tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41242329699250500802024-03-20T07:31:04.548-04:00The Blog DepotYour place for blog gadgets, widgets and enhancementsElza Hayenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18354350713993969703noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4124232969925050080.post-5747359086306886882009-08-11T15:54:00.001-04:002009-08-11T15:54:54.468-04:00<img style="visibility:hidden;width:0px;height:0px;" border=0 width=0 height=0 src="http://counters.gigya.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.0NXC/bHQ9MTI1MDAyMDE3MjE*MyZwdD*xMjUwMDIwMjQ3NzUxJnA9MTAxOTEmZD*mbj1ibG9nZ2VyJmc9MSZvPTBjNzg*OWU1MTUyOTQ*NjRiY2ZiNmQ3Mjc1NTEwMjQ*Jm9mPTA=.gif" /><div style="width:425px;text-align:left" id="__ss_1635426"><a style="font:14px Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif;display:block;margin:12px 0 3px 0;text-decoration:underline;" href="http://www.slideshare.net/PingElizabeth/going-social-ebook" title="Going Social eBook">Going Social eBook</a><object style="margin:0px" width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=ebook-going-social-090624165338-phpapp02&stripped_title=going-social-ebook" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/><embed src="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=ebook-going-social-090624165338-phpapp02&stripped_title=going-social-ebook" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="355" FlashVars="gig_lt=1250020172143&gig_pt=1250020247751&gig_g=1&gig_n=blogger"></embed><param name="FlashVars" value="gig_lt=1250020172143&gig_pt=1250020247751&gig_g=1&gig_n=blogger" /></object><div style="font-size:11px;font-family:tahoma,arial;height:26px;padding-top:2px;">View more <a style="text-decoration:underline;" href="http://www.slideshare.net/">documents</a> from <a style="text-decoration:underline;" href="http://www.slideshare.net/PingElizabeth">Geeky Grrrl</a>.</div></div>Elza Hayenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18354350713993969703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4124232969925050080.post-39135871223990734252009-06-13T12:03:00.002-04:002009-06-13T12:10:12.737-04:00New Place To View This Blog<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I have decided to export this blog and two others to one WordPress blog. I'll keep this blog on Blogger and feed it into WordPress for the next month and then remove it from Blogger so please start to make this transition as soon as you feel ready.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Thanks so much for your interest and your continued support.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The new site</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: </span></span><a href="http://hayencompany.wordpress.com"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">http://hayencompany.wordpress.com</span></span></a></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">My Company Web site is</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: </span></span><a href="http://www.hayencompany.com"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">http://www.hayencompany.com</span></span></a></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">My Company Blog is</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: </span></span><a href="http://hayencompany.blogspot.com"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">http://hayencompany.blogspot.com</span></span></a></div><div><br /></div>Elza Hayenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18354350713993969703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4124232969925050080.post-11589786118698705732009-06-06T06:51:00.000-04:002009-06-06T06:52:31.677-04:00The Conversation Prism by Brian Solis and Jesse Thomas<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: -webkit-monospace; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap; "><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style=" -webkit-monospace","serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:black;"><a href="http://theconversationprism.com/" title="The Conversation Prism by Brian Solis and Jesse Thomas"><img src="http://theconversationprism.com/convoprismembed.jpg" style="border:0px #666 solid;" /></a></span></span></p><p>The Conversation Prism by <a href="http://briansolis.com/">Brian Solis</a> and <a href="http://jess3.com/">Jesse Thomas</a></p><span style=" mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latinfont-family:Calibri;font-size:9.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><p></p></span>Elza Hayenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18354350713993969703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4124232969925050080.post-14817625574998938302009-05-08T03:02:00.003-04:002009-05-08T03:08:47.510-04:00"Tweet" Button<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzG0qmvLm0Z0DVXWbWM64VaIiIMkOVlk0pemzyqsPoOPL-vo9Zu9lSP5vaE4tW4UzNI5T-5FVdq2wZIpdKby7rNHSXTDac-qXSjG2a2e2A0pc6rYtY4DFcPQXfVJJL9RtYADadxWGRmOht/s1600-h/twitter_128.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 128px; height: 128px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzG0qmvLm0Z0DVXWbWM64VaIiIMkOVlk0pemzyqsPoOPL-vo9Zu9lSP5vaE4tW4UzNI5T-5FVdq2wZIpdKby7rNHSXTDac-qXSjG2a2e2A0pc6rYtY4DFcPQXfVJJL9RtYADadxWGRmOht/s200/twitter_128.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333346584289727474" /></a><br />If you're wondering about that little icon/button that reads "Tweet" above every post on my blog, visit <a href="http://tweetmeme.com">http://tweetmeme.com</a> and you'll learn more about it. This is one nifty tool I'm thrilled is available for FREE. Has been a much needed item on my list for sure. Enjoy, tweeps!Elza Hayenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18354350713993969703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4124232969925050080.post-66159450184586401302009-04-29T00:55:00.000-04:002009-04-29T00:56:34.560-04:0012seonds.tv - My Web Tips<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: -webkit-monospace; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap; "><iframe src="http://embed.12seconds.tv/i/widgetFull?u=hayencompany" scrolling="no" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" width="360" height="400"></iframe> <a href="http://12seconds.tv/channel/hayencompany">hayencompany</a> on <a href="http://12seconds.tv/">12seconds.tv</a> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Cmon'!!! Why must I look like that. Arg. Oh Well! Enjoy the Daily Tips. Some might be offered more frequently. </span></span><a href="http://12seconds.tv/channel/hayencompany"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Daily Tip #1</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> came as a followup bump from </span></span><a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/ecgwesley"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Wesley Donehue's tip</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> for </span></span><a href="http://www.mint.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Mint.com</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">. If you don't know </span></span><a href="http://wesleydonehue.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Wesley Donehue</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> or his wife, </span></span><a href="http://www.donehueagency.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Elizabeth Donehue</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">, then you're missing out. These two are what I consider the powerhouse couple. Each has their own company(s) (Wesley - </span></span><a href="http://underthepowerlines.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Under The Power Lines</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> and Elizabeth - </span></span><a href="http://www.donehueagency.