Updated: 1/13/2009 – updated #sportsprchat (now weekly) – more updates coming week of 1/18

I am compiling an ongoing list of Twitter Chats that occur weekly and monthly.  After participating in a handful of social media and PR related Twitter chats, I was amazed with how much I learned and how many appreciated what I had to say.  Twitter chats are an extremely effective way of meeting people through Twitter that have similar interests as you do.  Click here for a background on hashtags (#) and why it’s used for Twitter chats. …continue reading A List of Twitter Chats

Every Friday, I plan on posting the most useful online marketing stories of the week.  The majority of you have probably seen the top marketing news via Twitter, but it’s also a way for me to archive for my own benefit and learnings.  Selfish and helpful at the same time right?

Most popular post on Marketing Shindig – How to Optimize Your Twitter Page

My Personal Favorites for the Top Online Marketing Posts of the Week …continue reading My Favorite Online Marketing Articles of the Week Ending October 23, 2009

Here are some Twitter tips for optimizing your Twitter page.  It’s amazing to see people with 50,000 followers and still not have an optimized Twitter page.  It’s important to optimize and even customize your Twitter page to look professional and presentable.  You never know who’s looking.

I’ll be using my Twitter account @shinng as an example.   In no particular order, here is how you optimize your twitter account (personal and/or business).  Feel free to let me know of any additional suggestions. …continue reading How to Optimize Your Twitter Page

Twitter Search Tips:

• search.twitter.com – Most of you already know about the most basic of search functions on Twitter.  If you don’t, welcome noob.
• Advanced Search on Twitter – automated via Twitter that allows you to search based on:
  • word combination
  • people
  • location
  • dates – only going back 2 weeks
  • attitudes – positive, negative, or if a question has been asked
  • whether the tweet contains links

I personally use a lot of Twitter oriented tools that helps me save a lot of time.  There will be a separate post about these applications.

Using Twitter Search Operators instead of the advanced search function …continue reading Twitter Search Tips – Twitter Basic and Twitter Advanced Search

So you think it’s time for your company to join Facebook, but having a hard time deciding between a Facebook Fan Page and a Facebook Group?  Here’s the answer:  get a Facebook Fan Page and supplement with a Facebook Group in that order.  The latter of which is optional.  There is a major difference between the two Facebook networking tools in the short term and long term.

I have had experiences with both and that is the way I learned the differences.  I started with a Facebook group through one of my sites, then realized Facebook Pages are the way to go when I started managing the Marketwire Facebook Fan Page. …continue reading Facebook Fan Page vs Facebook Group – Which One Do I Choose?