On top of Mt. Shasta, Northern California.
“The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness, and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.” — Aristotle
I’ve been getting a lot of mileage out of Tweet Later lately. It is exactly what I needed to manage the six Twitter accounts I have.
My interests are so varied, I decided to divide them up. My main Twitter account is Linda Jo Martin, which I reserve for tweeting about writing and my content writing, which I mainly do at Squidoo.Com. My other sites are niches… nothing commercial and no spam… but niches just the same. For example on my Linda’s Herbal Twitter account I connect with other people who are into herbs and natural healing. On my Bigfoot Sightings account I network with other Bigfoot researchers. Get the picture?
My other Twitter accounts are FightCPS (family rights), Geniyyah (energy healing), and Independent Homeschooling.
With all these Twitter accounts to manage, I’ve found two applications that are very, very helpful. The first is Twhirl… which you are probably already familiar with … and the other is Tweet Later. With Tweet Later I can set up tweets early in the day and have them automatically posted all day long. Also I can vet my new followers there for all accounts… a very handy tool.
One more thing … Tweet Later will email out keyword alert notices. Just set up your keywords and then, should someone mention something I want to be aware of such as “Bigfoot sighting”… I’m emailed with the information once daily. I like that!
Freelancing with WordPress: Using WordPress as a Project Management App -
The search for a plugin that will transform WordPress into a project management system that’s better than BaseCamp. Intriguing!
I just looked out my window and saw a swallowtail butterfly enjoying one of my nasturtiums, a scrub jay pecking at a fallen plum, and a little white butterfly examining the lemon balm. I’m so glad all these flutterbys are having a good time in my garden!
Today I’ve been thinking about refining the focus of this blog to make it more useful to me. I’m going to start my own flutterbys… stopping by this blog to record social media information for my own edification. Instead of trying to impress anyone else, I want to use this space for keeping notes to self…
So there it is. A refined focus and a new start.
“Your desire is your prayer. Picture the fulfillment of your desire now and feel its reality and you will experience the joy of answered prayer.” — Dr. Joseph Murphy
Are you on Twitter yet? If so, you can follow me. Twitter is a great place for social networking, and since posts are limited to 140 characters (or spaces) it isn’t writing intensive. Of course Twitter is only one of many micro-blogging sites. I’ll write more about others later.
Today I want to mention Twttrlists… which are hosted on Squidoo.Com, one of my favorite sites especially now that I earn over $100 dollars there every month… and have lots of friends there. If you would like to find out what all the fun is about, feel free to join by creating your first Squidoo lens on any topic that pleases you.
Twttrlists are easy to make, and fun. They let you find tweets on any topic and add them to your lens. (Lens is what Squidoo calls a web page.) After you join, come back here and use this link to make your first Twttrlist.
Here are a few I’ve made:
Great Writing Resources, Tips, Twitters, & Inspirations
NaNoWriMo News, Tips, and Resources on Twitter and Squidoo
Twttrlists Created by Senior Squids
Wyotech Tech School - Pros and Cons
Copyblogger - a blog that teaches copywriting skills
I admit it. I’ve got a collection of blogs… not just this one. However this is the only one whereon I focus on social media.
A week or two ago I went to JournalSpace to add to my Mountain Dweller blog - which I’ve used sporadically for over five years to record observations about living the life of a mountain dweller. I live in the Siskiyou range in Northern California. Well, imagine my surprise (and sadness) when I saw that JournalSpace was down and the owner had decided not to revive it!
Flash forward about a week… to this morning. I went to JournalSpace again to see if I could find the links to those FaceBook groups where people are comiserating about the demise of their blogging site - and I discovered someone else took over the site and JournalSpace is back up! I was thrilled, and re-established my MountainDweller blog - this time on a WordPress multi-blogging platform.
JournalSpace, like Tumblr, is a community blogging network. I don’t know about others here but I like to have lots of blogs, spaced out on many different sites. Usually each blog focuses on a specific topic just like this one is mainly about social media opportunities.
Ping.fm -
I love this new update service! There are MANY micro blogging platforms these days - plus MySpace, FaceBook, and many other social media services. What if you could update them all at one time by writing your message only once?
That’s what Ping.fm can do for you. Follow the link above to get the skinny on how to use this great new service!