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The One Crazy Tactic Twitter Hasn’t Tried Yet – But Should

Twitter has been around for a decade, but it still seems like no one really understands it — including Twitter itself. Its stock recently hit a record low. Rumors of changes to its core functionality — like eliminating its iconic 140-character message length and doing away with chronological timelines — Read more…

By Justin, 7 years ago
Social Media

What I Learned by Reading Everything

Last week, Ian M. Rountree and I started Read It All Week, a challenge to read everything we were subscribed to — especially all the blogs we so easily subscribe to, but never actually absorb.  We did this for two reasons: To reconsider why we subscribe to certain kinds of Read more…

By Justin, 13 yearsJuly 26, 2010 ago
Armchair Sociology

3 Myths About Social Media Debunked

On Sunday nights, Mack Collier runs a Twitter-based group chat called #blogchat, which I highly recommend to anyone who wants to learn more about blogging while hobnobbing with their peers. But, based on the defensive reaction to some of my comments from several of the #blogchat participants, I’ve realized that Read more…

By Justin, 13 yearsJuly 19, 2010 ago
Social Media

I Tweet, Therefore I Am… Empty?

What if our newspapers were filled with articles on how to write for newspapers? What if the only books we printed were books about how to sell books? What if TV shows consisted solely of monologues about TV? I doubt we’d have much use for them at all. So why Read more…

By Justin, 13 yearsMay 24, 2010 ago
Freelance Tips

How to Build the Audience You Want (or, There’s Nothing Wrong with Redheads)

Lately, I’ve become aware that the audience I most easily attract isn’t necessarily the audience I’m writing for. Not that I don’t appreciate every blog reader or Twitter follower who considers me worthy of their time. But what I want and what I’m attracting may be different things. In my Read more…

By Justin, 14 yearsAugust 7, 2009 ago

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