H1N1, Immunizations, Staying Healthy Safely For #ecowed
Dr. Martha H. Howard, MD, Dipl. Ac. NCCAOM will be our panelist for September 9 , 2009 #ecowed party with the discussion being Swine Flue/H1N1, precautions and immunizations – how can we stay safe, safely. Dr. Howard has been seen on Radio Dad, Mom TV, ABC-7 (WLS) discussing H1N1 and healthy flu prevention tips.
Be sure to join us at 10pm EST on Wednesday, September 9th and follow @DrMHoward for a lively and educational discussion.
As always, there will be prizes but you’ll have to join us to find out what we’re giving away!
Here is how you can join us:
1. RSVP by leaving a comment with your Twitter URL
2. Login to your FREE Twitter account
3. Use the hashtag #ecowed throughout the conversation
4. Tell your friends to join us for #ecowed and let’s start learning from each other!
5. Follow @3greenangels, @greenmom, @thesmartmama – your hosts
Back To School Gone Green: Take 2
Wow, last week was a major hit for our second #ecowed party! Did you see the posted transcript with all of the details, great information, links and resources? Jennifer @thesmartmama “leached” some news about Sigg being far from transparent and what a tidle wave that created! Have you seen all of the posts and people talking about Sigg? Really I should say the recent posts because Tree Hugger and other sites posted on this awhile back but like lots of green news it sunk to the bottom and we just stirred it up! Check out what Inhabitots, The Soft Landing, Cool Mom Picks, Non-Toxic Kids and the Green Moms Review has to say about Sigg.
With all the action last week we wanted to have a sequel and continue our Green Back to School discussion. This time suprising you with some eco-friendly giveaways from Jennifer Taggart of The Smart Mama!
Want to join the party, you can and it is free! Wednesday, August 26th from 10pm – 11pm EST! This repeat every Wednesday – hence #ecowed!
1. Get a Free Twitter account and make sure you’re following @3GreenAngels!
2. Leave us a comment with your twitter URL to RSVP for the party by 11pm EST on August 26th, 2009.
3. Join us on Twitter using the #ecowed hashtag at the end of each tweet, that lets us track the conversation.
4. Try using Tweet Grid to follow along and make life easier.
5. Host a Twitter party for your company, cause, new book launch or product.
Twitter and Small Business: Work IT
Alicia of The Soft Landing (and now 3 Green Angels!) is often asked how she makes Twitter work well for her small business without becoming overwhelmed and frustrated. Her answer is a gold mind of information and we’re so lucky she’s sharing it with us. Here are Alicia’s tips and what she suggests for small business:
Through much testing and many failures, I’ve found a combination of Twitter clients and techniques that allow me to be successful with a much smaller time investment.
- Monitoring my specific keywords (for me = BPA, Phthalates, The Soft Landing, Alicia Voorhies, etc.)
- Creating and monitoring groups of Twitter users who interest me (for example I have a group for social media experts, one for green moms, etc. – and I update my groups as I find new people I like as well as dropping people I don’t really get much from)
- Tracking mentions about @thesoftlanding, DM’s – and replying to them as needed)
- Perusing all friends twitters (just a glance for anything that catches my eye – I follow too many people to continually monitor everyone)
- Sending general tweets or RT’s
- Tweet Deck is also available for the iPhone; the program is amazing and syncs with my Tweet Deck account so I can stay involved on the go
- You can learn more about using Tweet Deck here
- Tweeting anything and everything while surfing the internet – the Hootlet is a must have!
- The Hootlet automatically grabs the headline and shortens the line
- Scheduling future tweets (this function is the best I’ve found in any program yet and is very reliable)
- Tracking clicks and most popular links I’ve tweeted – HootSuite offers analytics for all shortened links included in my tweets
- You can learn more about using Hootsuite here
Twitter (yep, just the regular Twitter)
- Finding user names and checking to see if a specific business or person is using Twitter
- Choosing winners of our live Twitter Tuesday Giveaways – this is the easiest way to watch fast moving giveaway entries. Twitter lets you click “view older” as many times as you want in order to see all tweets included in the contest on one page. That way you can count through to find the winning tweet.
So if you’re about to call it quits – don’t! The benefits of Twitter for small businesses are numerous and worthwhile! Using a variety of different programs to create your perfect combination is key to staying focused, attracting more followers, and building your brand.
P.S. Twitip, TechCrunch and Twi5 are my favorite resources for staying up-to-date on twittering tips and highlights of new Twitter applications
