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Twitter Friends Network Browser. 8 Free Tools to Visualize Information on Twitter. There’s a lot of noise on Twitter. People use a variety of ways to filter through that noise, from following specific lists, finding like-minded people through third party sites, or using a variety of services and websites to find the information that matters to them on Twitter. Another interesting way to filter through what is being said on Twitter, and better yet, analyse it, is to visualize it.

This is certainly not a new idea, and we’ve written about some services in the past that will allow you to do just that. With the world around Twitter constantly growing and developing, it’s no surprise that since then there are a ton more services allowing you to visualize your followers, Twitter stream and your own personal Twitter stats. Portwiture Portwiture is definitely one of the more unique visual Twitter apps that you’ll find. Rather than tag clouds or graphs, Portwiture allows you to visualize your tweets in photographs. Cloud.li Tori’s Eye TweetStats Trendistic TwitterMap 5K Twitter Browser. Deconstructing the genius of Twitter coach, Michael Todd | RADSMARTS. Meet Michael Todd, my Twitter coach. I follow him because he teaches me how to improve my use of Twitter in practical and clever ways.

For your convenience, I have deconstructed ten things that Michael does differently. Take a look… 1. Posts loads of useful advice Michael’s tweets are full of excellent advice on getting the most out of your online platforms, especially Twitter. 2. You can trust Michael to signpost relevant and useful links on a regular basis. 3. This is a nice twist – something I’m now going to implement. 4. Michael keeps the ‘me’ of social me-dia to a refreshing minimum. 5. I love how Michael is very responsive. 6. Michael adds his own fresh thinking in a style the inspires and motivates. 7. Hash tags can be annoying to read on Twitter, but Michael demonstrates and consistent and useful approach. 8. For example, his Twips hashtags are a very handy source of Twitter tips. 9. Michael uses full stops before @Replies so that all his followers can benefit from the dialog. 10. 6 Tools That Allow You To Write Longer Twitter Tweets.

So for those times when you want to stay within the Twitterverse without posting a dozen tweets, there are several options available to do just that. Here are 6 possibilities you should check out, which allow you to write longer Tweets on Twitter. TwitLonger Topsy’s TwitLonger.com is the site I use via the Twitter desktop client, Tweetie, when I need to get beyond 140 characters. When you go over the character limit, a pop-up message asks if you want to post your “too long” tweet to TwitLonger.

You can also of course write a longer tweet directly on the TwitLonger site, signing in with your existing Twitter account. The site points out that your Twitter privacy settings are not reflected in Twitlonger, but it does recommend that you not use its services for sending direct messages. There are several Twitter-related web and mobile applications that support TwitLonger, including TweetList, Twizzle (iPhone/iPod Touch), Twitepad (iPad), and Touiteur (Android). JumboTweet ezTweets TinyPaste XLTweet. Twitpic Brings Video to Twitter.

The Twitterverse by Brian Solis and JESS3 - oneforty. A 2010 Edison research study showed that 42% of respondents hear about products and services through Twitter. In response to this dynamic businesses are increasingly using Twitter to engage with customers, reach the media directly, and further establish themselves as thought leaders in their industry. You can even use Twitter for lead management or marketing automation. Listen to our free webinar with Laura Fitton, HubSpot's Inbound Marketing Evangelist, as she reveals the basics of Twitter and how you can use the channel for marketing and PR. Laura shares some established Twitter marketing processes, best practices, and examples of successful case studies. In this 50-minute webinar, you will learn: What is Twitter and why is it importantHow to use Twitter to monitor your brand and engage customers and prospects directlyHow to reach media and bloggers directly to get PR coverage for your businessHow to measure your performance on Twitter Webinar Details Speaker: Laura Fitton (pistachio)

8 Fun Twitter Tools for Language Lovers. 105 Twitter Apps for PR. Twitter is no longer a little known platform for bloggers to communicate on. These days, even large corporations are realizing something many smaller businesses have known for a while . . . Twitter is a powerful PR tool. Making the site even more useful for public relations and networking are the myriad of third party applications that seem to be multiplying at an exponential rate.

Rarely does anyone just use the Twitter.com website . . . now you can tweet from your iPhone, your desktop or even within your browser. These applications are quite valuable for anyone looking to promote their business and if you are in the market for something that will make business and publicity just a bit easier, then this list is for you! Advertising for Cash 1. AdCause matches advertisers with publishers (twitter users). 2. When you purchase impressions, your Twitter profile is displayed on the Twitter apps in the FeaturedUsers.com network. 3. 4. 5. 6. Business 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. The Pros and Cons of Twitter Newspapers. Twitter Literacy (I refuse to make up a Twittery name for it) : Howard Rheingold : City Brights.

Post-Oprah and apres-Ashton, Twittermania is definitely sliding down the backlash slope of the hype cycle. It’s not just the predictable wave of naysaying after the predictable waves of sliced-breadism and bandwagon-chasing. We’re beginning to see some data. Nielsen, the same people who do TV ratings, recently noted that more than 60% of new Twitter users fail to return the following month.

