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Alltop - Top Twitterati News. Holykaw.alltop. TweetMeme - Search and Retweet the Hottest Stories on Twitter. ObjectiveMarketer - Social Media Marketing. How to Get Retweeted : The World. Forget imitation as the sincerest form of flattery--it's as twentieth century as ripping off interfaces, songs, photos, and books. Today, the February 18, 2009 Forget imitation as the sincerest form of flattery—it’s as twentieth century as ripping off interfaces, songs, photos, and books.

Today, the sincerest form of flattery is retweeting—the process of forwarding someone else’s tweet to your followers on Twitter. (I assume that you know about Twitter. The reason that retweeting is so flattering is that every time people do it, they are putting their reputation on the line. Luckily, there are several sites that measure retweeting: Retweetist and Dan Zarrella’s Most Retweeted. Hopefully I’ve convinced you that frequent retweets is a salient goal. Answer the right question.. Tweet about Twitter. Explain how to do something. Break news. Provide the bizarre. Provide links. Looking for Mr. Goodtweet: How to Pick Up Followers on Twitter. At 10:15 pm I discovered that I had not brought a Macbook power supply on the trip.

I was in a hotel on Coronado Island, and early the next morning I was flying to an aircraft carrier off San Diego for an overnight visit. I doubted that the carrier had Macbook power supplies laying around, so I was in trouble. I posted a message to Twitter that I was in this predicament, and within ten minutes, five people offered to bring me a power supply. I took one of them up on the offer, and he delivered it to me within an hour.

This illustrates the practical implications of a large following on Twitter. In addition, of course, there is the sheer vanity of amassing more followers than your friends. The question, “How do I get more followers on Twitter?” Tip 1: Follow the “smores (social media whores*).” Tip 2: Send @ messages to the smores. Tip 3: Create an effective avatar. If you have access to cool image tools, then create an avatar that raises the question, “How did he do that?” StumbleUpon. How I Tweet : The World. Top 5 Ways Not to Be Annoying on Twitter : The World. Twitter is a perfect democratic forum: If people don't like what you have to say, they can vote with their fingers. With a quick click, choo February 04, 2010 Twitter is a perfect democratic forum: If people don’t like what you have to say, they can vote with their fingers.

With a quick click, choosing the unfollow or block features, your feed is forever removed from their life. However, for businesses small and large, the goal of Twitter and other social media tools is to build relationships, not tear them down. To master the fine art of friending followers, here are five ways to not be annoying. Don’t hide. Amber MacArthur is a social media consultant, speaker, and author of Power Friending: Demystifying Social Media to Build Your Business (June 10, 2010 release). Amber MacArthurSocial Media Strategist, Speaker & Author, MGImedia. How to Be Fascinating : The World. 9 Advanced Twitter Tips | Mobile and Social Media. Posted on 22. Jul, 2009 by hilzfuld in Web inShare46 Over my last year on Twitter, I tweeted 9 tips that I realized were important and not discussed anywhere.

They seemed to help a lot of people, so I figured I would put them in a blog post. These are not tips for beginners, I am going to be using terms like RT, Tweetdeck, Twitter Search, Friendfeed and others. If you do not know what I am talking about, read this first! So here goes, here are 9 tips that will help you with your tweeting: Do NOT use “&” in your Twitter profile: Twitter and ampersands do NOT get along for some reason. There are many more useful tips that you should follow when tweeting, but these are some I collected from my time on Twitter. -Hillel Like this: Like Loading... Ten Things you Must Know before Using Twitter | Mobile and Social Media.