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Networking For Business

100 Success Secrets To Increase Your Prof-
its and Sales Using Twitter Business Strategies
 Twitter 100 Success Secrets

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 Twitter 100 Success Secrets

There has never been a Twitter Guide like this.

100 Success Secrets is not about the ins and outs of Twit-
ter. Instead, it answers the top 100 questions that we are asked
and those we come across in forums, our consultancy and educa-
tion programs.

It tells you exactly how to deal with those questions, with

tips that have never before been offered in print.

This book is also not about Twitter’ best practice and

standards details. Instead, it introduces everything you want to
know to be successful with Twitter.
 Table of Contents

The Pownce Twitter Debate: Which One is the Best?..................10

Twitter Tips for Beginners: Top Things You Need To Do When
Starting on Twitter .............................................................................12
Watch Your Network Soar with Twitter Business ........................14
Time-Wise Wed Efforts with a Twitter Code.................................15
How Twitter and Email Work Hand in Hand...............................16
Back to the Drawing Board for the Twitter IM Utility .................17
Why You Can Use a Twitter Map....................................................19
Three Simple Ways to Make a Twitter Post ...................................20
Top Two Twitter Tools to Simplify Twittering .............................21
How to Attract Twitter Users to Your Business Blog ...................23
Top Twitter Tips to Expand Your Network...................................25
Have a Twitter Account? Learn Why You Should Get One NOW!
...............................................................................................................27
Twitter Client Makes Twitting Easier and Convenient................28
Win New Contacts with Twitter Direct Tactics.............................30
Twitter Google Integration on Talk: How to Use Google Talk to
Publish on Twitter?............................................................................31
How to Create a Tightly Integrated Twitter Jaiku Interlink........33
Leave a Twitter Message, Reap Many Benefits .............................35
How to Find the Best Twitter Search Application ........................36
Using Twitter Update to Start Your Own News Distribution
Service ................................................................................................. 38
Using Twitter Windows Apps to Quickly Post Updates on
Twitter................................................................................................. 40
The Tumblr Twitter Comparison: Understanding the
Differences of Tumblr and Twitter ................................................. 42
Steps to Activate the Twitter AIR Client on a Desktop? ............. 44
Twitter Clients: The Fun and Free Way ......................................... 46
Twitter Download: For Maximum Portability.............................. 47
Twitter How to Guide for the Newbie Tweets ............................. 48
The Advantages of Using a Personalized Twitter Logo.............. 50
Creating a Personal Twitter News Distribution Network .......... 51
Make Life More Convenient with a Twitter source ..................... 53
Getting Twitter Updates from Twitter Blog and other Twitters 54
Using Twitter for Business: Top Steps How to Monetize Your
Twitter Account................................................................................. 56
Where to Find Twitter Tools and Widgets .................................... 58
Getting to Know Some of the More Popular Twitter Applications
.............................................................................................................. 60
Understanding the Practical Uses of the Twitter Link ................ 62
The Growing Number of Twitter Subscriptions........................... 63
A Closer Look at the Software that Made Twitter to What It is
Right Now .......................................................................................... 64
Be Visible and Learn the Tips on How to Have a Ranking
Twitter URL ........................................................................................66
Tips on How to Maximize the Vista Compatible Twitter Apps .67
The Use of the Command Line in Twitter......................................69
Creating a Twitter Weblog Design the Newbie Way ...................70
The Twitter Site Giving Live Feedback...........................................71
Tips to an Effective Navigation on the Twitter Page....................72
Understanding the Twitter Stats......................................................73
How to Easily Register as a Twitter User .......................................74
Meet the New Face of the Twitter Website ....................................75
The All- new Twitter Site ..................................................................76
The HTML Structure of Twitter.......................................................77
The Problems and Issues of the Twitter on the Net......................78
The Competitive Japanese Twitter Site...........................................80
Smart Techniques to Follow to Avoid Being Bombarded by
Twitter Text.........................................................................................81
Video Messaging: Twitter’s Ambition in the Future ...................83
The Friendfeed Twitter Rivalry .......................................................84
Explore Your Twitter Block and Connect with More People ......85
How to Increase Your Twitter Following.......................................86
Using the Twitter List to Build a Community ...............................88
Twitter Marketing: Effective with Real Conversations ................89
The Many Reasons Why People Avail the Twitter Service .........91
Practice Is the Best Twitter Tutorial ................................................93
Why Twitter Updates Get People Hooked.................................... 94
Loving the Twitter Bird.................................................................... 95
Twitter Direct Message Has Its Uses.............................................. 96
Twitter Links Gets People to Discover New Things.................... 97
Twitter Maps: When Location Matters .......................................... 98
Get Twitter Replies in Many Ways................................................. 99
Choose the Right Twitter Tool for Every Marketing Purpose.. 100
What People in Twitter Twitter About ........................................ 102
Digg Twitter Update Creation ...................................................... 103
TechCrunch Talks about Twitter Decentralization .................... 105
Twitter Help is Your Rescuer from Every Problem You
Encounter ......................................................................................... 107
Twitter Image: Your First Step in Getting Yourself Well-
Introduced ........................................................................................ 109
Twitter Private Messaging: What Does It Mean? ....................... 111
The Management for Multiple Twitter Accounts....................... 113
Twhirl Twitter: Feel the New Experience and Trend ................ 115
The Significance of Twitter ID and How to Change it When
Necessary.......................................................................................... 117
The Twitter Local: Its Definition and its Scope........................... 119
Twitter Review: Increase and Expand the Things You Know
about Twitter.................................................................................... 121
Top Twitter Users are Top-Rated ................................................. 123
Twitter Come Home: Visiting Made Easy................................... 124
Twitter Problems: The Problems and The Solutions ..................125
Twitter Tag: The Welcome Improvement ....................................126
Twitter TV: The Interactive Drive..................................................127
Twitter Alternative: Search for Strengths and Weaknesses.......128
Twitter Fan: Testament of Success.................................................129
Twitter Statistics: Where Most Members Are ..............................130
Twitter Tips: Learn These Common Knowledge Tips ...............131
The Twitter World: Some Points to Ponder .................................133
Starter Guide on Twitter .................................................................134
Changing the Background Image for Your Twitter Account ....136
Names under Twitter Account ......................................................138
Use of Hashtags for Twitter Groups .............................................140
How to Log in at Twitter.com ........................................................141
Knowing More about Twitter ........................................................142
Mobile Pownce to Pounce Twitter Turf........................................143
Twitter Definition: Comprehending Its Essence .........................144
The Best Way to Avoid Twitter Notifications Inundation.........145
Hooking-Up in Twitter: Twitter.com Serves as the Entry Way 146
Custom Twitter: Advancing the Twitter’s Page Design ............148
Twitter Bar: A Self-Study ................................................................149
Twitter Music: Advanced Through Blip.......................................150
Twitter Photo: Imaging SnapTweet ..............................................152
YouTube Twitter: Fused in Seesmic ..............................................154
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The Pownce Twitter Debate: Which One is

the Best?

Many blog debates have been devoted to the Pownce Twit-

ter arguments. Bloggers are comparing the two nano-blogging
services and are arguing which among the two is the best.

To give you a clear picture about the Pownce and Twitter

debate, it is best to distinguish these two social networks.

Twitter is a social communication network where you can

share your activities to your followers. It is also a micro-blogging
tool where you can publish updates and link it directly to your
blog or website. You can build a wide network of followers on
Twitter and establish contacts with your online friends.

Pownce is similar to Twitter in many ways. The difference

is Pownce network added a file sharing utility where you can
share documents and track changes made on those documents.
Pownce can be very useful not just for building an online net-
work but also for work related activities.

