Seth Godin’s book Tribes has created a lot of conversation. About the concept, about the content and generally about whether the book is saying anything new or not. As an Anthropology major I was interested in the use of the term Tribe. Originally it was used by the Roman’s to describe the three ethnic groups [...]
Tribes: This is Not The Term You Are Looking For
Mr Tweet: Virtual Networking Assistant?
This week saw another rising star in the Twitter apps, Mr. Tweet. Still in Alpha, Mr Tweet offers to scour your Twitter network and make recommendations for two different groups of people for you to follow. Influencers beyond my network Which of my followers I should be following back This is an interesting concept, better [...]
Twollow: SOLD
Last week I posted a review of the Twitter tool Twollow. I was interested to see that it almost immediately went under the auction hammer. The tool that took 24 hours to build, took only 7 hours to sell. Bidding started at $25, with the tool finally being sold for $1,750.00. I am surprised by [...]
Guest Post: Twitterberry – Caryn Brown
I realized recently that although I had been reviewing a lot of Twitter apps I had missed out on a complete section of them – the Mobile apps. I decided that this would be a great area to open up this blog to guest bloggers. This is the first in a series that are being [...]
Twollow: The 24 Hour Tool
Another new Twitter tool appeared this week. It was reviewed on Mashable.com. According to the overview the application was created in just 24 hours. The point of the tool is to auto-follow users who use certain words in Twitter. I love testing out new Twitter tools, but I have to admit I was confused as [...]
Don’t You Know Who I Think I Am?
Personal Branding was long the preserve of the Hollywood celebrity. To have a personal brand one needed a publicist, a manager, a PR agency and of course the ubiquitous “People”, as in “I’ll have my people talk to your people”. Social Media is changing all of that. People who would have once gone unnoticed now [...]
Tweetlater adds new features
Tweetlater is a Twitter integrated tool that allows users to do exactly what the name implies, Tweet Later. Other features include the ability to auto-follow other Twitter users and to Post blog articles later. There is much written about auto-responders and their place in Twitter. Some people feel they are very useful, some feel that [...]
Who I am I reading?
Most people know who the “Rockstars” are in blogging these days. With an estimated 1 million blogs being created everyday in the US you would think that it would be very hard to get noticed or have your voice heard. Those who have been blogging a long time have already managed to differentiate themselves or [...]
No Bull Shiitake: Why I follow Guy Kawasaki
There are lots of tools and articles that provide recommendations of people to follow on Twitter and elsewhere in the Social Mediaverse. But few provide the why. For new users and experienced alike, finding new and interesting people to follow is part of the excitement of being engaged in Social Media / Networking. Only yesterday [...]
Influencer or Celebrity?
Image via Wikipedia There has been a lot of discussion recently about how to attract more followers on Twitter, how to drive more readers to your blog and how marketers can and should be reaching out to key influencers in the social media world. As the number of Social media platforms increase and the number [...]



