life, and while many of the people I talk to online (note to my brother, Keith: online does not mean in my head) are Twitter users, I understand that much of the world at large is befuddled by the Twitter phenomenon.
And now that Audrey has started a [...]

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