This girl, Ksenya Simonova, won the “Ukrania’s got talent” contest and for her final presentation drew on sand, with her hands, an animation of the German occupation of Ukraine during WW2.
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“Got Talent?” You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet!
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010Tags: Got Talent
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Twitter “Time”
Sunday, June 7th, 2009You are not on Twitter yet? I don’t believe it!
Seriously, though, you’re missing out on the latest, cutting edge… no, not ‘trend’ but increasingly indispensable social networking tool. You don’t believe it? Here is social proof if ever it was needed:
Twitter has made this week’s cover of Time Magazine. Actually, it’s on the cover of all editions of Time mag worldwide (of June 15, 2009). Here is what the article has to say about the value of tweets (twitter messages):
“This is what the naysayers fail to understand: it’s just as easy to use Twitter to spread the word about a brilliant 10,000-word New Yorker article as it is to spread the word about your Lucky Charms habit.
Put those three elements together — social networks, live searching and link-sharing — and you have a cocktail that poses what may amount to the most interesting alternative to Google’s near monopoly in searching.”
… about the future of web based information channels:
“The key elements of the Twitter platform — the follower structure, link-sharing, real-time searching — will persevere regardless of Twitter’s fortunes, just as Web conventions like links, posts and feeds have endured over the past decade. In fact, every major channel of information will be Twitterfied in one way or another in the coming years.”
… and about the impact of Twitter on advertising:
“Successful businesses will have millions of Twitter followers (and will pay good money to attract them), and a whole new language of tweet-based customer interaction will evolve to keep those followers engaged: early access to new products or deals, live customer service, customer involvement in brainstorming for new products.”
Catch the cover of Time mag here and read the article here…
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Twitter Checklist for Small Businesses
Thursday, February 12th, 2009Social and business networking sounds fun. Everyone tells you it’s easy, it’s the way of the future, it’s even indispensable. Here is how one Internet Guru describes it:
“If you aren’t using Twitter, you are missing out on the greatest opportunity for building relationship with your customers and prospects.
“You are missing out on the best free branding tool on the web.
“And you are missing out on FREE traffic and increased sales!
“There’s just no excuse for any business, whether small or large, to not be using Twitter.”
How do you get started on Twitter? It’s simple. Just sign up – it’s free – and start tweeting. But what, how and to whom? Without guidance, it can soon turn from fun into frustration.
To get networking for business right, online or off-line, is a skill. There are a few rules you really ought to know, there is etiquette to follow, and a good measure of confusing jargon gets thrown in here and there. The right mixture to scare off the unwary who’ll then leave exclaiming “it doesn’t work!”
No worries, though. If you really want to get business networking off the ground, help is at hand. I’ll be posting here about the “how to” rules made available by various expert networkers. So let’s get started.
Karen Skidmore’s Twitter Checklist for Small Businesses explains how to use twitter so it becomes a productive tool to help attract the right clients to your business - and not a waste of time and client repellent!
Her guide is jargon free, concise and clear. She tells you how to get started, (use a picture, when to start tweeting), how t promote your brand, where to find useful, easy to install applications that make twitter a pleasure rather than a chore. And, most importantly, how not to waste your time.
Right, what are you waiting for, go and get UR T4B checklist from http://www.candocanbe.com/Twitter_Business_Checklist.php, then follow me on Twitter (www.twitter.com/maxalter) and also Karen (www.Twitter.com/CanDoCanBe).
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