Who Will Take Twitter to the Next Level?
Topics: Industry Trends, Social Media
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All you Twitter fanatics crack me up. Not you Twitter fans — you’re cool. I dig you. But for all you people who engage in verbal make-out sessions with Twitter at every networking event, I have a message for you: Life called. It misses you.

Where are the innovators on Twitter? The ones who don’t “Join the Conversation” … but take the “Conversation” and turn it on its head? Twitter is, and always has been, a tool. And while some are keeping it at the tool-for-chatting level, it’s time for others to step it up. It’s time for Twitter to be used in new and innovative ways.

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One Relationship at a Time
Topics: Customer Service, Social Media
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fail-whaleAre you struggling to make sense of social media and its effectiveness for your business? Never fear, you’re not alone. In fact, even while Worthwhile has seen great success from social media — from brand awareness to attaining new clients — we still can’t confidently say it’s been worth the investment we’ve put into it thus far.

We keep convincing ourselves that there’s a missing element to all of this. Something we’re not seeing. I think a lot of businesses feel this way — like they’re on the precipice of figuring out how to effectively connect online, but just not quite there. Well, I think I’ve found that element, and I want to share it with you.

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Using “…” on the Web
Topics: History and Philosophy
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In public speaking or personal conversation, you have non-verbal communication — ways of communicating without actually saying words to communicate those elements. You’d think nonverbal communication would be lost with media — texting, blogs, social networks. Not so.

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Love or Hate
Topics: Social Media
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Taking advantage of our three day holiday weekend, Stephan and I went to Charleston for the day with his brother.  On the way down to the beach, we played a little game: Love it or Hate it. Instead of being wishy-washy about our feelings, we were forced to be definitive about whether we loved something more than we hated it and vice versa. For example, I said that I loved mullets while Stephan and his brother both claimed to hate them. For them, their dislike overrode any entertainment they may have gotten from seeing them. Since I don’t remember a time where mullets were actually acceptable, I find them highly comical, and therefore, I love them. We also discovered that I loved station wagons while they both hated them–probably because they had one growing up. Some things we have in common are a love for Princess Diana, the beach (obviously), and hot dogs.

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Twitter is Putting News Services to Shame
Topics: Industry Trends, Social Media
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Remember in late 2003 and into 2004, when certain people started claiming their affiliation with “New Media.” Yeah, that was sooooooo 2004. New Media is done. Like a well-done steak with the gristle shriveled up. Yeah, it’s that done. Social media is the new hot news source. These past few weeks proved it.

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