So, which one will you choose? It will depend on your

need. If you are a regular user of Twitter and you already have
lots of followers on the network, it is unwise to jump out of
Twitter. It’s tantamount to leaving your online friends if you
transfer to Pownce. This is also true if you are using Pownce for
a long time.

The best thing that you can do is to maintain your Twitter

network and establish another network on Pownce. In this way,
you are adding more friends to your list. On the other hand, if
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you’re not using either Twitter or Pownce, it is best to try both
social networking communities.
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Twitter Tips for Beginners: Top Things You

Need To Do When Starting on Twitter

Twitter has taken the social networking world by storm.

With over 3 million registered active users on its network, it
might overtake some of the pioneers of online social networking.

You can also benefit from Twitter as a new tool for your
online ventures. Actually, Twitter is more than a social network-
ing site. It is also a micro blogging platform, a subscription tool,
a social messaging service, and lots more.

You can practically use Twitter in any way you like to con-
nect with people you know and to build a wide online network.
Here are the top things you should do with Twitter especially if
you’re just starting to use the service.

First, you have to determine your purpose why you will

use Twitter. Having a clear objective will make your Twitting
more meaningful.

For example, you might want to use it to find old friends

and follow what they’re doing now. You can also use Twitter as a
way to communicate or share your thoughts and ideas. Most
importantly, you can use Twitter to promote your blog or to
make a unique brand for your website.

Second, you have to start Twitting right away. If you want

to achieve your goals at Twitter, then it is best not to leave your
Update Box empty for extended periods. You will notice that the
more you Twit, more people will follow your updates.
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Lastly, you also have to search for other Twitters who
share your interest and follow them. In this way you can break-
in your own Twitter page to the system. Following others is also
a good way to widen your network.
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Watch Your Network Soar with Twitter

Business

Getting into the whole Twitter thing is more than just

keeping with the times. It goes beyond knowing what the young-
er ones are into, because it certainly does a great number of
things for your business if you have one. And because this service
is a free one, who are you to pass up a great opportunity to make
a bigger network for your products and services?

For your business to soar using Twitter, you first need to

get as many followers to your account in order to attract a wider
client base. How you can do this, you must ask. It is very simple
– by being able to Tweet or send messages about interesting
things, you can deliberately create curiosity about you. As soon
as you pique the interests of other people, you can be sure that
they will want to track you.

Just be sure that you know what their interests are and if
you have anything good to offer them. If you do, then you will
have captured their attention and they will surely be reading
your Tweets. As soon as you have them, your next task would be
to urge them to get more followers for your Tweets. This can be
done subtly by suggesting great promos and freebies that would
require them to put other people on your tracker.

People love prizes, and when you have something great

dangling in front of them, they would be more than motivated to
track you. Having a Twitter account, if you know how to manage
it and keep it exciting at intervals, would surely make other
people take notice of you.
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Time-Wise Wed Efforts with a Twitter

Code

Twitter is a great application to use if you want your con-

tacts to know what is up with you. Of course, this means they will
need to go to the Twitter site in order to read your Tweets.

Fortunately, there is a great way for you to manage your

Twitter and your own blog site as well. The way to do this is to
get the code for your Twitter account and put it on your blog.
This can very well be achieved if you have some knowledge of
HTML and web. It can be quite technical, but it can be a lot
useful once you get to understand things.

Even a Mac operating software can have a Twitter widget

on it once you have the code. If you want this on your Mac-
enabled computer, you will need to add the widget of Twitter
right onto your Mac Dashboard.

Furthermore, the installation of the Twitter Updater

(which is a type of required plug-in) is necessary for the integra-
tion of Wordpress. These plug-ins word well when you bank on
the Twitter badges as well, as it has an output code that syncs
with the customizations you may want to make later on.

With a Twitter code, you can then have an easier time

managing your efforts on the World Wide Web. Of course, this
does not mean that you cannot anymore access your Twitter
account on the site itself. For as long as you have your registered
log-in, you can get to it right away even if you have a code.
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How Twitter and Email Work Hand in

Hand

Working Twitter in with your email is a great idea to keep

a bigger network active and generate income for your business.
This is especially true if your business is of the marketing kind. If
so, then Twitter is a great marketing strategy that you should
incorporate along with your email techniques and strategies.

To start off, you need to create a Twitter account. You

should create a Twitter ID based on your given name or you can
use a creative name such as the one for your business. After
going through the process of filling up the registration form,
carefully select a specific option: Email when someone starts
following me”.

Additionally, you should also choose a second option

which is “Email when I receive a new direct message”. The
second thing you need to do is to tempt others with freebies – an
electronic freebie is sure to be a unique gift your Twitter follow-
ers would want. If you have decided on this yet, you can insert
the sales copy and the form that your followers will need to sign
up in order to get the free giveaway you are offering.

For purposes of tracking, you can also put up a unique

page which lets you in on how many subscribers you actually
generated from such an invitation. And finally, you need to
create your own Twitter bio. You are given one hundred and sixty
characters which you can use to describe your business – if you
make a well written one, and then you can attract more email
alert requests.
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Back to the Drawing Board for the Twitter

IM Utility

The Twitter IM or instant messaging function allows you

to update your Twitter page using any of the chat communities
on the Web. You can simply use any instant messaging service
account as long as you register it on Twitter.

However, the Twitter IM function has experienced nu-

merous glitches ever since it was introduced by the network.
Recently, Twitter executives have announced that the Twitter IM
service will be officially down for the moment. Twitter said that
they will have to rebuild this facility and find better ways how to
avoid problems with the Twitter IM utility.

The Twitter IM function is one of the most useful tools

that can be utilized by Twitter users to make updates easier. But
as the Twitter network grew, the infrastructure for its IM services
also suffered.

It is not surprising to see an error message whenever you

use the Twitter IM integration. This problem bugged the Twitter
network for many years. The extent of the problem was con-
firmed by the recent announcement made by Twitter.

So, if you are actively using Twitter IM facilities, you need

to find a better alternative to post updates on your Twitter page.
You can simply log-in to your account and manage your Twitter
updates there.

You can also use third party applications which will enable
you to post Twitter updates remotely. You can install these
applications on your computer and restart publishing your Twits.
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According to official sources, it could take years to rebuild

the Twitter IM facilities. It is best not to wait for the re-launch of
the IM tool because there are still other methods where you can
maximize the usefulness of your Twitter account.
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Why You Can Use a Twitter Map

Are you feeling a little visual lately? While Twitter is such

a godsend when it comes to letting other people know about your
whereabouts, some will need a little more help than a few words
typed across a page. Good thing there is Twitter map, a neat
application that goes the visual rather than the language tool.
With the help of a Twitter map, you can easily pinpoint locations
of yourself wherever you make a Tweet. The usefulness of having
a Twitter map is beyond countable.

For one thing, you can always have an automatic ‘Where

in the World is (blank)’ and get it right all the time. If your
contacts have a Twitter map, then you can simply check out
where they have gone and where they are in particular. You can
also use a Twitter map to check out all the people who have been
sending out Tweets (or announcement messages) in a particular
area.

You just may be very well surprised to know how a good

number of Tweets there are from people in your area! More than
being a cool espionage tool, it actually informs you of where-
abouts of people.

Feel like accidentally-on-purpose bumping into your

crush? Search for him on Twitter maps and go see where he’ll be
– and make sure you are there, too! Planning a surprise visit to
someone? Twitter map can help you make sure that person is at
home or out and you can simply adjust the surprise. For a great
number of people, having a Twitter map makes their daily activi-
ties a whole lot easier.
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Three Simple Ways to Make a Twitter Post

You can only make a 140-character Twitter post to send

updates to your followers. That is why Twitter has been called a
micro-blogging platform. So you need to be very concise with
your Twitter post to convey your message to followers.

