jody fransch

Several weeks ago, Seth Godin invited about 60 “thought leaders” to write a page for an ebook called What Matters Now. What Matters Now is the work of the 60 people with big ideas and something to say. This ebook is currently available and I read it over my lunch break today…fantastic! It will inspire you to make some changes in 2010, and to keep doing work that matters. Please download it and share it with your colleagues and friends.

The good news is that the PDF is free. You can view it in the embedded Scribd player above or you can download it here. Inside you will find articles by such writers as:

• Guy Kawasaki
• Tim O’Reilly
• Seth Godin
• Dave Ramsey
• Tim Sanders
• Gary Vaynerchuk
• Martha Beck

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I joined Twitter a couple of months ago, but only recently have I been really using it to its full potential. I have thoroughly enjoyed this service and will definitely keep using it.

Don’t know what Twitter is? Check out my first post on this topic, where I explain it in “plain english”.

Ok, so you must be wondering why in the world you should even consider joining. Here are seven great reasons why I think you should join:1. It will improve your writing skills

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A couple of months ago, I started hearing about this thing called Twitter. Little did I know that this web phenomenon has been around for quite a while. I decided to join and so far I have thoroughly enjoyed this service. So what exactly is Twitter? Well, Twitter’s home page says it best:

Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing?

The art of Tweeting/Twittering is not complicated and requires very little time. You can only enter 140 characters at a time, kinda like an sms. This means that you must keep your post very short and be as brief as you can. You can then update several times a day. If you want to “follow me” you can do so by joining twitter.com and click on follow me. Just sign up and follow the directions. It’s easy as pie! Below is a video which explains Twitter in plain english. This will give you an overview of Twitter in about two minutes. continue reading…