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Donehue Agency</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">) </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> and both are active in the community and in matters of faith. Get to know them a little better by clicking on the links I've attached to their names. Hope this post doesn't turn the Donehue's red :) Just giving thumbs up to some great people in South Carolina. </span></span></span>Elza Hayenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18354350713993969703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4124232969925050080.post-75716642518242595802009-04-22T05:45:00.005-04:002009-06-04T23:32:05.958-04:00Don't Be A Twit..<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9gc8TNo5rOn3fO_X4jMby37iF2_mBTPaFdJZ-iKizQl0CKWXUCAvqVKyVW_FDxK-xQgYeQVlQEBleD8HudYjh6upGW0uBm_g_I4QNN6NTc4fNjwAb1MLpUoEaXYdmd6shq9eav39h3RAa/s1600-h/Tweeple_Helpers_bigger.png"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 73px; height: 73px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9gc8TNo5rOn3fO_X4jMby37iF2_mBTPaFdJZ-iKizQl0CKWXUCAvqVKyVW_FDxK-xQgYeQVlQEBleD8HudYjh6upGW0uBm_g_I4QNN6NTc4fNjwAb1MLpUoEaXYdmd6shq9eav39h3RAa/s200/Tweeple_Helpers_bigger.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327451805767714482" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 17px; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 31px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 31px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><a href="http://mashable.com/2009/04/16/retweet-guide/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">H</span></span></span></a><a href="http://mashable.com/2009/04/16/retweet-guide/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">OW TO: Retweet on</span></span></span></a></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 31px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><a href="http://mashable.com/2009/04/16/retweet-guide/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> Twitter</span></span></span></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 31px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">April 16th, 2009 | by </span></span><a href="http://mashable.com/author/ben-parr/" title="Posts by Ben Parr" style="text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Ben Parr</span></span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">MASHABLE</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Retweeting is an integral part of the Twitter experience. The</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> retweet (or “RT”) allows Twitter users to share the best links, tweets, and gems they find from ot</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">hers using the service. But for beginners, it’s not immediately obvious what retweets are, or what tools to use to make retweeting easier.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><a href="http://mashable.com/2009/04/16/retweet-guide/"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Read on...</span></span></span></span></a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 31px; "><a href="http://mashable.com/2009/04/15/tweefight/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Defeat Your Twitter Archenemy on Tweefight</span></span></span></span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 31px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">April 15th, 2009 | by </span></span></span><a href="http://mashable.com/author/stan-schroeder/" title="Posts by Stan Schroeder" style="text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Stan Schroeder</span></span></span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">MASHABLE</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Another day, another Twitter</span></span></span><a href="http://www.blippr.com/apps/336651-Twitter" target="_blank" rel="http://www.blippr.com/apps/336651-Twitter.whtml" class="blippr-inline-smiley blippr-inline-smiley-07" style="text-decoration: none !important; width: 12px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><img class="wp-smiley" src="http://static1.blippr.com/images/inline-face_07.png?1237798206" alt="Twitter reviews" style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; display: inline !important; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 4px !important; vertical-align: middle; border-top-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-top-style: solid !important; border-right-style: solid !important; border-bottom-style: solid !important; border-left-style: solid !important; border-top-color: rgb(201, 214, 221) !important; border-right-color: rgb(201, 214, 221) !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(201, 214, 221) !important; border-left-color: rgb(201, 214, 221) !important; padding-top: 1px !important; padding-right: 1px !important; padding-bottom: 1px !important; padding-left: 1px !important; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " /></span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">-based time waster. Luca Filigheddu, the author of Twitter search engine </span></span></span><a href="http://mashable.com/2009/04/06/tweefind-applies-google-magic-to-twitter-search/" style="text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Tweefind</span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, has a new application out: </span></span></span><a href="http://www.tweefight.com/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Tweefight</span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><a href="http://mashable.com/2009/04/15/tweefight/"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Read on...</span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 31px; "><a href="http://mashable.com/2009/04/13/twitter-search-alternatives/"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Do We Really Need Twitter Search Alternatives?</span></span></span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">April 13th, 2009 | by </span></span></span><a href="http://mashable.com/author/adam-ostrow/" title="Posts by Adam Ostrow" style="text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Adam Ostrow</span></span></span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">MASHABLE</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Competition is good. And generally speaking, it drives innovation – just look at the innovate and imitate process we’ve seen unfold at Facebook</span></span></span><a href="http://www.blippr.com/apps/336650-Facebook" target="_blank" rel="http://www.blippr.com/apps/336650-Facebook.whtml" class="blippr-inline-smiley blippr-inline-smiley-05" style="text-decoration: none !important; width: 12px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><img class="wp-smiley" src="http://static1.blippr.com/images/inline-face_05.png?1237798206" alt="Facebook reviews" style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; display: inline !important; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 4px !important; vertical-align: middle; border-top-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-top-style: solid !important; border-right-style: solid !important; border-bottom-style: solid !important; border-left-style: solid !important; border-top-color: rgb(201, 214, 221) !important; border-right-color: rgb(201, 214, 221) !