You can make a Twitter post in several ways. The simplest

but a little roundabout way is to use the web interface of Twitter.

Just go to the Twitter website and log-in to your account.

You will be taken to your home page where you can post your
latest Twits. Just type your content on the text field and click the
update button. Your Twitter post will instantly be displayed as a
new thread in your profile.

Another way to post an update to Twitter is through mo-

bile phone services. You need to activate your mobile device if
you want to use this service. In your home page, you will see a
tab for Devices. Click this tab and register your mobile phone
number.
Twitter will require you to authenticate your number. The
service will ask you to send the randomly generated code to the
Twitter mobile number. Just send an SMS to this number
containing the codes provided to you. Once you authenticate
your mobile number, you can now post Twitter updates via the
SMS service of your carrier.

You can also use a third party application to post an up-

date to Twitter. You can download a free Twitter desktop client
and install it on your computer. Once activated, you can simply
use this application to post updates, follow other Twitters and
reply to current conversations.
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Top Two Twitter Tools to Simplify Twitter-

ing

Aside from the standard Twitter tools you can find on

your Twitter home page, there are thousands more you can find
created by independent developers.

These Twitter tools can help you Twit quickly. Some of

the tools are designed to maximize the utilities and functions of
the Twitter network. Other Twitter tools on the other hand are
useful to enhance the design and appearance of your Twitter
page or application.

Simply said, there’s a Twitter tool for every Twitter activ-

ity. So it would not be too difficult to find a tool that will be
suitable for you.

The best thing about these Twitter tools is they are free to
download and use. Updates on the application are also free. You
can rarely find a Twitter tool that has a price tag on it.

Here are the top two Twitter tools which could help in
simplifying your Twitter experience.

Twitter tools for search. These tools are either download-

able or web-based applications that can be used to search effi-
ciently on the Twitter network. If you want to find your friends,
use any Twitter search tool. You can also use these types of tools
to find Twitterings of fellow Twitters.

Desktop Twitter tools for posting. These kinds of tools

can be installed on your computer to post updates, reply to
Twitters, and follow conversations. These are stand-alone
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applications to quickly use Twitter. These kinds of tools practi-
cally eliminated the need to use the web-based facility of Twitter.

Just search for these tools on the Internet. You can surely
find one that will be most useful for your Twittering.
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How to Attract Twitter Users to Your Busi-

ness Blog

The number of Twitter users is growing every day. Since

the service was launched several years ago, its membership has
grown tremendously. The increasing membership of Twitter
shows that micro-blogging and communication networking is
getting popular on the Internet.

The number of active Twitter users is expected to grow

further in the coming years. If you have a business blog, this is
positive news for you.

You can use the popularity of Twitter to promote your site

and boost your traffic. The sheer number of active Twitter users
would be enough to propel your blogging business.

To attract Twitter users to your blog, you have to exert ex-

tra effort and spend time on building your Twitter following.
Here are some important tips on how to attract Twitter users to
follow your business blog.

First, your blog should have excellent and useful content.

This is the key if you want Twitter users to flock to your site.
Good content and quality posts are critical if you want to get a
share of the Twitter market.

Second, you need to keep on posting important feeds and

updates on your Twitter page. This means you have to update
your Twitterings whenever you post new content on your blog.

Don’t forget to link your Twitter update to your blog post.

It is best to link the Twitter update directly to the post and not on
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your home page. You can use a tiny URL tool to shorten the
address of your blog post.

Once you keep on doing this, you will notice that more
and more Twitter users will follow your updates. These followers
are your leads so keep Twittering to sustain their interest.
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Top Twitter Tips to Expand Your Network

To expand your Twitter network, you have to regularly

post Twitter updates on your page. This will ensure that your
Twitter profile page will always contain new discussions.

Here are the top Twitter tips which could help in quickly
expanding your network.

First, announce to your network outside of Twitter that

you are now a member of the Twitter community. You can use
the Twitter utility for sending invitations to friends. You can also
blog about Twitter and post a link of your public profile.

Second, explore the Twitter neighborhood by using the

search function of the site. The Twitter search engine works like
a standard search engine. Just type a keyword on the search
field and submit your search.

So, if you are interested about healthy living topics, then

search these terms on the Twitter search engine. You will get
Twitterings and Twitter profiles related to such keywords. You
can then look at Twitter profiles or participate in the discussions.

Third, start following other Twitter users who share the

same interest with you. Reply to their updates and actively
participate in the conversations. You will notice that most
Twitters will reciprocate by following your own Twitter updates.

Fourth, use the tools on Twitter to send person to person

messages or replies. This is an effective way to establish solid
connections with other Twitter users. You can build a strong
network on Twitter if you will use the person to person commu-
nication tools.
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Expanding your network on Twitter is easy. You just have

to organize your networking activities to maximize your time on
Twitter.
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Have a Twitter Account? Learn Why You

Should Get One NOW!

If you have not yet joined the latest thing in micro blog-
ging today, then you are missing out. Chances are, you have
heard of Twitter and how many people have been wanting to set
up their own Twitter account. Being more than just a fad, owning
a Twitter account is something that can be really great for a lot of
people – not just the ones that are in business.

Having a Twitter account means having a great way to

blog even the smallest of ideas – right at the minute. As long as
you have a wifi-enabled device and a wireless connection access,
you can inform all your contacts about your whereabouts. This is
useful if you are planning a party and you need to move the
venue.

As soon as you send a Tweet regarding the matter, all your

friends would be alerted about it. Second, concerned parents
now have a great way to be informed about their children’s
whereabouts if they have a Twitter account. All they have to do is
to open it and check out your Tweets. In an instant, they would
know if you are hanging out at the local pizza joint or are stuck in
traffic on your drive back home.

And of course, having a Twitter account also means being

in the know about the whereabouts and businesses of the people
you care about. You can be well informed about them as they are
well informed about you, thanks to the wonder that is the Twitter
account!
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Twitter Client Makes Twitting Easier and

Convenient

A Twitter client is essentially a stand-alone application

that you can install on your desktop or mobile phone. By using a
local client, Twitting updates, replying to Twits, and following
other Twitters will be easier.

There are literally hundreds of Twitter clients available

today. Most, if not all, of them are open source applications and
come as free downloads. The flexibility of Twitter clients make
them extremely useful for users.

Twitter clients for desktop environments can be down-

loaded from the Twitter site. You can choose freely which one
will be most suitable for your computer. You need to be a little
picky though because some Twitter clients have specific system
requirements.

Your best bet would be to choose an application that does

not need additional software to work on your computer. If you’re
using Windows, then it is best to download a Twitter client for
Windows OS. For Mac users, just choose clients that are com-
patible with Mac environment.

It is very practical to use a Twitter client. For one thing,

these clients are not resource hungry. So they will not eat-up
much disk space or strain the memory of your computer.

Most importantly, you can skip going to the main website

of Twitter to log-in to your account. Whenever you want to make
an update to your Twitter, just open the client and start Twitting.
It will save a few minutes of your time and you can write more
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Twitter updates or closely follow your friends or other Twitters’
updates.
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Win New Contacts with Twitter Direct Tac-

tics

The beauty of Twitter may be reflected on the actual peo-

ple who have made you their contact and vice versa. People who
read your Tweets are very interested in what your activities are,
and you can also use Twitter to look for information on a particu-
lar market.

By using Twitter, you can also have a way to monitor the

direct performance of your company or your products. Signing
up for Twitter means you can use it as a great way to build up
your network if you are tasked with such a thing – as well know,
direct marketing is the surest way to go.

Twitter has a lot of benefits for those who want a more

casual stance as a way to reinforce their brand with new custom-
ers. It is also a great way to establish your brand as a very social
personality – synonymous to that of an approachable person in
real life. As your casual and friendly personality makes itself
known on Twitter, you may very well find yourself with lots of
new trackers.

