| Vol. 9, issue 5 - issued monthly | May 2010 |
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From the Editor:Many of you are wondering how to make good use of Twitter. I found a great article from sitepoint.com about using Twitter to follow your clients and keep up with them. From time to time people ask me how to capture a web page, so I'm giving you my secret! FireShot. Read all about it. I know ski season is over, but this months video just cracked me up. We can all use a good laugh right? As always, remember to Surf Safely - use your anti-virus and firewall's! - Michelle "If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside." ~ Robert X. Cringely. |
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"Easily Find and Follow Your Clients on Twitter" from sitepoint.comSo, you have a business Twitter account, but lack the time to try and find all your clients on there as well? Here's a great idea that worked well for my business. Most of us should have a contact list or sales software that can export all our client contacts to a file, or a newsletter subscriber list in which you can export the email addresses. It's a little known fact that Twitter allows you to check your contacts on Gmail, Yahoo, or AOL email using their clever Find Friends tool. Once you've assembled a list of client email addresses from your internal systems, finding out if they're on Twitter is fairly painless. Start by exporting your clients' names and email addresses to a CSV (comma-separated values) file. Then, create a new Gmail account purely for this purpose. When logged in, click the Contacts link on the left-hand side of the email view. Click the Import link on the top-right of the Contacts screen. Choose your CSV file, and upload. Once saved, jump back to Twitter and enter the email address and password for your Gmail account. Voila! Twitter will work its magic and let you know which contacts have a Twitter account, enabling you to follow them all at once. Best of luck growing that Twitter follower list. Oh, and before you export your email contacts or massive newsletter subscriber list, consider if the recipients really want you following them on Twitter. This is particularly true if the subscribers use personal accounts, rather than business ones. In these cases, you may be better off leaving them out of your list. |
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Tips and TricksFireShotNeed to capture web pages - the complete page? Here is a great little add on for either FireFox or IE that lets you capture the visible or entire web page then save it or edit it. I've tried others, but this is my favorite by far! |
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Just for Fun or Useful LinksWacky Web!I bet this guy is glad ski season is over. He's even happier that he wasn't identified in this video! Watch this hilarious video of a newbie skier and his rope-tow technique. It will make you cringe while laughing! |
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