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(201, 214, 221) !important; border-left-color: rgb(201, 214, 221) !important; padding-top: 1px !important; padding-right: 1px !important; padding-bottom: 1px !important; padding-left: 1px !important; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " /></span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, Twitter, and FriendFeed</span></span></span><a href="http://www.blippr.com/apps/336656-FriendFeed" target="_blank" rel="http://www.blippr.com/apps/336656-FriendFeed.whtml" class="blippr-inline-smiley blippr-inline-smiley-07" style="text-decoration: none !important; width: 12px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><img class="wp-smiley" src="http://static1.blippr.com/images/inline-face_07.png?1237798206" alt="FriendFeed reviews" style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; display: inline !important; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 4px !important; vertical-align: middle; border-top-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-top-style: solid !important; border-right-style: solid !important; border-bottom-style: solid !important; border-left-style: solid !important; border-top-color: rgb(201, 214, 221) !important; border-right-color: rgb(201, 214, 221) !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(201, 214, 221) !important; border-left-color: rgb(201, 214, 221) !important; padding-top: 1px !important; padding-right: 1px !important; padding-bottom: 1px !important; padding-left: 1px !important; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " /></span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> over the past few months as the social sites duplicate each other’s popular features.</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px; "><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">One area where we’re currently seeing a ton of competition is in Twitter search. Just in the past few weeks, we’ve seen the launch of </span></span></span></span><a href="http://mashable.com/2009/04/06/tweefind-applies-google-magic-to-twitter-search/" style="text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Tweefind</span></span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> and </span></span></span></span><a href="http://mashable.com/2009/04/02/oneriot-twitter-search/" style="text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">OneRiot</span></span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, not to mention other existing tools like</span></span></span></span><a href="http://mashable.com/2008/09/23/social-mention/" style="text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">SocialMention</span></span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> that incorporate Twitter search as part of broader social media monitoring.</span></span></span></span></p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Today, yet another tool launched – </span></span></span></span><a href="http://www.twazzup.com/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Twazzup</span></span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> – that adds a slightly new twist on Twitter search, most notably real-time analysis (similar to the </span></span></span></span><a href="http://mashable.com/2009/04/06/friendfeed-beta-2/" style="text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">new FriendFeed</span></span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">) and a beautiful interface. However, the big challenge facing all of these products is that Twitter already offers an </span></span></span></span><a href="http://search.twitter.com/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">excellent search product</span></span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">. So why bother?</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span><a href="http://mashable.com/2009/04/13/twitter-search-alternatives/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Read what Adam has to say and more.....</span></span></span></span></span></a></p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 31px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><a href="http://mashable.com/2008/12/14/brands-do-twitter/"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Why Brands ABSOLUTELY DO Belong on Twitter</span></span></span></span></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">December 14th, 2008 | by </span></span></span><a href="http://mashable.com/author/lon-s-cohen/" title="Posts by Lon S. Cohen" style="text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Lon S. Cohen</span></span></span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">MASHABLE</span></span></span></span></p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5; text-align: justify; "><em style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Lon S. Cohen is a writer and social media strategist. He is </span></span></span></span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/obilon" style="text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">@obilon</span></span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> on Twitter</span></span></span></span><a href="http://www.blippr.com/apps/336651-Twitter" target="_blank" rel="http://www.blippr.com/apps/336651-Twitter.whtml" class="blippr-inline-smiley blippr-inline-smiley-07" style="text-decoration: none !important; width: 12px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><img class="wp-smiley" src="http://static1.blippr.com/images/inline-face_07.png?1237798206" alt="Twitter reviews" style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; display: inline !important; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 4px !important; vertical-align: middle; border-top-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-top-style: solid !important; border-right-style: solid !important; border-bottom-style: solid !important; border-left-style: solid !important; border-top-color: rgb(201, 214, 221) !important; border-right-color: rgb(201, 214, 221) !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(201, 214, 221) !important; border-left-color: rgb(201, 214, 221) !important; padding-top: 1px !important; padding-right: 1px !important; padding-bottom: 1px !important; padding-left: 1px !important; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " /></span></span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">.</span></span></span></span></em></p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">A Mashable</span></span></span></span><a href="http://www.blippr.com/apps/337174-Mashable" target="_blank" rel="http://www.blippr.com/apps/337174-Mashable.whtml" class="blippr-inline-smiley blippr-inline-smiley-07" style="text-decoration: none !important; width: 12px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><img class="wp-smiley" src="http://static1.blippr.com/images/inline-face_07.png?1237798206" alt="Mashable reviews" style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; display: inline !important; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 4px !important; vertical-align: middle; border-top-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-top-style: solid !important; border-right-style: solid !important; border-bottom-style: solid !important; border-left-style: solid !important; border-top-color: rgb(201, 214, 221) !important; border-right-color: rgb(201, 214, 221) !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(201, 214, 221) !important; border-left-color: rgb(201, 214, 221) !important; padding-top: 1px !important; padding-right: 1px !important; padding-bottom: 1px !important; padding-left: 1px !important; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " /></span></span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> article by Dr. Mark Drapeau was passed around on Twitter this Friday, calling for a </span></span></span></span><a href="http://mashable.com/2008/12/12/twitter-brands/" style="text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">ban on brands on Twitter</span></span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">. Cohen respectfully disagrees.