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Private Messaging on Twitter

One of our clients asked me if I thought it was effective to reach out to new Twitter followers with a Private Message. I wasn't sure at the time but I've been curious as well. My personal experience has been that the majority of the PMs I receive are automated and impersonal. To me Twitter is such a short lived experience, I usually just reach out to followers publicly to thank them for following.

Watch the Internet Grow!

This site is great for a little fun on Friday! Internet in Real Time aggregates data from some of the largest sites on the web and presents it as a series of ever-climbing numbers that start when your visit starts. Click over and watch how many Twitter accounts get created and how many tweets are sent in real time. Or watch how many Android and Apple apps are being downloaded.

Hot Linking a Telephone Number

This is my favorite new trick and it is super easy!

Type the phone number how you want to read it. If you use a WYSIWYG editor use the "Link" button. It often looks like a chain or a globe with a chain. Using the pull down menu change the protocol to "other". In the field type tel://+14155551234