Twitter As A Marketing Tool
The marketing industry is one which depends so greatly on having its finger on the pulse, it came as no surprise when people recognised the benefit of using Twitter as a marketing tool. If you think about it for a moment, the presence on the Internet of a site that allows you to speak to a wide range of people for free and place a link in the text has obvious and extensive marketing benefits. Not least of these is the fact that it cuts your marketing spend right back if used properly. When it comes to marketing effectively, one ...
Twitter Clients – No, Not That Kind Of Client…
As Twitter gains popularity, it has also driven the popularity of another recent internet phenomenon, that of the desktop “client”. Not a website, but still connected to the web, a client is a program that draws information from and distributes it to a website without the user needing to visit that site themselves. While this is not always a necessity, it does increase the convenience of the service. One particular reason for using a client is that you may be surfing another site and want to keep as few tabs open as possible – so instead of going back and ...
Is 140 Characters Ever Enough?
One thing that has emerged over the course of the last decade is a common aversion towards text speak, or a phenomenon to which people have begun to refer as “txt spk”. This is particularly prevalent among people who feel that language should be respected by those who use it and that if you are going to use a word, you should use the full word. While character limits (first identified as a barrier to clear communication with the advent of text messaging) do confer a certain urgency upon not wasting a word or a letter, it is possible to ...
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Twitter As A Marketing Tool
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Where Does Twitter Fit In?
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Posting Links On Twitter
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Spamming – Don’t Do It
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Twitter Clients – No, Not That Kind Of Client…
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Twitter Badge On Your Blog
WP-TwitterBadge is a simple plugin that allows you to display a Twitter “Follow” Badge on your site or blog. You can see my sample at the right side of this blog. It uses the Twitter “Follow” Badge that is provided by go2web20.net. This plugin takes the hassel out of having to manually edit the details and enter it into your... [Read more of this article]
Trending Topics And Their Part In News Gathering
The “trending topic” as used on Twitter has been responsible for generating quite a bit of news over the last year, as Twitter has become a mainstream site like never before. As news media becomes ever more obsessed with “user-generated content”, the major news agencies are using Twitter to see what people are talking about. Where people used... [Read more of this article]
The Rise Of The Hashtag
Follow enough people on Twitter for long enough, and you will become aware of the use of the hashtag. Another of those words that has become common parlance in the last year or so due to the reach of Twitter, the hashtag is a simple enough concept, perhaps best explained by an example: Say you have been taking an interest in a news story. For example,... [Read more of this article]
Harassment On Twitter
One of the things that makes Twitter so instant is that it is moderated reactively rather than proactively. As a result, when you post something it goes into the stream of tweets instantly and can be read by anyone with access to the feed. While this is popular because it allows a steady flow of posts and lets you speak freely, it does have its drawbacks,... [Read more of this article]
Why Did You Unfollow Me?
Many people who use Twitter check their follower numbers very frequently, and respond with displeasure if they see it going down. The fact is, anyone can choose to unfollow you at any time, and they will have their own reasons for doing so. Among the major reasons people have for ceasing to follow a Twitter feed is the crime of posting too much. You... [Read more of this article]
The Etiquette Of Following And Unfollowing
When you first sign up to Twitter, things will move very slowly comparatively speaking. The simple truth of the matter is that when you only have a couple of people in your feed and they are not online at the time, you won’t have much to read. There are ways to speed things up. Adding your favorite newspaper – they almost always have a Twitter account,... [Read more of this article]
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