Before you post information regarding your products,

think again. People get turned off if you impose your items on
them. Instead of trying to convince them to their faces (hard
selling them), you should just suggest ways in which your prod-
ucts can help them (the succinct but clearly direct method of
marketing). Remember, you want to come off as a concerned
individual bent on making life a little easier for them – so do try
to be one for real!
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Twitter Google Integration on Talk: How

to Use Google Talk to Publish on Twitter?

You can use Google Talk to post an update to your Twitter

page. This will simplify your Twittering. Most importantly there
are no special applications to install on your computer.

Google Talk is the chat facility of Google. It is a free ser-

vice and is directly embedded on your Gmail account. The
Twitter Google integration therefore would be very useful if
you’re a regular user of Talk and Twitter.

To start using the integrated Twitter Goggle facility, you

need to have a Google account. A Google account is an OpenID
just like its counterpart on the Yahoo network. Once you have a
single Google account, you will be able to access and use all
Google applications and services.

After signing up for an account, access your Gmail or go

directly to the Google Talk apps. Once inside Gmail, you have to
activate the standard interface of the service so that the Talk
utility can be displayed in the side bar of Gmail.

The next step would be to add twitter@twitter.com to your

contact list. This address will be automatically added to the
Google Talk list. You can now start using Google Talk to publish
your Twittering on the Twitter network.

Just type a message in the text box of Google Talk and

send it to the address of Twitter. Your update will be instantly
posted on the Twitter network. There will be no need therefore
to go to the Twitter website to publish updates.
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The Twitter Google integration is just one of the many in-
tegrated services provided by Twitter. These capabilities con-
tributed greatly to the popularity of Twitter.
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How to Create a Tightly Integrated Twitter

Jaiku Interlink

Twitter and Jaiku are both micro-blogging services. These

two social networking communities are very similar. In terms of
user base however, Twitter has a significant edge over the Jaiku
network.

If you can’t decide which micro-blogging network to use,

then it is best to create an account with both of them. Besides, it
is free to create accounts on Twitter and Jaiku.

Creating an account with Twitter and Jaiku has several

advantages. First, you can create a wider online network. With
two micro-blogging communities at your disposal, you can
effectively establish solid linkages with other bloggers and Inter-
net users.

Second, your main website or blog can benefit from the

numerous incoming links coming from Twitter and Jaiku. Your
site can be indexed faster and you might get higher page ranking
because of link popularity.

Third, you can link your Twitter account to your Jaiku ac-
count. So, your Jaiku network can also see your activities at the
Twitter network.

Here are the steps how you can feed your Twitter content
on your Jaiku page.

First, you have to click the RSS tool on your Twitter page.
You have to select and copy your Twitter RSS URL. After copy-
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ing your RSS Twitter URL, you need to go now to your Jaiku
network.

The next step involves pasting the Twitter RSS URL on the
Jaiku feeds. You have to log-in to your Jaiku account to access
the feeds management utility. Once you’re logged-in, open the
feeds management function in Jaiku and simply insert the
Twitter RSS URL.

Your updates on Twitter will now be accessible to your

Jaiku network. Thus you created a tightly linked network and
your main blog will benefit from this interlink.
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Leave a Twitter Message, Reap Many Bene-

fits

Being involved in social networking has certainly evolved

the face of business and the fate of many small business owners.
Usually, there is just one person working as representative of the
entire company, and because of this Twitter is the perfect tool for
his or her job description. Twitter is an ingenious micro-blogging
aid where you are allowed a total of one hundred and forty
characters to inform other people of your status. There are many
great business results from using Twitter, as well as great new
ideas to boost your business.

This can be done by creating for yourself a very compel-

ling profile on Twitter. You should put a photo of yourself so
people will have an idea of what you look like. You should follow
other people to know what they get themselves into and what
common trends may arise out of all your connections.

But above all, the most crucial point would be the Tweet
that you make – or the Twitter message that you put out. Re-
member that you should not just write personal information, but
also add some important blog posts as well as links that are
interesting.

What you post as your own Tweets or Twitter messages

should direct your followers - also your target market – to what
can be interesting or beneficial to them. You can study how other
experts in this field of micro blogging are faring. Pretty soon, you
will be applying the same techniques and principles as well – and
reaping the benefits of it.
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How to Find the Best Twitter Search Appli-

cation

The Twitter search engine will help you find individual

tweets on the Twitter network. It works just like a typical search
tool. Just enter a keyword in the search field for the topic you
want to follow and submit your query. Results would be instan-
taneous and you will be able now to look for tweets you may find
interesting.

The Twitter search function is a convenient tool for Twit-

ter users. You will find it very useful especially if you’re a heavy
Twitter user. There are also third party applications that you can
use for Twitter search.

You can download these Twitter search applications and

install it on your computer. All search applications can help you
find what you want on Twitter. But there are good ones that
have more functionality and very friendly interface.

Here are some of the best features you have to look for if
you want to get a local Twitter search client for your computer.

First, find a search application that can be customized.

See if you can customize the appearance and behavior of the
Twitter search application. Customization of the search tool
would give you more control over it.

Second, find a search tool that can integrate other Twitter

activities such as posting updates, getting feeds, IM capabilities,
and can communicate with your mobile phone. This kind of
search application is an all-in-one tool that can make Twitting
convenient.
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Third, it is also best to find a search application that has

filtering and advanced search capability. This type of Twitter
search tool will enable you to target just the specific topics on
Twitter.

By using a Twitter search application, your activities at

Twitter could become easier and more convenient.
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Using Twitter Update to Start Your Own

News Distribution Service

Twitter was originally conceptualized as a social commu-

nication service to connect people on the Internet. By using the
Twitter update, users will be able to share their daily activities
which can be followed by other Twitters.

This function can also be used effectively to distribute

news feeds. In fact, some of the biggest news networks are
already using Twitter to provide breaking headlines for their
followers.

You can take advantage of the Twitter update function to

quickly send regular feeds for your followers or networks. This
could help if you are maintaining a news blog or a website that
provides local news.

Once you finished setting up your Twitter account, start

making updates on it. You can announce your presence on the
network and provide a link back to your news blog or website.

Follow different updates and conversations related to your

site content. You can also follow other news organizations to
widen your network.

It is important also to post regular Twitter update. For

example, once you upload new content on your blog, you must
immediately post an update on Twitter. Write just the headline
and the link pointing to your site.
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It doesn’t matter if you have few followers at first. As long
as you make regular Twitter updates, more and more people will
notice your profile and will start subscribing to you.

It is essential to provide fresh content for your subscribers

or followers. There are lots of Twitters who have thousands of
followers because they provide new content on their websites.
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Using Twitter Windows Apps to Quickly

Post Updates on Twitter

You can use a Twitter Windows client application to sim-

plify your Twittering. Most Windows desktop clients for Twitter
are free applications so you can try several of them.

Using a Twitter Windows client is convenient. You can

open the application on your desktop and start publishing your
Twitters. Replies to your Twits will also be visible on the applica-
tion interface so it would be easier to follow conversations.

Once you received a reply or an update, a notification will

pop-up on your system tray. Just click this pop-up and the
window of the Twitter application will be opened for you. You
can now post your reply or start a new conversation.

If you are using Windows Live Writer as your primary

content management application, a Twitter plug-in can be used
to publish an update Twit.

What you have to do is download the plug-in file for Twit-

ter apps. This plug-in can be found on the Live Writer homepage
or on any website publishing latest add-on applications for
Windows.

