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LinkedIn, Facebook, & Twitter all have the capability to post
updates about yourself, but what is appropriate to post where? This
video will help you sort out the differences among the big 3, and
decide what kind of information is most appropriate to post on which platform.
by: Christine Pilch
Christine@GrowMyCo.com
My LinkedIn Profile
On Twitter
I have a couple hundred Facebook friends and maybe a dozen of them are
on Twitter. That means that most of my Facebook friends would probably
be confused by most of my Twitter posts. So I don't auto-feed them to
my Facebook status. But many people do. I think that's a bad idea.
Facebook has an application that automatically pulls most of your Twitter posts and updates your Facebook status with them. The only ones it doesn't post are @Replies and DMs. It even pulls RTs. Now considering that a lot of Twitter posts are clips of mini conversations with other tweeps, when you post them to Facebook, your Facebook friends are only seeing one side of a conversation. That's just confusing.
Also, if you're like most Twitter users, you are in and out of the utility throughout the day, and you likely post multiple times within a short period of time. If all of these are posted to Facebook, that fills up your friends Facebook homepage stream with mostly your own status updates. I'm guessing that your friends might consider that a bit pompous, as they are probably interested in what you're doing, but also interested in what others are doing. If you fill up all their space, they're not getting equal information about other friends.
There is a happy medium however. People who use TweetDeck have the option of checking a box to post select tweets to their Facebook status. This is the best of both worlds. It spares you of the extra effort of duplicate posting across two platforms, and it saves your Facebook friends the irritation of reading every Tweet.
by: Christine Pilch
Christine@GrowMyCo.com
My LinkedIn Profile
On Twitter
This is also posted on www.socmedia101.com: Social Media Tips and How To's for Beginners.
On June 16, 2009, TweetDeck
released a significant upgrade. One of the most requested and
impressive features is the new ability to backup your TweetDeck account
and open it on any computer in the world. This eliminates the old
necessity to reconfigure your account and rebuild all your groups from
computer to computer.
This video explains how to set up TweetDeck to take advantage of this terrific feature.
by: Christine Pilch
Christine@GrowMyCo.com
My LinkedIn Profile
On Twitter
It is likely that you will quickly outgrow the web-based Twitter
application when you follow 50-100+ people. Then it might be time to
take a look at TweetDeck. This video will show you a few tips about how
you can customize TweetDeck.
by: Christine Pilch
Christine@GrowMyCo.com
My LinkedIn Profile
On Twitter
Facebook is a lot of fun, but it can also be a dangerous place
for your kids if they're not careful. This video offers tips about how
you can help keep your kids safe.
by: Christine Pilch
Christine@GrowMyCo.com
My LinkedIn Profile
On Twitter
