Hey, you…thanks for following me. I appreciate your interest and hope you find my updates interesting and beneficial.
If you’re following from Twitter…
My main focuses are Social Marketing, Social Good and Marketing Ethics. I also twitter about local events, graphic design, and people I think are doing great things to give back.
Sometimes you’ll see a flurry of posts from an event. Don’t unfollow, it’s only for a day or so.
Not a lot of @Replies. I do this on purpose. When I come across feeds full of @replies and I can’t see the full conversation, there’s not a lot of value for me. I only use Twitter to post things others might find valuable. If you can’t see the full conversation, my feed loses value, so I generally reply using Direct Messages. If I think my reply might benefit others, I’ll use an @reply.
No bots. No auto-follows, no automated thank yous, just me.
“Why aren’t you following me back?” We’re funny, ego-based creatures, aren’t we? We get offended if we find someone’s Twitter feed interesting yet they don’t follow us back. I’m no different. BUT – I can barely keep up with my stream as it is, and if a feed has lots of one-sided @replies, inspirational quotes, or is full of retweets, it doesn’t do much for me. Don’t take it personally.
I try to respect everyone’s attention by only posting valuable tweets. I look for the same.
FriendFeed Followers
FF aggregates ALL of my online activity so it may be a bit much, particularly my Blip.fm music posts. If you’re looking just for business and marketing commentary, following me on Twitter would probably be best.
The Smiling Ostrich
Why the Ostrich avatar?
In the early days of Twitter, there was a brief period where everyone used pictures of birds for their avatars. Mine was the goofiest, friendliest bird I could find — the smiling ostrich — a way to convey my usually upbeat, usually goofy personalty. The photo is just funny – and yes, it’s real.
Thanks again – stick around and explore my site!