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; "><a href="http://mashable.com/2008/12/14/brands-do-twitter/"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Read more from Lon here...</span></span></span></span></a></span></p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 31px; "><a href="http://mashable.com/2009/02/15/twitter-groups-3/"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">HOW TO: Create Groups for Twitter</span></span></span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">February 15th, 2009 | by </span></span></span><a href="http://mashable.com/author/doriano-carta/" title="Posts by Doriano "Paisano" Carta" style="text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Doriano "Paisano" Carta</span></span></span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">MASHABLE</span></span></span></span></p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">One of the most demanded features for Twitter has been the ability to create groups, allowing members to focus on different sets of people they’re following. For example, you could create groups for all of your fantasy league friends, colleagues at work, friends in real life, family members, and so on.</span></span></span></span></p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Because Twitter still does not provide any group feature, it has opened the floodgates for countless third party solutions. There are many different ways Twitter members can create virtual groups. Here is a roundup of some of the most popular methods employed today.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; "><a href="http://mashable.com/2009/02/15/twitter-groups-3/"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Read more here....</span></span></span></span></a></span></p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 31px; "><a href="http://mashable.com/2009/01/30/twitter-people-directories/"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Find ‘Em On Twitter: 15 Twitter Directories Compared</span></span></span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">January 30th, 2009 | by </span></span></span><a href="http://mashable.com/author/jennifer-van-grove/" title="Posts by Jennifer Van Grove" style="text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Jennifer Van Grove</span></span></span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">MASHABLE</span></span></span></span></p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Searching for people or applications on Twitter</span></span></span></span><a href="http://www.blippr.com/apps/336651-Twitter" target="_blank" rel="http://www.blippr.com/apps/336651-Twitter.whtml" class="blippr-inline-smiley blippr-inline-smiley-07" style="text-decoration: none !important; width: 12px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><img class="wp-smiley" src="http://static1.blippr.com/images/inline-face_07.png?1237798206" alt="Twitter reviews" style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; display: inline !important; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 4px !important; vertical-align: middle; border-top-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-top-style: solid !important; border-right-style: solid !important; border-bottom-style: solid !important; border-left-style: solid !important; border-top-color: rgb(201, 214, 221) !important; border-right-color: rgb(201, 214, 221) !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(201, 214, 221) !important; border-left-color: rgb(201, 214, 221) !important; padding-top: 1px !important; padding-right: 1px !important; padding-bottom: 1px !important; padding-left: 1px !important; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " /></span></span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">? Good luck with that. Since Twitter offers little in the way of people search features (though they now have a </span></span></span></span><a href="http://mashable.com/2009/01/30/twitter-people-directories/mashable.com/2009/01/15/twitter-suggestions/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">suggestion tool</span></span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">), your search for interesting and dynamic people to follow and applications to use could be a giant time suck.</span></span></span></span></p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Thankfully there are more than a few third-party resources that you can turn to for finding new people to follow, and new tools to help you do what Twitter won’t let you. We’ll shed a little light on these 15 directories by separating them into four categories: applications, people, politics, and strictly business.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><a href="http://mashable.com/2009/01/30/twitter-people-directories/"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Read more...</span></span></span></span></a></span></p><p style="text-align: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 31px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><a href="http://mashable.com/2009/03/13/twitter-jobs/"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">H</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">OW TO: Find a Job on Twitter</span></span></span></span></a></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 31px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">March 13th, 2009 | by </span></span></span><a href="http://mashable.com/author/sarah-evans/" title="Posts by Sarah Evans" style="text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Sarah Evans</span></span></span></span></a></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 31px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">MASHABLE</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5; text-align: justify; "><em style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; "><a href="http://twitter.com/PRsarahevans" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Sarah Evans</span></span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> is the director of communications at Elgin Community College (ECC) in Elgin, Illinois. She also authors a </span></span></span></span><a href="http://prsarahevans.com/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">PR and social media blog</span></span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> and is the founder of </span></span></span></span><a href="http://journchat.info/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">#journchat</span></span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">.</span></span></span></span></em></p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Tough economic times call for innovative approaches. An estimated 51 million people internationally are </span></span></span></span><a href="http://www.usnews.com/articles/opinion/2009/01/29/international-unemployment-rates-predicted-to-rise.html" style="text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">expected to lose their jobs</span></span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> in 2009, and with the unemployment rate on the rise, how does one find career opportunities fast? One great option is Twitter.