Once you downloaded the plug-in file, copy it and locate

the root directory of Windows Live Writer in your computer.
You can find the directory of Live Writer in Programs file folder.
Go to the plug-in directory and paste the downloaded plug-in file
in that folder.
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You have to open the Live Writer and find the Twitter
plug-in in the Tools menu. Select the Twitter app and you will be
prompted to enter your log-in information on the Twitter net-
work. You can now post a Twitter update using Windows Live
Writer.
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The Tumblr Twitter Comparison: Under-

standing the Differences of Tumblr and
Twitter

Tumblr is usually equated as a clone of Twitter. That’s be-

cause both services offer micro-blogging facilities. However,
Tumblr can be considered as a short journal web log. That’s
because you can post longer content on it than on Twitter.

If you have a Twitter account, you can feed your Twitter

updates on Tumblr by using RSS subscription tool. Your Tumblr
readers therefore can follow your Twitter updates directly from
your micro web log.

The advantage of Tumblr is you can post several varieties

of content on your mini web log. In fact, you can upload photos
and video links on its facilities. But because it is a mini web
journal, there are also limits on the amount of content you can
post.

One utility that is lacking on Tumblr is the capability to

use SMS services to post updates. SMS posting capability is a
regular feature of Twitter. That is why if you want to publish
quickly and to get real time updates of feeds from your network,
Twitter is your best option.

There are big differences between Tumblr and Twitter so

the two services cannot be compared accurately. For one,
Tumblr lacks the socialization aspect of Twitter. So you really
cannot build a network there. It’s more of a blogging service
than a social networking tool like Twitter.
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Twitter and Tumblr are two unique Web 2.0 technologies.
They are designed to enhance online interactivity and improve
communication processes on the Internet. You can use both
services in order to maximize the potential of these social media.
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Steps to Activate the Twitter AIR Client on

a Desktop?

The Twitter AIR client is an Adobe application designed

for posting and managing a Twitter account. You can use the
Twitter AIR client to dock Twitter on your desktop. Every time
you want to make an update to your Twitter page, just click on
the client and publish your post from your desktop.

Using Twitter AIR client simplifies your posting and up-

dating activities on Twitter. You can also configure the Twitter
AIR client to run as a background application in your computer.

Whenever you start your computer, the Twitter AIR client

will be activated and automatically log-in to your Twitter ac-
count. You can determine if the AIR client is active if it shows on
your system tray.

When the Twitter AIR client is activated, you will be able

to get the updates from other Twitters. You can also get instant
notification of any reply to your post.

Before you can install a Twitter AIR client on your desk-

top, you need to install the Adobe AIR application on your
system. This is a free application which you can download from
Adobe Systems.

In fact, if you will get the latest Adobe PDF Reader appli-
cation, the AIR component will be automatically installed on
your computer. If you still don’t have the AIR apps, simply
download the software.
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Once the Adobe AIR service is running on your system,
you can now download the Twitter AIR client application. The
Adobe AIR client for Twitter is also a free application. Just
download the software and install it on your system.

Once these processes are completed, you can now use the
AIR client to create numerous Twitterings on Twitter.
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Twitter Clients: The Fun and Free Way

A lot of businesses nowadays have figured out that getting

into the social networking scene could very well attract clients.
And of course, more clients mean more sales and more profits.
However, it is somewhat surprising to note that there are many
small businesses that have not yet joined the craze. If they only
knew how much Twitter could do for them, they would have been
jostling to be first in line.

Getting clients from Twitter is great. The first thing you

need to do is to sign up for a Twitter account. Using a Twitter
account will mean being able to create up to the minute notices
about you or your business and create links. These links will
direct the clients onto your business site.

The great thing about Twitter is that you can use it to an-
nounce the latest promos or offerings of your business. Clients
who get on your Twitter account will be the first to be in the
know. When they are alerted to the news, they can go ahead and
purchase or transact with you right away. Additionally, having a
Twitter account to attract clients is less costly than other means.
Not only do you get to save money on advertising, but you get to
use a wide service that is actually free!

You can tweet several times a day to your contacts without

it costing you a single cent. On the contrary, it can actually
generate an income for you. If you get to manage twitter con-
tinuously, you can be sure that you would attract a steady stream
of clients.
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Twitter Download: For Maximum Portabil-

ity

Getting into the social networking scene is probably some-

thing that you and most of your friends have already considered.
Being able to communicate with other people is great – but the
fun elevates when you have a downloadable program which can
help you inform other people of what you are doing at the mo-
ment.

Twitter is a program which you can simply download off

the Internet. You no longer need to purchase an expensive
installer or anything, because the program is absolutely free.
Once you download Twitter, you can simply follow the installa-
tion commands and register your own account.

Having a Twitter download means right there on your

desktop you will find a tool which can act like a messenger! Now
everyone will be able to know what you have been up to or what
you are planning to do. No longer will you have someone wasting
air time to ask what your plans are, because they can simply log
on to Twitter and check out what the latest news about you is.

And of course, you ought to spread the good news and let
other people share in the free program of Twitter. The more
people on Twitter that you know, then the easier it will be for you
and your contacts to organize shindigs, be in on each other’s
schedules and whatnot. And of course, Twitter downloads are
accessible via a wide host of Wi-Fi enabled devices that you can
simply tote around with you wherever you go for maximum
portability.
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Twitter How to Guide for the Newbie

Tweets

Twitter was hyped on the Internet the moment it went live

some years back. Since then, millions of users have been using
the service to communicate and get in touch with their online
friends.

If you’re still not using Twitter, than it’s about time to dis-
cover how this social networking and communication service can
help you. Here’s a step by step Twitter how to guide to get you
started on the network.

First, you need to create an account with Twitter. On the

main page of Twitter, you will find a big Get Started button. Just
click this and you will be redirected to the sign-up page.

If you want to get maximum exposure on Twitter and you

want your long lost friends to find you, you need to supply your
real name and contact information. The steps on signing up are
fairly easy it’s just like creating a new email address.

Once your account is created, you have the option to no-

tify your friends that you’re now a Twitter member. There’s an
invite tool on your account page. You can skip this step and
invite your friends later.

Publishing your first Twittering is easy. On your home

page, there is a large text box where you can type 140 characters
of content. Write anything you want and hit the update button
below. You’ve just made your first successful Twit on the net-
work.
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It’s time to socialize now. You can use the search tool to
find friends or conversations that you find interesting. Follow
them or reply to updates. This will widen your Twitter network.

You’re done and all you have to do is to regularly update

your Twitter box and start conversations on your favorite topics.
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The Advantages of Using a Personalized

Twitter Logo

You can use your own unique logo for your Twitter public
profile. This is useful if you want to create a brand for your
website or blog. A logo can better reflect the nature of your site
compared to standard photo image.

You cannot use an official Twitter logo to brand your pro-

file or blog. The Twitter logo is trademarked and you can run
into trouble if you use it without express permission from Twit-
ter. It is best to create your own logo or use your existing one
and post it on your Twitter profile.

There are several advantages of using a logo for your Twit-

ter public profile. As mentioned earlier, a unique logo could help
in creating a brand for your blog or website. Your network on
Twitter will immediately recognize your sites once they see your
logo. This is the best way to instill brand recall for your Twitter
followers and to make your websites popular.

By using a logo for your Twitter account, you can highlight

your creativity to your followers and network. With a standard
photo, you cannot really design it or make artistic changes on it.
But with a personal Twitter logo, the design possibilities would
be unlimited.

This is important if you are a web designer or a graphic

artist. By highlighting your logo on Twitter, people will be able
to see your skills in designing graphic arts. That is why some
Twitter users are using a personalized logo for their profile
instead of the standard personal photo image.
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Creating a Personal Twitter News Distribu-

tion Network

Twitter has been transformed overtime from being a sim-

ple social communication networking site to a massive site for
aggregating news. Of course, Twitter is still being used as a
personal social networking site. But some of the biggest and
massively followed Twitterings belong to Twitter news networks.

