I just read an amazing blog post by Scott aka @unmarketing, one guy I truly admire just because he's funnier than me, kidding! Anyway Scott did a blog post called Tweetathon for Tanner. Last year Scott raised $15,000 in 12 hours in a tweetathon and this year he wants to do it for Tanner. Who is Tanner? I'll let you read an amazing blog post written by her mother at HerBadMother. One word! Touching! The story touches me so much and what @unmarketing and everyone else who chipped in to help is amazing! So I decided to jump in too because "Any amount can make a difference in this boy’s life". I've donated a small amount because I don't really have much to contribute so I want to try to help in any way that I can. You can help Tanner too! You can donate by using the donation widget button … [Read more...] about Twitter Charity: Help Tanner and Get a Free Virtual Hug From Me
Why You Need a Kick Ass Twitter Background
Today we have a special guest post by Marian Schembari (@MarianSchembari) from marianlibrarian.com telling us why we need a kick ass twitter background. Last week I ran a massive sale on my latest service, Personalized Twitter Strategy. Phew! I am officially done with the mass of Twitter critiques, and it's been an interesting couple of days, let me tell you. Doing two or three critiques per day is exhausting in and of itself, but doing so showed me that many people are making the same mistakes over and over. I want to share with you the most common: … [Read more...] about Why You Need a Kick Ass Twitter Background
Businesses, Why Aren’t You Replying on Twitter?
Companies are still adopting social media. Some are adopting well while some aren't ... yet. I think some companies might take a while to adopt in this media. I've been spending more time on trying getting deals because I'll be having my holidays soon and I want to book hotels and get great deals (I love social media for that) Some of the companies have twitter account, while some have facebook pages, twitter account, you name it. So I thought it would be fun to tweet the companies. I sent out few tweets to two companies in the leisure industry to see if they will respond to my tweets or not. Two of the companies are big companies. … [Read more...] about Businesses, Why Aren’t You Replying on Twitter?
Small is The New Big in Social Media
According to emarketer's latest survey small companies are acquiring more customers compared to large firms and medium size companies. Surprised? I don't think you should. Although large companies have more budgets to spend they lack a few success key's to be more successful in social media. What are those "magical" keys? … [Read more...] about Small is The New Big in Social Media
5 Reasons Why I Started Blogging
After reading 12 reasons why people blog by Jeff bullas who did a survey on why people blog, I went to think on the reasons on why I started blogging although I procrastinated for 6 months whether To Blog Or Not To Blog before starting askaaronlee on the 1st of January 2010 because of a New Year resolutions that I set. Here are my reasons … [Read more...] about 5 Reasons Why I Started Blogging
Case Study: Yeager Airport Twitter Customer Service Put To The Test
Yeager Airport (CRW) is an airline in Charleston. One the 3rd of July they were put to the twitter customer service test when someone started to tweet complains bout not having pizza after going through security. Mark Knoller was the customer who send out tweets saying and mentioning that he couldn't get to eat his pizza after going through security on twitter. Below are the actual tweet that @markknoller sent out: … [Read more...] about Case Study: Yeager Airport Twitter Customer Service Put To The Test