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Golf Courses on Twitter

danperry — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:02:55 +0000

A lot of golf courses are getting on Twitter, so I thought it made sense to start a collection. Some are doing a better job of using it than others, as you’ll see.

If you know of one that I should add, just leave it in the comments below and I’ll be sure to add it to the growing list.

Alabama
Golf Gulf Shores, (Aggregator)

Alaska

Arizona
Greenfield Lakes Golf Course, Gilbert
Lone Tree Golf Club, Chandler
Mountain Shadows Golf Club, Paradise Valley
Pointe Hilton Resort, Phoenix
TPC Scottsdale, Scottsdale
Troon North Golf Club, Scottsdale

Arkansas

California
Hunter Ranch Golf Course, Paso Robles
Quail Lodge Golf Club, Carmel
Sunol Valley Golf Club, Sunol

Colorado
Golf Grand County, 4 golf courses

Connecticut

Delaware

District of Columbia

Florida
MetroWest Golf Club, Orlando
Mystic Dunes Golf Club, Orlando
TPC Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach
Winter Park Country Club, Winter Park

Georgia
Chateau Elan, Braselton
Stone Mountain Golf Club, Stone Mountain

Hawaii
Kaanapali Golf Resort, Maui

Idaho
BanBury Golf Club, Eagle
Idaho Golf Trail, (Aggregator)

Illinois
Cog Hill, Lemont
Eagle Ridge Resort, Galena
Eaglewood Resort, Itasca
Golf Now, (Aggregator for IL)
Mt. Prospect Golf Club, Mt. Prospect
Seven Bridges Golf Club, Woodridge

Indiana
French Lick Golf, French Lick
Westwood Golf Course, Scottsburg

Iowa
Coldwater Golf Links, Ames
Veenker Golf Course, Ames

Kansas
Alvamar Golf Course, Lawrence

Kentucky
Standard Country Club, Louisville
The Bull Golf Course, Richmond

Louisiana

Maine
Belgrade Lakes Golf Club, Belgrade Lakes
Waterville Country Club, Oakland

Maryland
Atlantic Golf, (Aggregator)

Massachusetts
Blue Rock Golf, South Yarmouth
Nehoiden Golf Course, Wellesley

Michigan
Double JJ Resort, Rothbury
Dunmaglas Golf Club, Charlevoix
Glenbrier Golf Course, Perry
Golf Now, (Aggregator for MI)
Greenbush Golf Course, Greenbush
Hawks Eye, Bellaire
Lake Michigan Hills, Benton Harbor
Sandy Ridge, Midland
Shanty Creek, Bellaire
Tullymore/St. Ives, Stanwood

Minnesota
Deer Run Golf Club, Victoria
Giants Ridge, Biwabik
Golf St. Paul (Aggregator)
Legends Golf Club, Prior Lake
Minneapolis Golf, (Aggregator)
Mississippi Dunes Golf Links, Cottage Grove
Ruttger’s Bay Lake, Deerwood
Stonebrooke Golf, Shakopee

Mississippi
Mississippi Dunes, Cottage Grove

Missouri
Gateway National, St. Louis
Normandie Golf Club, St. Louis
Pevely Farms, Eureka

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire
Newport Golf Club, Newport
Pease Golf Course, Portsmouth

New Jersey
Architects Golf Club, Lopatcong
High Point Golf Club, Montague
Mays Landing Golf, Mays Landing
Sand Barrens Golf Club, Cape May County

New Mexico

New York
Baiting Hollow Golf Club, Baiting Hollow
Doral Arrowwood, Rye Brook
Tsuga Links, Garrattsville/New Berlin
Turning Stone Golf Resort, Verona
Whiteface Lodge, Lake Placid

North Carolina
Cleghorn Plantation, Rutherfordton
Croasdaile Country Club, Durham
Pinehurst Resort, Pinehurst
Quail Hollow Golf, Charlotte
Westport Golf Club, Denver

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma
Winter Creek Golf, Blanchard

Oregon
Juniper Golf Course, Redmond
OGA Golf Course, Woodburn
Paradise Ranch Resort, Grants Pass
Rock Creek Country Club, Hillsboro

Pennsylvania
Hi-Level Golf Course, Kossuth

Rhode Island

South Carolina
Kiawah Resort, Kiawah Island
Oceana Golf, (Myrtle Beach Aggregator)

South Dakota

Tennessee
Montlake Golf Club, Soddy Daisy
Tennessee National Golf Club, Loudon

Texas
Fossil Creek Golf Club, Fort Worth
Southwyck Golf Club, Pearland
Wildcat Golf Club, Houston

Utah
Homestead Resort, Midway
Sun River Golf Course, St. George
Talons Cove Golf Club, Saratoga Springs

Vermont
Links at Lang Farm, Essex
Stowe Mountain Resort, Stowe

Virginia
Sycamore Creek Golf, Richmond
Westfields Golf Club, Clifton

Washington
Chambers Bay Golf, University Place

West Virginia

Wisconsin
Bridges Golf Course, Madison
Kohler Golf, Kohler

Wyoming

Now who did I forget? Leave a link to the golf courses Twitter page in the comments below, and I’ll add them to the list.

