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The Quintessential Infographic on Inforgraphics

Have you jumped on the infographic craze yet? Using graphics like the one below seems to be the latest trend that’s bombarded the ripples of the interwebz in recent months. If you think about it, this makes perfect sense. Pinterest, Intsgram, Facebook, Google+ and even LinkedIn have modified their design and layout to help make the web more visual for everyone. But now we have visual noise, and lots of it. So what does it take to make a good infographic? Well, the folks over at Customer Managnetism have come up with an interesting and appropriate take on the topic. The image you see below may be the quintessential infographic on infographics. If you add this one to your pin boards, make sure to stop by the company’s blog and give them some kudos, okay? nateriggsLike what you just read and want to get my posts delivered to your inbox? SUBSCRIBE HEREMore Posts Follow Me:

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Twitter Tips — 17 Ways to Shorten Your Tweets

One of the things that drives me a bit nutty is reading tweets that end in “…” I’m betting you’ve seen this too — the dreaded elipse that occurs by default when a user has completely blown past the constraint of the 140 character limit that has made Twitter is so famous. To me, seeing the elipse represents a very basic, yet fumbled opportunity in knowing the features and functions of a powerful tool for building your own online presence, or the presence of a business your work for. For those of use who love to use Twitter regularly, the 140 character limit forces our hand to adopt habitual brevity in a world where long-winded articles and data overload constantly bounce off our Interwebz-conditioned attention deficit. To some extent, we are all a tad bit ADD nowadays. Take that for what it’s worth. With Twitter now being recognized by about 89% of the US population 12+ (Edison Research Study), you can expect that eventually, more and more people will be using the system to communicate, share and become ever more distractible. Eventually, communication brevity will be a key component to being heard at all. Twitter Tips – 17 Ways to Shorten Your Tweets As Twitter users, we’re called to embrace brevity and the “less is more” mindset as the norm. Keeping your tweets shorter brings the benefits of higher amounts of click throughs on links, increased amounts of re-tweets from your followers and savings of time in creating the updates. While these tips are extremely basic, I feel like the stat from Edison Research above seems to speak to a need for going back and reviewing some of the basics on how to use Twitter from the individual user perspective. Here are 17 Twitter tips I think you will find helpful in learning to keep your tweets short and effective: Eliminate the word “and” in [...]

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What the Plus! Guy Kawasaki on Why Google+ is for Passion

If you’re an business-savvy internet user, you already know about Guy. The video below is about 16 minutes long — much longer than most of the interviews I typically record, but well worth your time and attention. After talking with him, I understand why there’s always a flurry of activity that surrounds Guy Kawasaki. He is enchanting. Guy’s new eBook What the Plus! Google+ for the Rest of Us is a solid read with incredibly helpful tips. His explanation on why Google Plus is about passion was enlightening for me. I find his own passion for the network to be contagious and and I think you will too. Disclosure: I make a few pennies through Amazon’s Affiliate program with the widget below. With that out of the way, I did mean I said in the intro. I learned a ton of helpful new new tricks on how to use Google Plus from Guy’s book. It’s and easy read and full of good tactical examples and tactical advice on how to use Google Plus like a to identify people that share the sames passions as you do.               nateriggsLike what you just read and want to get my posts delivered to your inbox? SUBSCRIBE HEREMore Posts Follow Me:

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