Fall means different things to different people. Gardeners start gathering their harvest to be consumed, pickled, or given to anyone who even expresses a mild interest.  Snow birds begin getting their house in order so they can take flight south at the first hint of snow or extreme cold.  Retailers… well retailers start selling Christmas

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Shortly after the internet became popular, parody sites and imposter email accounts became popular right along with it. Twitter is no different. Celebrities, politicians, and businesses have been targeted by folks who obviously have free time on their hands to pose as someone else, usually with no ill-intent. Some of the targets actually love the

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Time for another Follow Friday post. I spend a fair amount of time on Twitter whether it’s Hootsuite at work, the Twitter home page, or on my Android phone. And one of the biggest thrills is interacting with folks around North Dakota, the US, and even around the world, that I have never actually met

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Tech and social media news is easy to come by.  Heck, just look at this blog, it’s full of it (pun intended?). But there are a few people that stand above the noise when it comes to breaking news and providing insight into the cluttered tech arena. This list could have exploded into a list

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I’ve had several people ask me about my Follow Friday blog posts.  The questions have ranged from why, to how, and what about this? But let me back up.  For those of you not familiar with Follow Friday, it was started on January 16, 2009 with a single Tweet.  The concept is simple.  Suggest some

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North Dakota is quickly becoming an international leader in energy development. This includes oil, natural gas, coal, ethanol, wind, and hydro power.   Amazing when you consider it’s geographic location, population and perceived technological advancement. Below are just a few of the active Twitter accounts dedicated to keeping the public educated on what is being done

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I have been asked many times about the tools I use to efficiently run my small business. Since I don’t have an accounting team, project managers, PR staff… or really ANYONE else, I have to do it all myself. The tools listed below are great, for the most part free, and usually upgradable to scale

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Today, @ChrisBrogan posted a wonderful idea on how to better serve up #FollowFriday #FF posts. What it comes down to is instead of posting random Twitter usernames on your feed, post a link to a blog post (you are here) and then you are not held to 140 characters to provide data on why you

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