Web Business by Ken Burbary

I’m a big believer in DIY – Doing it Yourself. Call me old fashioned but it’s something I learned at an early age from my late father. If you don’t know something, learn it. Need a piece of info? Find it. Need specialized expertise? Seek it out. No one else is going to do it [...]

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Lately, more and more people I know on Twitter are discussing the idea that it seems to have crossed, or is approaching, a threshold and has gone mainstream. What signs point to that? Celebrities, politicians and other well known non-marketing/PR types are joining in greater numbers.
For starters, a Twitter user doesn’t get any bigger than [...]

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I just came across this great presentation by Chris Wilson, Designer/Marketing Strategist at Hester Designs. In it, he succinctly describes the critical steps businesses should take if they are considering establishing a Twitter presence and engaging with the community.

And as Amber Naslund recently reminded us, don’t get hung up in the details of the tool. [...]

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I’ve lived through many movements on the “web” since I began my career. Along the way there have been a countless number of trends, both successful and not, that have impacted how individuals and companies operate online. Two trends that emerged and have been adopted across the globe are outsourcing and crowd sourcing. I’ve separated [...]

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Fact: Twitter is growing fast……very fast!

Not only is Twitter growing, but the ecosystem of tools and services that are based on the popular micro-blogging service are springing up more rapidly that one can keep track of. Everything from tools that grade your Twitter usage like Twittergrader, to a group Tweeting service like Tweetworks, down to [...]

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