Corvida R.

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How To Eliminate Social Media Distractions And Get Work Done

Corvida R. posted an article on - Nov 18, 2009, 10:01 am
Social media is such a huge distraction sometimes. New followers, new replies, new private messages! Oh look, there goes a new Twitter list. It starts to become easy for us take our eyes off the real ...
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What Everybody Ought To Know About The Future Of Twitter

Corvida R. posted an article on - Nov 17, 2009, 2:00 am
IBY #1: This is the first in what will be a series of content written by me, but Inspired By You. I’ll be calling one of my Twitter followers every week to talk to them for 15 minutes over the phone...
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7 Twitter Clients To Watch Rise In 2010

Corvida R. posted an article on - Nov 12, 2009, 2:36 pm
When I started using Twitter 2 years ago, outside of the site itself, Twhirl and Twitterrific were two of the top Twitter clients available. Twhirl even went as far as incorporating other platforms li...
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Tracking Social Engagements Like A Pro With PostRank Analytics

Corvida R. posted an article on - Nov 10, 2009, 4:50 pm
It never fails: I get tired of visiting post after post to keep track of all my content’s social engagement metrics like retweets and social bookmarks. The process for tracking social engagements ha...
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Twitter Tip of The Day: A Shortcut To Share Your Twitter Lists

Corvida R. posted an article on - Nov 10, 2009, 11:57 am
Today’s Twitter Tip was brought to you in part by Josh Bancroft (@jabancroft on Twitter). If you find value in this tip, stop by Josh’s site or leave him a thanks in the comments!
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10 Social Media Widgets That Can Increase Your Blog's Traffic

Corvida R. posted an article on - Nov 9, 2009, 11:23 am
As social media continues it’s world domination around the globe, more and more sites are starting to integrate some really neat social media plugins on their blogs. Having one of these widgets or p...
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Digital Dollars Or Physical Cash?

Corvida R. posted an article on - Nov 4, 2009, 4:01 pm
While attending PayPal X Innovate 09 in San Francisco this week, there was a very interesting theme that PayPal presented to attendees: cash is dead. Not really, but PayPal seems to think that cash i...
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Learning Social Media: How To Create And Share Your Twitter Lists!

Corvida R. posted an article on - Oct 29, 2009, 9:56 am
Earlier this month I reported on Twitter’s launch of a new feature, Twitter lists. Initially this was being rolled out in testing phases, but recently more tweeters are reporting their lists have be...
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5 Tips To Avoid Being Filtered From Twitter Search

Corvida R. posted an article on - Oct 28, 2009, 1:39 pm

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Don't Just Filter The Noise, Cut It Out!

Corvida R. posted an article on - Oct 23, 2009, 2:14 pm
From Google Wave to Mozilla (the makers of Firefox) recently announcing Mozilla Raindrop, developers are looking to take all of your communication platforms and turn them into one centralized inbox st...
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Bing, Facebook, And Twitter: The Impact Of Social Media On Search

Corvida R. posted an article on - Oct 21, 2009, 3:28 pm
This should keep folks talking about Microsoft a lot more after Mac Tuesday’s drooling annoucements!
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How To Tell Your Failing At Social Media: #1

Corvida R. posted an article on - Oct 20, 2009, 9:00 am
Some people find that the biggest drawbacks of social media is making a connection with millions of people with bigger problems than you. …I think that it’s not having faith that you can help ot...
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The Value Of Mobile Twitter Clients

Corvida R. posted an article on - Oct 20, 2009, 9:00 am
How many times do you use your mobile Twitter client a week? How about a day? How important is it for you to have mobile access to Twitter? Unless you enjoyed Twitter via txt, mobile Twitter clients ...
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5 Reasons Why Converse Is The Perfect Conference Shoe

Corvida R. posted an article on - Oct 19, 2009, 12:00 pm
I’m a huge fan of Converse sneakers, better known as Chucks or Chuck Taylors. They make
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Why It's Easier To Control Your Brand, Not The Conversation

Corvida R. posted an article on - Oct 19, 2009, 11:15 am
Do you know how pointless it to attempt to control a conversation? How do you react to people that that constantly dominate the conversation without sharing the opportunity to be heard? My sentiments ...
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Seize The Opportunity To Multiply Your Connections

Corvida R. posted an article on - Oct 19, 2009, 10:17 am
“I left Blogalicious feeling really inspired and empowered…especially after seeing Brandi Carlile in concert with The Indigo Girls!” In recent weeks, I made some awesomesauce new friends from t...
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How Important Is Your Google PageRank To Your Site Analytics?

