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A trip to Halifax in July

peter — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 22:52:14 +0000

I’m taking a trip to Halifax between July 20th and July 26th.

A trip to Montréal in July

peter — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 22:51:21 +0000

I’m taking a trip to Montréal between July 15th and July 19th.

A trip to New York in April for 140Conf

peter — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 06:08:07 +0000

I’m taking a trip to New York between April 18th and April 24th.

I will heading to the 2nd edition of Jeff Pulver’s 140Conf NYC. I will be staying at the Pod Hotel for the duration of my trip.

Catch up with me via twitter: @ourmaninsh

A trip to Dalian in April

peter — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:01:54 +0000

I’m taking a trip to Dalian between April 2nd and April 5th.

A trip to Hong Kong in February

peter — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 06:04:07 +0000

I’m taking a trip to Hong Kong between February 11th and February 20th.

A trip to Beijing in December

peter — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:17:26 +0000

I’m taking a trip to Beijing between December 9th and December 12th.

I will be attending the Microsoft MVP days in Beijing as part of the Product Quality and Online (PQO) team.

Twitter @ Address on Your Business Card

peter — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 00:36:25 +0000

In the rush to get on twitter, find people on twitter, gain followers on twitter, find customers on twitter and the rest of it, people are forgetting a few of the basics on this one. I attended the Next Step Social Media/SEO event which I have mentioned on twitter but I picked up on one theme: I was (potentially) the only one in the room with my twitter id on my business card. Even joked with Lonnie Hodge about it.

Before we get into a battle on the merits of including one social media tool and not a dozen, it’s fair to say that if you don’t use twitter enough, find your comfort zone and add something unique to your business card. Again, twitter has captured the moment over a lot of the other tools. My first batch of unique, limited edition cards included both my linkedin and twitter @ for people to reference. What I posted here is my second edition card created by Sekkei Studio. (The sponsors of my blog)

Overall, I think putting your twitter @ on your business card can be useful for a number of reasons. Here is the basic action, objective and strategy laid out in a very simple format:

Action: Print your twitter @ id on your next batch of business cards. If you don’t have a clue about twitter, check out the resources that Laura Fenton has created over at Pistachio

Objective: To Highlight the fact that you are taking twitter seriously as a component of a social media strategy. For a good overview of social media strategy, check out what the good folks over at SparkPlug CEO have to say on Social Media Strategy

Strategy: It makes for a good conversation for people that haven’t heard of twitter yet. Yes, the first half of 2009 is definitely looking good for Twitter. You need to keep up on this stuff!! Here is a great person and resource: A shameless and unsolicited plug for Shel Israel’s upcoming blog and book: Twitterville

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