30 thg 9, 2010
September
What is Your Klout Score? Klout for Twitter
Your Klout score is based on much more than the number of followers have. For example, a person with 300 followers may have a higher score than someone with 3,000, because it's based on the level of true interaction you have with your followers.
Your Klout Analysis Includes:
- Your true reach
- Your amplification
- Your network
- Your topic summary
- Your top retweets
- Most popular links shared
- Your influence "matrix"
- Your content analysis
- Who you are influenced by
- Who you are an influencer of

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29 thg 9, 2010
Links
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27 thg 9, 2010
New Twitter Background Design Specs (#NewTwitter Background Size)
If your Twitter profile background was designed to fit Twitter before the #NewTwitter format was introduced, you may need to make some changes to your design. Your background graphics/photo(s) may look "cut off" in the #NewTwitter. Why? The #NewTwitter 2-column format takes up more room, leaving less space for your background design. Don't have the time or software to design your own? Not to worry, just stop on over to Themeleon and build your own background.
Your new background (overall) should be set up as:
1260 pixels wide X 895 pixels tall
Let's break this new background down so you'll know how much room you have in each area:
Left-hand side of #NewTwitter background: 110 pixels wide X 895 pixels tall
Top of screen (all the way across the top): 1260 pixels wide X 15 pixels tall (this leaves room for scroll bar)
Right-hand side of screen: 110 pixels wide X 895 pixels tall
Middle of screen: (hidden by 2 columns in Internet explorer, the right-column is semi-transparent in Chrome and a few other browsers): 1,040 pixels wide by 880 pixels tall
click to enlarge (to full size) this Twitter background I designed for Charleston Wedding Studio |
Sneak peek of the new Charleston Wedding Studio Twitter background before it goes LIVE |
With the new layout, twitter users can read your "bio" without having to click away from their current screen to visit your profile, so there isn't a need to reiterate it over on your background unless you so desire (or wish to add in other social info a la Facebook, etc.)
Laura Catherine Otero is a marketing professional and blogger in Charleston and Columbia, SC who has been active in social media since 2005. If you enjoyed this post, please consider subscribing to this blog via Email or

22 thg 9, 2010
Dung Quat
20 thg 9, 2010
A Logo Will Be Born...Your Feedback is Valued!
I'm creating a logo for this blog, and launching a new website for my freelance work. In the past, I felt a bit silly about this. Maybe I still do, just a little. It's quite ironic, actually, because if I were my own client, I would have told myself to do this long ago! There's that thing called self-doubt that nags away at me, and I'm ready to push forward and stop listening to those fears!
Well, it's the first time I've felt that I can officially accept most freelance work without it being a conflict of interest with my employer. When I worked in tourism, it would have been a bit of a conflict of interest to seek out freelance work from our area partners. The same goes for my time in internet sales. I also have more time to manage clients and balance my time, thanks to a wonderful husband and supportive family. Love love love them. I also owe a tremendous amount of gratitue to my fellow "flyers"...a group of 700 or so artists from around the world. We all took Kelly Rae Robert's e-course (called Flying Lessons) together recently. WHAT A LIFE-CHANGER! Click on the "You were Meant to Dream Big" banner over on the right column for details (or here).
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~What other icons make you think of "marketing" without being too cheesy (smile)? An idea bubble?
Here are a few other logos I've designed...it's a different experience when it's your own that needs designing!

19 thg 9, 2010
Basel III
17 thg 9, 2010
Are you burning up your wealth?

For example, Wood is the element of Wealth, and it belongs in the Southeast corner, according to ancient Feng Shui precepts. So, if your stove in the Southeast, you are figuratively "burning up your wealth". When we analzye a person's home, the very first thing we do is take compass directions throughout the house and come up with a game plan for balancing out all the elements.
The first thing to bear in mind when considering any Feng Shui advice is that ultimately, Feng Shui is a complex practice with several different schools, and the recommendations will vary from school to school and from one practitioner to another. So too, advice will differ depending upon the unique home - and the unique people living in it. Despite the fact that different schools may have diverse views on some topics, there are basic Feng Shui principles that apply to all kitchens.
At Feng Shui Style, we use the Compass School, Form School, and Eight Mansion Theory. For more information about these schools, go to:
Feng Shui Schools
16 thg 9, 2010
VNIBOR
15 thg 9, 2010
@Formulists – A Smarter Way to List on Twitter

