How To Transform Email List Into Twitter Contacts
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 High Is YOUR Bar Set?
The excerpt below is from Mack Collier’s blog.
The post struck a chord with me tonight as I reflect on our day, our week and my new journey in Community Sherpa.
I share it with you as an example of a good blog post:
- A strong headline draws me in with an open-ended question
- A compelling story evokes emotion and triggers personal memories
- An image supports the compelling headline
- A call to action invites me to try something new
I think the lesson is to remember that you sometimes need to lower the bar to encourage interaction. It could be on your blog, your community site, Twitter, where ever. Believe it or not, there really ARE people out there that have never left a comment on a blog. AND some of them are a bit intimidated at the idea. Read the full story…
Are you moving the bar?
Bragging Rights. Who Has Yours?
Filed under: Social Business - Strategy & Networking
About a year before Clay Shirky’s recent blog post in which he explores how women are less willing to take risks in self-promotion than men, I had an “Aha Moment.”
Resentful. Angry. Frustrated.
“I know so much more than he does, and yet he’s on stage teaching people about shiny tools he doesn’t use or understand himself.“
“I taught him about Twitter, now he’s on a national platform acting as if he ‘get’s it’ and doesn’t have the balls to even give credit where credit is due.“
“Time after time I submit a proposal only to later discover the guy who calls me for assistance all the time is presenting instead. What’s the deal?“
True to my southern heritage, the social culture of my age group, and a host of other outside variables, I was stuck.
Stop Waiting for Someone to Recommend You
You should know that you almost never find a prophet in your own backyard. The reverse is also true. To be recognized as a credible resource with a unique blend of experience and skills travel is often required.
Social media tools enable you to “travel” without leaving your desk.
A targeted, well defined, strategic social business marketing campaign introduces you to:
- new people
- new ideas
- new freedoms
- new industries
- new skills
- new opportunities
- new revenue
What’s your experience?
Are you sitting in a little red wagon, like I was, waiting for someone to come along and pull you where you want to go?
Do you think self-promotion is rude? When is it okay to brag about yourself?
Share your thoughts in the comments. Together, we can learn to pull our own damn wagon.
