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Inspired following my last post, I did a quick search for Twitter tools to see what was available out there. I don’t know why I was suprised that there are so many, it is a pervasive tool. Anyway, here are a few links that I found that list some examples:

-Twitter toolbox on mashable.com

-A SAP blog – but these Powerpoint Twitter tools can be used without SAP

-This twittip site might be a bit technical, but worth a look

I think this is only the tip of the iceberg….

I experienced a good example of how someone gets more traffic to their website recently – this post actually demonstrates Lee Gilbert’s success in promoting it as I am writing it as a direct result of the ‘freebies’ that he offered in return for registering and filling out a survey. I registered because I was interested in what his report ‘The Secrets of Using Social Networking to Promote You and Your Business’ might have to say. It was useful – I summarise the Twitter tools he talks about below (click to enlarge).

I guess the point is not that I got a lot of new information about social networking (although I did get some), but he actually demonstrated what he was talking about by getting me to his site and then to talk about it to others because it was useful. Find out more – don’t jump if you have your speakers on, his video starts almost as soon as you hit the site.

I went into an estate agent yesterday and was hit between the eyes by the simplest example of knowledge at the point of need I have ever seen. There, on the wall, at least 2 metres high and wide, was a local map of the area – almost done as a piece of art. How incredibly useful is that? Not just so that you know where you are going, but to give a client a quick overview of the area in which a property is located. Brilliantly simple.

I was given a really good tip by a former trainer today as I struggled to get rid of permanent marker pen writing on a white board. If you write over the permanent marker with the correct type of pen (i.e whiteboard non permanent marker), and then wipe it off as normal, it will miraculously disappear.

A tiny but perfectly formed example of knowledge in the right format, at the right time to be useful – made my day!

Here is an interesting presentation about google searches. In addition to being quite informative, it demonstrates a slightly different approach to presenting as epitomised in the Prezi software it uses.

I get the concept, but find it quite difficult to change my linear approach – Powerpoint has a lot to answer for!