</span></span></span></span></p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5; text-align: justify; "><a href="http://mashable.com/tag/twitter/" style="text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Twitter</span></span></span></span></span></a><a href="http://www.blippr.com/apps/336651-Twitter" target="_blank" rel="http://www.blippr.com/apps/336651-Twitter.whtml" class="blippr-inline-smiley blippr-inline-smiley-07" style="text-decoration: none !important; width: 12px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><img class="wp-smiley" src="http://static1.blippr.com/images/inline-face_07.png?1237798206" alt="Twitter reviews" style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; display: inline !important; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 4px !important; vertical-align: middle; border-top-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-top-style: solid !important; border-right-style: solid !important; border-bottom-style: solid !important; border-left-style: solid !important; border-top-color: rgb(201, 214, 221) !important; border-right-color: rgb(201, 214, 221) !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(201, 214, 221) !important; border-left-color: rgb(201, 214, 221) !important; padding-top: 1px !important; padding-right: 1px !important; padding-bottom: 1px !important; padding-left: 1px !important; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " /></span></span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> is evolving as another resource, in addition to traditional methods, for both job searching and recruiting.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span><a href="http://mashable.com/2009/03/13/twitter-jobs/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Read more here..</span></span></span></span></span></a></p></span></span><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p></div></span>Elza Hayenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18354350713993969703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4124232969925050080.post-61466020034520620742009-03-13T01:54:00.001-04:002009-03-13T01:57:24.743-04:00A Big List of Sites That Teach You How To Do Stuff - ReadWriteWeb<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">With all due respect to Kevin Smith, the web is no longer only for complaining about movies. In fact, there are a large number of very helpful sites that teach you how to do things. These are do-it-yourself sites, but we're not talking about building a deck or baking a cake -- the web is full of more general interest sites that give quality instruction on all sorts of fun and useful projects. Including, sometimes, how to build a deck or bake a cake.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/tutorial_sites.php">Read more</a></span>Elza Hayenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18354350713993969703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4124232969925050080.post-47566916842079140202009-03-06T03:49:00.002-05:002009-03-06T03:51:02.960-05:00WhosTalkin.com<a href="http://www.whostalkin.com/">WhosTalkin.com</a> is a social media search tool that allows users to search for conversations surrounding the topics that they care about most.Elza Hayenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18354350713993969703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4124232969925050080.post-65607700194707841772009-02-19T04:33:00.001-05:002009-02-19T04:33:09.400-05:00Yoono Community<a href=http://blog.yoono.com/blog/>Yoono Community</a><br /><br />Posted using <a href="http://sharethis.com">ShareThis</a>Elza Hayenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18354350713993969703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4124232969925050080.post-33242817968775793512009-02-18T04:45:00.002-05:002009-02-18T04:51:02.682-05:00Grade Your Website<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY4rrH95qKXhdpURnE9wXm16qVgE_SYxMbDeqgNL9LPRh_vbAWf366Gs772S-8QOiFA2LAcUKG-nNu3UL_6Pl5rKhxKVHmM3ZoPKRJQOl90bpHZ8YFoT-XJiI79hL2tvqmtrXRfyFPLmcM/s1600-h/hubspot_200x76.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304072606391304834" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 76px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY4rrH95qKXhdpURnE9wXm16qVgE_SYxMbDeqgNL9LPRh_vbAWf366Gs772S-8QOiFA2LAcUKG-nNu3UL_6Pl5rKhxKVHmM3ZoPKRJQOl90bpHZ8YFoT-XJiI79hL2tvqmtrXRfyFPLmcM/s200/hubspot_200x76.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://website.grader.com/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Website Grader </span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">is a </span><a href="http://website.grader.com/default.aspx"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">free seo tool</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> that measures the marketing effectiveness of a website. It provides a score that incorporates things like website traffic, SEO, social popularity and other technical factors. It also provides some basic advice on how the website can be improved from a marketing perspective.</span>Elza Hayenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18354350713993969703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4124232969925050080.post-14824515384890862952009-02-09T07:48:00.004-05:002009-03-02T06:11:24.336-05:0010 Things All Businesses Should Do to Market More Effectively on Facebook<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhme9OVIybLEG5VvEdFOG8swjgj5xGZ4-ZOmJxrBoWhHan-Xxa2rMmpaLM1fXkxakXjdHbibTioQg4aI2PSJI6AngZy3SFY8-qf_GDepMvnOE8Ut8o0DmFW7XfNlB6wmwygIU6uoDVWRyzM/s1600-h/fbmarketingsocialads.png"></a><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#ffcc00;"><em>January 27, 2009</em></span></strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.insidefacebook.com/facebook-marketing-bible/"></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Now that there are over 150 million active users on Facebook, more businesses large and small are actively reaching and engaging customers through Facebook and the Facebook Platform. </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Global chains all the way down to the local pub are building social marketing strategies that leverage the strengths of Facebook to drive traffic to their pages and feet to their premises. </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />However, many business owners are daunted by Facebook’s sheer scale, and simply don’t know where to start. Inside Facebook is here to help guide business owners and marketers through that process. </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />Here are Inside Facebook’s top 10 ways business owners can more effectively leverage Facebook to reach their target audience and drive more business. To dive deeper on the ways you can leverage Facebook for your marketing goals - including each of the tactics listed below - check out the </span><br /></span><a href="http://www.insidefacebook.com/facebook-marketing-bible/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Facebook Marketing Bible: The Guide to Marketing Your Brand, Company, Product, or Service Inside Facebook</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Check out </span><a href="http://www.insidefacebook.com/facebook-marketing-bible/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The Facebook Marketing Bible: 40+ Ways to Market Your Brand, Company, Product, or Service Inside Facebook</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Article from: <a href="http://www.insidefacebook.com/2009/01/27/10-things-all-businesses-should-do-to-market-more-effectively-on-facebook/">http://www.insidefacebook.com/2009/01/27/10-things-all-businesses-should-do-to-market-more-effectively-on-facebook/</a></span>Elza Hayenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18354350713993969703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4124232969925050080.post-6455987999666387142009-02-09T07:43:00.001-05:002009-03-02T06:23:02.005-05:00Social Media Metrics Superlist: Measurement, ROI, & Key Statistics ResourcesWritten by Robin Broitman, Principal, <a href="http://www.interactiveinsightsgroup.com/blog1">Interactive Insights Group, Inc. </a><br /><br />Trying to get a handle on how to measure the effectiveness of your social media programs? Boss asking about the ROI of your social media campaigns?