News report from SouthBySouthWest (#SXSW) going on now in Austin TX.

The conference is a must for those at the forefront of social media technology. It’s the show where Twitter really took off.  Follow the action by searching on SXSW.

But be careful, there are some crazy people out there.

Have you seen people obsessed with texting and tweeting where they shouldn’t?

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Everything it fair game when you live in real time online.

‘Silent Bob’ Aims Twitter Feed At Southwest Airlines. Guess Who’s Winning.

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I’m always logged in to Twitter… and access it with other browsers and software most of the time.

Didn’t notice the home page change until today… Nice.

I’ve done about 97 radio interviews where I referred to the BIG RED BUTTON to instruct new users how Twitter works… all those show archives are out of date. (you can still view it by clicking here– Twitter in Plain English)

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A $50,000 law suit was filed this week against a woman that tweeted about her allegedly moldy apartment:

This just in from CBS 2 Chicago

Horizon Group Management sued Amanda Bonnen Monday for publishing a false and defamatory tweet on Twitter May 12.

According to the suit filed Monday in Cook County Circuit Court Bonnen wrote an update that said “Who said sleeping in a moldy apartment was bad for you? Horizon realty thinks it’s okay.”

What you say on Twitter is just as real as what you say in public anywhere… though it would seem that a photo of mold and a note from a property manager saying they weren’t going to fix it would be a great defense.  (not a legal opinion.. I’m not a lawyer).

Watch what you tweet

UPDATE: A short comment can be defamatory.. and other legal issues: Will The First Twitter Case Be Dismissed?

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I’m teaching a class on how to promote yourself on Twitter.

NOTE: It’s not about adding a lot of bogus followers and spamming them

To promote yourself right, be part of something bigger than yourself. That’s I’m inviting EVERYONE who wants to show they are a GIVER to tweet along with us, make new connections and build relationship with REAL PEOPLE today.

HOW TO PLAY

Simple to join us:

Starting today (July 23) at 2pm Eastern (11am Pacific) I will tell our class about the #GREENLIGHT hash tage and the link to this explanation — http://budurl.com/greenlight (this link will come back to this explanation)

I’ll teach them to follow the thread of posts and add their own so they can network with you and other GIVERS on Twitter.

If you post a tweet with #GREENLIGHT during the next few hours, thousands of givers will see it.. and see that you are one of us. So will like what they see, real human tweeps with something to say and a giving attitude. You will get a few new followers that see you as a Twitter user who “get it”

The event continues after the class ends and I go to meet up with fans of WHO’S GOT YOUR BACK by Keith Ferrazzi. If you are in Atlanta, you can join us FREE but the for our purposes.. it’s just a great excuse to promote GOOD ENERGY. I’ll tell everyone there about #GREENLIGHT and the group of great networkers will check and see your tweets too.

What’s Good Energy?

Anytime you help another person, pay it forward, or just treat your fellow human beings as important individuals, you are spreading good energy.

On 9/9/9, people all over the Earth will be part of Good Energy Day.. but you don’t have to wait to 9/9/9. You can spread good energy any time.

1. Tweet with #GREENLIGHT
2. Follow tweets with #GREENLIGHT to meet like minded people. 
3. Add a comment here with your thoughts,
4. Keep sharing GOOD ENERGY.

It’s as simple at that.

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@joycemckee is looking for success stories for a report on Trade Show Use of Twitter.

Here’s my submission… @ her if you can help.

By searching for the hashtags (unique ID words related to the event, usually starting with # sign) on the event the week before it starts, I am able to see who the real leaders are.

I follow many of the attendees and all of the speakers (Twitter links are on speaker bio pages and/or their blogs). Often I meet several of the speakers before the event starts, and make appointment to meet up with attendees that are active in the community. I also check to see if the is a “Tweet Up” (meeting of those who have connected on Twitter) and add that to my schedule.

I’ve found that the best opportunities at most shows happen in this network. Once these tweeps (Twitter users) decide to RT (”ReTweet: A Twitter post that gets repeated) I know that a large active group will be aware of whatever I’m promoting.

Two more tips to get traffic to your booth:

1) Give aways for Twitter users. I often tweet “I’ve got a copy of Twitter Revolution for the next person who finds me.”  It works for @The RealShaq with NBA tickets and it will work for you.

2) Get your staff tweeting. This is not a media to advertise on.. this is a way to network. Get everyone involved. Your customers expect INDIVIDUALS to be availalbe

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I’m watching the stream on the celebrity battles to get millions of followers. That’s all good and fun for all of us.

But let’s keep it real and not get taken in on rumors like

Oprah is announcing today that she is buying Twitter

Twitter will have a fail whale for 3 days when Oprah starts Tweeting

Oprah’s show today is timed to disrupt #FollowFriday

Twitter has bots that will set realistic looking Tweets from Oprah to anyone that follows her

These rumors are not true. I hope you will join me in denying these rumors as often as possible on Twitter today.

Your blog trackbacks and comments here will help us spread the news that Oprah is not bad news for Twitter

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Public safety officials are starting to rely on Twitter to find out what is going on.

CNN admits that it’s faster than waiting for the news

Police and fire departments are using Twitter

“We think the police department has an obligation to get information out to the community through whatever means or mechanisms we have at our disposal,” said Lakeland Police Assistant Chief Bill LePere. “Traditional media releases, expecting the local print media to pick it up and run it in the newspaper tomorrow, is 24 hours too late.”

Read the rest of the story on CNN

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