Bodeux Presents for Colorado Translators Association
Eve Bodeux, principal of Bodeux International LLC, presented on Social Media for Translators for the Colorado Translators Association. The event took place Monday, February 22, 2010, from 6-8:30 PM, with co-presenters Corinne McKay and Riccardo Schiaffino. Schiaffino discussed blogging, McKay reviewed how to leverage LinkedIn and Facebook and Bodeux covered using Twitter for business purposes.
For those that attended this session (and anyone else interested in exploring Twitter tools), please see links from the presentation below:
Stats
http://techcrunchies.com/inactive-users-twitter
http://techcrunchies.com/twitter-usage-across-the-world
http://www.zdnet.fr/actualites/internet/0,39020774,39712305,00.htm
How to use Twitter Lists
http://mashable.com/2009/11/02/twitter-lists-guide/
Pages by Twitter (themes)
http://help.twitter.com/forums/83565/entries/75424
Settings > Design
Semi-personalized, free pages
http://www.colourlovers.com/
http://www.stripegenerator.com/
http://www.tartanmaker.com/
http://www.custombackgroundsfortwitter.com/gallery/category/free/
Pages totally customized for you
Your graphic designer or Photoshop, etc.
Technical specs for creating Twitter page: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/09/18/effective-twitter-backgrounds-examples-and-best-practices/
URL shortening services (free)
http://bit.ly/
http://tinyurl.com/
http://twitpwr.com/
Twitter Search Engines
twitlookup.com/
twootles.com/
twazzup.com/
lilzo.com/
search.twitter.com/ – official Twitter search engine
Alternative Twitter Interfaces
tweetdeck.com
tweetree.com/
tweetvisor.com/
itweet.net/
twitree.com/
Other Twitter Tools
www.tweexchange.com
twinterface.com
tweetcloud.com/
www.tweetswitch.com
www.twilitics.com/
www.stickytter.com/
useqwitter.com/
socialoomph.com
trendistic.com
tweetbeep.com
twellow.com
twittercounter.com
Twitpwr.com
Find us and other CTA members on Twitter
Eve Bodeux: http://twitter.com/ebodeux
Corinne McKay:http://twitter.com/corinnemckay
Cris Silva:http://twitter.com/allinportuguese
Tags: Colorado Translators Association, Social Networking
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