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November 17, 2009

7 Great Ways to Use Twitter "Lists"

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As Twitter continues to roll its new "list" feature, they're quickly becoming a popular tool for users. Not only can you create your own lists to help you keep track of groups of people you follow (although your lists can include Twitter users you don't follow too), you can also follow the lists that others create. For example:

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October 21, 2009

A Wiki Obsession

If you've been around Rex, you know he's obsessed with wikis. Actually, we don't say he's obsessed -- he says he's obsessed. Perhaps that comes from spending a couple of years developing something like SmallBusiness.com, one of the largest business-oriented wikis and the largest user-generated, wiki-model small business resource on the web.

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October 12, 2009

Using Bookmarking Tools to Connect Online

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I just added a link to Hammock's list of articles related to social media, magazines and everything that we love about what we do. We do this every day as a way to share articles that we think are interesting, important, informative or sometimes just plain funny as they relate to our work. It's called bookmarking, and it's quickly becoming a popular way to share, interact and drive traffic to your website.

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September 16, 2009

The Four C's of Social Media

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Call it a diamond in the rough. You have a Twitter account and a Facebook account -- and that's a great start -- but now what? What are you going to do with those tools to really make your social media efforts shine and meet your business goals? We've got four ideas to keep in mind as you continue to build and use social media as a star in your marketing arsenal.

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August 19, 2009

6 Ways for Magazines to Use Twitter

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Your magazine -- whether it is a custom magazine, member magazine, consumer magazine or b2b publication -- is on Twitter. So now what? Here are six ways that you can utilize Twitter as an integral part of your magazine's web presence:

Share articles. When you post new articles to your magazine's website or find those related to your magazine and the passions of your readers, share them with your followers. A URL shortener (like bit.ly, urlzen or tinyurl) will help you share the URL and still be able to make the most of the 140 characters that Twitter allows.

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