OMG where do I start with this review?

I guess for starters, this is absolutely perfect for people like me.

I am a Geek and I do love Geeks and I’m single!

Holy crap, what are the odds? *giggle*

*Serious face*

GeekIsSingle.com is a very  new site with very few Geeks signed up at this point. They are still working on a few details and adding the finishing touches, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t sign up now and join the fun early. I know that Geeks like me are early adopters, so it’s in our nature to join early LOL.

I joined so I could see what the site offers and what makes it different from other Online dating sites, I swear that’s why I joined, it has NOTHING to do with me being single, LOLzz.

Quit badgering me!

Sheeesh…..

Geek Is Single has a completely painless signup process and once you have an account you will notice that you have access to so many features such as:

*Events calendar – These events are not mixers for dating, they are of course Geeky conferences, meetings, expos and get together’s taking place throughout the world

*Groups – This will help you be connected to like-minded Geeks

* Polls – What is better Twitter or Facebook? or something like that heehee

* Blogs – Read blog posts, share blog posts. It appears you can have a voice on this new dating platform

* Articles – Example: How to Start a Conversation with a Nerd

Did I mention that this dating site is completely different?

Most Online dating sites offer an events calendar, but that’s for singles mixers and similar events. To me that doesn’t sound fun because none of my friends (who are married or dating someone) would attend with me.

I am pretty sure that most Online dating sites do not offer groups for its users to join and converse. I could be wrong on this one though.

Polls, Blogs and Articles: I’m not too sure what you think, but to me this appears to be a community within a community. It appears to be a Social Network for single Geeks where you might, maybe, hopefully meet the Geek of your dreams.

One more thing about Geek Is Single, This is where us girls get to chase the Geeks.

You Geeky boys Create your account and profile, wait on us girls (lol) and then when a girl pursues you, you get to choose if you want to make the connection and go on a date.

I don’t know about you, but I think that this is just what all of us single Geeks need.

What do you think?

Are you single?

Will you give Geek Is Single a shot?

Let me know what you think about this site and Online dating in general.

If you have a product or service that revolves in some way around the Internet and Social Media and would like me to review it, please contact me at kim[at]kimrandall[dot]biz

** EDIT- Since this blog post I took on the role of Ambassador of Geekiness (partner in Geek Is Single) and am now happy and honored to help the site grow! **

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I have started something new that I hope is equally as exciting for you as it is for me.

I LOVE all things Social Media (except the spam) and love to find new sites, products and services that could enhance my Social Media experience or just show off some really awesome Geeky products that revolve around Social Media.

With all of that said, I have started doing “Featured Reviews” on this site. They could be something that I found and wanted to review, they could be something that someone suggested or it could simply be a company contacting me asking me if I would like to review their product or service.

I am ONLY ONLY ONLY interested in doing reviews that revolve around Social Media.

Example: I reviewed a Twitter necklace I found on Etsy and then posted a review on how MyVBO simplifies Twitter for people that have multiple accounts that they manage.

I do have a few reviews in the works already, but am always looking for awesome stuff!

If you have an idea or want me to review your product or service, you can contact me via email at kim[at]kimrandall[dot]biz

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As you may or may not know or realize, I am on a mission to find, research and review tools, sites and products that can do one of a few things:

1. Make Social Media easier without taking away the “Social” aspect.

2. Create a new platform for Social Media.

3. Allow me to show off my Geekiness in an awesome way.

Today I am going to review MyVBO.com because this web based tool makes my Social Media experience through Twitter a whole lot easier. You see, I manage multiple Twitter accounts for clients. I may not personally be the one updating each and every account, but I am the one making sure that posts are positive, unhacked and flowing the way they should.

This is where MyVBO comes in SO handy. In most cases I would either log into each account on the web (at separate times because you can’t be logged into more than one account on the web), and update, check new followers, make sure the account is being active and so on. Now I know logging in and out of different accounts is no biggie, but the time that it takes does indeed add up. I tried using the multiple accounts function on TweetDeck and ended up sending Tweets out from the wrong account (Whooops!).

I even tried using multiple desktop applications for different client accounts. For instance Client A would be logged in through Twhirl, Client B through Seesmic, Client C on the web, Client D Hootsuite….. You get the picture, right? Yeah well this just made me absolutely CRAZY lol. All the pop ups would drive me nuts (and I love TweetDeck for my personal account for the pop up notifier).

In December, a friend of mine told me that I should check out MyVBO and I did. I admit that I fell in love with the analytics tool to begin with (you can check your web stats through MyVBO too!), but honestly was not too keen on the Twitter module and I know why, well I know a few reasons why.

* I was spoiled by TweetDeck

* At this point I only had 2 other accounts I was managing

* I didn’t give it enough time

About two months ago however, my mind was forever changed. I had indeed fallen for MyVBO in the worst way. I started taking on multiple clients and realized that this is exactly what I needed. I have yet to send a Tweet to the wrong account and the only time I have issues with my Tweets is when Twitter is messed up.

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Did I mention that you are able to schedule Tweets on MyVBO too? Oh, I guess I forgot to mention that one. (hehe) I personally do not use the schedule Tweet function often as I am not fond of automated Tweets, but it does come in handy if there are certain updates you wish to make at specific times of the day.

You can also follow Keywords and Hashtags just like TweetDesk, HootSuite and Seesmic. This is all web based too so you are not constantly running an additional application on your computer.

MyVBO or My Virtual Business Office offers a ton of other amazing tools for small businesses, Virtual Assistants and people like myself that just need to simplify in order to keep their sanity. Some of the other awesome tools are:

* Quickbooks integration – You will now have quick and easy access to your Quickbooks

*Shopping Module – If you shop Online often this tool will possibly become your best friend. Enter in the name of what you are looking for and it will search the entire Interwebs and show you who has the best price.  You can also run ongoing searches for the item to be notified when the price drops and so on.

* News Feed – You can get all of the top stories  from over 30,000 news sources. You can Tweet those stories directly from MyVBO to share with your Tweeps and enter in your own RSS feeds that you follow.

* Search – Search your favorite Search Engines all within the MyVBO platform

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There are a ton of other awesome features that MyVBO offers and I encourage you to explore them all as I can guarantee that you will be amazed at everything you will be able to do within this platform

In conclusion, MyVBO is an absolute time saver for me and many other people that I have talked to. It’s the best Twitter application I have found for managing multiple accounts and I do indeed recommend that y’all at least give it a shot.

Will you try it?

I would love to know what you think about MyVBO after you try it so please share your thoughts here!

Follow MyVBO on Twitter

Connect with MyVBO on Facebook

Do you have a product, site or tool that reflects upon Social Media?

If you do, I want to review it!

Contact me at kim[at]kimrandall[dot]biz

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So this week I was on the search for something cool to wear that shows off my Geekiness and what I found was an awesome charm/pendant made out of a Scrabble game piece. I found it on Etsy and paid $7.99 (that includes shipping). I received it today and although it did not come with a chain (that is sold separately) I can’t wait to wear it!

What do you think? Is this Geeky enough?

"I'm totally Tweeting this"

You can find the “I’m totally Tweeting this” charm and many others here on Etsy.

**NOTE** I was not paid to write this post!

Do you have something cool and geeky that you would like me to review? Let me know by shooting me an email at Kim[at]kimrandall[dot]biz

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