Maybe it’s just me, a grumpy former newspaper writing coach. But I fear our love affair with Twitter, text messaging and even those ubiquitous emoticons is poisoning the English language. Mari Smith’s Twitter Lingo Demysified includes a list of the most popular terms that many active Twitterers use in everyday tweets, to help them keep their posts within the 140-character limit. Even if you don’t… Read More
Hungry reporter gets a free gourmet burger, thanks to Twitter
Twenty years ago, when I worked in the newspaper business, if a local company had delivered to my newsroom a free gourmet burger that I could enjoy at lunch, I probably would have turned red from embarrassment, then eaten it, with my fellow newsroom buddies watching. Gourmet burgers, after all, didn’t fall into the “anything… Read More
Best Twitter tools and resources
Savvy Publicity Hounds are already using Twitter for business and publicity. Twitter has become so popular, in fact, that almost daily, people are creating a variety of tools and widgets to help you Twitter faster and more effectively, and locate tweets about you and your company. But with more than 350 Twitter tools from which… Read More
How long before criminals start monitoring Twitter?
Maybe it’s just me. But I fear that one day soon, criminals will discover that Twitter is one of the best places to find empty houses vulnerable to a break-in, or Twitterers who make it easy for them to commit far more serious crimes. I expect to see lots of details in tweets about what… Read More
More tips, ideas on how to use Twitter
Since finishing my special report two days ago on how to use Twitter for business, I came across several other interesting items related to Twitter: –Earlier today, when content strategist and blogger Amy Gahran was working in her home office in Boulder, Colorado, she learned about an approaching tornado via Twitter. In an article at the Poynter website, she detailed her… Read More
Know journalists who Twitter? Add them to this wiki
Everybody, it seems, is Twittering these days. And for good reason. You can follow your friends who are Twittering, use Twitter numerous ways in your business (more about this in a minute), and even search for other Twitterers using specific keywords. Last week, Publicity Hound Harry Hoover announced that he started compiling a list of Twittering journalists and media… Read More