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That is one unhappy kitteh. Let’s Dance: Gold’s Gym Dance Workout for Wii Review & Giveaway! | A Daily Pinch. Tuesday Savings with GO-GIRL! | A Daily Pinch. Wray Ward : Blog » Lessons from H&R Block’s Online Community. Wray Ward Speakers: Zena Weist (@zenaweist) H&R BlockLeigh Mutert (@LeighMutert) H&R Block 11:57 Getting started. Free snacks for anyone with a question! 11:59 H&R Block has been in the social media space for about three years. 12 p.m.We struggled to draw people in throughout the year and not just during tax season.

There wasn't a lot of back and forth dialogue. 12:02 We grew with the platforms: Twitter and Facebook, but consumers were still looking for answers to personalized tax questions on public message boards. 12:03 So we evolved to give customers what they wanted rather than looking at it from a marketing perspective. 12:04 We switched from reporting up to the VP of marketing to reporting to the VP of corporate communications who has a director of social media. 12:05 The social media team calls on area experts--legal, product, IT, etc--when we have specific needs in these areas. 12:07 We use the 2:1 concept: two big ears, one brand voice. A: Yes Questions: Q: Is H&R Block a franchise? Look @brandonuttley's piano hands. So pretty! #sofresh | TweetPhoto. Bloggity, bloggity, blog! @brandonuttley @beccabernstein @amu. Top 10 things I learned about Twitter from #Cruise24 « CruiseSource.

Last week, I conducted a Social Media Experiment that I hashtagged #Cruise24. As far as I know, I was the first person to tweet for 24 straight hours. I tweeted for 24 hours from @CruiseSource, without sleeping or communicating any other way. I wanted to focus on Twitter for an extended amount of time to get a better grasp of the state of conversation on Twitter. Luckily, I work for CruiseDeals.com and they have been supportive of all my crazy social media ideas. I’ve included all the stats from the experiment at the bottom of the blog post: Why? I also used the experiment to raise money & awareness for the Cruise4Haiti by getting donations of $24 from as many people as possible.

. #1. . #2. I think it’s gotten too easy for us to monitor Twitter throughout the day, looking for search terms and responding to @replies. . #3 The sense of community on Twitter is still strong. . #4 Twitter is a social bank account. . #5 It’s all about relationships. . #6 There’s ton of junk on Twitter. . #10. Mommyality.com. A Daily Pinch. Wordless Wednesday: Friends Who Make Us Laugh : mommyality.com. Feature Friday: Handmade Halloween : mommyality.com. Go-Go-Gadget Go!! : mommyality.com. Day Trip to the Whirligig Festival : mommyality.com. Period. The End. CityMama™