Monday, June 22, 2009

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Saturday, June 20, 2009

Using the right photo or avatar on Twitter


-by Skeeter Hansen and Al Ferretti

Using the right photo or avatar can make all the difference. When building relationships and connecting on Twitter, people want to see who you are.



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Friday, June 19, 2009

Locating People in your niche with Twellow


-by Skeeter Hansen and Al Ferretti

Twellow is a great site for locating people in your niche. Also use Twellow so people can find you on Twitter.



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16 Cool Twitter Tools for Firefox


-by Al Ferretti and Skeeter Hansen

16 Cool Twitter Tools for Firefox.

A lot of people love both Twitter and Firefox. With both having so many plug-ins available it only seems natural that there would be quite a few tools to merge both Twitter and Firefox together. If you're the type of person that likes flexibility, take a peek at these tools, theres sure to be something that appeals to you.

(As with all Firefox tool lists, we recommend that you don’t install all of these unless you want your browser to move at the speed of a turtle.)

1. DashBlog - DashBlog lets you easily tweet about items you find on the web such as videos, text, quotes, images and more. Also works with Tumblr (Tumblr reviews), WordPress (WordPress reviews) and Blogger (blogger reviews).

2. Friendbar - See your incoming tweets right in the toolbar as well as post updates of your own. Also works with Facebook (Facebook reviews) friends.

3. StockTwits - A Firefox add-on that works with the StockTwits site. It will turn any StockTwits tagged tweets on the site into a link back to the StockTwits site so you can follow the conversation.

4. Twitter Line - Displays incoming tweets from your friends timeline in a toolbar, and allows you to post updates to your own account.

5. Twitter StatusBar - A discrete tool that collapses into your status bar when not in use. Just click on the "T" symbol to bring it up and send out your latest update.

6. Twitter Toolbar - A toolbar that allows you to post updates any time you want as you browse. Also includes pre-written messages for common sayings on the service.

7. TwitBin (Twitbin reviews) - Opens up a Twitter client in your sidebar so you can send and read tweets no matter where you are on the Web without changing tabs or windows.

8. TwitKit - A sidebar Twitter client that breaks down into tabs for @replies, account stats, public timeline, sending tweets, your friends’ latest tweets and a list of all your followers.

9. TwitterBar - Type your tweets in the address bar and press the icon at the end to send them. Also allows you to easily tweet about the page you are currently looking at by leaving it in the address bar when you type out your message.

10. TwitterFox (Twitterfox reviews) - A Twitter client for Firefox that will allow you to see your friend updates, add your own, retweet, delete read tweets from your stream and more.

11. Tw-autocomplete - Allows for autocomplete of Twitter usernames for @ and D messages as you are typing them on the Twitter site.

12. TweetStalk - Adds a "Stalk" button next to the "Follow" button on Twitter so you can follow someone without them knowing it. Can also create an RSS feed of their tweets so you can read them in your favorite reader.

13. TwitThat - A bookmarklet that lets you tweet about the current Web page you are reading.

14. Twitter Search - The name says it all for this handy tool that gives you access to the real-time Twitter search.

15. TwittyTunes - Works with FoxyTunes (FoxyTunes reviews) to submit the songs you listen to that you wish to share with the Twitter community. If you choose not to use it with FoxyTunes, you can also post about sites and videos you are viewing.

16. Twitzer - Allows you to tweet messages longer than 140 characters by adding a link to the overflow text, you can also de-Twitzer text and have it displayed directly on the Twitter site.

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Thursday, June 18, 2009

How to get over the 2,000 Follow Limit on Twitter


-by Skeeter Hansen and Al Ferretti
Discover why Twitter will only let you follow so many people. This short video will explain how to get over the 2,000 follow limit that Twitter has on all new accounts. Who to unfollow and why this is important when.....well just watch the video.



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Wednesday, June 17, 2009

7 Tips for Networking on Twitter


-by Al Ferretti and Skeeter Hansen

The secret to networking on Twitter is to harness the power of your tweets. All things being equal, people will do business with, and refer business to, those people they know, like, and trust.

With that being said networking on Twitter is all about three core values; engaging, building relationships and providing value in your tweets.


7 Tips for Networking on Twitter



1. Engaging: You will make more friends and attract more followers by becoming interested in other people versus trying to get other people interested in you. The key to engaging with others on Twitter is making the other person feel important. A great way to connect with someone new is to give them a compliment. There’s always something nice to say about someone.

2. Building Relationships: People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care. With Twitter, People can get to know, like, and trust you much faster and more efficiently than traditional means of marketing by focusing on one major step when building relationships, the follow-up.

3. The Fortune is in the follow-up. Many successful business owners have discovered when following up with people has made all the difference to their business. If you don't follow-up with people, your competitors will.

4. Providing Value: Your true worth is determined by how much more you provide in value than you take in payment. When you effectively engage and build relationships by providing value and give people what they want you will gain new and repeat customers with Twitter.

5. Be the referral source: by referring a persons business to other people. There is simply no better way to get someone to want to do something for you, than first doing something for them

6 Connecting: Before you connect with someone go to their blog/website and do some basic research. Visit their about page and send a tweet with a positive comment about them or their business. Doing this will show them you took the time and are being thoughtful.

7. Tweetups:This is an excellent opportunity to meet with multiple people at one time in person. Meeting your friends and followers in a group setting will give you the option to share ideas and take your relationships to the next level.

Using these 7 tips for networking on twitter can generate beneficial results for your business fast and it can also be a lot of fun.

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