Social Media

The Techology Show moves to Tuesdays!

Now on Tuesdays at noon EST.

Just over three years ago, Tony Casey, Matthew Tietje, and Steve Stanley had the idea to start a podcast that would cover technology, theology, and everything in between. The Techology Show was born to see what technologies pastors and churches could use to have a greater kingdom impact. I was serving in North Carolina at the time and started out as a monthly guest to talk about youth ministry.

When I moved to South Carolina in August 2010, [Read more…] about The Techology Show moves to Tuesdays!

Social Media Research Part 1

Screen Shot 2012-09-02 at 7.51.56 PM — Daily Social Media Clicks

I decided to do some Social Media research to find out if the information I was reading on when is the best time to post on Facebook and Twitter was true. My goal was to see what times and days people were more likely to click on a posted link and to see what types of links people would click on. HootSuite makes this all possible. It enables me to schedule tweets throughout the week and track my clicks using their ow.ly link shortener. Their new “Hootlet” button(which ironically was released soon after Buffer came on the scence) makes tweeting out web articles and pages a snap.

What were some of my goals? [Read more…] about Social Media Research Part 1

Are you a consumer or a creator?

guitar in progress — It’s time to put your inner creator to work.

When was the last time you created something? Maybe it was a term paper, a speech, a t-shirt design, or something else that was created by your mind and hands. I think that God, the original and ultimate creator, put it in our DNA to be creators as well. It’s why a child has this strange urge to [Read more…] about Are you a consumer or a creator?

Why and How I Use Twitter

Heath Mullikin Twitter follower count — I finally passed 20,000 Twitter followers!

I was not an early adopter of twitter. However, soon I was running multiple accounts as I launched the Chase Your Lion blog. I’ve tried to be very intentional with my social media strategy. A year after joining I posted my thoughts on the 5 groups you see on twitter. The past few months has been about simplifying my online presence by merging my blogs and phasing out some twitter accounts. I’d like to answer the why, how, and [Read more…] about Why and How I Use Twitter

Twitter Changes

In the past few weeks, two of my favorite bloggers announced they were starting over with twitter. First Chris Brogan and then Michael Hyatt declared that the recent proliferation of spam had led them to make the decision. Note to self: don’t click on any DM links that says “I laughed when I saw this picture of you.” These guys both had huge followings and it got me to thinking about my twitter strategy. I have had two Chase Your Lion accounts for a while and today made the move to merge the two. What I found is that their follower lists are almost identical. It has taken some time this morning to get Tweet Adder and Hootsuite back up and running properly. I actually had to delete Hootsuite on my iphone and reinstall it. So, now I’m pointing all my followers to http://www.twitter.com/chaseyourlion. It is the former @chaseurlion account and now the old Chase Your Lion is now @chaseyourlion2 until I’ve got everything moved and delete it. I will then keep up with who’s spamming me by running Twitblock once a month and blocking them. Now, the next phase is changing all the old links on my blogs to reflect these changes.

The top 3 reasons for doing all of this:

My Chase Your Lion tweets will be more frequent and focused since I’m not having to come up with material for 2 accounts.
I can now spend some time on another not so serious Twitter personality I’ve created.
I was never happy with the name “chaseurlion” but ChaseYourLion wasn’t available in 2009 for some reason.

What are your thoughts? Have you noticed an uptick in the twitter spam you receive? Are these guys crazy to unfollow tens of thousands of people?