Posts Tagged ‘LinkedIn’


Three Things I Love About The Newest TweetDeck

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

TweetDeck LogoHaving just downloaded the newest iteration of TweetDeck, I’m probably not in the best position to review it.

Like that’s going to stop me.

Here are 3 things I love about the newest iteration of TweetDeck, v.0.32.0:

  1. Integration of LinkedIn. Come on, you LinkedIn haters, tell me it’s not more important than MySpace. I think this is great for TweetDeck, but even better for LinkedIn. I noticed my attention of and connection to my Facebook friends who weren’t on Twitter (looo-zers) went way up once I could keep tabs on them within TweetDeck. I assume the same will happen with LinkedIn, and convince more LI peeps to get more conversational.
  2. More retweeting options. Admittedly, I prefer the ability to tweak a tweet before I RT, rather than the forced integrity that Twitter, um, enforces, but it’s nice that you have that option.
  3. Add, create and manage Twitter lists. Of course, I would have been more happy about this if I hadn’t just spent two freakin’ hours manually adding all my TweetDeck Mainers to my Twitter list for Mainers. Still, I have other lists that need managing and synchronizing. Even this list will be easier to manage without all the redundant work.

If you haven’t been using TweetDeck, it’s time to give it a try. If you are already using it, you’ll like these three new features plus a few more.

Be sure to download the newest TweetDeck today.

Rich Brooks
Hooked on TweetDeck


LinkedIn for Business: Using LinkedIn Answers

Monday, November 30th, 2009

LinkedInAlthough LinkedIn is the social media site for businesses and professionals, a lot of people still struggle with how to use LinkedIn to build their business.

One powerful area of LinkedIn is Answers. Within Answers you can find questions from other business people, either in your extended network or by drilling down into categories such as Business Travel, Product Management, and Sustainability. You can even subscribe (via RSS) to your favorite categories to get regular updates of new questions.

By answering questions you can connect with prospects, establish your expertise and build your business. To help you out, I’ve created this video, How to Build Your Business with LinkedIn Answers.

You can also connect with me on LinkedIn at my new public profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/therichbrooks.

Rich Brooks
Are We LinkedIn?