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Twitter Tip – Saving Links for Later

danperry — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:31:27 +0000

I often access Twitter on my iPhone, and see a link I’d like to follow but don’t have the time (or connection) to read it at the moment. In the past, I’d email the link to myself, which was kind of a pain in the butt. Then, I realized there was a much easier way to keep track of these links.

Instead of emailing them to myself, I just Favorite them. Then when I’m sitting in front of a computer, I can log-in, click on “Favorites” and all of them are present.

Too good of a tip not to share. Now do you have any Twitter time-saving tips?

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Twitter auto-follow software – OK or not?

danperry — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:25:47 +0000

I’ve been followed by the same person > 6 times in the past month, which is a tell-tale sign that they are using some sort of software to increase their follower count. (I’m not going to go into details; if interested in this, you should be able to find it easily enough.)

The bigger question I’d like answered is why? Why is follower # valuable, when (in essence) you cheat to gain those followers? So, I asked the individual, and the Q & A follow.

Our exchange began on March 21, when I tweeted the following 4 tweets:

Why have you followed me 4-5 times in the past week? Is it that software or something else?

If you don’t know what I mean by software, check out this blog post: http://tinyurl.com/cbmvcz

If it’s Twitter being buggy, it happens. Just wondering.

If you are using that auto-follow software, please stop. You’re too good for that.

He sent me an email explaining that he was “testing some stuff.” Fair enough.

Then this morning, he followed me twice in about 15 minutes. I then tweeted:

Finding it hard to believe you’re not using the cheater software when u follow me 2X today & 6X in the past month. Please stop.

He then sent me a tweet alerting me that he had just sent me an email. The email said:

Here are instructions for blocking me: http://help.twitter.com/forums/10711/entries/15355

To which I replied:

I’d prefer not to have to block you. From what I know of you, you’re too good to be doing this. Can I ask why? I’m interested in the reason you need to do this, and potentially ruin your reputation.

His response:

I use automatic tools to follow a large number of people that I’ve worked to identify as like-minded individuals. I don’t consider my practice to be spamming, unethical, etc. and I describe it openly when I discuss it with friends and colleagues.

I respect the opinion of anyone who disagrees with my methods. So far I’ve had one or two complaints from people affected. Though I’m sure there are many others, I have judged the risk that people will be upset to be far outweighed by the benefit to me and my followers. I spend several hours every day reading resources and passing on the best ones to my followers. See (link removed) for more on this.

I really do respect your opinion and right to privacy. If you prefer not to block me because you feel you might benefit from my Tweets and RTs, you could block me and subscribe to my blog feed. Every day I summarize the previous day’s tweets: (link removed)

So this creates a bunch of questions for me.
Is this OK? Is this a good enough reason to use this software? (he’s > 9,000 followers as of this morning; about 6,000 a few weeks ago.)

Am I just overreacting in thinking this just doesn’t seem right?

I use Twitter to converse with people about SEO, golf, automotive and Chicago. I don’t use it for business purposes. He’s in a position where he is using it for business purposes. Does that make it OK? Do the rules change?

What do you think? I can’t wait to hear your replies.

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In-house SEO and Twitter

danperry — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 22:16:14 +0000

As most of you know, I’m an in-house SEO at Cars.com. I also follow a lot of other In-house SEO’s. I had an idea today while having a Twitter conversation with @Topheratl (in-house SEO at CNN), that when we find an interesting blog post or white paper or any link that may be valuable to in-house folks, that we tag the tweet so others can find it too. Here’s the tag:

#inhouse

By using this in tweets, when you Search Twitter for the term (with the hash tag), you can see all the tweets specific for in-house SEO’s. Here’s a screenshot:

Now anyone can follow all the tweets for inhouse marketers! You can even subscribe to the RSS feed.

Remember, it only works if a lot of people use it, so if you’re an in-house SEO, or want to reach that audience with your tweeted links, be sure to include the #inhouse tag.

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Best Twitter Bio EVER

danperry — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 16:05:53 +0000

I’ll let it speak for itself.

Was I right? Best Bio ever? Yeah, I think so too.

If you like this post you might enjoy following me on Twitter: twitter.com/danperry

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Best Twitter Bio EVER

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Twitter Power uses me as an example; Woot!

danperry — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 19:28:53 +0000

Joel Comm’s new book “Twitter Power – How to Dominate Your Market One Tweet at a Time” uses me as an example of how to build a following on Twitter; so exciting!
In Chapter 4 titled “Building a Following on Twitter”, one of the strategies discussed is to respond to requests (pgs. 85-86). Here’s where the little blurb about me comes in:

The second rule is that the more popular the questioner, the greater the benefits of lending them a hand – or even providing them with a good reply.

When they thank you or comment back, lots of people will see their response, wonder who you are and stop by your Twitter page to find out.