Corvida R. posted an article on - Oct 15, 2009, 10:08 am
“Google has removed the PageRank section in the crawl statistics in Google Webmaster Tools”. Yes, I had that weird look on my face too when I read the article. Googler, Susan Moskwa explained w...
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Gravity Pushes Ahead, Mobile Twitter Client Integrates Google Reader

Corvida R. posted an article on - Oct 14, 2009, 9:33 am
I sometimes joke that Twitter clients made the iPhone popular, but we all know that’s not the case. However, you can’t deny that with all the hoopla iPhone owners make about these apps, you’ve p...
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How To Tell You're Failing At Social Media

Corvida R. posted an article on - Oct 13, 2009, 1:00 pm

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Keeping Your Word – There's An App For That [VowBox App Giveaway]

Corvida R. posted an article on - Oct 13, 2009, 9:00 am
Every year we make many promises to ourselves and to others. We want to make changes in our lives.  We want to help others when we can.  In the end, we make so many promises that they’re hard to k...
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How Volkswagen's Fun Theory Videos Will Make Them Money

Corvida R. posted an article on - Oct 13, 2009, 9:00 am
I am just as elated as the rest of the web to watch Volkswagon Fun Theory videos on Youtube, where the company explores changing the world and people’s behavior, by making it more fun to do. It’s ...
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Ping: The iPhone's BlackBerry Messenger

Corvida R. posted an article on - Oct 5, 2009, 2:44 pm
You read the headline right. iPhone owners have their very own messaging system thanks to Ping!, the latest buzzingapp for the iPhone. If you’re tired of being out of the Crackberry messaging loop, ...
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Gravity: King Of Symbian Twitter Clients

Corvida R. posted an article on - Oct 5, 2009, 1:26 pm
I’ve been playing with Gravity a Twitter app for symbian phones across numerous Nokia devices like the Nokia E75 and the N97 and I must say that I absolutely love this Twitter client. It’s my favo...
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7 Reasons Why I'd Rather Use Twitter Over Other Social Networks

Corvida R. posted an article on - Oct 5, 2009, 12:07 pm
The wars of social networks will never end. Which network is really the best? Who cares! I have a lot of fun on a ton of social networks. You can find a list of social networks and communities I’m a...
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Your Story Is Just As Important As The Stories of Dell And Zappos

Corvida R. posted an article on - Oct 5, 2009, 10:03 am
Everyone loves to hear a good story. Don’t you? Some people are better at telling them. Others are great listeners. No matter what side of the fence you sit on, we all have a great story that we wa...
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5 Effective Ways To Connect With Gen Y Leaders

Corvida R. posted an article on - Oct 2, 2009, 4:07 pm
I am a mentor collector.
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5 Effective Ways To Use Lists On Twitter

Corvida R. posted an article on - Oct 1, 2009, 11:48 am
With the imminent launch of lists, or groups, on Twitter, you’re probably wondering how the hell you’re going to use this feature. Groups are a popular feature in Twitter clients such as Tweetdeck...
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Will You Share Your Twitter Lists, or Groups, With Your Followers?

Corvida R. posted an article on - Oct 1, 2009, 11:42 am
Yesterday Twitter made a headlining announcement that users will soon be able to create lists, or groups, from the Twitter site. You’re already familiar with the groups feature if you use clients li...
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Cliqset: Your Next Social Identity Platform (200 Invites!)

Corvida R. posted an article on - Sep 30, 2009, 4:59 pm
Have you ever previewed something that made you giddy over the smallest things? What about being impressed by the solutions to problems you didn’t realize existed, until you saw the solution? That...
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Did Tweetie Throw A Curveball At Loyal App Store Customers?

Corvida R. posted an article on - Sep 29, 2009, 2:24 pm
Yesterday, a scoop on an a new version of Tweetie for both the iPhone and Mac got Twitter nuts very excited. For those that don’t own an iPhone, Tweetie is one of the most popular twitter clients on...
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Diigo Social Bookmarking Receives A Major 4.0 Upgrade

Corvida R. posted an article on - Sep 28, 2009, 5:11 pm
My favorite social bookmarking tool has just received a major upgrade, which was long overdue! Diigo was added some major changes to its design, and integrated features up to par with new heavy hitter...
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10 Amazing Twitter Wallpapers for Your Desktop Background!

Corvida R. posted an article on - Sep 25, 2009, 10:28 am
Social media: you love to hate it or hate to love it. Either way you have to concede that it’s here to stay. It’s becoming a very important marketing component for a lot of businesses and individu...
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Everything Real-Time…Yes, EVERYTHING

Corvida R. posted an article on - Sep 22, 2009, 10:30 am
After a late night podcast with The Social Geeks, we came out with a spanking new idea that surprised us all: Everything Real-Time. Think of it as EverythingTwitter, except with real-time apps and ser...
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Empowerment and Inspiration From Posterous

Corvida R. posted an article on - Sep 22, 2009, 9:00 am
Posterous is my new crack. Twitter used to be, but it’s more like weed now. Not as strong, but you’re used to it. Posterous gets into my mind. It taps into my soul in a way that regular blogging h...
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Will The Integration of ReTweets Hype Twitter's Popularity Drama?

