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TwitterBirthdays are important! What better anniversary than one that commemorates another safe journey around the sun?
For Twitterphiles, there is yet another reason to celebrate. If you go to When Did You Join Twitter? you can calculate your Twitter age. (more…)
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Does Hallmark have a card for that?
March 26th, 2010 
lance4hire 
Do You Have a PuSHy Blog?
March 3rd, 2010 lance4hire No, wait! It’s a good thing. I’m not talking in-your-face sales pitch. I’m talking PubSubHubbub. And no, my keys aren’t sticking.
It’s a Google-coded technology that allows real-time RSS updating for your blog. (more…)
Posted in Tutorials, Wordpress 
Tags: Google, Joseph Scott, PubSubHubbub, PushPress, Woody Allen, Wordpress plugin 
View CommentsQuick social media tip – Technorati
January 27th, 2010 lance4hire Have you started your own blog? Congratulations!
Now what?
You probably would like some visitors, comments – activity in general. Your blog doesn’t live in a vacuum, right? Or, at least, it won’t for very long unless you just like to hear yourself type. One important step is to register with blog directories, such as the one hosted by Technorati. (more…)
Posted in Internet marketing, Tutorials Tags: blog traffic, blogging, newbie blogger, Secret Squirrel, self-referential, seo, Technorati View CommentsHow to embed a pdf into a blog post – Wordpress 2.7 or later
January 25th, 2010 lance4hire The problem of how to embed a .pdf into a Wordpress page or post vexed me for a good long while. Finally, I’ve come upon the solution. Maybe this short tutorial will help you avoid similar vexation. If always, if you have a better way of doing things, please share with the rest of the class! (more…)
Twitter Karma's gonna get you
June 26th, 2009 lance4hire I scratch your back, you scratch mine. That’s at least supposed to be the ethic on the microblogging behemoth we know and love as Twitter. But if you’re seeing your following numbers far outstipping your followers, you could be feeling a little shafted.
Paul Simon sang that there are 50 ways to leave your lover. What if I told you that you could leave 50 (or 500) of your deadbeat followees in one fell swoop? Now that’s how I spell relief.
One of the fun things about Twitter is how simple and bare bones it really is, challenging folks to come up with third party applications to make it more functional. Dossy is the blogging nom de plume of one such enterprising soul. He created something called Twitter Karma.
I had found tools for everything I needed to do with Twitter – minus one: I wanted to see all those nonrequiting you-know-whats listed post-office wanted-poster style all in one place. And with this app, that’s what you get. (more…)
From tweet to sweet
June 12th, 2009 lance4hire Here’s a little something to get you started. If you’ve been using Twitter and doing everything manually, it’s a romantic notion to bring such Luddite spirit to the Internet. All kidding aside, that was me before I found out about this awesome way to automate your tweets and follows. With the upgraded version of this program, I no longer feel like I’m bringing a knife to a gun fight. Enjoy, and let me help you if you need it. Just ask.
http://www.socialoomph.com/87578.html
Sara Fitzpatrick Comito is a poet, freelance writer, communications director at 
