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Twitter

Using TweetWhen to Time Your Tweets Effectively

April 25, 2011
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When it comes to your personal social media activities or those of a client, it pays to work smart.  For years now, Dan Zarrella, a self described social media scientist, has been collecting data and sharing his insights on getting the most out of your efforts.  On Twitter specifically, he has focused a lot of [...]

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Long-Awaited Change for HootSuite URL Shortener

April 27, 2010
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Hallelujah!  Choice is a good thing.
HootSuite has always been an effective, reliable and user-friendly Twitter client, but there has been one glaring flaw.  For as long as I’ve been using HootSuite (7 months and counting), their ow.ly URL shortener has served up redirects within a frame accompanied by an annoying social bar at the top [...]

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8 Reasons Why Tumblr is Better Than Twitter

November 27, 2009
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And why it probably doesn’t matter anyway…
I have become dependent on Twitter for many things these days.  The service itself is brilliant in it’s simplicity, effective and borderline addictive to a loyal group of users.  But I often wonder if Twitter is doing enough to be relevant in the long-term.
Let me be clear about something [...]

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