Today’s post comes from Pongrob Saisuwan of TwitBlend. He’s showing us how to use the service. You can follow Pongrob at @twitblend.
There’s so many auto-generated list of tweets out there but the results are mostly spam. So why not make it ourselves?
With a service called TwitBlend you can easily create your own “collection of tweets” or “tweet list” yourself and it’s very easy to use!
This is what I got from spending two minutes on TwitBlend, The Foursquare Cling (more…)
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Today’s post comes from Jenni Izzo, a Drexel University graduate turned PR Account Coordinator with a social media obsession. You can follow Jenni at @jenniizzo.
Whether large or small, Twitter can enhance your event in a number of ways. Take a hint from MTV, who recently used a live Twitter Tracker for their 2010 Movie Awards. They encouraged those in the audience, as well as those at home, to get in on the action by tweeting their thoughts, reactions and questions. Throughout the night, tweets containing “MTV” hit over 400 per minute. But, even if you aren’t planning a star-studded event, you can still use the following tips to create a tweet-worthy event. (more…)
Twitter’s search engine is really one of it’s great features, and in this article I’m going to demonstrate some really cool searches you can do with it.
This is kind of a follow up to Thomas Baekdal’s excellent article here on Twitip “7 Secret Ways To Use Twitter Search” which you should check out as well.
1. Who’s saying stuff about me outside of Twitter?
This search will show you Tweets that people write about you or your company that link out to an external page. This is useful for finding what people are writing about you, or indeed when people link to your site without using your Twitter name
[your name|company] filter:links
Live example: mailchimp filter:links (more…)
Tweeting is a fun hobby and nobody denies that. Through Twitter you can meet new people and learn from them. You can make some really good connections and do much more than just chatting.
The side effect of using Twitter: It totally grows on you. At first it is fun to get to meet new people from various backgrounds and bond with them, but after some time you are more into tweeting useful content so that it pleases your followers. And it turns into a vicious circle where you seem to get trapped. The harmless past time turns to harmful addiction!
How is Twitter harmful?
Many of you would ask me the same question as they still believe that Twitter is harmless. Yes, it is harmless to an extent but after a limit it can take total control over your life. (more…)
Dear Business Owners Worldwide,
There’s a reason you’re seeing the word “Twitter” nearly everywhere you look these days.
What other media platform (aside from expensive TV, Radio and pay per click ads) gives you the same opportunity to reach and influence large groups of people the way Twitter does? From adding and engaging targeted followers (a.k.a. potential customers), to driving traffic to your blog or website; Twitter has emerged as the perfect marketing tool for essentially any business.
Proof that the time for your business to embrace Twitter is NOW lies in the pudding below. Here are 8 ways you could, and should, be using Twitter to successfully market your business. (more…)
