So your candidate has the urge to give people the “bird” – the blue Twitter bird, that is. Before you raise a finger, take a moment to review ProjectVirginia’s three part series on Twitter etiquette. Part one will discuss retweeting. Part two will discuss “Follow Friday,” following others, and replies. Part three will discuss direct attacks and direct messaging. We [...]
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Support Military Voting In Virginia
Would you believe me if I said that over 80 percent of military voters were unable to cast a ballot that counted in the 2008 general election? You can read the details of this shocking disenfranchisement of America’s military personnel at the Heritage Foundation website (http://www.heritage.org/Research/LegalIssues/lm0045.cfm). More importantly, you can do something about it. Irrespective of political [...]
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“I’m gonna tweet this” – there’s a line we’re hearing more and more frequently. Everyone is talking about Twitter. Cable news producers have decided to devote entire segments to it, corporate PR teams are all atwitter (couldn’t resist) to use it for ad campaigns, and athletes are being fined for using it to tell us how [...]
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Despite what Twitter critics say, the majority of people on Twitter are trying to promote something – whether it’s a business, cause or campaign. Many people use this stream-of-consciousness tool quite effectively to broadcast their efforts and gain support. But how do these tweeps broadcast their message beyond the people who follow their actual page? They tap [...]
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