A Whirlwind Summer!

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It’s hard to believe 2010 is more than halfway over and while many of us indulge in BBQs and pool parties, some might be wondering, “How many more shopping days ’till Christmas?” But with the summer in full swing (albeit unseasonably cool), there have been lots of changes here at Pioneer Title Co. June brought the new PTC Index (as featured in the Idaho Business Review and The Idaho Statesman), a whole new website and an office relocation. Here’s the lowdown…

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Getting your Tweets in a row…

Making sense of all this social media stuff can take some time. To let you know what we’re up to, we’ve taken to Facebook (become a fan here) and Twitter (follow us here). The beauty about social networking is that as we’re increasingly mobile or too busy, you don’t have to visit the websites of Facebook and Twitter to simply post a quick status update. Having to manage so many social media outlets can seem like a daunting tasks, but we’ve discovered a nifty program called TweetDeck that we use to monitor the twittersphere and keep our circle of friends and fans notified about everything PTC.

TweetDeck offers a simple one-stop shop for your Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn accounts and is  available as a free download for Mac + PC. If you’re not an office dweller, TweetDeck is also available for iPhone, free via iTunes.  You can follow topics and run auto-searches on stuff that matters most to you. It’s a great tool to sort through the noise as a recent study from Pear Analytics says that “Twitter is 40% ‘worthless babble.’”