<br /><br />Need key statistics or metrics that will help you make strategic decisions to refine your social media programs?<br /><br />Not sure what variables to measure to determine the success or your social media? Want to know the best options for monitoring your brand’s reputation online?<br /><br />My recent post <a href="http://www.interactiveinsightsgroup.com/blog1/how-to-sell-social-media-to-cynics-skeptics-luddites-tips-resources-advice" target="_blank">How to Sell Social Media to Cynics, Skeptics and Luddites</a> touched on the topic of metrics, measurement and ROI. Here I’ve pulled together a collection of valuable resources, tools, & advice specifically on the topics of social media measurement, monitoring and ROI. You’ll also find a handful of key social media statistics resources to put in your toolkit.Elza Hayenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18354350713993969703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4124232969925050080.post-91217268158980296692009-02-03T12:09:00.004-05:002009-02-03T12:18:12.885-05:00MyFlashFetish<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh49Wf4Q030UW7fceAulFBR1VVSgVeW0oN0JfLBs05s-Q4v3kTN9Cw2Q4vCzp0ttgT6gAvn-PZk8cIdq8iOSFE9tvxH-IJfD8eTUPPSJZxBeuM3cmHinMzxLF6Busc_ADaHNViQ20timZ_O/s1600-h/logo.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298621542234300850" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 120px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 79px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh49Wf4Q030UW7fceAulFBR1VVSgVeW0oN0JfLBs05s-Q4v3kTN9Cw2Q4vCzp0ttgT6gAvn-PZk8cIdq8iOSFE9tvxH-IJfD8eTUPPSJZxBeuM3cmHinMzxLF6Busc_ADaHNViQ20timZ_O/s200/logo.gif" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Attention All:</span><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I just stumbled upon a great website devoted to providing the public with widgets and other items of interest used to vamp up personal webpages and social profiles.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><strong>The website states the following as a bio:</strong></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">"MyFlashFetish lets you create music or video playlist and cool widgets for your MySpace, Bebo, Friendster, Windows Live Spaces, Gaia, blogs, websites & more. Absolutely FREE!"</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Have fun!</span></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.myflashfetish.com/index.php"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><strong>http://www.myflashfetish.com/index.php</strong></span></a></div>Elza Hayenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18354350713993969703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4124232969925050080.post-89738250976545498212009-02-03T08:39:00.003-05:002009-02-03T08:53:29.138-05:00Twits, Do You Have Mr. Tweet?? You Should!<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298568336451869746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 68px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5bS81w34urgC4W1dHZGtIGtE-gCih9UK3c5QwAtwDRRBQpUnC9E2AP0VzeOab34yNaNY04sDl8zkt8GYEgbUmkXjZmiCm0kab1edf6raHUIjKMwFx23Y3F0Wy4pp0YjEheHfr9cBAsLsf/s320/mrtweet-header2.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color:#ffff33;"><strong>Mr. Tweet</strong></span> helps you easily build meaningful relationships by looking through your network and tweets. He will regularly: </span><br /></div><ul><li><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><strong><em>Suggest good people and followers you are missing out on </em></strong></span></li><br /><li><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><strong><em>Recommend you to enthusiastic users relevant to you </em></strong></span></li><br /><li><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><strong><em>Regularly update useful stats of your Twitter usage </em></strong></span></li></ul><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><a href="http://blog.mrtweet.net/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">http://blog.mrtweet.net/</span></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><a href="http://www.twitteristics.com/">http://www.twitteristics.com/</a></span></p>Elza Hayenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18354350713993969703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4124232969925050080.post-78401813590349563492009-02-02T15:46:00.002-05:002009-03-02T06:26:35.789-05:00It’s Not All About The Blog<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><p>Danny Brown<br /></p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Should I have a blog? It’s one of the questions I’m asked most frequently when I sit down with a new client to discuss their online presence. They’ve seen other blogs - personal and professional - and they’re wondering if they should be part of the party. The answer isn’t always what they expect. </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /><strong><span style="color:#ffff33;">Are you ready to blog?</span></strong><br /><br />Read more: <a href="http://dannybrown.me/2009/01/26/its-not-all-about-the-blog/">http://dannybrown.me/2009/01/26/its-not-all-about-the-blog/</a></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /></span>Elza Hayenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18354350713993969703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4124232969925050080.post-15506384398007468752009-02-02T14:26:00.004-05:002009-03-02T06:28:03.520-05:0010 Privacy Settings Every Facebook User Should Know<div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ffff33;"><strong>Posted by </strong></span><a href="http://www.allfacebook.com/2009/02/facebook-privacy/#"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ffff33;"><strong>Nick O'Neill</strong></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><strong><span style="color:#ffff33;"> on February 2nd, 2009 11:00 AM</span></strong> </span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />Everyday I receive an email from somebody about how their account was hacked, how a friend tagged them in the photo and they want a way to avoid it, as well as a number of other complications related to their privacy on Facebook. Over the weekend one individual contacted me to let me know that he would be removing me as a friend from Facebook because he was “going to make a shift with my Facebook use - going to just mostly family stuff.” </span></div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><div><br />Perhaps he was tired of receiving my status updates or perhaps he didn’t want me to view photos from his personal life. Whatever the reason for ending our Facebook friendship, I figured that many people would benefit from a thorough overview on how to protect your privacy on Facebook. Below is a step by step process for protecting your privacy.</div><div> </div><div>Read more: <a href="http://www.allfacebook.com/2009/02/facebook-privacy/">http://www.allfacebook.com/2009/02/facebook-privacy/</a></span></div>Elza Hayenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18354350713993969703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4124232969925050080.post-90612677578238094242009-02-02T13:50:00.005-05:002009-03-02T06:29:41.161-05:0050 Ways to Take Your Blog to the Next Level<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpSU2iu1Mk-JCtMkOZ8mU4BWAvEeLYQKTWOtlUdPEYqChyphenhyphenIXXMiljSbALLlApC2Xq9J686XKuvWcwab7aKHM2buxwI4bll5oMzAhYPYWjbQ1LSlV6bGF1iKrx4xjIstOGi2JIGxhZWOTIU/s1600-h/lifestream-icons.