In fact, important regional, national and international

events have been fed to Twitter to provide up to the minute
reports. Some of the high impact events such as forest wild fires,
US presidential campaigns, and international finance develop-
ments are being headlined on Twitter news feeds.

You can take advantage of this Twitter transformation in

two ways. As a Twitter news subscriber, you can easily get
updates from major news networks. You can also grab the latest
headlines of international wire services.

All these feeds you can grab at no cost because the Twitter
service is free. You can also get Twitter news feeds faster than
monitoring TV news networks.

The best thing about subscribing to Twitter news feeds is

you can participate in discussing the unfolding events. By reply-
ing to the feeds and posting your comments, you can air your
opinions and views on a particular issue.

If you provide news on the other hand, you can easily get a
captured audience for your news feeds and distribution at Twit-
ter. By creating a Twitter news distribution service, you will be
able reach a global audience for your news wires.
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That is why most major news services today are using

Twitter to distribute their news feeds. So, there is no reason why
you can’t use Twitter as your own news distribution network.
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Make Life More Convenient with a Twitter

source

Most people think that using Twitter is a way to announce

what you are going to do or what you have been doing for the
past couple of hours, minutes or even days. While that is true,
Twitter is also useful for other things. Having a Twitter account
means you can get a whole lot of sources from other users, too.

This is because people have realized the potential of Twit-

ter to be more than just an announcement message type of
application. These people have become professional knowledge
sharers, and Twitter is your source of information.

For instance, the fashionista in need of the latest source of

fashion and shopping information would be able to log on to
Twitter and look for like-minded individuals. As soon as the sales
hit the stores, these people would be announcing such things or
getting their shopping mates ready for the next big spree.

Financial analysts and investors have also realized the po-

tential of Twitter as a source of valuable information. Many a
trader have closed great exchanges through frantic, fresh off the
minute news via Twitter – information that could cause them
ruin or rake in the big bucks.

And of course, students and teacher can get connected to

the latest source of vital information on how the other is doing –
things such as upcoming exams or reminders work well on
Twitter. If you are also a high school student, you and your group
mates working on a project could coordinate with research links
and status updates on individual responsibilities.
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Getting Twitter Updates from Twitter Blog

and other Twitters

To get the latest Twitter updates, you have to subscribe to

the Twitter blog. Regular updates on Twitter services are being
published on its blog.

To get to the Twitter blog, simply follow the blog link

which can be found on the bottom of your Twitter home page.
Just click the RSS subscription tool on the Twitter blog. Twitters
updates, news, blog posts, headlines and developments will then
be streamed directly to your desktop.

You can get lots of advantages if you subscribe to Twitter

updates. First, you will be able to know the latest applications
you can use for Twitter. Third party or Twitter developed appli-
cations are being featured on its blog services.

Bug fixes and software updates are also being announced

on the Twitter blog. So if you are experiencing some issues on a
specific Twitter service, you can find a solution for the bug on the
Twitter blog.

Some Twitter users are also issuing updates related to

Twitter services. These third party Twitter updates are mostly
announcements of new applications which you can download on
their sites.

So if you want to grab and use a new Twitter application

or client, you better browse the Twitterings of software develop-
ers and technology bloggers. Subscribing to these updates is
probably the fastest way of getting the latest tools for Twitter.
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Getting Twitter updates is simpler and easier nowadays.
Just subscribe to blogs and Twitterings of other users. Subscrib-
ing to Twitter updates is also better than searching for it on
search engines.
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Using Twitter for Business: Top Steps How

to Monetize Your Twitter Account

Using Twitter for business is a practical and cost-effective

way to advertise and promote your brand. The importance of
branding on Twitter is more pronounced if your business resides
on the Internet.

By using Twitter for business, you are creating another

channel where you can get numerous sales leads. So, here are the
top steps you can follow to monetize your Twitter account.

First, start Twittering. Of course you cannot expect any-

thing from Twitter users if you will not participate in the com-
munity. Twitter is a social networking site and you are expected
to socialize and share your Twits with other users.

Second, always update your Twitterings and link it di-

rectly to your website. However, it is equally important to inter-
act and follow other Twitters. You will not increase your Twitter
followers if you’re not following other users.

Be careful though to get too involved in following other

Twitters. It might distract you from your primary purpose on
Twitter.

Third, just follow Twitter updates that are related to your

business. In this way you can create a highly targeted niche
market on Twitter. It is not advisable to follow any Twitterings
on the site. There are millions of users on Twitter, so it is best to
carefully select your network circle.
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Lastly, establish your authority on your niche market.
Post quality content on your site and invite fellow Twitters on
your site. Make sure that every update you make on your Twitter
page will be useful for your target market.

You have to sustain your Twitterings in order to increase

your followers. It is not impossible to get hundreds of thousands
of followers on Twitter for your business site.
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Where to Find Twitter Tools and Widgets

Twitter is a very big and dynamic application that every

user must learn to understand and at a certain point appreciate.
It is one of the very few applications that ever conceived the idea
of social networking and Internet relay chat all in one package.

Now, because of its dynamic applications, more and more

users are wondering how the Twitter is able to perform these
‘jobs’ all at the same time. Well, thanks to the widgets and tools
that Twitter has.

Every corner of the Twitter structure has been built with a

corresponding tool and widget. These tools and widgets are the
core of the whole structure of the Twitter application. These
tools are commonly referred to as the ‘apps’ of Twitter.

What is good about these apps is that they are made com-
patible with every user’s preference. For instance, there are apps
that were specifically designed for Mac users and for Windows
users. There are also apps which were made basically for desktop
and for mobile.

The Twitter tools and widgets are easily located. The

Twitter site offers these apps (tools and widgets) via their online
support and on the site itself. There are also available tools and
widgets on some other social networking sites.

These social networking sites share some of the more

common tools and widgets along with the other social network-
ing platforms. These tools, in order to be downloaded, post some
requirements in terms of software installations and hardware
configurations. All you need to do then is to make sure that you
satisfy all these requirements.
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Getting to Know Some of the More Popular

Twitter Applications

Some of the web log enthusiasts have coordinated to

measure and determine which among the social networking sites
that we have on the Internet are making use of the more popular
applications (commonly referred to as apps files and programs)
on their own social networking engine.

The apps that are being measured based on their per-

formance online and their usability to social networking sites are
categorized on the following: desktop application, web applica-
tion and mobile application. Obviously, the reason why they
were categorized as such is primarily because of the general
application that social networking sites (like Twitter) have.

In the desktop apps section, the two of the top applica-

tions are the Twhirl and the Twiterrific. These have been largely
dominating the desktop applications because of their unique
features that allow for dynamic and varied functionalities to be
made. The other apps that have been lagged behind are the
Snitter and Tweetr, which incidentally have been constantly left
behind from the rest of the more favored apps.

As for the top web applications, the Mobypicture and the

Twitterfeed have shared the more popular spot. These two apps
have been consistently topping the popularity based on usability
and reliability. Most consumers think that these two apps are
stronger compared to the others in terms of functionality.

Lastly, on the mobile apps, the more popular apps are the
Hahlo and the Cetwit. The Twitter answers and the Twapper are
behind them. All of these four apps are known to be best Mobile
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apps for Windows platform, making them very popular to a lot of
users.
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Understanding the Practical Uses of the

Twitter Link

When you have finally created your Twitter account, you

are given a username that identifies you as the unique owner of
the link that is also being provided to you. This link usually
comprises of the twitter name along with the personally made
name that completes the URL address. Every user has its own
individual link to refer to.

