Using Social Media for Lead Generation

March 21, 2010 by Kathy Drewien · Comments
Filed under: Social Business - Strategy & Networking

How To Transform Email List Into Twitter Contacts

February 9, 2010 by Kathy Drewien · Comments
Filed under: Social Networking

Here’s a quick outline of how to turn a client’s email list into twitter contacts.

It does work, but not always perfectly. If you have a problem, let me know.

To turn an email list into Twitter contacts, you need:

An email list in an Excel Spreadsheet format
A temporary Gmail or Yahoo! email account
Access to your Twitter account

When you get an email list, open it in Excel. If you can’t open it in Excel, this procedure won’t work for you.

Save the file as a CSV (Comma Separated File) to a location where you can find it again.

Open your internet browser

In Gmail or Yahoo! mail, create a new account just for importing contacts. If you import into your personal email, you’ll find getting rid of these temporary contacts to be difficult. You will be able to use this account over and over to find Twitter users, so make sure you remember the password.

Once the account is created, go into the contacts panel and select Import.

Browse to the CSV file you saved from Excel and select it, then Import.

If all goes well, the email addresses will be imported into the account.

Now, switch to Twitter.com and login.

From the top menu, click on Find People.

Click on Find Friends.

Select the email provider from your temporary account.

Enter the login and password for the email account. Twitter will search for email addresses of its users, and present you with a list of those that match. Click on the Follow All button to have your Twitter account follow everyone that has Twitter accounts.

Thanks to Michael Bay (@sherpambay) for the tip!

How To Write a Blog Post When Your Brain Hurts

January 20, 2010 by Kathy Drewien · Comments
Filed under: Social Business - Strategy & Networking

It’s late at night and I have to get up very early tomorrow to work on a training opportunity. An opportunity which is a direct result of my engagement in social networks, communities, blogs, and microblogs.

I felt compelled to get a post out the door, however my brain is too tired to provide analytical thought (never my strong suit). You can find tips and tricks all over the place. So, I thought I’d see if I could find an image to capture what’s in my brain at the moment.

The best place to look for visual thinking is David Armano’s L+E Visual Thinking Archive.

What thoughts come to mind as you explore the above image? Are you a visual thinker? Come on over from the feed reader, so you can appreciate David’s genius. Share your thoughts in the comments. It’s okay to be the first. I promise.