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How to Handle a Twitter DM Gone Wild
Social Media We all make mistakes. We’re human. But when we make big blunders in public, for all to witness, then it can turn into a pretty ugly situation. Take Tameka Foster, for example, who mistakenly made a private Twitter message public. The estranged wife of Usher Raymond, Foster accidentally sent a Twitter message to her public stream when she meant to send a private, direct message to fellow celeb buddy Star Jones. In the message, Foster ...
Continue readingChoosing the Right Hashtag for Twitter
Promote your blog Hashtags on Twitter can serve a few useful purposes, namely in helping you to promote yourself. Twitter trending topics, search and related applicatins thrive on these hashtags, as they serve as noted keywords in the sea of tweets going through the microblogging platform. So determining the perfect hashtag is akin to creating the perfect title for a blog post. Hashtags do the following: Grab people’s attention Help you gain visibility as ...
Continue readingBenefitting from Twitter Trending Topics without Being Spammy
Blogging Trending topics have been a valuable part of Twitter and Twitter search for some time, but the addition of trending Twitter topics displayed on each user’s home page is a recent addition by the company. The benefits for you are twofold: you can see what important discussions are taking place on Twitter, and you can promote your Twitter profile by participating in these discussions. Instead of having to go to a third party Twitter ...
Continue readingTwitter Verified Accounts Will Eventually Be Good for Your Brand
Blogging News Twitter rolled out the first portion of its verified accounts capabilities late last week, meaning those celebrity accounts clogging up your home page stream can now be linked to the actual celebrities behind them. Anyone wishing to receive a Verified badge on their Twitter profile will have to apply for it, and Twitter will go over the submitted information in order to grant the badge or reject it. The purpose behind the verified accounts badge ...
Continue readingTwimailer Saves You Time as a Twitter Blogger
Social Media There are a number of tools that help consolidate the information that’s coming through your Twitter account. Twimailier is one of the more recent tools that sends you a more comprehensive email alert when you’ve gained a new follower. The email includes a brief synopsis of your new follower, giving you all the information found in their basic profile. You’ll see the number of followers they have, as well as the number of ...
Continue readingKeeping Your Twitter Ratio Intact
Social Networking Your Twitter ratio is a badge of honor for some, indicating your level of authority as a Twitter user. So maintaining this ratio could be important for you as a user, considering this ratio helps you gain new users, spread your message and help you become more discoverable to others. There’s a few different reasons why your ratio may be off: you may try gaining followers by following others, or you may have an auto-follow feature through a ...
Continue readingTweedeogame Combines YouTube and Twitter for an Engaging Game
Blogging Tweedeogame combines Twitter with YouTube to create a quick, fun game that can be played by just about anyone. So how can such a game help you as a blogger? Offer it as a way to engage your site readers as well as your Twitter followers. The game works by viewing a video on Tweedeogame, then guessing 5 words that have already been assigned to the video as tags. The more you guess correctly, the more points you earn. The videos come from YouTube, ...
Continue readingTwitter Acceptance Good for Business Bloggers
Social Media, Social Networking If you blog for business purposes, then you’ve heard of the ways in which Twitter can help you either build your brand or help you redistribute your content in order to spread the message of your brand. And it looks like all the talk of Twitter being good for business was right. According to a recent survey by MarketingProfs, small business owners view Twitter as an important aspect of their company. Well, that’s fine for business ...
Continue readingTwitVid.io Adds Media Context to your Twitter Stream
Blogging TwitVid.io is the latest site to launch a tool that adds media context to your Twitter stream. What TwitVid.io does is allow you to upload a video and share the link through Twitter. Similar to its photo-centric counterparts such as TwitPic, the Fliggo-powered TwitVid.eo works by uploading video content directly from your computer and enabling you to share your uploaded content via links spread through Twitter. As a blogger, there are two ...
Continue readingGot Unfollowed on Twitter? Don’t Take it Personally
Social Media I have a friend that uses Qwitter on a regular basis in order to find out when people have stopped following him on Twitter. He says he considers it critical feedback, as he’ll match up the time someone has stopped following him with the time of activity on his Twitter account. In his mind he’s wondering if he said something stupid, useless or offensive in order to turn people off to his Twitter stream. In some ways this line of ...
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