The other day, feeling a bit overwhelmed, I sent out a desperate cry for help to Twitter:
hey twitter, write a blog post for me wouldja? kthxbai
I was joking- but not really. I knew I needed some content, some good content, but I was coming up with nothing.
Out of the tweeterstream came this from twitter friend Becky McCray.
We can do that.
A few quick direct message exchanges later, Becky sent me an amazing collection of wisdom she’d gathered from her twitter followers. She kindly offered it to me, to publish. What’s even better is this list is full of ideas and links that I can use myself, and happily share with my readers.
Becky has an incredible site called Small Biz Survival. On her site Becky offers a wealth of helpful information for small business owners. While her stated focus is on businesses in small towns, such as her own liquor store in Oklahoma, any small business will find great advice here. And even better, as proven by her offer to share this collection with me, Becky is quick to help and encourage fellow entrepreneurs. Check her site out, you won’t be sorry!
So, without further ado, Twitter Wisdom on Web Design and Small Business Resources, as collected by Becky McCray (after the jump!)
Web Design Ideas
dalecruse Everyone talks about the new hot technologies but no one talks about creating better content
GlendaWH measuring blog success………challenging!
khaynes Chatting with a contact off a LinkedIn question about services from one of our vendors. Social networking = Conversations
vaspers At Naturally Yours organic grocery client, I was shocked to see they had printed a business card devoted to the blog we designed for them!
Naturally Yours blog business card: Articles Opinions Videos Photos Interviews Product Reviews Giveaways. Made me smile really big.
communicatrix How stupidly happy does it make me when I see that someone’s spent 53 minutes reading my blog? Very happy.
vaspers Remember, the Web Revolution is about Transparency and User Empowerment, Consumer Info, Peer Recommendation. Base web strategy on these.
vaspers Hate “About” pages that contain vague text about “purpose”, but not names, bios, credentials, expertise, thus no credibility whatsoever.
Marti_L Whether you’re an author or not, JA Konrath has some great advice about web presence http://jakonrath.blogspot.com/
vaspers Don’t compare your humble podcast or vlog with mainstream media’s glitzy junk now. Compare it to the beginning fumblings of early MSM.
byosko Do bloggers always follow their own advice? What do you folks think? http://tinyurl.com/ysw6f8
TrevR Blogging lessons learned: http://tinyurl.com/27fqgg
vaspers I suggested showing After photos w/ text “Curious what these bathrooms looked like before our work? Click the photos above and see!”
…so customer clicks on After photo, which is a link to Before photos, to see what the bathrooms looked like before client remodeled them.
brightwings noticing i don’t care anymore about free reports, audios, videos. i just wanna get stuff done! if i need it i will find it thank you.
vaspers Soon our computers will start their own blogs, make their own music, upload their own videos to YouTube for other machines to enjoy.
vaspers My new post: “using blogs for business” http://tinyurl.com/27s8jz
chrisbrogan Do you have an activated community around your efforts: http://tinyurl.com/2fg4ve
vaspers Enjoying blog called The Buzz Bin. Deep thinking about blogs, marketing, buzz, authenticity, etc. http://www.livingstonbuzz.com
Resources
cspenn Screencast software makes corporate training easy. Record once, make employees watch over and over.
rickmahn Reading: ” The Future of the Press Release - Part I, Acceptance at PR 2.0″ (http://tinyurl.com/2xz9y3)
TatsuyaNakagawa Obvious but seldom applied: Even if you SUCK, any skill you spend 4 days/week training will become a strength - http://tinyurl.com/23vyre.
jbreazeale 7 critical rules to understanding people - http://tinyurl.com/25hn9m
cc_chapman Watching Greg Verdino talk about small business marketing at http://tinyurl.com/yvycg9
cspenn Borrow my C&D letter to drop the hammer on people syndicating YOUR stuff without permission: http://urltea.com/13s2
aidg Entrepreneurship Principles from the African Leadership Academy http://tinyurl.com/2wvgwo
cc_chapman New blog post: Inbox Productivity http://tinyurl.com/2bcq8b
rudy10 Updating my website http://www.disabilityresourcedi
pacificIT Link: Talkster - Truly free international calling, after you listen to an ad http://www.talkster.com/
brightwings Currently Browsing: http://www.motivator.ws
JasonCalacanis this is a cool “how to” on how to book cheap hotel rooms… http://tinyurl.com/2e4klt
chrisbrogan This is a MUST-READ for freelancers: http://tinyurl.com/24cvav
susanreynolds I am not here. But I wanted to share the hourly billing calculator at http://freelanceswitch.com
vaspers “What is Open Source Marketing” by pal Valeria Maltoni http://tinyurl.com/yqoccv
springnet Startupping - A Community for Internet Entrepreneurs: Startupping is a one-of-a-kind community resource.. http://tinyurl.com/2jfsjl
goldiekatsu A friend of mine just sent me this example of a great cover letter: http://tinyurl.com/ypkrmq
vaspers My “Social Networking Tips for Business” in InterBusiness. http://tinyurl.com/ys797d
you can follow me on twitter at http://twitter.com/banannie
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Annie
This is the coolest thing I read all day. Not kidding. I am exploring the links Becky’s connections provided. Thanks for sharing.
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im having to find informations about twitter to blog about for class assignment. this is the only post ive found that shows how twitter works. i would like to add this blog post to my blog, i know it will help my classmates as much as its helped me. THANK YOU FOR THIS GREAT INFORMATION!!
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