There are a lot of practical uses that this link can provide
to a user. Below are just some of the known uses:

a. It serves as a personal identification on the Inter-

net. If you have created a web log or have posted your materials
on the Twitter blog, you can then refer to this link at all times.
You can also use this link as a point of reference when applying
for a job online. Your credentials and sample works are capable
of being displayed via this link.
b. You can use this link as a way to connect to other
people in Twitter. Since every user of Twitter has its own indi-
vidual link, then you can use this as a way to get connected with
them either via online interaction or via updates. This is one
good and effective means of communication.
c. You can use the link as a way to send tweets a lot
faster. With the link, you can instantly send any tweet without
the need to log on and authenticate your user account via the
Twitter site. Your link serves as an identifier that you can imme-
diately use to access all of Twitter’s features.
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The Growing Number of Twitter Subscrip-

tions

It was in the year of March 2006 when the whole idea of

Twitter as a social networking site has started. And the moment
that it was used in the company where it functioned as an IRC
site, it initially drew attention from the employees of the com-
pany. Soon after, it was officially launched to Internet users in
October of the same year.

The initial day when it was launched, the makers of Twit-

ter knew that it is going to draw a lot of attraction from potential
users. Primarily because during those times, there was no single
provider that used IRC, web logging and social networking in a
single platform. Because of this change, on its barely six months
of being released, the Twitter site drew about half a million
unique visitors. This number of unique visitors in just about six
months is truly unbelievable and unprecedented.

A year after that, the Twitter site has continued to soar

high. It has officially earned its legal name as Twitter under the
supervision of the first CEO Jack Dorsey. The Twitter under the
supervision of Dorsey has earned another milestone in terms of
numbers. Just barely a year after, it has recorded an all time
high of more than 50% increase in the number of unique visitors
having earned more than one million of visitors in the year 2007.

Due to the unbelievable success that Twitter has earned, it

has spanned all the way to Japan by launching the Twitter Japa-
nese based site. Although the contents are written in English,
this has not stopped the users from using it. This resulted into
another milestone in the Twitter history.
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A Closer Look at the Software that Made

Twitter to What It is Right Now

Twitter is a web-based application software that is de-

signed to function both as a social networking and as an IRC site.
But what we do not really know and understand is the reality
about what sort of tools or software packages were used to build
such a strong and flawless design.

The Twitter and its applications were built around the ba-
sics of hypertext markup language or HTML. Generally of the
bigger sections that are featured on the site like the aesthetic
designs and all were built around the HTML. However, as more
and more scripting languages are being introduced, Twitter
needed to adapt with it.

With more features that are needed to be incorporated

and designs that need to be included, Twitter needed a more
powerful and strong scripting language. And as the Twitter site
tries to make an evolutionary effort to provide its users a highly
innovative IRC and social networking site, it bended into using
some of the modern and up to date software packages such as
PHP, Perl, Java, and Ajax.

These four scripting and web designing software have

contributed to the effective re-designing that happened with
Twitter. Apart from that, the new apps that were developed to
make the Twitter applications more powerful and feature-based
have been basically taken out from these scripting software
packages.

Now, as Twitter tries to engage into yet another major “re-

vamp” on its design and structure, it focuses to studying more
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software packages that would help the whole creation of the new
face of Twitter a lot better.
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Be Visible and Learn the Tips on How to

Have a Ranking Twitter URL

When you are creating a web log using the Twitter, you
will immediately be provided the chance to create your own,
personalized URL (uniform resource locator) that will make your
web log uniquely identifiable.

The URL address that you will be making shall have the
twitter domain as part of its identification. Therefore, you need
to have a very good plan in making your URL because it is being
tied up to your personal account.

Below are some of the wise tips that you can use to create
a ranking URL Twitter address:

a. Make sure that your URL is unique from the rest of

the other URL addresses. There are sites that you can visit to
check on the uniqueness of your URL address. From there,
different suggestions shall be given to you in order to make it a
little more unique. The more unique your URL is, the more
likely it shall generate better ranking.
b. Make sure that your URL is not too long or too
short. Too long URLs are very hard to remember. When they
are hard to remember, it is most likely that visitors will not try to
remember visiting it. In the same regards, too short URLs are
also disadvantageous because they are easily being hacked and
scammed; more so, they tend to be the target of being misrouted
to a false site.
c. Make sure that you create a URL that is highly per-
sonalized. When you put a little personal touch on your URL,
your URL will more likely be remembered by the visitors.
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Tips on How to Maximize the Vista Com-

patible Twitter Apps

The Twadget is one of the apps that Twitter uses. How-

ever, it is compatible to work only under the Vista OS platform.
The Twadget apps will let your Twitter get on to the right path. It
allows the Twitter features to be maximized and potentially
become powerful when combined with the Vista OS.

The Twadget version 1.1.0 is an important upgrade that al-

lows patching the sudden and silent disappearance of your
Twitter profile status while online. By having this upgrade from
Vista, you will never have the feel of having been lost while
online. More upgrades are made available online to help Twitter
users achieve the best performance.

While the Twitter is considered to be one of the biggest

social networking sites available on the Internet, somehow, it
also gets bogged down by some glitches. Fortunately, there are
some patches that are available for download. The following tips
on how to maximize their usage are being suggested:

a. Make sure that you constantly make an upgrade.

These upgrades provided by Twitter and the Vista OS are guaran-
teed patches to some of the known glitches that affect the use of
the Twitter apps.
b. Read the updates on Twadget apps and make sure
that you take note of its updates and the date that they will be
released for download. From time to time, Twitter site is releas-
ing some news about possible updates on the apps. You will
need to make sure that you have all these updates.
c. Determine your apps issues and make sure that you
are updated with the current patches. Learning at first base what
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the real problem is makes the whole use of Twitter apps a lot
more efficient.
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The Use of the Command Line in Twitter

The Internet technology has gone so far that’s its users

have spread around the world. The Twitter makers are very
much aware of this and has made every step of the way to make
sure that all the demands of its consumers are being met effec-
tively to ensure competitiveness in the market.

It is a common knowledge that in order to post a tweet – a

text or an update – you will need to log on to the Twitter site and
from there send your tweet. However, this is rather a more
difficult process to some people. They see the whole bunch of
process very long.

Using the Twitter command line, invented and conceptu-

alized by one of the followers of Twitter, you can send and post a
tweet without having to open a browser and type in the URL of
the site. Using key combinations that you can issue, you can now
immediately navigate on the Twitter site – depending of course
on the issued commands.

Now, you might be thinking, how is the authentication of

the account if there is no need to log on to the Twitter site? Is
this safe and secure?

Well, Twitter has learned from the massive security that it

encountered in the late 2007 via their SMS failure. Every in-
stance that you use the command line will require the user to
undergo authentication through the VB Authentication process.
Some of the information that you used during the registration
process like your e-mail address, password, and account name
will still be required.
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Creating a Twitter Weblog Design the

Newbie Way

The Twitter is not only a social networking website. More

to this, it is also a web logging site that is basically capable of
allowing people to write down and safely keep their opinions,
insights and thoughts using the online platform.

One of the featured capabilities of a web logging site is the

ability of the web logger to put some designs based on his per-
sonal preference. A lot of web logging sites are putting emphasis
on the designs of the web log site because this is one of the most
sought after features in a web logging site.

As a micro-web logging website, Twitter is widely being

used by people to place relevant happenings that they have
experienced either recent or old. Although these shout outs are
considerably shorter compared to common we log entries, they
allow people to specifically post what is happening in their life. If
there are incidents in their lives that they also want posted and
placed online then they can always use the web log entry.

Now, to complement, these people are looking for a design

that best describes the feeling of their stories. Designs are not
only limited to colors and graphics but also designs should
encompass skins and other multimedia effects such as audio and
visual effects.

