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Using Custom Social Bookmark Icons With AddThis Analytics

by Jon Bishop on May 12, 2009

(Note: This code is meant to be put in your Wordpress Template. However, it should be easy to modify it for other uses.)
Awhile back, I tweeted about how I wasn’t a huge fan of the AddThis button and I felt the need for more actionable social sharing buttons. That led to a few conversations with [...]

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Who Are You Following on Twitter?

by Jon Bishop on March 12, 2009

I talked a little about my Twitter following strategy back in a previous post but I wanted to expand a bit.
First you should know I am a very active follower. I take recommendations very seriously as well as any incoming replies.
Then there is my ’social media’ inbox. I’ve basically just set my GMail to move [...]

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My TweetGrid

by Jon Bishop on March 9, 2009

I love talking to people about the tools they are using to efficiently track conversations in social media. Everybody has there own methods they’ve developed over time and their own goals they wish to achieve.
Most of my Tweeting revolves around TweetGrid and Twhirl. TweetGrid always seems to catch my new replies a split second before [...]

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Twitter Metrics

by Jon Bishop on March 9, 2009

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Rules of the Retweet

by Jon Bishop on February 18, 2009

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The ReTweet plays a pivotal role in the viral capabilities of Twitter. I’m not going to get into all the viral sciences of Twitter because Dan Zarrella is already doing that. Instead I want to discuss some basic simple rules that can encourage the ReTweeting of your Tweets.
1) Keep It Short
I usually keep [...]

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How To Stop Receiving Auto DMs

by Jon Bishop on February 11, 2009

Third party services that sent out automatic direct messages to new followers were all the rage a few months back. Even still it’s a popular solution for the “lazy twitterer” hoping to snag some extra traffic for their company’s blog or website.
There are two main websites responsible for the auto DM epidemic, SocialToo and TweetLater. [...]

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Getting Local With Twitter

by Jon Bishop on February 6, 2009

I used to be a big fan of TwitterLocal until the landing page started displaying this message:
Since Twitter cut off their Jabber feed from TwitterLocal, we had to rely purely on the XML API, which meant that only about 20% of Tweets from the public timeline got into TwitterLocal.
Which in turn forced them to shut [...]

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