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It's impossible to escape the ubiquitous 140 character microblog. Sure, some people have tried to move to Jaiku or Pownce, begging me to do the same, but until those two applications get as much functionality off their own site as Twitter has, I'm sticking with my Tweets. In order to enjoy Twitter and other microblog applications, they have to be truly portable. In spite of all its shortcomings, Twitter has definitely nailed portability. I've been a plain vanilla Tweeter for a long time. It turns out there are quit a few third party Twitter applications available to download for both PC and Mac, but I was looking for a true web application set, not something else to download.

One of the areas in which Twitter is lacking is search functionality. Some other up and coming Twitter search applications include TwitterTroll, an app that lets you search within the actual Tweets to find people who share common interests. 6 Tips for Using Your Twitter Profile to Get New Followers. Sara Rosso, digital strategist (@rosso) and Ms.

6 Tips for Using Your Twitter Profile to Get New Followers

Adventures in Italy shares some tips for optimizing your Twitter profile to increase your followers. Since Twitter’s focus is on saying a lot with very little, it makes sense that the Twitter profile space is very brief and the default settings leave little room to present yourself in detail. It’s also the first and last thing potential followers will see before deciding to click “Follow” or to click away from your profile. Here’s a few tips to customize your profile so that potential followers will be convinced they can’t miss your Tweets! 1. Since the visual impact of your Twitter background is the strongest tool you have available, customize it to give people an eyeful of who you are.

You can make your own image on your computer and upload it under Settings – Design – Change Background Image. For a quick solution, you can create just the sidebar (250×700) as your background image with “no tile” selected. 2. 3. 4. 5. The Art of using #FollowFriday Effectively. If you are an active twitter user, you will be aware of #followfriday, a hashtag that is used to recommend people you like, so that your followers also follow them.

The Art of using #FollowFriday Effectively

As this trend was followed on Fridays, that is why it was named as FollowFriday. The problem with the #Followfriday used nowadays is that people don’t care whom to give recommendation or not. They list a bunch of people and they add a #FF hashtag, so that people could follow them. As these #ff tags are usually devoid of any information and careful reasoning, the total value of a followfriday recommendation gets nullified. Recommend Selectively Your recommendations should be selected by careful thought and reasoning. If you recommend people just for the sake of it or if you have an ulterior motive of making a bond with that person, then you would not be doing the right thing.

Also, try to use one tweet for one person. The Marketing Secret About Twitter That Most People Don’t Know. Twitter is maybe the most misunderstood and under estimated social media marketing tool in the social media top 5 including Facebook, YouTube and LinkedIn.

The Marketing Secret About Twitter That Most People Don’t Know

Most people still think it is just about superficial conversations, insignificant daily events and news. The reality is that it is a much sharper tool than Facebook in one very important area and that is creating a large database of followers (subscribers if you like) without having a large marketing budget. How To Write A Mind Blowing Headline For Twitter So People Will Read Your Blog. The latest Twitter statistics show that Twitters growth last year was over 1,300% with the latest numbers revealed by Twitter at their Chirp conference for developers in April showing Total number of users at 105 million (12 months ago that number was 8 million) Twitter received 180 million unique visitors a month to its website.

How To Write A Mind Blowing Headline For Twitter So People Will Read Your Blog

Twitter is a great way to promote and market your content and the challenge with Twitter for business marketers is that you only have 140 characters to get your message across and your link clicked on. The most important element to make that happen is a great headline to make people click on that link. So in essence Twitter has brought back the art of the headline which has never gone away but Twitter has highlighted its importance. So what are the important elements in creating and writing a “great headline” and why is it so important? Why is a headline important? 1. Twitterverse Tips: Headlines To Boost Your Press Releases Online. Search Twitter users by Location and Bio and Create Twitter Lists: LocaFollow.

Search and filter options allowing you to find people to follow depending on location, influence, number of followers, how active users are on Twitter and many more!

Search Twitter users by Location and Bio and Create Twitter Lists: LocaFollow

Find the most beneficial people to target so that you can grow and increase the quality of your Twitter community. Find out your best time to tweet, discover the interests of a custom sample of users and endless extra features!