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Friend your favorite T&S employees

By Tim Priebe | July 5, 2010

While you probably know you can become a fan (or like, or whatever) T&S on Facebook, you might not know that we require all employees to have a Facebook account as well. Here, just for fun, are some of our more interesting Facebook statuses, with a link to our accounts. Tim Priebe Neighbor’s kid setting…

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5 FREE Twitter Backgrounds

By Guest Blogger | May 1, 2010

How would you like to be the proud, new owner of a custom twitter background? Rather than go through the pains of background design, why not let a professional take care of it? For free even! (That’s gratis, free of charge, for nothing, complimentary, on the house.) In the Month of May, we’re offering 5…

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Twitter Resources

By Tim Priebe | March 3, 2010

Unlike some other social networking sites, Twitter does not have third party applications on their website. Instead, they allow those to be hosted on other websites, and let those tie directly into Twitter. Here are a few of those Twitter resources I’ve found useful TweetBeep.com If you are familiar with Google Alerts, then you’ll understand…

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Pros and Cons to new Facebook layout

By Tim Priebe | February 22, 2010

Over the last month or so, Facebook has been rolling out their redesigned site, with many key elements changing in an overall layout overhaul. I asked some of the T&S staff to let me know what they thought of the new Facebook layout, now that they’ve had some time to use it. Here are their…

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Losing control is good

By Tim Priebe | December 25, 2009

Merry Christmas! During the past year, a lot of business owners come to me concerned about not having control over blog comments, social media comments, etc. What they don’t get is the fact that they don’t have control is what makes it more useful and genuine. In the video below, Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian discusses…

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Facebook’s latest feature

By Tim Priebe | September 22, 2009

Facebook just added a new feature where you can link to other people in comments. See how this works, and where it doesn’t work.

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The Beginner’s Guide To Twitter

By Tim Priebe | July 30, 2009

Thinking about starting a Twitter account? Want a quick overview of Twitter and its lingo and customs? Then this is for you! What is Twitter? Simply put, Twitter is like instant messenger on broadcast. People who sign up for Twitter can subscribe to multiple people’s updates, and those updates will then appear in chronological order…

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Follow our staff and partners on Twitter

By Tim Priebe | July 11, 2009

In the spirit of Twitter’s own Follow Friday, here are the links to follow our staff on Twitter: And here are just a few businesses and people we partner with or just recommend:

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Learn from Half Price Books’ Social Network Marketing

By Tim Priebe | July 7, 2009

A new Half Price books opened up recently here in Oklahoma City, and this past weekend my dad and I went to check it out. Great store. I grew up in Dallas and frequently visited the original Half Price Books while there. $50 later and back at home, I decided to look up Half Price…

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10 Tips For Managing Twitter As Your Usage Increases

By Tim Priebe | July 1, 2009

Just came across 10 Tips For Managing Twitter As Your Usage Increases. This article has some great tips, some of which I’ve been doing for awhile now, some of which I recently started doing, and some of which I’m going to start doing. Here are a few items the article mentions that are quick and…

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