I get spammy looking “refinance now” letters in the mail almost every day. I’m in the process of a refi, so I usually open them to make sure it’s not somehow related to that. Today’s letter wasn’t useless though — it had a great lesson inside. 🙂 It came from the office of “James B. […]
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Reorganizing my lifestream
Lately I’ve had a hard time keeping up with what services cross-post to each other. If I send a status update to Twitter, does it auto-post to Facebook? If I send a picture to Posterous, does it go to Flickr? What about FriendFeed? I had I set up so many different tools that I was […]
Use Pages in Facebook, not Groups
There’s been some debate recently on whether churches and other organizations should use “groups” or “pages” for their church/ministries on Facebook. The thought is typically that groups are good for short-term activities, while pages are better for long-term usage. I think that holds true, and I think churches need to be using Pages as much […]
Twitter Tips for Churches
I wrote an article a few days ago for TwiTip, a site full of great Twitter tips. In it, I show how we: Showcase our staff Twitter accounts Post a page with a summary of current staff tweets Show live chat from events Find out who else from your church is on Twitter Tweet live […]
How a simple tweet made an HVAC company $700
I told you a few days ago how I thought Cool Ray Atlanta was doing some interesting things with Twitter. Turns out they were quite brilliant. Last Monday I tweeted that I was “Heading home to meet the plumber to fix a leak. Fun Monday morning…“. It was a local guy I’ve used before. Not […]
The little things can add up
Just thought I’d post a bit about Cool Ray, an Atlanta-based heating & air company. You can read the full story over on my SEO blog, but I thought I’d summarize it here. I found them via Twitter The answered the phone quickly They could come out the same day They arrived on time They […]
How a simple tweet made an HVAC company $700
I told you a few days ago how I thought Cool Ray Atlanta was doing some interesting things with Twitter. Turns out they were quite brilliant. Last Monday I tweeted that I was “Heading home to meet the plumber to fix a leak. Fun Monday morning…“. It was a local guy I’ve used before. Not […]
A couple of interesting Twitterers
I’ve noticed a few interesting people (well, companies) on Twitter recently and thought I’d share. @PTIShow — I’m a big fan of the ESPN show “PTI” (Parden the Interruption). They recently started a Twitter account and I love the way they use it. Quite focused on the show, with useful information. Some recent tweets: Topics […]
Does your church Twitter yet?
Our church has been experimenting with Twitter (I’m @mickmel) for the last year or so, but we haven’t made any hard pushes toward using it. Anthony Coppedge has just put out an e-book called The Reason Your Church Must Twitter, and now we might be getting somewhere. Since I got the book, I’ve been talking […]
I finally built a “proper” Twitter background
As I’ve seen many others do lately (Joost, Maxime, etc), I’ve updated my Twitter background with some useful information in the fake sidebar on the left. I looked at quite a few Twitter pages to determine the best sizes. Since screen resolutions can vary, you need to find your sweet spot. Some will always be […]