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Your Nisaba’s friendly guide to Twitter, part three: Finding (real) people

Saturday, December 5th, 2009

In which the mere mortal Emma humbly suggests ways to find people on Twitter
So, you’ve chosen your Twitter name, got the account set-up and enough information and starting tweets in place to reassure other Twitter users that you're human. What now?
Well, this is when the first huge anti-climax will probably happen. All this effort to [...]

Your Nisaba's friendly guide to Twitter, part two: Getting started

Friday, November 13th, 2009

In which the mere mortal Emma discusses what information to present about yourself
The first time I joined Twitter, I had absolutely no idea what to expect. I had only been blogging for a month or two, and had heard all the hype about it, but didn’t personally know anyone in the real world who also [...]

Your Nisaba's friendly guide to Twitter, part one: the very basics

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

In which the mere mortal Emma introduces the anatomy of Twitter.
On many occasions I’ve wished I had a blog post to send my Dad or other lovely people to when they’ve asked me what Twitter is all about. I decided to write it myself, but first:
DON’T PANIC
Everything is going to be okay. I’m not going [...]

Lemon-free networking for social media types: my first Brrism

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

Last night I went to my first ever networking event as a business owner.
I’m used to networking online, that glorious nether space where no-one can see me and I can think before I respond. I’ve attended real world networking events as an employee of other companies, and found them about as enjoyable as trips to [...]