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David Wright is a direct response copywriter and marketing specialist at Ghostwriter Dad. Follow him @bloggerdad

Twitter is a lot like the wild west of social media. The venue is relatively new, many people are unfamiliar with the etiquette and an even larger number of people could care less about the few rules in place. Which is why I am quick to my trigger and hit the block or unfollow button the minute people’s poor Twitter manners cross my path.

Here are six ways to become a Twitter pariah with me (and I imagine a lot of other people): (more…)

by David Turnbull – Follow him @dturnbull

CoTweet.com is a powerful Twitter-centric web application designed to help brands connect with their audience and join the conversation. Although used by some large companies such as Ford, Pepsi and Whole Foods I’ve seen little mention of the tool in the blogosphere and thought it deserved some attention. (more…)

by Robert Dwyer of The Wellesley Wine Press – Follow him @RobertDwyer

A subtly confusing aspect of Twitter, even for people who have been using the service for a while, is understanding the differences between replies, mentions and direct messages. These concepts are confusing because they’re different than E-mail and aren’t necessarily the same as on other social networks like Facebook. The goal of this piece is to help well-meaning people from inadvertently annoying others on Twitter, or worse, accidentally sharing private information publicly.

This is part 2 of a 2 part series about replies, mentions and direct messages in terms of how they’re used from the Twitter web interface (Read part one here). Today we’ll talk about mentions and direct messages. (more…)

by Robert Dwyer of The Wellesley Wine Press – Follow him @RobertDwyer

A subtly confusing aspect of Twitter, even for people who have been using the service for a while, is understanding the differences between replies, mentions and direct messages. These concepts are confusing because they’re different than E-mail and aren’t necessarily the same as on other social networks like Facebook. The goal of this piece is to help well-meaning people from inadvertently annoying others on Twitter, or worse, accidentally sharing private information publicly. (more…)

We recently received notification about TweetPortal from Andrew McQuinn, who’s part of the new portal’s team.

Seems like a great “one stop” if you’re a news junkie and want to see all your legitimate news in one place.

My only (minor) gripe off the start is the blended AdWords sections in the content boxes. Having it before the “more ____” links looks too much like trickery to me, and I think that sites that are providing value to their users should be using less tactics like this. It’s a trust thing I guess. I realize that blended ads work in blogs and other sites with lengthy content, and I don’t begrudge them the right to earn a buck, but don’t be so clearly trying to garner clicks with AdSense – sell some real ads.

You can follow them @tweetportal, too.

Check it out and let us know what you think in the comments!

by LisaMarieDias – follow her @LisaMarieDias

For all the hoopla that surrounds Twitter and the myriad of apps (applications) that have sprung up to help people manage and make sense of it, I haven’t seen a single article singing the praises of Twitter’s basic search tool. And sing they should! The basic search tool that resides in the sidebar of everyone’s Twitter page is one of the quickest and easiest ways to find people, answers, trends and, if used wisely, customers and clients the world over. Here is a brief explanation of how it works and some suggestions for how it can work for you! (more…)

by Craig Fifield – follow him on Twitter @CraigFifield

The other night just as I was done finishing up on Twitter @DannySullivan dropped a link to a Newsweek story and said:

gosh, change “twitter” to “blogs” in dan lyons rip on twitter & it could be 2004

Sullivan is usually spot on so with cold beer in hand and Xbox calling to me from the other room I reluctantly clicked through and started reading Don’t Tweet on Me by Daniel Lyons. (more…)

Here’s a reader question that came through on the Call for Community Content post yesterday…

Gina from Moneywise Moms (@moneywisemoms) asks:

“…I can’t find ANYTHING on the web about how to use Twitter to promote a local event. I want the quick/easy/widespread power of Twitter but without the world-wide-ness. Ideas?”

Share your suggestions in the comments!

Okay, so here’s the deal… We’re looking for reader questions, tips, and suggestions about Twitter. The goal is to create a mega-list resource (or three) for TwiTip readers. Darren often talks about pillar articles and list posts over at ProBlogger, and we’re thinking that we should have a few really great ones here at TwiTip.

So this is an official request to our dear readers to send in your best Twitter tips and suggestions – be it about external tools, tips for productivity on Twitter, or even reader questions that you’d like to have answered by the community. You can feel free to submit them either in the comments of this post, or by using our handy-dandy contact form.

We’re also openly accepting guest posts to be published here on TwiTip. You’ll receive a link to both your blog and your Twitter ID. Submit your pitch and I’ll send you the guidelines.

Let’s work together to make TwiTip an even bigger and better resource for Twitter users!

Just received this email from the gang at Mister Wong… Bonus? They’re giving away a MacBook! Check it out and let us know what you think in the comments!

Last week we launched a new feature on Mister-Wong.com (social bookmarking service) which integrates users’ Twitter streams to their Mister Wong profiles.

This new feature allows users to easily import, preview and store links to information they find through Twitter. Tweets containing links are displayed directly on users’ profiles, so they can easily click and save the links as bookmarks to their Mister Wong account. We launched this feature earlier this month to our users in Germany – over 2 million unique tweets were imported during the first week. (more…)