This is a strategy followed by Dan Perry (twitter.com/danperry), a search engine optimization expert at Cars.com, and he already has more than 850 followers.

By simply responding to a question, I got my name in print! It impressed my wife (which takes quite a bit), and it’s actually something worthwhile to bring up in casual discussion, etc.

So the lesson is this: Don’t just watch as others socialize on Twitter; join the discussion, because you never know where that Tweet might appear.

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TwitClicks – Analytics for Twitter

danperry — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:48:19 +0000

Read on Twitter (surprised? I hope not) about a new tool called TwitClicks and decided to take a look. The goal is tracking of a short URL, but it goes beyond the usual tracking that is currently available.

I’m doing a little “Rate Superbowl Ads via Twitter” thing this Sunday, so I decided to use one of the TwitClicks URL’s, and see what type of data was available. I only received 9 clicks (yeah, I wasn’t impressed either), but it does provide a good (enough) example of the data available.

The first screenshot shows the date, clicks, and URL, and then a small graphic representation of User Stats, Browser Stats, Source Stats and Location Stats.

For the second screenshot I clicked on User Stats, and it shows Date/Time, Location of Visit, and IP Address.

Clicking the Location Stats tab, you’ll see the next screenshot. It shows a Google map outlining where each click came from, as well as the City near the bottom, and a great display on the far right showing where the majority of clicks came from based on depth of color (I love this type of chart; reminds me of Omniture.)

Finally, the last screenshot has 4 tabs: Browser, Traffic Sources, Operating System and Screen Resolution (shown below).

This is really something, and I can think of many uses for this type of data. So what do you think?

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Superbowl Commercials and Twitter

danperry — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:18:53 +0000

UPDATE: Looks like there’s a much larger Superbowl ad initiative then this one, so I think (for the common good) we should all send our ad ratings/tweets here. Some big names are behind this (@briansolis, @louisgray, @Jesse, @jowyang, @chrisheuer, and @guykawasaki), and I think it makes sense to focus on one.
Last year, Jeremiah Owyang kept track of people’s opinions on the Superbowl commercials via Twitter. I am a HUGE fan of the commercials, and since Jeremy is not able to keep track this year (he’ll be on a plane), I’d like to step in and help. Like to participate? Follow these two simple steps.

Step 1: Follow me @danperry

Step 2: During the game when you see an ad, send a message to me with the name of the brand and your score. We’ll use a 0-5 rating, with 0 being well 0, and 5 being stellar. You are allowed to use 1/2 ratings as well. For instance, if you see a great Budweiser ad, send a tweet that reads:

@danperry Budweiser 4.5

@danperry Budweiser 4.5 Really loved the frogs!

Step 3: (Optional) Add a hashtag for folks to follow along – #sbads

That’s it! I’ll tabulate over the weekend, and post the results on Monday or Tuesday depending on the responses and amount of work.

I’m really excited about trying this out, so please follow me and be sure to retweet it!

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Twitter and Adwords

danperry — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 22:04:24 +0000

Was browsing online, and came across the following Adwords ad:

This is the first time I’ve seen it. It’s for a Nashville datacenter, that provides hosting and co-location to SMB’s. Not sold on the ad copy, but am interested in CTR. Anyone tried this?

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Twitter Golf Personalities

danperry — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:00:01 +0000

Did some digging through Twitter Search, looking for some interesting people who love the game of golf as much as I do. I used one criteria for those that I’m adding to this list:

The have to be active Twitter Users!

If they haven’t updated for a few weeks, or only posted a few times in the past year, forget it. I’m interested in those that are actually engaged in Twitter on a regular or semi-regular basis.

Without further adieu, here’s a collection of golfers on Twitter that you might consider following:

twitter.com/danperry – Hey I’m a personality too!

twitter.com/PGATOUR – PGATour.com feed

twitter.com/MyGolfSpy – Some great pictures of upcoming equipment

twitter.com/TimFlaherty – Swing obsessed

twitter.com/chipubgolf – Chicago Public Golf

twitter.com/msleisure – Fitness for Golf

twitter.com/MrBusinessGolf – Kind of speaks for itself

twitter.com/WSofGolf – World Series of Golf, Vegas

twitter.com/DaveLair – The Orlando Golf Blogger

twitter.com/foreleafgolfer – Ferris Womens Golf Member with LPGA aspirations

twitter.com/golfgirl – Golf Girl; read her blog, you’ll thank me

twitter.com/doubleeagle – Trying to make the PGA tour

twitter.com/powermystro – Owner of GolfNow.com

twitter.com/mvalencia – Talent Acquisition Recruiter at TaylorMade/Adidas

twitter.com/medicusgolf – Golf pro

twitter.com/BunkerShotGolf – BunkerShot.com

twitter.com/woodyperez – Golf Writer for golfingnews.org.uk

twitter.com/golfviews – Reviewer of golf products

twitter.com/the_eagle – Senior VP of Golf for Octagon

So who did I forget? If you update regularly on twitter and are nuts about golf, add your name and twitter link in the comments.

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Chicago SunTimes gets Twitter