I discovered @formulists a few weeks ago on Twitter. After I followed them, I noticed they followed me back and added me to their “people-who-i-recently-followed” list. Turns out, that list was automated.
What if you could create a variety of Twitter lists without having to manually “list” each of your followers? For example, I have added people to my “Charleston Marketers” list over many months and now make it a practice to “list” any new follower right away if they fit into one of my 20 list categories. If I hadn’t already listed my followers, however, it would be quite cumbersome to go through my entire list of followers (one by one) to list each person. Imagine doing this 3,000 or so times.

This is where Formulists comes in! Their Twitter bio states they are “An effortless way to filter your timeline, see who recently unfollowed you and more...right from your Twitter home page or client!”
A visit to their homepage mentions you can create customized lists that only you can see to help you manage your following/those you follow. (You can opt to make your formulists public, too).
A few helpful lists you can create with just a few clicks:

- People Like “@...” (fill in with the handle of a twitter fave)
- People-Like-Me
- Does-Not-Follow-Me-Back
- Listed-Me
-Who-My-Friends-Talk-To
-Mutual-Friends
-Filter-My-Following (by location or by using a bio filter)
-Recently-Followed-Me
-Recently-Unfollowed-Me
-Recent-Interactions
-People-I-Retweet
-People-Who-Retweeted-Me
-Other custom lists
I have used other services in the past to track who is following me back, etc., but would choose Formulists over those websites. The reason ultimately comes down to convenience and ease of use.
I also like that you can keep your formulists private. I don’t necessarily want everyone to be able to see “people-who-don’t-follow-me-back” or know that I’ve created a “people-like-me” list to connect with new folks. I don’t mind sharing this with you, but would rather it not be public on my Twitter lists…make sense?
Give @formulists a go and let me know what you think!
Note that some of your lists take a few minutes to populate. You can almost watch the numbers go up as you build.
12 thg 9, 2010
Economics V
8 thg 9, 2010
Twitter Tutorial Revisited a Year Later
7 thg 9, 2010
What Twitter Has Meant to Me - 900 Tweets Later

I tweeted for the 900th time today and thought it was a good time to reflect on my twitter journey. Has my time been well spent on Twitter? Have I made any real connections or friendships? YES and YES!
I’ve written about how to get plugged into Twitter before…this post instead serves as a recap of what Twitter has meant for to over the past year, living in new place.
Let me set the stage to last summer…say July of 2009. I joined Twitter many months before (actually in 2007) but last summer stands out to me as a time when I really harnessed the power of Twitter to “work” for me. My reason? I was moving to a new place (Charleston, SC) and didn’t know *anyone* - very scary, indeed.
Not many people (at the time) would friend a complete stranger on Facebook, and I didn’t go that route anyway. Instead, I began looking for marketers in
One by one, I was able to “follow” new people. Many times, I would get a follow-back. This is when the potential to network and connect really begins. Having a one-way conversation without anyone listening is not the goal here. What happened next was exciting for me and a real confidence booster for a
It doesn’t happen overnight, but somehow, amidst the hundreds (or thousands) of connections, someone emerges as a person you’d like to meet for coffee or lunch. Then it happens again, and again. One by one, you are making real connections and meeting new people.
Most of my new
Things I’ve noticed about My New Twitter Friends, and Twitter
~ I know this because they greet the world each day and engage in thoughtful, thought-provoking, witty, fun conversations. Who doesn’t love that?!
~ My twitter friends are more likely to live for today…more likely to meet up for dinner, an event, or just about anything else…spontaneous is the word I’m looking for here. J
~ My twitter friends are quick to offer help, whether it’s a tip, link, referral, or advice in general
~ My twitter friends are willing to take a risk and make a connection. Usually it starts with coffee or lunch, and then if there is a friendship connection, it goes from there.
Shout outs to some of my all-time faves...
@AshleyTCaldwell
@kellyTpottery
@MacKenzieImage
@LizDeLoach
@Alesya
@Tiglu
@MandiEngram
@ConnectionMaven
@carnellm
@clipperclub
Too many great "Flying Lessons" Artists to mention all- but the list is here