Using Twitter to Make Yourself Accountable: #mondaywritinggoals & #fridayroundup
Twitter is an excellent resource for many things–its instant gratification quotient is off the charts. And while I enjoy the garnering of sympathy when I’m having a bad day, the book recs when my shelf (or rather, my Kindle) is looking a little bare, and the answers to my many questions (Will Daleks ever conquer stairs? Will I ever overcome my obsession with Daleks?) it’s not enough. No, Twitter, it’s not. I need more from you, and I need it now. Which is why I’m creating two new...
Read More3 Ways Twitter Can Make You A Better Writer
Twitter can be an excellent tool for people in any profession. But most of us pigeon-hole it, leaving Twitter to the social networking and new media mavens. Here are 3 quick ways Twitter can help you become a better writer. 1. Distilling Your Storyline – the one sentence novel. A guest speaker at one of my English Lit classes led a class based around the idea. She presented us with half a dozen classics, then had us give just one line summarizing the plot of each– Mrs. Dalloway...
Read MoreOnline Resumes And Portfolios – What’s Right for You?
Published Friday, June 5, 2009, Classified News Blog by Daype Classifieds Job hunting is hard. Right now, it seems as if everybody and their dog is searching through the job classifieds, meaning that employers can be extra choosy about new hires. So how can you stand out from the crowd? One way is by keeping things simple. Employers are regular people, just like you and me. They have work commitments, family commitments, and half a dozen other things besides. Keeping your cover letter and any...
Read MoreSEO – What It Is And Why You Should Care
Published Monday May 18, 2009, Classified News Blog by Daype Classifieds Search Engine Optimization, better known as SEO, has become a bit of a buzzword in marketing circles these past few years. But what exactly is it? As the name suggests, SEO is, at its heart, about improving search engine rankings. Due to the marketing value of high search engine rankings, many companies now employ people just to optimize their web...
Read MoreTwitter – Classifieds?
Published Friday, May 15, 2009, Classified News Blog by Daype Classifieds Yes, you read that right. Twitter is now being used as a way to buy, sell, and job hunt online. To get my head around this new, 140 character way of posting classifieds, I spoke to people at Tweba, iList Micro, and the smaller startup...
Read More6 Ways to Make Your Tweets Stand Out From the Crowd
Tweet-tweet, tweet-tweet – sometimes it seems like everyone’s talking about Twitter. Here are just a few things you can do to make your tweets stand out from the crowd. 1. Don’t waste words Twitter has a 140 character post limit – make every one of them count. This can be particularly hard if you’re not good at self-editing, so take a minute or two to consider your tweet before posting. - Is it succinct? Simple? - Do the words work for you? Have you made a point, or just...
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