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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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New #MDchat Hashtag Fills Important Twitter Void

October 26, 2010
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Phil Baumann (@philbaumann), creator of the popular #RNchat Twitter hashtag, recently announced a new Twitter hashtag specifically for doctors.  A growing number of health care industry insiders have been participating in various Twitter discussions for a couple of years now.  However, this is the first organized Twitter chat targeting physicians.  In my opinion, it’s a [...]

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Leveraging Social Media for Physician Recruiting

September 22, 2010
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The following post is an excerpt from an upcoming article in a journal for the Association of Staff Physician Recruiters.  It’s the first in a series of articles addressing the opportunities of physician recruiting through social media networks.

Utilizing Social Media in the Physician Recruiting Process
For the past two years, many hospitals and health systems have [...]

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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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Favorite Articles and Popular Tweets of the Week – 2/26/10

February 26, 2010
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Are you ready for another round of Friday favorites?  The following links represent our favorite articles and most popular tweets of the week.  Enjoy.
Our Favorite Articles of the Week

Twitter Hits 50 Million Tweets Per Day – While industry insiders argue over which Twitter metrics matter, it’s hard to ignore  Ben Parr’s report regarding the staggering [...]

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Favorite Articles and Popular Tweets of the Week – 2/19/10

February 19, 2010
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Are you ready for another round of Friday favorites?  The following links represent our favorite articles and most popular tweets of the week.  Enjoy.
Our Favorite Articles of the Week

HOW TO: Make Your Small Business Geolocation-Ready – Leah Betancourt details ways to capitalize on the emerging trend of geolocation for your small business.
A Comprehensive Video Guide [...]

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Favorite Articles and Popular Tweets of the Week – 2/12/10

February 12, 2010
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Happy Friday.  Here’s a another round of our favorite articles and most popular tweets (based on clicks) of the week.  Enjoy.
Our Favorite Articles of the Week

When Does Social ‘Aggregation’ Become ‘Stealing’? – Lisa Barone of Outspoken Media makes some interesting points about the Wordpress aggregation plugin, BackType.  Is it content theft?
Wanna Write? Read Voraciously. – [...]

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Favorite Articles and Popular Tweets of the Week – 2/5/10

February 5, 2010
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The weekend is just around the corner so here’s the weekly roundup of our favorite articles and most popular tweets (based on clicks).  Enjoy.
Our Favorite Articles of the Week

4 Essential Tips for Social Media Success in Your Career – Amybeth Hale from AT&T breaks down the common characteristics of 17 successful professionals with respect to [...]

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Who is Linking to Your Site on Twitter

February 2, 2010
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BackTweets and BackType Connect can help
Have you ever used Twitter search to determine what others are saying about your blog?  If so, there’s a very good chance you aren’t seeing everything being discussed.  It’s easy to find tweets that specifically mention the name of your blog, your ursername or retweets of your own posts, but [...]

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“My Doctor Sucks” and Other Tweets I Found, Part 3

January 27, 2010
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Implementing an effective healthcare reputation management strategy
This article is part 3 in a 3 part series regarding social media risk and strategy for healthcare professionals.

Part 1: Why doctors need to take reputation management seriously
Part 2: The mobile phone can be mightier than the sword
Part 3: Implementing an effective healthcare reputation management strategy

In the first 2 [...]

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