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Twitter Must Follow: Shawna Fennell (@shawnafennell)

admin — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:28:10 +0000

Name: Shawna Fennell
Twitter User Name: shawnafennell
Location: Outside of South Bend, IN

Twitter Bio:
“Helping Yahoo Store Owners build ecommerce stores, LOVE teaching how to build traffic, host of Power Hour Radio, lover of all things SEO, Speaker, Author, Mommy”

More about Shawna:
“My name is Shawna Fennell, and I am the founder and owner of 1 Choice 4. 1 Choice offers solutions for Yahoo! Store owners. We assist them with their online store to build, expand, and succeed.

Nine years ago, I began building web pages. I had previously worked as a Cosmetologist, but due to unfortunate circumstances could no longer work a position that required me to stand on my feet from 8 to 12 hours a day.

Web design was the next logical step; I could still use my creative side and be able to communicate with customers. I started classes at the local community college. Unfortunately, I learned rather quickly that any high school graduate could make a web site (and usually did not charge much for their services).” Click here to read more…

Why you should follow Shawna:
Shawna has been helping businesses succeed online for almost 10 years. She offers an interesting and knowledge based perspective for anyone doing business online but especially for small business owners looking to build a presence online.

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1ChoiceForYourStore.com

Twitter Must Follow: Dan Schawbel (@danschawbel)

admin — Thu, 21 May 2009 18:43:18 +0000

Name: Dan Schawbel
Twitter User Name: danschawbel
Location: Boston, MA

Twitter Bio:
“The leading personal branding expert for Gen-Y. Author of Me 2.0, blogger, speaker, publisher & social media specialist at EMC”

More about Dan:
“Dan Schawbel is the leading personal branding expert for Gen-Y. He is the author of “Me 2.0: Build a Powerful Brand to Achieve Career Success (Kaplan, April 2009).”

Presently, Dan is a Social Media Specialist at EMC Corporation, which is one of the leading technology companies in the world. He has helped revolutionize the way EMC communicates and collaborates with all stakeholders. He has spearheaded the company’s Twitter, Facebook, social media press release/newsroom, social bookmarking and blogging strategy in the past year.

Dan has introduced a whole new generation to personal branding, as he opens up new opportunities and strives to elevate the practice. His Personal Branding Blog is consistently ranked in the top 70 marketing blogs in the world by AdAge, and has achieved syndication from Forbes, Reuters and Hoovers. Dan publishes Personal Branding Magazine, is the head judge for the Personal Brand Awards and directs Personal Branding TV.” Read more…

Why you should follow Dan:
Dan is a perfect example of the power of Social Media when you put in enough effort. Dan has built his own brand from the ground up through self-promotion and the sharing of information. Dan has only just started his journey – you should follow him not only to learn but to see where he goes.

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Twitter Must Follow: Justine Ezarik (@iJustine)

admin — Sun, 17 May 2009 20:36:04 +0000

Name: Justine Rzarik
Twitter User Name: iJustine
Location: Los Angeles, CA

Twitter Bio:
“New media chick / Apple fan girl — I make funny videos and blog about everything from technology to pop culture. Read my blog ijustine.com”

More about Justine:
“New media chick, Apple fan girl and the internet. Blogger, geek, internet video producer / editor, designer, tech addict, iPhone app obsessed! I edit all of my own videos! ”

Why you should follow Justine:
Justine, or iJustine, was one of the first people to see the true potential of Twitter for communication and self-promotion. She offers a different perspective on technology, blogging and New Media that is much needed. On top that she is definitely not shy about sharing her life either via text or video.

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Twitter Must Follow: Guy Kawasaki (@guykawasaki)

admin — Mon, 11 May 2009 01:19:51 +0000

Name: Guy Kawasaki
Twitter User Name: guykawasaki
Location: United 3B

Twitter Bio:
“RSSurai with Annie Colbert, Gina Ruiz, and Bill Meade”

More about Guy:
“Guy Kawasaki is a managing director of Garage Technology Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm and a columnist for Entrepreneur Magazine. Previously, he was an Apple Fellow at Apple Computer, Inc. Guy is the author of nine books including Reality Check, The Art of the Start, Rules for Revolutionaries, How to Drive Your Competition Crazy, Selling the Dream, and The Macintosh Way. He has a BA from Stanford University and an MBA from UCLA as well as an honorary doctorate from Babson College.”

Why you should follow Guy:
Guy is huge voice online when it comes to online business, social media and all thing digital. Guy is also the co-founder of the “online magazine rack” AllTop.com and noted digital author.

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Alltop.com – All the top stories
GuyKawasaki.com

Twitter Must Follow: Sarah Chauncey (@SarahChauncey)

admin — Fri, 08 May 2009 01:31:19 +0000

Name: Sarah Chauncey
Twitter User Name: @SarahChauncey
Location: Nanaimo, BC (Vancouver Island). Formerly Princeton, NJ; Boston;
Maine; Connecticut; Lake Placid, NY; Washington, DC; Toronto; and Vancouver

Twitter bio:
“I write stuff. Words, mostly.”

More about Sarah:
She’s been a writer, story editor, producer, director and interviewer for television (VH1, Comedy Central, MTV, MuchMusic, Alliance Atlantis); part of the team that created the first-ever online entertainment site (Entertainment Drive) in 1993; she’s been a top music journalist in Canada and film critic in the US; winner of Absolute Write Idol (online, because “nobody wants to watch TV of writers writing”); content designer and writer for Britney Spears’ first website; ghosted for A-list models and tabloid queens; alum of Yale School of Drama; stand-up comic; AIDS activist and pioneering researcher, published in academic journals; and most recently, a strategic storyteller guiding some of the top resorts in the US through their rebranding.

