SubscribeSome Significant Twitter Spam Activity Today
There was some significant spammy Twitter activity today on the network. I’ve received a number of tweets throughout the day that were less than what I’d expect from the people I received them from in my followers lists. As you can read in the screen captures above, it’s the obvious sex and performance subjects of topic that we’re used to receiving in our email Inboxes. The problem now is the increase in activity on the twitter… More »
Use Twitter As A Reminder Service
You’re on twitter all day, so why don’t you make it work for you. In fact you can even make it serve you as your own little personal assistant for all those little, but very important things you always seem to forget anyway.
If you follow @timer on twitter, you can send yourself little reminders that are set on a schedule and be notified of that item as you need, when you need it.
With the requirements being straight-forward and simple, you’ve… More »
You Should Read Twitter Marketing for Dummies
If I had to guess, I’d bet a pretty penny that you’re probably a twitter user right at this minute. You’ve been using it for awhile, you realize it’s helpful and more than other people realize it is.
If you’re reading this and you’re not on twitter, I think the next chance is that you may be involved in business and you’re wondering how you can use twitter and all these other social media tools to improve your business, your personal… More »
Using Mr. Tweet to Expand My Twitterverse
Twitter continues to be a powerful tool for me for a variety of uses. It’s so much more than just a mechanism to find out and talk about where I’m eating or what I’m doing at the moment. Although I do use it for that and appreciate similar updates from others. You see it’s my opinion that all of those updates form my perception of the people I follow and who they are in reality as well.
One of the tools… More »
Trying Out Seesmic for Windows Again
I’m still surprised at the number of people I meet that rely on the Twitter website to serve as their main source of updating and keeping track of their Twitter updates. I’ve been a happy user of Twhirl for quite awhile now.
I decided it was time to try another desktop application out to see if anything had drastically improved since the last time I used something other than Twhirl. It appears that nothing much has changed with Seesmic for Windows.
I… More »
Social Media Offers Revenue Insights
New technology is providing a wide range of ways for people to make money. Social media is offering a special challenge, though, since it can be difficult to measure revenues and return on investment. This is precisely why three of the major social media companies, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter, are offering new tools and features that focus on revenue implications.
The idea is that you can measure — sort of — the financial benefit of some social media networks. And these… More »
Which Social Networking Site Do You Use Most?
Whether for business, for pleasure, or a little bit of both, it seems everyone is using social networking sites these days. Are you a big fan of Facebook or is Twitter more your thing? Which social networking site is your favorite?
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Start Something with Twibbon for Twitter
If twitter is good for anything, it’s great for getting people to come together and chat, discuss or support an identified cause. Think about the Iran events or just about any other major trending event topic you’ve seen on the network.
When you decide to promote an event and you want your supporters to be uniquely identified on the twitter social network you can use the Twibbon website to accomplish that goal.
The Twibbon website allows you to upload a simple little… More »
Use TweetFunnel to Team Tweet
Twitter continues to gain momentum and more and more businesses are jumping on board. If you’re a business just getting started, do you trust your twitter presence to live or die by the actions of just one individual. Can’t you get a team involved? Yes!
My brother shares what he thinks about businesses using TweetFunnel to get involved in the twitterverse and in social media.
Many have referred to Twitter as the Wild West of the social media frontier. That label is… More »
Twitter Gets Brandon Jennings in Trouble
The NBA has a policy that states that players cannot use Twitter during games and 45 minutes before and after the contest. Brandon Jennings, the star rookie point guard for the Milwaukee Bucks, must have missed the memo.
After the Bucks beat the Portland Trail Blazers recently, Jennings (@YUNGBUCK3) said the following:
“Back to 500. Yess!!! “500″ means where doing good. Way to Play Hard Guys.”
For his Tweet, which came less than 45 minutes after the game, Jennings was fined $7,500 by… More »
NBA Players Should Stay Away From Twitter
In my professional opinion, NBA players should stay away from Twitter. It doesn’t serve them well. In fact, it doesn’t serve any professional athlete well.
While some athletes may use Twitter to connect with fans and offer up a bit of humor now and again, others use it to complain about their team, their limited playing time, and their gripes with head coaches. Larry Johnson pretty much lost his job with the Kansas City Chiefs because of what he wrote on… More »
Screenr – Learning Computing Tasks Online
Sometimes when you’re trying to learn a new computer program or specific feature within a computer application, what you need is a step-by-step visual presentation of what’s happening in front of you. Screenr does that, but takes it one step further and integrates that functionality with twitter. The integration allows you to quickly record a video describing something, and then immediately share it with your followers on twitter. There are times when you just can’t… More »
Twitter Cloud – What Are You Tweeting About
So you got on twitter awhile back and you’ve gained yourself some followers. You tweet fairly regularly and interact with the twitterverse as much as possible. Have you ever really looked back and thought about what you’re saying? You can use tweet cloud to get an idea of what you’re talking about on a regular basis. You just visit the website, let it authorize your twitter account using the twitter authorization procedures and it will surf… More »
Use Tweet Feel to See What’s Happening
There are plenty of different tools out there to help you get more out of Twitter. From tracking details of your followers. It’s not hard to see what people are talking about on Twitter, but it can be hard to see how people are feeling about what’s being said in the Twitterverse. Tweetfeel let’s you put in a search term and through the magic of some "insanely complex sentiment analysis" identifies the emotions. Let’s give it… More »
Who Follows Whom on Twitter
When you spend a lot of time on twitter, you’re probably making lots of friends. One of the features that I think is great on Facebook is the mutual friends display. I use this frequently to determine if I should already know this person or perhaps what the context is of the reason I should know them. Although not quite as easy to do within the twitter interface, there is a similar tool available from the… More »
