Comments on: Using Twitter… ‘The Smart Way’

By: Terrie

Terrie — Wed, 06 May 2009 20:26:19 +0000

Thanks so much for the great article! Helps so much.

By: Shawn Hickman

Shawn Hickman — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 06:25:10 +0000

Great article. You could have done without the intro, I think it came off a little confusing, but then you really got into the meat and bones. Good shit.

By: Black Hornet

Black Hornet — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 02:05:42 +0000

Check out this Twitter bookmarklet designed to help link microbloggers share links. It utilizes wither tinyurl.com or tr.im for url shortening. And unlike other bookmarklets, it brings over the page title and selected text into the twitter window for you to massage before submitting.

By: Mark Ramskill

Mark Ramskill — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:08:54 +0000

Hi Baxter, thanks for you comments on my article.

I don’t disagree with you – Twitter would indeed be a very boring place if it was only used by people in the three areas you mention.

As a marketer and a web 2.o / social media commentator, I have as an example listed people worth following in these areas, but as I mention, “…Read their profiles, visit their sites, and only add them if you feel they’ll bring value to your Twitter experience.”

“…if you use Twitter smartly, it’s an outstanding tool for engaging with key influencers in your niche and also with your own target audience.”

Twitter is very much so for everyone, and while there is a slant towards business / professional use in my article, hopefully I have outlined tips worth following and useful tools and sites that can get any new Twitter users up to speed.

By: Baxter Tocher

Baxter Tocher — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:42:14 +0000

I think it’s worth bearing in mind that if Twitter only gets used by people a) trying to make money, or b) those commenting on Web 2.0, or c) those involved in social marketing, it’ll rapidly run out of interest for the rest of the planet.

Remember, folks – this is why pyramid selling *doesn’t* work.

Imagine if the internet was only for people fitting into the above three categories. Would be a real fun place to hang out, huh?

By: Jesse Liebman

Jesse Liebman — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:11:48 +0000

Mark,

What a fantastic post. You definitely covered any and everything a beginning Twitter user would need to know and gave some of us advanced users a few more tools and people to follow.

By: radha

radha — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 03:18:42 +0000

Nice set of tips to do well in twitter. I especially liked the list of links to help you follow smartly.

By: Matt Randall

Matt Randall — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 12:42:22 +0000

Hi Mark,
Great post, now is definitely the time for a clear article such as this help get the greater populous onto Twitter. I’m currently trying to get friends and colleagues onto Twitter, so will be sure to forward this article to them.

Nice suggested list of people to follow, IMO other essential people to follow are:

Chris Brogan: http://twitter.com/chrisbrogan (Social Media Blog, very influential on Twitter)

Mike Butcher: http://twitter.com/mbites (Tech Crunch UK Blogger , keep up to date with the UK and European Tech scene)

By: Nassorn

Nassorn — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 11:12:25 +0000

This is great reference of complete lists for me as a young Twitter user.
Thank you very much.

By: Phao Loo

Phao Loo — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 10:58:00 +0000

Informative and helpful post. also thanks @guillaumefoutry for http://twitter.peoplebrowsr.com/#