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"The Chappys": How a Utah Construction Manager Built His Own Trending Awards Show on Twitter

I’ve talked before about how growing a Twitter audience is simple. It turns out it’s even more simple than I thought – The Deseret News (owned by the company I work for) wrote today about a local Utah construction manager … Continue reading

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The Real Solution to Fix the "Twitter Game"

Twitter has been initiating a crackdown of sorts on sites that offer “automated unfollow” services such as my own SocialToo.com.  Since we announced we were removing it on SocialToo, at least 3 other services have also been asked to remove … Continue reading

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Learn How to Game Twitter at My BlogWorld Panel

That’s right – you heard it right.  Next week I’ll be on a panel at BlogWorld Expo in Las Vegas where we’ll show you all the ways you can game Twitter, increase your followers, and be the top Twitter user … Continue reading

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The You, the Me, and the We – How I’m Changing How I Use Twitter

I accidentally unfollowed all my followers. I was testing out the unfollow all feature on my site, SocialToo.com, and just happened to hit the “delete all friends” button by mistake without realizing it. For that, I apologize.  I learned something … Continue reading

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Twitter Declares Checkmate on Twitter Gamers

Just recently Twitter began the much-needed stance to suspend users practicing the controversial “Twitter Game” (as I call it).  On the Twitter developers mailing list, Twitter developer Doug Williams told me yesterday that users who “use software to constantly churn … Continue reading

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