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Twitter Welcome

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Tw’elcome!

Hi, I’m Glenn. I’m a Mac-using, social media-loving, open source enthusiast who owns a web design, development and consulting company called ImageX Media. I’m all about the good things in life – you know, life-changing things like cracking open a tall can of Arizona iced tea or landing my preferred Facebook URL. In all honesty, I’m easy to please – I value authenticity, kindness, and a good sense of humour. Is that so much to ask? Oh, and I’m passionate about making our world a better place, so if you are too, chances are we’ll get along just fine.

One of my reasons for being on Twitter is to help others navigate the dizzying world of social media by sharing information that has helped me survive – and thrive – in the Twittersphere and beyond. To me, Twitter is a new kind of community – a group of people doing life together, sharing stories and things they’ve learned at different steps of the journey. In the end, social media is no different than “real life” – it’s all about building relationships. And, like all relationships, some things work and some things don’t. Hopefully I can help you figure out which is which.

twitter-birdIf you’re brand new to Twitter – welcome aboard! Here’s a post chalk full of the best resources I’ve come across on Twitter that should give you pretty much everything you need to get up and going. Additionally if you’re interested in growing your following, you’ll want to check out this one.

twitter-bird-unfollowedTo find out more about my personal approach to Twitter and its eerie similarities to dating, including thoughts on who to stalk … er, follow, what to say, and when to break up, read this post.

imagexmediaA lot of my tweets are about technology, which is, of course, my job and also the world in which I am blissfully immersed. If you’d like to know more about ImageX, see our award winning portfolio, or learn about Drupal, check out our site.

And if you’ve made it this far, congratulations – you have a much better attention span than I do. Thanks for giving me two minutes of your life – and I look forward to getting to know you in the Twittersphere.

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  • http://twitter.com/goutamsathia Goutam Sathia

    Congrats ! It looks cool man .. quite inovative and appearance is speaking for itself.

  • http://www.fabulousphotogifts.co.uk Fabulous Photo Gifts

    Hi Glenn

    Great looking page (followed via twitter) – wasn’t sure before that I needed a separate landing page for twitter but having seen yours I think I rather like it.

    Thanks for sharing.

    Jonathan.

    P.S When I’m not doing everything else, I do write about seo and social networking myself including twitter protocol which you are welcome to have a look at on our blog – http://purple13.blogspot.com.

  • http://imagexmedia.com Glenn Hilton

    Thanks Goutam, I appreciate it. :)

  • http://imagexmedia.com Glenn Hilton

    Thanks Jonathan. I came across the idea when clicking on someone’s Twitter bio URL. I really liked the concept as I often find that you really can’t get to know enough about a person in 160 characters. I did a bit of searching and found that Darren Rowse wrote a post on his Problogger site called How to Develop a Twitter Landing Page. So check that out if you’d like to make one of your own.

    I visited your blog but unfortunately it says the site’s down for maintenance. Let me know when you’re back up and running as it sounds interesting.

  • http://www.paradise-jewelry.com Barry Nicholls

    Great job!
    How did you do it?
    Take care, Barry

  • http://imagexmedia.com Glenn Hilton

    Hi Barry, thanks for adding your comment. When you say “how did you do it?”, I’m not sure what the “it” is that you’re referring to. Could you please elaborate? Thanks.

  • http://www.stellarvisions.com/ ste!!a

    Nice Glenn. Always good to have landing page to address particular audience segments.

  • http://twitter.com/sgoconsulting Steve Gorney

    Glenn, thanks for following me on Twitter. I then clicked your URL and found this post on your blog and landing page. Brilliant. Now I need one! They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Also, I have a new service, Third Party Blogs http://www.thirdpartyblogs.com. We Blog for You! The template design is very similar to this blog! I look forward to chatting with in the future.

    Best regards,

    Steve Gorney

  • http://glennhilton.com Glenn Hilton

    thx Stella. Glad to have you drop by. Cool to see that you've been chosen to redesign the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology website. Congrats!

  • http://glennhilton.com Glenn Hilton

    Hey Steve. Glad you like the landing page. Your 3rd party blog site sounds like a great idea. I'm sure that could be quite useful to busy folks who can't seem to get enough time in to blog ;)

  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:B9_hummingbird_hovering B9_hummingbird_hovering

    Thank you very much for the follow on Twitter. In particular, I really appreciated your evocation of 'authenticity'.
    B9Joker108 @ Twitter

  • http://glennhilton.com Glenn Hilton

    “Evocation of 'authenticity'”… nice verbiage! Might have to look that one up ;)

  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:B9_hummingbird_hovering B9_hummingbird_hovering

    Glenn

    As a matter of interest, how do u determine what is 'good'?

    In sincerity
    Beauford

  • http://glennhilton.com Glenn Hilton

    Good question Beauford. For myself, I determine what is 'good' from my conscience. I try to listen to what my heart tells me is the right thing to do and what is good. I'm attracted to good things. Things like kindness, compassion, justice, courage, love, generosity, etc. And I love finding and connecting with new people who are passionate about doing good and helping create a brighter future for others.

  • http://www.stellarvisions.com/ Stella Gassaway

    Thanks Glenn, We're creating a design framework and information architecture. Implementation is up the the Museum. Wish we could have done the development too.

    Hoping for the best.

  • http://www.stellarvisions.com/ Stella Gassaway

    Phase one of the new site is live : http://www.penn.museum

    Let us know what you think.

  • http://glennhilton.com Glenn Hilton

    Nice. That's looking great Stella… very sharp! :)

  • http://www.gidgetkitchen.org/ MarkTerranova

    Good website. I am glad you are following me & now; I follow you.
    I've been an IT guy, sys-admin, & also a computer teacher. Because of these experiences – I am the guy everyone asks technical questions. One of the hardest things to fully explain is Twitter. Now I can just point them to your website & save some time for something better – #Ubuntu.

  • http://glennhilton.com Glenn Hilton

    Glad to help Mark. Thanks for dropping by and commenting. Looking forward to catching up with you in the Twittersphere.

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  • http://twitter.com/5minutesformom 5minutesformom

    I love this idea of a Twitter Landing page… we just may have to do that ourselves.

  • http://glennhilton.com Glenn Hilton

    But will there be one… or two? ;)

  • http://www.mudcreative.com/ louise@mudcreative.com

    Wow – what a super idea for proving you're a living breathing tweeter with a bona fide business. I must do this!

  • http://glennhilton.com Glenn Hilton

    Glad you like it Louise. Drop me a line when yours is up as I'd love to see it :)

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    Hi…nice page. yeah twitter is social community that everyone can share their stories and information.

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