Bob Cargill on April 21st, 2009

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From Lance Armstrong to Shaquille O’Neal (The Real Shaq), Demi Moore to Yoko Ono, Arnold Schwarzenegger to Barack Obama (and, oh, let’s not forget Oprah), it seems almost everyone who’s anyone is now using Twitter, the micro-blogging service, to reach out and touch someone in 140 characters or less.
Twitter’s hit the big time, no question, [...]

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Bob Cargill on March 8th, 2009

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Whether it’s delivering an outstanding presentation at an important trade show, winning over a client with an awesome display of creative firepower or simply going above and beyond on everything that’s asked of you, there are many obvious ways to score points with your boss. But now you can add blogging, tweeting and even spending company time on Facebook to [...]

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Alaina Muniz on February 16th, 2009

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Last Thursday, February 12, I had the pleasure of attending my first tweet-up at Boston’s Twestival in Cambridge, organized by Justin Whitaker (AKA @justinmwhitaker.) The event took place in 175+ cities around the world and helped raise money for charity:water.
According to Twitter, the Boston event sold 124 tickets and raised $3,855.  According to attendees, the event was promoted [...]

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Bob Cargill on February 11th, 2009

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On Friday, January 23, I had the pleasure of sitting in on “Making Sense of Social Media for Your Business,” a webinar presented by Alf Brand and Jenna Jantsch of VerticalResponse.
It was time well spent, yes, but what I particularly enjoyed about the hour-long event was using Twitter to share live updates with our network of [...]

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Bob Cargill on January 12th, 2009

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Given my entrepreneurial, extroverted and — some might say — experimental personality, it’s only natural that I started blogging in 2004 and have enthusiastically embraced Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter, to name just three of the many social media communications channels and tools that are so wildly popular today.
I enjoy the free exchange of information, knowledge [...]

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