Employment Terminations & Twitter — a Cautionary Tail

Employment Terminations & Twitter — a Cautionary Tail

Think before you tweet.  That’s a good message for anyone who’s logged on and begun using social media for business as well as personal reasons.  Companies should also follow a similar rule, “Think before you terminate.” But these two rules together.  That’s spells media circus for a small economic development and publicly funded agency in [...]

How Celebrities Use Social Media

How Celebrities Use Social Media

Arguably Lady Gaga is the celebrity queen of social media.  With more than 11 million Twitter followers and over 37 million Facebook Likes, she is one of the most celebrated and engaged celebrities on social media.  Her twitpic this Sunday had over 24,000 views in just a few hours.  Over a breve, a friend of mine [...]

New Tools–Twitter for Job Seekers

Being in the job search is tough and as a job seeker you are not alone especially with the more than 15 million who are out of work and in the job hunt.  People don’t prepare for the job search although they should at least six months in advance.  This provides you opportunity to grow [...]

Introducing the Launch Party Prizes

With the launch party for my book, Tweet This!  Twitter for Business one day away, I wanted to clue you in on some of the fabulous prizes we will be giving away at the party both online and in person.  We will be live streaming during the event on Stickam.  Here’s my profile page with [...]

More Support of Tweet This!

I am overwhelmed by the support of my new book, Tweet This! The social media, traditional media, and HR communities have been fantastic in supporting me with my book and my business.  Here are this week’s supporters who have taken to the blogosphere and media and to write about me and my book. HR Ringleader. [...]

Tweet My Drink

With the launch party for Tweet This! quickly approaching, I thought it would be fun to let the twittersphere pick our drink special for the event.  The launch party is Thursday, February 4th from 6:30-8:00 PM at Sapphire Bar in Bricktown in Oklahoma City.  Check out the details and learn about the prizes and festivities [...]

Bloggers Who Support Tweet This!

What a week!  Tweet This! has been released less than a week and we have received a ton of interest from both bloggers and traditional media.  Take a look at some bloggers who are supporting me and the launch of Tweet This! Okie Campaigns. John Angier, @okie_campaigns posted a blog post on 1/19/10 promoting the [...]

Growing Your Business with Twitter

Growing Your Business with Twitter

For those that take the time to learn and embrace Twitter, it is a great tool to promote your brand, build a wider network, and as a marketing and business tool allowing for companies and consultants to better understand and instantly poll their target customers and market segment.  The presentation featured below is one I [...]

The Social Media Mullet

The Social Media Mullet

***Please visit  to vote for my blog post in Tweet & Shout Blog Contest by leaving a comment on their site and help me win a $200 camera. According to Wikipedia, a mullet is a unisex hair style that is short in the front and long in the back. The mullet began making appearances in [...]

Commerical Accounts Coming Soon to Twitter

Commerical Accounts Coming Soon to Twitter

By year’s end, Twitter will be rolling out new commercial accounts says, co-founder Biz Stone.  Commercial accounts will offer additional tracking features and business oriented applications but for a price. Twitter was created in 2006 during a brainstorming session at think tank company, Obvious Corporation and was designed to communicate in short bursts like SMS [...]