for this lovely friday, i decided to go look at some referring keyphrases that have brought people to my site in the last couple of months.

some random favorites:

“i let the nun shave my head.”

“i am the lady who pooped in the elavator.”

“when you get married, keep your mouth shut.”

“what can i use instead of a rubber glove?”

“i gain water weight after eating nachos.”

“naked lady shaped cake pan”

“spider laying eggs in my throat”

“naked worship for widows”

“ideas for my pantyhose slave man”

“will you explode if you don’t poop?”

why is there so much poop talk? i don’t talk about poop on my blog!

hmmm….

always entertaining, though.

if you have been around for very long, you know I LOVE THE WEATHER. ever since i saw my first tornado when i was five years old, i became obsessed. i would literally sit for hours and just watch the weather channel. no saturday morning cartoons for me. nope. give me mark mancuso anyday.

my love for weather, especially severe scary kinds, hasn’t died. i’ve blogged about a few big storms

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here

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here.

imagine my delight when i discovered one of my coworker’s husband, charlie, is a meteorologist on CBS!

and it’s not like he just talks about the weather…he lives and breathes it. we were at a fourth of july party and while the fireworks are going off, i looked down and he’s checking the radar on his phone. and he used the word mesocyclonic in conversation.

which i think is incredibly awesome.

slowly, a few of us pressured tried to get charlie to twitter.

i mean, how amazing would it be to get weather updates in a personal style, straight to my phone from my favorite weather guy? what if there was a tornado and the power was out and i needed to know if it was safe?

well, last night, he bit the bullet and signed up.

so, if you are in nashville and want to have your own personal weather guru on your phone, or if you just love weather, you should follow charlie on twitter!

while you’re clicking around, check out his blog, and his wife, eve’s blog.

what other fun but practical uses can you think of for twitter?

okay, ya’ll.

(how’s that for living in the south for the last month?)

the blog is redesigned.

(as well it should have been).

and there’s even a new profile picture. i have to keep ben happy.

(which reminds me, daley hake took a few pictures of me last weekend. he’s amazing. hire him.)

anyway, i’d love to hear your feedback.

and that means if you’re an RSS reader, you need to click on over.

holla.

I have tweeted over 2500 times.

That is a lot of tweets over the last year. A lot.

And after a year or twittering, or tweeting, or twitting…I thought I’d share a few tips I’ve learned along the way that helps Twitter work a little better for me.

1. Web - I almost always only check Twitter from the web.

2. Relationships - I only follow people I have a relationship with. It doesn’t have to be an in person relationship, but in some way or another, these people have say into my daily life. Some people have called me a “Twitter Diva” (which means that I have a lot of followers, but only follow a few) and to those people I say “…and?” I can’t keep up with everyone all the time. My brain is just not wired like that. Sorry!

3. Phone - Of the small group of people I follow, an even smaller group of people’s updates come directly to my phone (my husband, my boss, my coworkers and a couple of good friends). Most of the time, I have it turned off though.

4. Interact - To kill the Twitter Diva, I realize there is still a need to interact with lots of amazing people. I check the reply tab to see who all has replied to something I’ve said and if needed, I reply to them. Even if I’m not following someone, it doesn’t really limit the interaction. It just helps focus it.

5. Track - Tracking is a cool feature (when it works). If you twitter “track Nashville,” anytime someone has “Nashville” in their tweet, it will ping you.

6. Give Love - Giving twitter love is easy, but so many people miss it! If you want to give some twitter love, DON’T phrase your twitter like “@whoever has a great blog post!” Because the only people who will see that are the people who follow you AND whoever, and whoever himself. To show some real twitter love, phrase your tweet like “So, @whoever has a great blog post!” That will allow ALL your followers to see and link over.

I know that sounds really complicated but I know for me, it’s the best way for me to interact and allow Twitter to be completely functional…any Twitter tips you’ve learned along the way?

Another company takes online initiative.

My tweet after picking up some amazing produce at Whole Foods on Sunday:

And their reply:

Stuff like this gets me really excited for some reason! And not just because the gift card. I really love good customer service!

I am so relieved there are services out there like this. What would I have done without this Facebook ad?