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.chrisbrogan.com/"><strong>www.chrisbrogan.com</strong></a></span><br /><strong><span style="color:#ffff33;">September 14, 2008 ·</span></strong></span><br /><br /><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/foxypar4/2153422313/"></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Blogging is as varied in its applications as using the telephone or taking a picture. The tool doesn’t predict the output. You might be using your blog to post recipes, or to inform the local community about information you find elsewhere on the web. Maybe you’re just trying your hand at writing, and the web is as good a place as any. </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />If you’re looking to go beyond that, however, you’ll need to take steps to improve your blog from at least five different perspectives. In </span><a href="http://www.chrisbrogan.com/50-ways-to-take-your-blog-to-the-next-level"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">50 Ways to Take Your Blog to the Next Level</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">, I wanted to share my thoughts on how you should consider your goal, your design, your content, how you promote it, and the business aspects of your blog. Please add to these ideas in the comments, and let’s grow the list out. </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></span><br /></span><a href="http://www.chrisbrogan.com/50-ways-to-take-your-blog-to-the-next-level"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Link</span></a> here...Elza Hayenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18354350713993969703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4124232969925050080.post-43096873937802755712009-01-31T11:32:00.002-05:002009-01-31T11:38:57.901-05:00Pyzam - Blogger Templates, etc.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZu-jomQofvviDow0SYJ6KZuXzxPEk-PJqnzsT6RV9SOoD6ViI9wC7zGV9sK_RAqLkXpM1mf_kXOWaLEUewez_r1FeSkHPEa_PL1qxaE11Axt3pDug7lmiVtDoxjc7oS14wxqAgNhA9-G6/s1600-h/pyLogoNB.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297497887872558258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 170px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 70px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZu-jomQofvviDow0SYJ6KZuXzxPEk-PJqnzsT6RV9SOoD6ViI9wC7zGV9sK_RAqLkXpM1mf_kXOWaLEUewez_r1FeSkHPEa_PL1qxaE11Axt3pDug7lmiVtDoxjc7oS14wxqAgNhA9-G6/s320/pyLogoNB.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Try Pyzam for all your website needs. Looking for templates for your blog or MySpace page? Need cool graphics and much more? Try Pyzam! They are sure to please.</span>Elza Hayenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18354350713993969703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4124232969925050080.post-92034853220459637542009-01-31T11:20:00.008-05:002009-01-31T11:39:31.842-05:00TwitterCounter<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297495007338515922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 62px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_gKdpAsbUA_njj66dOJRF_SmNEiY-jJ2_6k4xbynhTR-zsMQq4iq8pxP_t3saWc1KZedakKpOJlvzMvcpKnpxv2aDUPpkMhKjO2CvNmnXUcw6tzvA56-hj_GZtYYI6zVRYix3QPsuajsQ/s320/twittercounter.bmp" border="0" /><br /></span><div></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Try TwitterCounter to gauge stats on your Twitter account and display it on your blog or other account. It will show you your ranking among other Twitter users and so forth. Check it out and drive a bit of traffic back and forth. </span><br /><br /></div><div><a href="http://twittercounter.com/ehayen"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">http://twittercounter.com/ehayen</span></a></div>Elza Hayenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18354350713993969703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4124232969925050080.post-40400784765697197562009-01-30T06:18:00.003-05:002009-03-02T06:32:36.478-05:00The Unforeseen Consequences of the Social WebWritten by <a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/about_Lidija.php">Lidija Davis</a> / January 25, 2009 6:39 PM<br /><br />The social Web has given users great power: the ability to create and share content with people around the world - easily and quickly. The problem of course, is that power is often not compatible with effective and clear thinking. The thought that germinated in an instant can be immortalized in perpetuity on the Web.<br /><br />With the extraordinary growth of the Internet and the interlinking of information that the social Web has brought with it, it's time to examine the footprints we leave on the Web as we move into the future that promises to "throttle the 'wisdom of the crowds' from turning into the 'madness of the mobs,'" as described so eloquently by <a href="http://calacanis.com/2007/10/03/web-3-0-the-official-definition/">Jason Calacanis</a>.<br /><br />Search Engines Are No Longer Enough<br /><br />With Internet usage growing at a <a href="http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm">remarkable pace</a> it comes as no surprise that <a href="http://www.comscore.com/press/release.asp?press=2696">comScore</a> recently rated Google as the most popular Internet property in the world, attracting over 777.9 million visitors as of December 2008. Not surprising either is the growth of social and news sites.<br /><br />According to <a href="http://compete.com/">Compete</a> some of the top social sites attracted visitors in the millions during<br /><br />December 2008:<br />FaceBook: 59 million visitors<br />MySpace: 59 million visitors<br />Digg: 33 million visitors<br />Twitter: 4.4 million visitors<br /><br />This growth can be contributed in part to the media as they realize the benefits of instant access to an enormous well of information that the Web provides. As media folk are becoming increasingly tech savvy, they're realizing results from search engines are often lacking. In an effort to gain as much insight into specific topics they are now turning to social sites for research.<br /><br />Read more here: <a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/social_web_unforeseen_consequences.php">http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/social_web_unforeseen_consequences.php</a>Elza Hayenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18354350713993969703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4124232969925050080.post-40144884303000625882009-01-30T06:11:00.003-05:002009-03-02T06:34:02.886-05:00Facebook and CNN: The Power of the Social Web Revealed<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Written by </span><a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/about_sarah.php"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Sarah Perez</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> / January 20, 2009 10:29 AM </span><br /><div><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Today </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/barackobama?sid=b72a8ed080d16e4d62d41bb3488d2a38&ref=s"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Barack Obama</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States. As several million people attended the inauguration in Washington D.C., Facebook and CNN invited the rest of the world to watch the moment online. Online visitors to CNN.com were able to use </span><a href="http://www.cnn.com/live/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">its video player</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> to watch the live broadcast coverage of the event. We also saw what has be one of the most brilliant examples of the real-time web in action: next to the video, the Facebook status updates of those watching streamed by in the sidebar. </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The integration of the status updates on </span><a href="http://cnn.com/live"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">CNN.com