Corvida R. posted an article on - Sep 21, 2009, 8:00 am
I just want to play devils advocate for a minute here. You don’t mind do you? Word is spreading fast that Twitter will soon implement retweets into the web interface and API. That’s right, Retwee...
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Snapture: Another Jailbroken iPhone App Makes Its Way To The App Store

Corvida R. posted an article on - Sep 20, 2009, 10:24 pm
Today another jailbroken app will make its way into the iPhone App Store. Recently it was Qtweeter, now known as qStatus. Now Snapture is following the widening path of crossover iPhone apps.
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How To Add A Copyright Notice In FeedBurner

Corvida R. posted an article on - Sep 15, 2009, 10:20 am
I want to give a huge thanks to Polly Potter for notifying me of a very important feature that I was supposed to update months ago. If you subscribe to SheGeeks.net and read the site via your feed rea...
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Quietube and PopScreen: Doing More With Videos and Web Shows

Corvida R. posted an article on - Sep 15, 2009, 9:48 am
Have you ever browsed Youtube and just wanted to watch the video without all the extras such as comments or related entries? Do you just want a plain background for watching the video and nothing more...
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Facebook Tagging Update: @Mentions Now Live!

Corvida R. posted an article on - Sep 14, 2009, 6:11 pm
Facebook Tagging is now up and running! Below you can see auto-search for tagging in action (works flawlessly)and SheGeeks reader LaVeda Mason testing out the new @mentions feature in her Facebook sta...
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How About A Macbook For A Domain Name?

Corvida R. posted an article on - Sep 14, 2009, 5:46 pm
Are we in the same boat of wanting a Macbook? It’d would make my video editing a lot easier. What would a Macbook do for you? How about an an iPod Touch? More space for my songs. But, who has the ca...
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Tips To Effortlessly To Stay Active In Social Media

Corvida R. posted an article on - Sep 14, 2009, 3:28 pm
It seems hard making time for social media in some circles. When you hear about it, it begins to seem like another 9-5 on the outside because we just don’t have the time. The amount of information b...
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The Negative Impact of Kanye West's Disgraceful VMAs Outburst

Corvida R. posted an article on - Sep 13, 2009, 11:29 pm
Kanye West pulled an embarrassing outburst at the VMAs last night. The video embeded above are my thoughts on how his outburst caused a huge negative impact on Black entertainers. If you didn’t cat...
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How Kodak Got Me To Blog About Them Without Pitching Me

Corvida R. posted an article on - Sep 11, 2009, 11:05 am
Today I’m really proud of Kodak. My first encounter with Kodak reps was when I spoke at BlogHer 09. During the SocialLuxe party, Kodak set-up a demo table and the reps showed so much enthusiasm, not...
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Twitter @ Replies VS. Facebook's New Tagging Feature

Corvida R. posted an article on - Sep 10, 2009, 3:20 pm
Today, Facebook is rolling out a new feature that has a ton of people contemplating the future of Twitter: Facebook @mentions. If you’re a twitter user, you’re familiar with the @reply feature use...
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Installing WordPress RSSCloud Plugin

Corvida R. posted an article on - Sep 8, 2009, 10:59 am
If you haven’t heard, or just have no idea what the heck it meant, WordPress has released the RSSCloud, a plugin that allow blog updates to be instantly available to an RSS reader. In a sense, your ...
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5 Must Have Windows Live Writer Plugins For Bloggers

Corvida R. posted an article on - Sep 7, 2009, 12:39 pm
Windows Live Writer is probably the most popular blogging software available for PC users (unavailable for Mac) and arguable one of the best blogging software out. I’ve used it for 99% of the posts ...
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FriendFeed Not Twitter, Is The REAL Real-Time Search Engine

Corvida R. posted an article on - Sep 7, 2009, 12:01 pm
I almost laughed when I came to this conclusion and then I became really excited. Finally! Something very interesting happened , though I’m sure I’m not the first to have encountered it. I wanted ...
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5 Creative Uses For The Regator iPhone App

Corvida R. posted an article on - Aug 25, 2009, 11:38 am
Regator is my new favorite iPhone app. It’s been relocated to my dock becoming somewhat of an addiction to open first thing in the morning. It’s pretty hard to get out of too with all the great co...
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Social Media Service Rip-offs: Who's To Blame?

Corvida R. posted an article on - Aug 24, 2009, 1:56 pm
Louis Gray isn’t a blogger known for writing the worst about services in Social Media. In fact, almost every review I’ve read from Louis is nothing but positive, though he always points out where ...
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