Twitter can be a powerful tool for corporations. Marketing possibilities through Twitter feeds are endless; Dell and Amazon MP3 use their Tweets to promote special deals not offered anywhere else. The NBA, on the other hand, keeps their followers apprised of breaking score updates, such as tie games with minutes left. Etsy, the craft-dealer, notifies [...]
Category Archives: Twitter
TweetDeck and Hootsuite – Better Together
April 9, 2009 – 12:25 am
As is often the case, when I fall in love with a product I’m not shy about recommending it! Lately, TweetDeck and Hootsuite are in my bag of commonly recommended tools, much to the puzzlement of Twitter friends who are curious about the advantage of using both. Mystery solved! Here’s why TweetDeck and Hootsuite are [...]
What are your favorite web applications?
July 1, 2008 – 8:39 am
I am frequently asked by early stage entrepreneurs what software we use, so here’s a quick list of the five online applications I can’t live without.
Salesforce.com. I started using salesforce back in the demo days when you could get a 3 user license that did everything for $50/month. Ah, those were the days… These days, [...]
Social Media Celebrity, Chris Brogan, Coming to Detroit!
May 14, 2008 – 9:35 am
This was an exciting email to get, given that Chris Brogan was one of the first people I wound up following on Twitter. I’m so excited that he’s coming here, I’ll simply repost his email in the interest of getting out the word sooner than later!
I wanted to tell you that I’m coming [...]
Twitter Explained in Plain English
April 16, 2008 – 9:37 am
You have heard Pure Visibility beating the social media networking drum quite a bit lately, especially about Twitter and LinkedIn. But it’s only because we get excited about networking technologies that will ultimately help our clients expand their business.
When one of my colleagues first mentioned that I should join Twitter I was skeptical that it [...]
Why do you use Twitter?
April 5, 2008 – 3:44 pm
I just got teased today by the astute Bud Gibson of Michigan Innovators that there aren’t any obvious links to find Linda and I on Twitter from the Pure Visibility website. So here they are:
Catherine Juon: http://www.twitter.com/cjuon
Linda Girard: http://www.twitter.com/lgirard
And of course Bud’s group on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/innovators
And since the next logical question is “Why do you [...]
It’s Time – Get LinkedIn!
March 31, 2008 – 11:43 pm
I’m not an early adopter – I just hang around a bunch of them.
By November 17, 2003, enough of these early adopter types (aka friends) had bugged me about LinkedIn that I finally felt compelled to sign up and give it a whirl. For a long, long time it was mostly my techie [...]
Yes We Can Twitter: Barack Obama Supporters Use Social Media to Show Their Support
February 22, 2008 – 10:51 pm
Last night, I watched the Democratic debate between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Like thousands of other Americans, I felt compelled to twitter this action. Twitter is a free online social media site that allows members to post short updates, or tweets, to their online profile and to others who have signed up to see [...]
