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… [more]
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… [more]
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… [more]
General Twitter Tips
Driving More Traffic To Your Website And Affiliate Links Using Twitter
Twitter is a social networking web site that you can use to start generating site traffic. Lots of traffic can be generated by utilizing Twitter. Here we are going to explain a couple of small tricks that can help you start driving targeted website traffic from Twitter.
The Myths, Legends and Hazards of Twitter Marketing
If you are an online marketer who has been around for a couple of years, you no doubt are familiar with Twitter. Perhaps you’ve even tried doing business on Twitter and have used various tools. An advantage that can save you time would be to automate repetitive tasks. Plus there are plenty of Twitter applications [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Twitter For Beginners
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 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 [...]
Spamming – Don’t Do It
The continuing etymology of the word “spam” is of interest to people with an interest in how words can develop, change meanings and take on additional, new ones. Originally used as a brand name for a tinned, processed meat, it was picked up and used in a Monty Python sketch and from there was adopted [...]
Twitter For Advanced
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 [...]
Where Does Twitter Fit In?
The Internet may seem to be a behemoth of unconnected sites united simply by the fact that they are all online and accessible by anyone with the correct equipment. But if you look closer it is easy to see that there is a lot of connectivity between certain sites, not least in the use of [...]
Posting Links On Twitter
One of the things that makes Twitter so vibrant is that it is a very quick and very sure way of spreading information, and if you find a link on the Internet that you want to bring to people’s attention, it is necessary only to tweet that link and sit back as people open and [...]