Featuring guest, Aaron Cohen of Abolish Slavery.  Friend and “spiritual guru” of Perry Ferrell who gave it all up to travel the world rescuing slaves. He’s written a book, Slave Hunter, about his experiences rescuing women and children enslaved around the globe, and he’s using Twitter and social media to gain attention to the growing problem of international slave trafficking. To find out more about Aaron check out the LA Weekly article on him.

TOOL OF THE WEEK:  Listorious

Tip of the Week:  Advanced Twitter Search

Operator Search on Twitter

The Five Questions for Aaron Cohen

1. Best way to access Twitter?
2. Favorite Twitter account?
3. How many tweets do you average per day? How many is too many?
4. Retweets: Fail or Not Fail?
5. Biggest feature Twitter is currently missing?

NEWS

Klout gets funding

Raises $1.5m (Series A)
scale product, new web app
new API with over 300 API partners  (cotweet, hootsuite, tweetup)

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Hugo Chavez Asks Fidel Castro to Join Twitter

Chavez joined Twitter on Tuesday, taking the username @chavezcandaga