Twitter Clowns
FULL DISCLOSURE: I’m new to Twitter. Really, really new. I’m not using any of the automatic tools. Some of the things I am noticing are not impressive. Twitter isn’t bad itself, but how people are using it begs the question, “are you joking?”. For instance, today I searched for a topic I was interested in learning about. I saw 3 people with good comments, so I followed... More...
Why Do You Use Twitter
How many times have you forgot your camera when attending a social event? I always forget the camera because I’m too excited about being at the event. Well, last Saturday I was at the Dallas WordPress Meetup in Addison Texas and I totally forgot the point and shoot camera. But luckily Esteban Contreras (@socialnerdia) of SocialNerdia.com was there with his Flip video camera and he recorded a... More...
Using Twitter to Wish People Luck
Wishing people luck has always been a popular thing to do, but with social media tools like Twitter at our finger tips, wishing someone luck on Twitter has taken on a whole new meaning. Recently I got the opportunity to help out with the Epic Change TweetLuck Project that’s using Twitter to raise funds to help expand Shepherds Junior school in Tanzania and it gave me a whole new perspective on... More...
Who Are The Top 10 Followed People on Twitter
It’s always interesting to check in from time to time and see who are the top 100 followed people on Twitter. Last time the 100 most followed people on Twitter included Barack Obama, Robert Scoble, and Kevin Rose. This time I thought it would be fun to focus on who are the top 10 followed people on Twitter. Kevin Rose is still in the top 10, but President Obama is the second most followed person... More...
Finding People On Twitter To Follow
When looking for new people to follow on twitter, consider using search.twitter.com to do some Twitter keyword research and then follow those people who express an interest in the keywords that you are targeting. Try to identify small but active tweeters, because smaller tweeters are more likely to notice what you tweet. People with lots of followers will most likely be too busy to notice you unless... More...
Using Speech-To-Text To Tweet
This weekend I came across a handy iPhone app called vLingo that uses Speech-To-Text technology to convert spoken words into text. Speech-To-Text isn’t all that new, but the vLingo application is very accurate and you can have it post updates to your social networks on Twitter and Facebook. Now that’s pretty handy in my book. I can’t wait till I can dictate full blog posts to my phone... More...
How To Attract Twitter Followers Using Video
Can I be honest with you? Your Twitter page is boring. Oh, I know it’s not your fault. By design there is nothing overly exciting about anyone’s default Twitter page. Even the little about me square in the upper right hand corner of the page is boring and doesn’t really offer enough space to tell prospective followers anything about you. So, wouldn’t it be great if you could... More...
You Are Offending People On Twitter, But Who?
Are you offending people on Twitter without even knowing it? The truth is every time you post a new tweet to Twitter you are potentially encouraging someone to stop following you. By default, Twitter doesn’t tell you when someone kicks you to the curb. So there’s no way to know if something you said made people drop you from their radar. Fortunately Qwitter provides a simple solution that... More...
How To Track Twitter Replies Using SMS
Recently I’ve been relying more and more on social networking sites like Twitter to communicate with people and get answers to questions. I’ve even learned about a some useful tools that have helped me with Internet marketing. But as great as Twitter is there are times when it’s left me hanging when it comes to tracking replies. Not everyone on Twitter replies instantly to your Tweets... More...
How To Fight Twitter Spam
Twitter spam is officially a thing. Today I was followed on Twitter by “signupnow” which links to bux.to, a site that promotes getting paid to look at ads. This is the second bogus follower I received in a week. According to the follower’s website, “At Bux.to, you get paid to click on ads and visit websites. The process is easy! You simply click a link and view a website for... More...
Using Twubble To Find Twitter Friends
So, who are you following on Twitter? I mean really following? Do you have a list only of people you know or is it mixed between real personal contacts and complete strangers? My guess is you’re like most people using Twitter and you have a mixed list. Maybe your following Darren Rowse and Yaro Starak. Maybe your following me. It’s hard not to have one or two curiosity follows. So, the... More...
Who Are The Top 100 People On Twitter
I’m on the road to Austin Texas today to visit the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Conservatory so this Microtween will be really short. Last time you learned that you can get a variety of Twitter stats by individual from TweetStats.com. Today, let’s find out who the top followed people are on Twitter so we can begin to explore trends and look for people we might be interested in following.... More...
Using TwitterStats To Spot Social Networking Trends
Yesterday you and I talked about using TwitterScan to perform keyword research on Twitter conversations. We discovered that we can explore what other people are talking about by searching for keywords and we can get an idea of what people are saying about a particular topic. Now let’s talk about TweetStats, another Twitter research tool that helps us dig even further into the stream of on-going... More...
What Do You Twitter About
UPDATE: Either I was smoking crack when I wrote this or these guys have changed their domain. Since I’m too cheap to afford a nasty habit like that it must be the other so, here is the link to TweetScan that works. I’ll go ahead and update the links in the post from twitterscan.com (which does show a listing in the WayBack Machines archives) to tweetscan.com. Today’s Microtween is... More...
