Mar 31, 2010 Posted by Helena@ggt

20 Ways to Get Ignored on Twitter

1. Auto DM. 2. Use a generic Twitter layout. 3. Don’t upload an avatar. 4. Make very mysterious tweets. 5. Never @reply. 6. @reply too much. 7. Talk about yourself. 8. Leave your bio empty. 9. List “social media expert” in your bio. 10. Never talk about yourself. 11. Link to something in every of your tweets. 12. Tweet sayings. 13. Write everything in CAPS. 14. Don’t bother to... read more

Mar 20, 2010 Posted by Helena@ggt

HOW TO: Auto Publish Your Twitter Updates on Your Facebook Fan Page

While creating GGT’s Facebook fan page the biggest problem I was presented with was republishing my Twitter updates automatically on my fan page wall. Neither the official Twitter app nor Facebook’s Twitter sync did the trick – the official Twitter app only updated the status message of my personal profile. After researching for hours I finally found two suitable apps, depending on what... read more

Mar 18, 2010 Posted by Helena@ggt

How to Make a Winning Facebook Fan Page – The Best Guides

Right now I’m in the process of creating and tuning GGT’s Facebook fan page which of course means that I went through a whole lot of guides, searching for tips and strategies on how to proceed. In this post I’d like to share the most useful guides with you: - 5 Elements of a Successful Facebook Fan Page - 10 Ways a FFP Can Help Your Business - HOW TO: Set Up a Winning Facebook Fan... read more

Feb 16, 2010 Posted by Helena@ggt

The Unique Value of Each Social Network

Since the popularity of social networks has grown in the past years, more and more sites launch that claim to be the next revolutionary/unique social networking service you simply NEED to subscribe to. Some of them stick to certain niches, some of them are positioned as broad as FB or Twitter (click here for a full list; I was quite surprised just how many sites there really are that fit the description... read more

Feb 13, 2010 Posted by Helena@ggt

10 Features Google Buzz is Missing

Since its release this week, I’ve been experimenting with Google Buzz to see how well I could use it for publishing news and infos about articles on GGT. While it is quite nice to play around with at the moment, you will realize immediately that Google Buzz is still missing many things. Right now we are in an early post-release development stage where feedback is gathered in order to refine the... read more