By Troy Vins
A young man of 20 decided to monetize his Twitter account. It was not just selling tweets. He put up his Twitter background for sale for $1 mil. A rather stupid and unrealizable idea turned out to be one of the most successful in the history of Twitter. Read More→
By Paul Yates
As you get more and more sucked into social networking for your business it becomes increasingly important to ensure that you get the best efficiency out of the time that you spend. Maybe two or three years ago I would sit at my computer in a morning, open Outlook and check my mails, now it’s all to easy to do the same with all the social networking opportunities that are out there but it’s all too easy to find ourselves social networking from first thing in the morning until lunch time and then thinking “what have I achieved?”
I bet there’s many of you out there that can empathize with me so I’ve been doing a lot of work to ensure that whatever time I spend social networking is giving me a good return on my investment. In particular I find that Twitter is becoming more important in my daily routine so a lot of what I have to say revolves around some of the free Twitter tools out there but there are in addition some knock on effects to other business social networking sites too such as Facebook and LinkedIn. Read More→
By Paul Yates
I’ve been a passionate business networker for many years and have really benefited from this low cost method of marketing my business. I don’t advertise my business, I don’t push out flyers all I do is network. Over the years I’ve built up many contacts and these trusted business relationships have delivered a continuous flow of referrals that have kept my business running.
There are techniques and principles to being a successful business networker and what I’m finding interesting is that a lot of these same rules apply not only to face to face business networking but also to the social networking site Twitter. I make the distinction between Twitter and other social networking sites such as Facebook or LinkedIn because with Twitter you can strike up a conversation quickly without the other party feeling pressured or threatened. It’s as though people who tweet accept the fact that they are in the business of having conversations. Read More→
By Paul Yates
It’s interesting to note the parallels that there are between business social networking on Twitter and face to face business networking. I made the point in a earlier article about how Twitter could be described as targeted business networking because you can preempt much of the initial meeting and move straight onto relationship building much more quickly than you can do face to face.
With face to face business networking events (if you’re smart) you’ve already grabbed a copy of the attendee list and know exactly who it is that you want to talk to, and that’s what I mean by targeted. The problem at face to face meetings is that rarely is the attendee list given out prior to the meeting so that you can plan but that’s not the same as with Twitter. Read More→
By John Noel
The official Twitter iPad app is very unique within the iPad and especially the iPad 2. The Twitter app is intuitive to the feel of this post-PC device built for swiping and turning the device in any position. Designed to function and perform tasks easily, the Twitter App for iPad provides and allows you to easily view your timeline, mentions, messages, and profile which are displayed all in one list to the left of the screen.
Like the most Twitter apps and websites, you are allowed to browse interests, find and follow friends, tweet, re-tweet, direct message other followers in a private setting, and allow real-time search, maps, trends, and of course, FOLLOW new people.
Special and specific for the iPad 2 and the iPhone, the Twitter app allows photo and video capture support. So tweeting your pictures and videos are very easy.
Don’t forget, this application is entirely free for the iPad and all other devices.
Below is an extensive how to instructions on specific features within the Twitter App for iPad. Read More→
By Jason Nyback
Many people see that in the coming years there will be some changes in the way the search engines operate and rank websites. They see the influence of social media, which has grown phenomenally in the recent years, and it will be a factor to reckon with, in the way the search engines rank sites.
It has been observed that people tend to be getting more dissatisfied with the search engines giving outdated posts when they search for news and updates. Especially, with the likes of the younger generation, they want to know the latest updates on the social media.
And also with the mature internet audience already being exposed to the new trend, which is the social networking sites, people are shifting to new ways. People are now searching for posts that are new, recent and other people are recommending through the social networking sites.
For these reasons, the major search engines now recognize the importance of Facebook and Tweeter and how it impacts the way a website rank. New websites now look at these social sites and how its likes and tweets can improve search engine rankings. Read More→
Other articles in this series have referred to the benefits of using Twitter to promote your business. You’ve learned a little bit about what to tweet and how to reward followers with contests. Here, you’ll learn marketing with Twitter using even more tools. Read More→
Twitter is an amazing and very powerful site that gets over 300,000 new sign-ups every single day. Imagine what would happen to your business if you got 300,000 new customers every single day. You probably wouldn’t be read in this article now would you? However, more than 60% of all new Twitter users never return after the first month.
In a nutshell, twitter is a microblogging site that enables users to send “tweets” which are messages of 140 characters or less. Using Twitter the wrong way will make you part of the 60% that never return. Use Twitter the right way can bring you amazing results like you did for Dell computers last year when they racked up $6.5 million in sales just using Twitter. In this article I’m going to break down the four pillars of Twitter in regards to customer to communication, brand exposure, traffic to your site and SEO. Read More→
By David Perdew
Twitter is a great place to communicate and connect, but the sheer volume of data can sometimes be overwhelming. Fortunately, there are a number of great Twitter search tools available. Here is a brief synopsis of five of them.
The Twitter Search tool is a great place to start. Just type who or what you are looking for in the search box at the top of your Twitter page. You can add most of the same operators you use with a web search engine, such as quotes, OR and -. You can also search by hashtag. To save a search, just click the save search box. To retrieve a search later, use the search dropdown box on the timeline. Read More→