She’s also a wicked satirist, a passionate mentor, and two degrees away from almost anyone you can name (including Obama).

Why you should follow Sarah:
Did you read her bio? One of the more interesting backgrounds on Twitter – a definite Must Follow for aspiring writers.

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Twitter Must Follow: Gradon Tripp (@gradontripp)

admin — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 01:53:20 +0000

Name: Gradon Tripp
Twitter User Name: gradontripp
Location: Charlestown, MA

Twitter Bio:
“Fundraising 2.0 | Founder @sm4sc | Sales @firstgiving. Lover of @megfowler and dad to the coolest kid ever.”

More About Gradon:
“I’m a Boston-based social media, technology and design aficionado who never leaves home without his laptop and his camera. I’m also a proud dad of the best kid in the world — seriously. This is where I’ll be putting down my thoughts on pretty much any of the above… and sharing any other big ideas and projects that I’m working on right now.”

Why You Should Follow Gradon:
Social Media is a powerful tool on many levels – for business, for personal or for helping. Gradon has a firm grasp of not only the power of Social Media but the good it can do. Through his organization of Social Media 4 Social Change – a must attend event – Gradon is putting talk into action.

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Twitter Must Follow: Chris Winfield (@chriswinfield)

admin — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 02:55:59 +0000

Name: Chris Winfield
Twitter User Name: chriswinfield
Location: New York

Twitter Bio:
“I am the president of 10e20 & run http://www.10e20.com/blog”

More About Chris:
“Chris Winfield is the President and Co-Founder of 10e20. Chris is responsible for the overseeing all of 10e20 campaigns and the strategic direction of the company. He has been featured in multiple articles by The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, USA Today, Investor’s Business Daily, The Boston Globe and over 100 other media outlets. Chris is a graduate of the State University of New York at Albany and attended University at Westminster in London.”

Why You Should Follow Chris:
Chris is a true topic expert when it comes to Social Media Marketing and general Digital Strategy. Chris speaks at numerous conferences and industry events and never fails to wow the crowds with his insight and knowledge.

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Twitter Must Follow: Matt Cutts (@mattcutts)

admin — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:56:34 +0000

Name: Matt Cutts
Twitter User Name: mattcutts
Location: Bay Area, California

Twitter Bio:
Head of webspam team at Google.

More About Matt:
“Hi, my name is Matt Cutts and I joined Google as a software engineer in January 2000. I’m currently the head of Google’s Webspam team. I sometimes blog about things, but please bear in mind my disclaimer. Before Google, I worked on my Ph.D. in computer graphics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. I have an M.S. from UNC-Chapel Hill, and B.S. degrees in both mathematics and computer science from the University of Kentucky. I wrote the first version of SafeSearch, which is Google’s family filter, and I’ve worked on search quality and webspam at Google for the last several years.”

Why You Should Follow Matt:
Matt is the face of SEO for Google and someone that provides deep insight into search engines and technology.

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Twitter Must Follow: John Chow (@johnchow)

admin — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 16:04:35 +0000

Name: John Chow
Twitter User Name: JohnChow
Location: Vancouver

Twitter Bio:
I am best known for showing the income power of blogging by taking my blog from zero to over $40,000 per month in two years. Visit JohnChow.com for more info.

More About John:
“John Chow, a damn fine person, friend of the community, Ultimate Fighting Championship contestant, member of the Save the Whales Foundation, the man who controls the black market on baby seal pelts and member of the “probably yo’ daddy” foundation. Master of The TechZone and TTZ Media Network. Creator of some of the fastest computers the world have ever seen. Consider yourself blessed to be reading his blog. The above is a joke. Please don’t take it seriously. If you’re looking for a little more information about John Chow, go here.”

Why You Should Follow John:
John has done some amazing work building an online brand for himself but is most famous showing you can have success without Google’s help. John offer great advice when it comes to making money online and general digital strategy.

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Twitter Must Follow: Jason Calacanis (@jasoncalacanis)

admin — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 01:13:33 +0000

Name: Jason Calacanis
Twitter User Name: JasonCalacanis
Location: Los Angeles, CA

Twitter Bio:
Founder of Weblogs, Inc., TechCrunch50 and Mahalo. Entrepreneur

More about Jason:
Jason McCabe Calacanis is the founder and CEO of Mahalo.com, a human-powered search engine focused on the top English-language search terms, including verticals such as travel, products, news, entertainment, sports, food, and health. Prior to Mahalo.com’s launch in alpha in May, 2007, he was an “Entrepreneur in Action” at Sequoia Capital, Silicon Valley’s leading venture capital firm, a position he held since December 2006. Calacanis co-founded and was the CEO of Weblogs, Inc., a network of popular weblogs that was sold to AOL in November 2005. Upon joining AOL, he was appointed senior vice president. In addition, he was named general manager of AOL’s Netscape and was responsible for the July 2006 relaunch of the iconic browser as a social bookmarking news site. Prior to forming Weblogs Inc., Calacanis was the founder of Rising Tide Studios, a media company that published the magazines Silicon Alley Reporter and Digital Coast Reporter. The flagship publication later became Venture Reporter, a venture capital database, and was sold to Dow Jones.

Why you should follow Jason:
Jason has been a leading entrepreneur in the digital space since the late 90’s. He has had some great success and some brilliant failures – all of which he is not afraid to share. Jason’s Twitter stream is a combination of business insight and personal information that revolves around the L.A. Tech scene.

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