Live</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> was powered by </span><a href="http://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=41735647130"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Facebook Connect</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">, Facebook's relatively new platform for porting your online identity anywhere on the web. When a web site uses Facebook Connect, visitors can easily authenticate on that site using their Facebook account information - no need for a separate username and password. Besides simply being convenient, it allows people to log on as their "real" selves, a trend that perhaps speaks to the beginning of </span><a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/the_end_of_online_anonymity.php"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">the end of online anonymity</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">. </span></div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Continue reading by linking to author: <a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/facebook_and_cnn_the_power_of_the_social_web_revealed.php">http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/facebook_and_cnn_the_power_of_the_social_web_revealed.php</a></span></div>Elza Hayenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18354350713993969703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4124232969925050080.post-90925938258763086942009-01-30T06:05:00.002-05:002009-03-02T06:35:54.891-05:0010 Ways Social Media Will Change in 2009<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNDSzIsgLNvTBP2ooTYARqj2uOxWh3waAGWnomTqiUm9zIyiOME7KBoehakO96Fkx5LmA75mradheF-HurZI5UBE24PVp2mWQTlwyv5pTWCgsmvx-I8IT_OpTpCwxHd0WIaFLWHil2DWwg/s1600-h/lifestream-icons.jpg"></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Written by </span><a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/about_Ravit.php"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Ravit Lichtenberg</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> / January 27, 2009 10:00 AM </span><br /><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">"Social media" was the term du jour in 2008. Consumers, companies, and marketers were all talking about it. We have social media gurus, social media startups, social media books, and social media firms. </span><br /></p><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">It is now common practice among corporations to hire social media strategists, assign community managers, and launch social media campaigns, all designed to tap into the power of social media.</span><br /></p><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">But social media today is a pure mess: it has become a collection of countless features, tools, and applications fighting for a piece of the pie. </span><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Facebook</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">, a once groundbreaking online community, has become the ant colony of third-party applications. </span><a href="http://www.twitter.com/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Twitter</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> users now have a dozen or so additional applications they can use to overcome Twitter's </span><a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/whats_killing_twitter.php"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">ever-present shortcomings</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">. People spread themselves across a number of tools and maintain different networks on each (large portions of which they don't even know), making it nearly impossible to decide what to share and with whom.</span><br /></p><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Users, marketers, and companies face an incredible amount of noise, too. For every new application that relies on a network, another crops up that helps users manage it. While "eyeballs" used to be the coveted metric, both ad publishers and investors now realize that having smaller well-targeted niches can lead to much better returns than marketing to one large undifferentiated mass of users.</span><br /></p><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Meaning and connection -- two key anchors of all things social media -- are corroding by the day as people's ability to organize their experiences and find the relevance of their networks declines. Social media, in essence, is bumping up against its own ceiling, no longer able to serve the needs of those living within its walls; and for these reasons, social media as we know it is changing course.</span><br /></p><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Social Media is Evolving ... <strong><a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/10_ways_social_media_will_change_in_2009.php">continue reading here</a></strong></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></p>Elza Hayenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18354350713993969703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4124232969925050080.post-73282151498985642892009-01-29T01:25:00.001-05:002009-01-29T01:25:31.429-05:00IBM Grand Slam Widget<script type="text/javascript" src="http://widgets.clearspring.com/o/49624e4c7981ede8/49814bda01d8d9f0/4975e4284aaf89d0/a5ebe231/widget.js"></script>Elza Hayenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18354350713993969703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4124232969925050080.post-91949243233689141742009-01-29T01:15:00.000-05:002009-01-29T01:16:36.043-05:00EtchASketch Widget<!-- SpringWidgets | EtchASketch (#5062) | Blogger | Generated on 01/28/2009 --><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowNetworking="all" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="true" height="339" width="362" id="springwidgets_5062" align="middle" data="http://downloads.thespringbox.com/web/wrapper.php?file=EtchASketch.sbw" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0"><param name="allowNetworking" value="all" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="movie" value="http://downloads.thespringbox.com/web/wrapper.php?file=EtchASketch.sbw" /><param name="flashvars" value="" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="bgColor" value="0x000000" /></object><div style="font:11px/12px arial;width:362px;"><a href="http://www.springwidgets.com/widgets/view/5062/?&width=362&height=339" target="_blank" title="Get this widget!">Get this widget!</a></div>Elza Hayenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18354350713993969703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4124232969925050080.post-31355727110550753252009-01-29T01:03:00.000-05:002009-01-29T01:04:39.901-05:00Fortune Cookie on SpringWidgets<!-- SpringWidgets | Fortune Cookie (#19854) | Blogger | Generated on 01/28/2009 --><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowNetworking="all" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="true" height="156" width="180" id="springwidgets_19854" align="middle" data="http://downloads.thespringbox.com/web/wrapper.php?file=Fortune Cookie.sbw" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0"><param name="allowNetworking" value="all" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="movie" value="http://downloads.thespringbox.com/web/wrapper.php?file=Fortune Cookie.sbw" /><param name="flashvars" value="" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="bgColor" value="0x000000" /></object><div style="font:11px/12px arial;width:180px;"><a href="http://www.springwidgets.com/widgets/view/19854/?&width=180&height=156" target="_blank" title="Get this widget!">Get this widget!</a></div>Elza Hayenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18354350713993969703noreply@blogger.com0