Been at a lot of meetings recently where people are worried about the cost of trying to do social media and as I pointed out today, the starting tools are actually very simple, but very powerful… (warning: we’re going into Seth Goodin territory here for those who aren’t fans of the Purple Cow)

All you need is some time, some creativity, a desire to be interesting, informative and helpful and the following:

a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r, s, t, u, v, w, x, y, z, , , . , !, @, ?, “,  1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0 and SPACE BAR, RETURN, CAPS LOCK, SHIFT (and if you want to be technical about it, the Windows/Command/Apple buttons).

Armed with that lot you can pretty much do anything.