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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. 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?” Tip 4: Follow everyone who follows you. Having said this, when you get to more than fifty or so followers, it’s impossible to read what all your followers tweet. TweetROI. Reader (1000+) All You Need to Know to Tweet on Twitter.

The Small Business Marketing Guide - Tim Andren: Hurricane Twitter! Are you prepared? 50 Terrific Twitter Tips for Job Seekers | MBA Jobs. April 16th, 2009 Twitter is a fabulous web tool for networking and expanding your contacts base. Job searchers can also use Twitter to learn about new opportunities and get the word out about their own services and portfolio. Read below for 50 terrific Twitter tips and tools for the job hunt. Branding Make sure your online brand is focused, clean and effective. Networking Follow these tips for maximum networking benefits through Twitter. Branch out: Don’t settle for tweeting with only those in your address book. Etiquette Use Twitter appropriately to find quality jobs and contacts. Use correct grammar and spelling habits: Twitter is informal, but you’re still making an impression.Make your words count: Since you only have 140 characters to share, make sure you use the right ones.Respond and reply: Reply to friends who message you directly or indirectly.

Tools These tools can help you find quality friends and contacts on Twitter and keep everything organized. People to Follow. How to Attract and Influence People on Twitter — The Ultimate Twitter Resource. Writing My Twitter Etiquette Article: 14 Ways to Use Twitter Politely by Margaret Mason. As it turns out, you are one fascinating SOB, and people need to know what you’re doing. You can almost feel the yearning. What are you doing? The ache is palpable. Now, you already have a phone, an email account, a blog—but what about the moments too small to blog? Bless you, Twitter. Technically, this isn’t an article about the things Twitter does, it’s an article about the ways in which you can accidentally annoy people with Twitter. People use Twitter to do and say any number of things. With the usual exceptions, people on Twitter tend to fall into two main camps. These groups don’t necessarily get along. Now, say you want to figure out who’s who, so you’ll know how to best engage with the people who read your posts.

Well, responders usually follow the people who follow them—excepting spoof or spam accounts. People in this group may be confused if you fail to follow them when they’re following you, or offended if they send you a direct message (DM) and don’t receive a response. 1. 2. Twips. State of the Art - Twitter Is What You Make It. 14 Tools of Highly Effective Twitter Users - Kenny Hyder. A collec­tion of the 14 best tools avai­la­ble to help you manage and maxi­mize twit­ter in alpha­be­ti­cal order! Follow Cost Enter a users twit­ter name: And it gives you a rating on how detri­men­tal it will be to follow that user: The ratings are given in millis­co­bles, or 1/1000th of Robert Scoble’s twit­ter out­put.

It also gives an index of what per­cen­tage of the user’s tweets are poli­ti­cal and what per­cen­tage are @replies. #hash­tags Hash­tags are a popu­lar way for twit­ter users to tweet and keep track of rele­vant que­ries in search.twitter.com, #hash­tags keeps up with popu­lar hash­tag tren­ding topics on twitter. TweetS­talk Ever want to follow someone on twit­ter, but didn’t want them to know you were follo­wing them? Just down­load the fire­fox, ins­tall, and stalk away! TweetS­tats Sta­tis­tics for twit­ter! Twee­take Twee­tSuite Twibs Twit­ter busi­ness direc­tory. Emily Chang - eHub: Getting Things Done with Twitter. After three years on the web, Twitter has become more than just another micro-blogging client.

A whole industry of web applications have sprung up to extend and capitalize on Twitter’s capabilities, from the ridiculously silly, to the gobsmackingly useful. If Twitter is not already a part of your daily life, these applications can give you a whole new perspective on the idea of Getting Things Done. There’s a lot you didn’t know you could do with 140 character spurts. For the most part, you can sign up for external Twitter applications with your existing Twitter account. Financial TweetWhatYouSpend is exactly what it sounds like. StockTwits is a Twitter community for people who are obsessed with stocks. Similar to StockTwits, FxTwits is a Twitter community centered around finance; the difference is that it’s focused on currency pairs. CheapTweet is a Digg-like site that combines the power of Twitter users and search to scrape up the best bargains online. Reminders & Tracking Scheduling. 5 Fantastically Free High Res Brown Paper Textures | Blog.SpoonGraphics.

As you can see from the web design here at Blog.SpoonGraphics, I am quite a fan of the distressed and craft like feel of brown paper. These five textures are straight from my collection of resources, scanned from the likes of parcel wrapping, grocery bags and old envelopes. At 300dpi each they are larger than you will ever need for the web, whilst having the resolution to also be used for print. Feel free to use them in your personal and commercial projects, whilst a credit isn’t mandatory, it is always appreciated! Enjoy. Join the mailing list to have every new post hand delivered to your email inbox. 8 Free Cute & Simple Twitter Bird Vector Graphics | Blog.SpoonGraphics. Displaying Twitter updates on your blog has become a popular trend. Inspired by the best artists in the world – kids and infants, these eight vector Twitter birds take on the simple hand drawn style of youngsters, making for some super cute characters to present your latest tweet on your blog!

Download Vector Resources Freebie 812kb | 1 x AI | 1 x EPS | 1 x PNG Join the mailing list to have every new post hand delivered to your email inbox. Every subscriber gets a FREE bundle of 40+ icons, vectors, brushes & textures! Ecards for when you care enough to hit send | I think we need to take a follow break until you get your Twittering under control. Get Smart Twitter Tools | The Get Smart Blog. 10 Steps To Untwangling Twitter To Make It Useful. Are you using Twitter effectively? Twitter can be a very useful tool for marketing your site, establishing a brand and making valuable online connections. However, it takes a combination of the right tools and strategy to make Twitter useful. Now is the time to get started with Twitter Is Twitter worth the time for businesses, bloggers and entrepreneurs? I’ve been experimenting with Twitter over the last couple of months and I definitely see value.

In fact, I’m going to focus a lot of time on Twitter this year to reach more people with my message on super-charged living. The key is to get organized, have a plan and be intentional in the way you use Twitter. Twitter is still a toddler so now is the perfect time to get established. All this attention is going to further fuel the fire under Twitter so, don’t be left out!

10 steps to make Twitter useful and enjoyable! I created an account at Twitter.com several months ago, but failed to see how to get any value out of it and quickly gave up. 1. Angela Maiers Educational Services: My Twitter Engagement Formula. Angela Maiers Educational Services: 26 Keys to Twitter Success. When did you lose or gain twitter followers? Connecting the I’s. How To Become A Twitter Rockstar - Sort Of. I am pleased to be here writing my first ‘official’ ProspectMX blog post on a subject that I truly love – Twitter! If you’re not quite sure what I’m talking about, maybe we should start with a brief explanation. Twitter is a ‘Micro-Blogging’ / Social Media, kinda thing. You can follow people that interest you… and “Tweeple” can follow you. I know that’s a pretty basic explanation… but I have lots to cover so moving along. I’ve been using Twitter since March of ’07. Pick a memorable username (maybe the name of your company?)

Okay now why pick a memorable username? A standard background makes you stand out about as much as the rest of the flock… @jimkrukal has some custom twitter templates where you can set your background up like a business card. Twell0w – in 3 words - Twitter Yellow Pages. Speak Your Mind – I can’t stress this more. TweetHead? Twhirl (Adobe GUI for twitter) A+TweetStats (These guys Rock so hard!) There are literally hundreds more. Step 1.) Step 2.) Step 3.) Ok, now what? Free Twitter Backgrounds from TwitterBacks.com. Ransom Note Typography: Discontinue Use if Rash Develops. 9 Benefits of Twitter for Bloggers.