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Friday, January 29, 2010
Setting Up Your Twitter Account
Okay, you’ve decided to try Twitter.
Your first step in the process is to setup a Twitter account. However, before you go sign up as Guy Siverson or whoever you might be stop and think about what you are doing. No matter if you are going to use Twitter for business or pleasure people will remember certain names better than others.
My own Twitter handle is @BodyByChocolate. Only when someone arrives at my profile page do they actually find out my real name. There is good reason for this. Simply put, they will remember @BodyByChocolate far longer than my real name. It’s catchy, enticing and a fun user ID.
However, the purpose of this article is to explain how to setup your Twitter account and thus we proceed.
Your first logical step will be to navigate your browser to Twitter.com.
Next, find a button that says something like “Sign Up Now” which is currently green and on the right hand side. However, being the Webmaster that I am I fully understand how quickly this can and does change.
You then enter the following:
* Full Name: This would be your real name.
* Username: Mine happens to be Chocolate Lovers for many of the same reasons that I mentioned in the start of this article.
* Password: 6 to 8 alpha numeric characters with at least one capital is highly recommended. Just make sure it is something you can and will remember.
* Email: Look more professional by setting up a domain with GoDaddy and create an associated Email address for that domain. Then link it with a free hotmail account and toggle your domain Email to be the primary. This will cost less than $20 to complete each year and makes you look much more professional than you would otherwise.
* Then enter in the super secret words for account validation. Why do they make these words so hard to read?
You are then taken to a page where you can notify friends of your new account if you like. I normally do not do this as the account hasn’t been enhanced as of yet. It’s like asking someone to visit your house that hasn’t been built yet.
You are then directed to a list of potential people to add to your account. Again, I don’t do this, as I am more interested in building the account first.
And, with that said, you are finished. Or is it that you’ve just begun. I suppose that depends on your perspective. However, you look at it, you now have a new Twitter account. The question is, what are you going to do with it?
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Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Working With Non-Verbal Communication
No matter if it is body language:
· A look
· A touch
· A posture
Or unexpected communication:
· Lack of response
· Type of response
· Way of response
Whatever the case, if the communication you have received is not what you expected to receive seeking further communication is normally recommended.
I received a call from what I thought was an unwanted solicitor the other day.
I was busy writing and didn’t want to be disturbed. He called first on my wife’s phone, which was not answered. Then he called on my phone and I told him to have a nice day while I promptly hung-up.
He called back.
That’s different.
I started the second call by saying, “you have the gall to call back after I just hung up on you?”
He responded by explaining that in so many words I had requested this call. Truth is, he was right. We then had a very positive conversation as I proceeded to wipe the egg of embarrassment off my face.
Had he not chosen to try again it would have been a lose-lose proposition.
Similarly, when we see someone respond nonverbally in an unexpected way one of the best things to do is to seek clarification, which would look like this:
· When you did “X” I felt like “X”, was I correct in my feelings?
· Why haven’t I received a return call? I’ve left two messages.
Whatever you do, try not to come across as accusatory but rather inquisitive. If a person feels like they are being put in a position of having to defend their actions, in most cases they will. As such you may never find the real meaning behind the message you thought you received.
Asking people to explain their nonverbal behaviors is normally better for everyone in the long run. Not doing so can lead to hurt feelings and broken relationships. Neither of which would have had to happen had more information been requested.
Unfortunately, you will sometimes hear a verbal response that directly matches what you felt from a non-verbal action. In such cases there are at least a couple of options.
You can seek reconciliation and greater understanding with one another. Many times this can lead to deeper friendships with stronger ties and commitments.
You can choose to move in directions that fit the communication received. After all, not all relationships are worth the time and commitment required to make them succeeded through harder times of struggle.
Whatever you decide, doing it from a position of clear understanding rather than misunderstood hurt feelings is always an excellent idea when attempting to work with non-verbal communication you are receiving from others correctly.
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