How to retweet
A retweet is when you want to publicize a post that someone has made on Twitter. This may be because somebody has said something interesting or because you simply want to promote somebody else. My video below shows you how to retweet.
How to delete a LinkedIn account
Do you have a duplicate LinkedIn account? We recommend you delete one of them to avoid confusing your customers.
How to connect with people you know (and people you don’t know) on Linkedin
LinkedIn makes it very easy for you to network with other people. At the simplest level, you can simply type in the name of people who you might know in the search box. At a more advanced level you can search for people by profession, keyword and location.
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Social media is a lot more effective when you’re funny
If you want more followers on Twitter, remember this golden rule:
"People are attracted to people who have a great sense of humour"
Humour makes you look human, especially if you can laugh at yourself. So here are a few pointers to help you be more humorous on social media.
- Share a humorous quote.
- Share humorous videos. It doesn’t have to be related to your work: e.g. Just for Laughs gags.
- Humorous observations from your work. E.g. I posted a blog article about illiterate SEO consultants, by publishing some sample comments I found on my blog.
- Describe humorous things that have happened to you.
- Most importantly, never make a joke at someone else’s expense. It’s not funny, it makes you look unprofessional, and it will probably backfire.
Some useful add-ons to your LinkedIn profile
Did you know that LinkedIn offer a whole load of additional features that you can add to your standard profile?
When you edit your profile, look for an option near the top of the page called “add sections”. Here are just a few worth noting:
How to search for tweets by geographical area
Do you want to find Tweets within a certain geographical radius? Here is one way of doing it.
Say you are looking for mentions of "Osteopath" within 20 miles of the centre of Manchester:
1. Go to http://maps.google.co.uk and find Manchester, UK – point to it on the map and right click. Select "whats here?". You should now see the geo location appear in the search box at the top e.g."53.490905,-2.235718".
2. Go to the search box on Twitter and type (without the quotes "osteopath geocode:53.490905,-2.235718,20mi"
3. If you want to change the radius, just change the "20mi" to the number of miles you want the range to be.
It’s not completely accurate, but it works far better than searching place names e.g. "Osteopath Manchester" where you often get no results at all.
How to set up your LinkedIn profile
I have posted a video on how to set up your LinkedIn profile.
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