Posts Tagged ‘fast-company’

Oh Look – It’s About Guy, Twitter and Quality vs Quantity. Again. Yay.

This morning I decided to scan some headlines in my RSS Reader, because that thing is Sorely Neglected since I’ve started using Twitter.

And I came across an article contributed by Rich Brooks, who you can find on Twitter.

He wrote an article called Why Guy Kawasaki Is Wrong About Twitter | Social Media Strategies for Small Business | Fast Company – here’s a clip:

I was recently reading a post from Guy entitled How to Use Twitter as a Twool. There’s a bunch of great advice in the post, but I found one piece of advice that I just couldn’t swallow:

“Get as many followers as you can. I recently explained what I do to get more followers. Ignore people who tell you that it’s the quality of your followers not the quantity. They’re trying to make friends, not use Twitter as a tool. And, truth be told, there are only two kinds of Twitter users: those that want more followers and those that lie. You can follow me here.”

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Sally Falkow is Totally Awesome and I Have PROOF!

Sally Falkow: Awesome. You Heard It Here 5th.

A colleague of mine that I have been privileged to work closely with these last few months is featured prominently on Fast Company today.

Go. Read. Tell her I sent you. Learn why “Google is the new resume,” and what to do instead of Googlewashing.