Comments on: The Search Power of a 4-Letter Word http://goldencompass.com/blog/the-search-power-of-a-4-letter-word/ Hidden Internet Tips For Sales And Business Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:45:27 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: This Guy is Wiser than an Oatmeal Cookie — Hidden Business Treasures http://goldencompass.com/blog/the-search-power-of-a-4-letter-word/comment-page-1/#comment-11654 This Guy is Wiser than an Oatmeal Cookie — Hidden Business Treasures Sat, 01 Nov 2008 11:42:09 +0000 http://goldencompass.com/blog/the-search-power-of-a-4-letter-word/#comment-11654 [...] By the way, Mike Keliher would be the first to acknowledge that he owes a lot to his sidekick, Albert Maruggi. We’ve written about Albert (and Twitter) in “The Search Power of a 4-Letter Word.” [...] [...] By the way, Mike Keliher would be the first to acknowledge that he owes a lot to his sidekick, Albert Maruggi. We’ve written about Albert (and Twitter) in “The Search Power of a 4-Letter Word.” [...]

]]> By: When you really need a 4-Letter Word in Politics — Hidden Business Treasures http://goldencompass.com/blog/the-search-power-of-a-4-letter-word/comment-page-1/#comment-10758 When you really need a 4-Letter Word in Politics — Hidden Business Treasures Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:15:44 +0000 http://goldencompass.com/blog/the-search-power-of-a-4-letter-word/#comment-10758 [...] Editor’s Note: For more background on this topic, we’ve also written about how to use search engines to search just one site at a time by using the word site: in “The Search Power of a 4-Letter Word.”) [...] [...] Editor’s Note: For more background on this topic, we’ve also written about how to use search engines to search just one site at a time by using the word site: in “The Search Power of a 4-Letter Word.”) [...]

]]> By: Michael Benidt http://goldencompass.com/blog/the-search-power-of-a-4-letter-word/comment-page-1/#comment-7712 Michael Benidt Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:59:46 +0000 http://goldencompass.com/blog/the-search-power-of-a-4-letter-word/#comment-7712 Or, d) fritter. Which reminds me of conch fritters, perhaps in a bar in Key West, accompanied by a margarita. Which, when I grow up and get a Twitter account, is what I want it to read, "Eating conch fritters in Hemingway's." Thanks, Tim Or, d) fritter.

Which reminds me of conch fritters, perhaps in a bar in Key West, accompanied by a margarita. Which, when I grow up and get a Twitter account, is what I want it to read, “Eating conch fritters in Hemingway’s.”

Thanks, Tim

]]> By: Tim O'Shea http://goldencompass.com/blog/the-search-power-of-a-4-letter-word/comment-page-1/#comment-7707 Tim O'Shea Tue, 24 Jun 2008 03:31:18 +0000 http://goldencompass.com/blog/the-search-power-of-a-4-letter-word/#comment-7707 Twitter. That sounds like either a) a tool you find in your garage, b) the sound a car makes just before it dies on you on the highway, or c) a part of the human anatomy not discovered until now. Just tinkering, Tim O'Shea Twitter. That sounds like either a) a tool you find in your garage, b) the sound a car makes just before it dies on you on the highway, or c) a part of the human anatomy not discovered until now.

Just tinkering,
Tim O’Shea

]]> By: Mike Keliher http://goldencompass.com/blog/the-search-power-of-a-4-letter-word/comment-page-1/#comment-6171 Mike Keliher Mon, 12 May 2008 17:36:50 +0000 http://goldencompass.com/blog/the-search-power-of-a-4-letter-word/#comment-6171 A couple of great alternative ways to describe Twitter: It's like the office <a href="http://www.unjournalism.com/2007/11/05/my-love-and-respect-for-twitter-continues-to-grow/" rel="nofollow">water cooler</a>, but this gathering place is not bound in any way by geography. It's like a chat room full of only the people you choose to hear from, and without the need to "be in the room." You can read the messages whenever, wherever you want or never at all. Albert and I are huge fans of Twitter. I could go on for days about why or how it could be useful to just about anyone, but the bottom line is this: Anyone who sees any value in a site like LinkedIn -- or even in "working the room" at an industry conference or chamber of commerce meeting -- could get much of the same value out of Twitter. Granted, I've been building a big, helpful following of Twitter friends for more than a year now, but I get about one-third of my blog traffic from the few links I share with my Twitter friends. Also with Twitter, I get answers to questions I'm pondering, I get links to new and interesting articles and sites, and I can stay connected with friends and meet people who end up becoming new friends. Yes, it's still a very early-adopter-oriented service, but among my Twitter friends are marketers, software developers, journalists, bloggers, doctors, a cameraman for NBC news who follows the president around, my boss, a cool client of ours, a lot of friends, and, in general, a lot of fun and smart people. A couple of great alternative ways to describe Twitter:

It’s like the office water cooler, but this gathering place is not bound in any way by geography.

It’s like a chat room full of only the people you choose to hear from, and without the need to “be in the room.” You can read the messages whenever, wherever you want or never at all.

Albert and I are huge fans of Twitter. I could go on for days about why or how it could be useful to just about anyone, but the bottom line is this: Anyone who sees any value in a site like LinkedIn — or even in “working the room” at an industry conference or chamber of commerce meeting — could get much of the same value out of Twitter.

Granted, I’ve been building a big, helpful following of Twitter friends for more than a year now, but I get about one-third of my blog traffic from the few links I share with my Twitter friends.

Also with Twitter, I get answers to questions I’m pondering, I get links to new and interesting articles and sites, and I can stay connected with friends and meet people who end up becoming new friends.

Yes, it’s still a very early-adopter-oriented service, but among my Twitter friends are marketers, software developers, journalists, bloggers, doctors, a cameraman for NBC news who follows the president around, my boss, a cool client of ours, a lot of friends, and, in general, a lot of fun and smart people.

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