by Marelise da Silva | Aug 17, 2010 | Twitter
Twitter is one of the best Web 2.0 micro-blogging tools available online. It has countless features and in my opinion, Twitter search is awesome. Nothing beats real-time search! Although there’s many tips and tools available for Twitter online, find below a couple of General tips that will help you get the best out of Twitter for your business marketing efforts.
For a great Twitter tips list – Twitter tips: the ultimate guide
by Marelise da Silva | Aug 11, 2010 | Twitter
Any blogger or at least most of them loves WordPress and Twitter. WordPress is an excellent publishing platform that can be used for a variety of online services and the most well-known one – blogging.
Twitter is a micro blogging tool that I usually use to announce new blog posts I have made and to collaborate with my friends, family and clients.
Even though there’s a couple good Twitter plugins available for WordPress, I was struggling to find a good list that shows and describes the best Twitter plugins for WordPress until I stumbled upon the list below from Technobuzz.
Feel free to add your own to this list by leaving a comment below as I will update this list regularly.
You can find the full list here: http://www.technobuzz.net/
- Twittrup : Updates Twitter when you create a new blog post utilizing a shortener service of your choice.
- WP to Twitter : Posts a Twitter status update when you update your blog or post to your blogroll, using the Cligs URL shortening service.
- Tweetly Updater : This plugin sends Twitter updates on new or edited posts, uses bit.ly.
- TwitThis Button : Adds the TwitThis button into your posts and RSS feed and auto-tweets new posts.
- TweetMeme Button: Adds the TweetMeme button into your posts and RSS feed.
- TweetScribe: TweetScribe plugin connects your WordPress blog with TweetScribe.me Through this site users can subscribe to your blog using their twitter account. Every time you make a new post they will be direct messaged (DM’ed) with your post. It is also a blogging list directory where you choose which categories to list your blog under. This way new readers might find your blog to expand their interests.
- Twitter Friends Widget: Twitter Friends is a WordPress plugin that displays your Twitter friends/ followers in your sidebar in the same way that they appear on your Twitter homepage.
- Twitter Friendly Links: Your very own TinyURL within your OWN domain! If you DO promote your blog posts in Twitter, then you MUST make your links look cool!
- Tweetable: Tweetable is intended to help integrate Twitter into your blog. It can automatically tweet links to your blog posts as they are published. It can display your latest tweet in your sidebar and add a tweetmeme widget after your posts. You can even use it to share a Twitter account among a blog’s author’s if you wish .
- Thread Twitter: Thread Twitter fetch your tweets and display them in thread style.
by Francois Muscat | Apr 28, 2010 | Twitter
If you have been an avid blogger for a while now or your journey has just begun as one, have you tried micro blogging? Micro-blogging combines the elements of blogging with instant messaging and social networking.
Micro-blogging defined by Wikipedia
Microblogging is a form of multimedia blogging that allows users to send brief text updates or micromedia such as photos or audio clips and publish them, either to be viewed by anyone or by a restricted group which can be chosen by the user. These messages can be submitted by a variety of means, including text messaging, instant messaging, email, digital audio or the web. Wikipedia
The leader at the moment in the Micro-blogging field is Twitter. If you haven’t heard about Twitter before, I suggest you get a computer with an internet connection and start browsing the web.
Twitter has millions of users where people connect and thousands are using it every day. There’s a couple of other popular Micro-blogging tools including Floopo and Jaiku, which offers various different features but for the purpose of this post, I’ll focus on Twitter- tweet tweet.
Twitter users can send messages of up to 140 characters instantly via multiple platforms. Statistics shows that 90% of Twitter interactions are not made via the Twitter website, but via mobile text messaging, instant messaging or desktop applications such as Twitterrific. Twitter’s extra flexibility is even further enhanced by the ability to subscribe to updates via RSS. Simply put, you can find information on the Twitterverse immediately as it happens. Real time information and news is king.
The users of Twitter vary. It is popular amongst home workers and freelancers that uses it for instant communication with friends, colleagues and family. It is also used to network and share thoughts or to start conversations. Its suitability as a vehicle for breaking news has encourages BBC and CNN to introduce Twitter feeds (RSS). Even candidates in politics have taken to Twitter and its popularity. Have a look at Helen Zille: http://twitter.com/helenzille and Barack Obama: http://twitter.com/BARACKOBAMA
An important feature of Twitter is that it can be indexed via Google. As with so much on the web, it’s a public platform, so it’s worth remembering that as such use of it may become part of your business schedule.
Twitter benefits
As with most of the social media tools available, Twitter has benefits.
- Research tool – Use Twitter to research about trendy topics, your niche or important news events. As said before – Real time information is king.
- There’s always something interesting to read and see on Twitter
- Improve brand awareness for your company. In the social media world it is all about conversation. Start the conversation and encourage others to join in.
- Promote your content. If you have a blog or you want to market a product or service, let the Twitterverse know about it.
A couple of hours each day I spend on blogging. There’s also good benefits on Twitter for a blogger like me.
Twitter benefits for bloggers
- Improve the visibility of your blogs
- Networking with other bloggers
- Get more readers to your blog
- Build trust and credibility
- Drive traffic to your blog
Micro-blogging is an easy way for companies to expand on their network online. Comment below if you have any questions regarding this topic or contact us for more information.
by Marelise da Silva | Mar 16, 2010 | Twitter
This post is for all the businesses that are jumping on the Social Media bandwagon. You’ve been told to leverage the power of Social Media Networks like Twitter, however, mistakes can be made and it is my objective to give you a brief outline of Twitter mistakes businesses should be avoiding.
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by Marelise da Silva | Feb 26, 2010 | Twitter
Social Media Marketing is in the process of turning into a mainstream advertising medium because it provides the perfect platform to find the people looking for your products and services right now. Gone are the days of relying solely on methods like cold-calling to find your prospective customers, they’re now waiting to be found on Social Media.
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