Twitter recently launched a service meant to give its followers some great deals and Twitter a means to monetize. Earlybird is a Twitter stream you can follow to get the latest deals offered by advertisers on the site. By following @earlybird, you’ll be among the first to know about these offers. What does this mean [...]
Using Twitter as a news source is not a new phenomenon. But, it hit close to home when I called my family members tonight that live in Oklahoma. Some of you may know that tornadoes have been tearing through the state this evening. I was noticing a few tweets and some Facebook status updates and [...]
I’m going to be completely honest here. I think I’ve created one or two lists, but I don’t really use them. And what I really mean by that is I don’t create them myself. I do, however, like to look at other people’s lists.
A lot of people are hopping on the Twitter bandwagon. Some are setting up accounts and just letting them sit. If you, or someone you know is doing this, it’s time for an intervention. I believe Twitter is the most useful tool online right now. It has simply made my life better not only because [...]
People tell me all the time that they couldn’t possible have an interesting blog, or twitter account. Really? I don’t think that’s true. We all have something to say– atleast at one time or another. It’s a matter of making note of it, developing the thought further in your mind and making time to write [...]
Feeling a little overwhelmed on Twitter and don’t feel like it’s being maximized as a tool for you? Here are a couple pointers…
If you have multiple twitter accounts to manage, my best suggestion is to use an application to manage your twitter stream. I go back and forth between Seesmic and Hootsuite. I love Seesmic [...]
Have you seen those great little buttons in posts that allow you to retweet a post? They’re popping up all over the place. In fact, we finally added our own to our blog. You can find this at Tweetmeme. If you use Wordpress there is a plugin and you’ll have your retweet button ready to [...]
Last month we blogged about Seesmic Desktop. We have been using this for a few months now and have really like its versatility and the ease of maintaining multiple twitter accounts. The only drawback we saw? It was only a desktop version.
No longer.
Seesmic Web has launched and now we can access our information from any [...]
So now that you have some of the basic knowledge of twitter, let me help you with some of the lingo that you will see while you are on there.
RT- Retweet. Use a RT when you like what someone has said, or would like to repeat it to your followers. It gives credit where credit [...]
Are you still wondering what all this twitter craze is about? Well, let me try to help. I think of twitter like texting to the masses. Twitter limits updates to 140 characters. Which is awesome. Short, sweet, and to the point. Since it’s short and sweet, it challenges you to use those 140 characters wisely. Twitter is [...]