To me, this represents a perfect example of a media literacy issue: Twitter is one of a growing breed of part-technological, part-social communication media that require some skills to use productively. Sure, Twitter is banal and trivial, full of self-promotion and outright spam. When I started requiring digital journalism students to learn how to use Twitter, I didn’t have the list of journalistic uses for Twitter that I have compiled by now.

One of my students asked me online why I use Twitter. Immediacy – it is a rolling present. A way to meet new people – it happens every day. Can you become influential on Twitter merely by Tweeting a lot? A bit more than a month ago, I asked the question: Can you become influential on Twitter, and get a high Klout Score, merely by Tweeting a lot? To test this, I set up an experiment, which involves four Twitter bots that automatically tweet the output of the Unix fortune command-line application. Fortune randomly outputs mildly humorous quotes, and was often used on Unix to produce a ‘welcome message of the day’ upon login. The four bots Tweet once every minute, once every five minutes, once every fifteen minutes and once every thirty minutes respectively.

They are completely anonymous, have no avatars or custom user profiles set, and do not follow anyone. Now, after 80 days of running the experiment (Jules Verne style), there’s a set of pretty hot data available. The Data (the good) Let’s start off by simply plotting the amount of followers for each bot against time: We can clearly see from this graph (quite surprisingly), that each bot accumulated followers linearly. The Followers (the bad) Twitsper: A Twitter client that lets you whisper. How to build a Twitter audience in 8 steps | Christopher S. Penn's Awaken Your Superhero.

7 Twitter Strategies for Growing a Great Following. You’re likely on Twitter. But are you connecting with the right people? Do you want to build a quality Twitter following? If so, keep reading. In this post we will explore sometimes obvious, yet seldom implemented, techniques of building a following on Twitter as well as few methodologies you may have not considered but should find quite useful. The inspiration for this post came from the book Twitter Power by Joel Comm. Let’s get started. #1: Look for people you already know This one is a no-brainer but it often goes unexecuted.

You can tell Twitter to cull the list of contacts from your existing accounts on Gmail, Yahoo, AOL and LinkedIn. This method is limited to web-based email and unfortunately there is no simple way to search your Outlook contacts for Twitterers. But there is a way around that: Open a free web-based email account such as Gmail or Yahoo! Done! There are additional implications, of course. #2: Twijazzle your blog So how do you Twijazzle your blog? Amen, brother Joel. How? MSNBC Expands Breaking News Site With Social Crowdsourcing and Mobile Apps.

BreakingNews.com, an extension of the popular @BreakingNews Twitter account that MSNBC Digital Network bought in December 2009, has added new social crowdsourcing features to its site enabling users to submit their tweets, photos or videos. The site also recently unveiled iPhone, Android and Windows Phone 7 apps, and is looking to expand to Blackberry devices and the iPad. The site, which got its start on Twitter by curating breaking news from sources around the world, has had a staff managing the accounts 24/7. Now it's opening up to let users break news themselves, or help spot news as it's taking place. "It's not just about what news organizations publish anymore, but it's also about what people see," said Cory Bergman, director of product development at MSNBC. Spotting Breaking News Bergman said they kept links on social services rather than enabling users to upload original content. The site isn't meant to become another one you have to go to for uploading news, Bergman said.

4 Awesome Free Tools to Visualize & Analyze Twitter. The power of social networking analysis can not be understated. You can see how far your own influence stretches out, you can measure the scope of influence of some of the most famous people in Hollywood, and you can even identify potential business contacts within your particular niche. There are many possibilities when you start mapping out social networks. There has been a huge influx of Twitter apps on the web. Here at MUO, we’ve covered many, such as Charnita’s list of apps that would help you grow your network, and Saikat’s list of cool apps that let you ask questions of the Twitter community.

But what I’d like to cover are free Twitter tools I’ve come across that let you map or browse Twitter networks in a graphical way. 9 Useful Sites For Finding People To Follow On Twitter 9 Useful Sites For Finding People To Follow On Twitter Read More Twitter Friends Network Browser Explore The Strength Of Twitter Networks Another impressive Twitter network mapping tool is MentionMaps. Help Center. 30+ Twitter Tools for Research « Ana ADI. 30+ Twitter Tools for Research Posted by Ana ADI on November 6, 2010 · 28 Comments NOTE: If you find this blog post useful please bookmark it. I am planning to include here the latest info on Twitter tools. For some time now, I am doing my best to participate in a Twitter chat dedicated to social media measurement, #smmeasure, as a means of exploring what practitioners do and of discovering new tools. Last Thursday (November 4) the discussion who brought together marketing/communications practitioners, bloggers and representatives of social media measurement companies have focused on influence and influencers – identifying them, measuring their influence/reach, engaging them.

TwentyFeet is a rather new platform dedicated to aggregating statistics related to Twitter and Facebook accounts. TweetEffect visualizes the fluctuations of followers for designated account. Xefer is an alternative to TweetStats. TwitterGrader is measuring the power, reach and authority of a twitter account. Reach. 3 tools to Backup & Save Twitter account tweets.