Although web log designs are by nature preferential there

are also pre-made designs that users can choose from. Some
built-in designs were made to be modifiable by the users, there
are some which remain to be templates – cannot be changed and
modified.
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The Twitter Site Giving Live Feedback

The Twitter as a micro-blogging and an IRC application is

well known in providing people a means to get connected with
each other via the live feed of information from one point to
another. A lot of times, the live feed that Twitter is capable of
providing has tremendously helped and saved a lot of people’s
lives.

One classic example at how Twitter’s live feed has saved a

life can be best exemplified during the arrest that happened to
two of the American Journalism students who took shots on the
street protests that happened in Minneapolis. While on arrest,
one of the students used his mobile and posted a tweet to some
of his close friends who are receiving updates regularly to him.
And with the ability of Twitter to simulcast all tweets in an
instant, the two arrested students have been immediately given
legal assistance by their ambassador.

The capability of Twitter to provide live feeds to all its us-

ers is one of the essential features that it possesses. This feature
has made it uniquely admirable to a lot of user both the young
ones and even the high executives in a company.

Many big companies like CNN and BBC are using the
Twitter in their daily communications between and among
employees of the company. Some schools are using Twitter
because of the interactive and live feed that it is capable of
performing while relaying information to its students. There are
times that Twitter feeds are being reflected via a large screen and
students can just react on whatever tweets that they see and
read.
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Tips to an Effective Navigation on the Twit-

ter Page

If it is your first to visit and navigate on the Twitter site,

you will not see much tabs and links on its home page. In fact,
when you visit the page of Twitter, all that you will get to encoun-
ter are basically the authenticating boxes, a few tabs to educate
you on how to use Twitter, and some navigation keys to tour you
around the site.

However, behind every tab and link that you see, there are
more things that you can expect to discover. On the new inter-
face of the Twitter site, you will see on the top right corner
continuously rolling figures that allow you to view your updates
(tweets), your followers and the following that you have. These
numbers tell you how far your account has reached the net. And
then just below the figures are the links that inform you about
your messages and the current happenings that you may be
interested with. Also, the replies that you have made to the
tweets are indicated on the same column.

The question that you see on the initial page is basically

the update that you want your followers to know. By answering
the question, you are giving them the opportunity to know what
you have been up to in the last hours. You will notice that some
of the index tabs have been removed with the all new Twitter
site. This is the latest renovation that Twitter has taken after
almost 2 years of its existence. This has given the home page a
whole new and better look.
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Understanding the Twitter Stats

By looking at how Twitter has progressed and developed

based on the statistics that were generated, you will surely
understand how each aspect of Twitter has been properly taken
care of. The stats will show us how Twitter is looking at competi-
tion and traffic generation as part of their building blocks.

Usually, Twitter looks at the stats on how each unique vis-

itor stats is climbing up and down the graph. Just barely 10
months after the official launch of the Twitter site, it has gener-
ated nearly about a million unique visitors. The stats show the
makers how impressive and attractive the application has been
made. And in barely a few months after it has hit over half a
million of unique visitors, the Twitter stats made a successful
glide up in the early years of 2008 by reaching an all time high of
almost a million unique visitors.

As the Twitter makers are continuing to make progressive

efforts in re-developing and re-structuring the website and its
features, the stats have continued to soar high. In all the months
of the year 2008, there has not been any recorded drop on both
the competitive and traffic sections of the site. In barely a year
after its successful launch where it started with a humble begin-
ning of almost half a million unique visitors, now it has reached
more than 3 million of unique visitors. This is a stat record that
no other site can ever claim to have achieved in such a short span
of time.

The stats will show us how Twitter has become a name

that every person and household has learned to appreciate and
essentially use in their daily activities.
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How to Easily Register as a Twitter User

Just like any other social networking sites, Twitter re-

quires a potential user to become a valid and duly registered
member of the “network” before gets to enjoy all the features and
benefits of it. The good thing about the Twitter website is that
becoming a member does not involve too many requirements. It
does not also involve any complex steps to undertake in order to
comply with the registration requirement.

In order to become a registered member of the Twitter

and able to enjoy all the available features that the social net-
working has, you will need to come and visit the Twitter website
and from there you can see the benefits that you can get from
becoming a registered member.

In addition, the link that invites you to register to Twitter

is also visible from the site. What you need to do is to supply all
the necessary pieces of information that are required and after
completing the registration process, all you have to do is wait for
an e-mail confirmation on the e-mail address that you stated.
From the e-mail address, you will be directed to the legitimate
link of the Twitter website where you can officially confirm your
registration.

Another way that you can do to easily register your ac-

count to Twitter is through other social networking sites. The
social networking sites like Friendster, MySpace, and Facebook
have the link that directs you to the other social networking sites
like Twitter. Doing it like this may be a little tiring for you but it
is rather a good alternate way.
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Meet the New Face of the Twitter Website

From time to time, website owners think about how they

can effectively re-design and give their websites a new face. This
is done in order to entice people to keep coming back on the
website. More often, this move to redesign a website is being
attributed to market the website a lot more effective in order to
gain more sales and profit.

The Twitter website has just recently undergone a major

renovation on its design and content to make sure that it still fits
into the demands and needs of the general viewers. The aes-
thetic renovation that happened to the Twitter website was
directed towards two things – adapting to the modernized needs
of the users and to become highly competitive.

One of the bold renovations that happened to the Twitter

website is the removal of the very traditional index tabs that are
generally seen on a website. The use of the sidebar instead of the
index tabbing on a website is now more being preferred. This is
not because it is the state of the art thing but rather the use of the
sidebar gives a more practical use of the website space plus
incorporating a whole new look with the website.

Another prominent adjustment that was made on the new

face of the Twitter website is the observed quicker navigations in
between links and pages. This speedier mechanism was brought
about by the inclusion of more innovative and advanced codes
using the Ajax language – a rather more powerful Javascripting
language that is being used to design complex and intricate
websites.
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The All- new Twitter Site

It is a must for every website to have a general re-

construction every once in a while in order not to bore the people
who visit the site with the same interface and design. Apart from
that, it is also equally important that every feature that it has
undergoes total renovation in order to adapt to the growing
needs of the consuming public and the ever changing demands of
the market. This has been the view of the Twitter makers ever
since it has started. Now, as Twitter’s existence in the Internet
has reached more than a year, a new Twitter site is about to
surprise everyone. The all-new Twitter interface and the updated
features that it has shall dominate the social networking and IRC
domains.

One of the many things that is highly anticipated in the

all-new Twitter site is the renovation of its designing tool. With
the new Twitter site, the presence of the customizing design tool
will allows its users to choose pre-defined, built-in designs from
the theme templates that are stored on the database and be able
to try and play with all the color schemes available using the
preview palette. On the preview palette, you can immediately
take a look at how the color combinations that you mixed and
match basically looks like.

More important with the all new Twitter site is the inclu-
sion of many Ajax codes that made a lot of apps to be widely
compatible with different operating systems and programs.
Apparently, the original codes made in PHP and Perl were not
discarded in the all new look of the site.
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The HTML Structure of Twitter

Almost every website that we have on the Internet is de-

pendent on HTML (hypertext markup language) codes. The
structure of the Twitter site, although made via PHP and Perl, is
generally HTML based.

Back when the Twitter was first used, the makers of it ba-
sically used it for internal communication only as being utilized
by the company employees. However, as Twitter becomes a lot
bigger in terms of features and applications, it needed more than
just HTML codes. The apps that are used to make every func-
tionality work needed a stronger and powerful method. This is
the reason why other application languages were used apart from
the HTML. Twitter is full of APIs and these APIs require a special
set of tools like PHP, Perl, and Java.

These languages like Java and Perl still use the basics of
HTML programming. In fact, most of the codes that these
languages use were lifted from the structure of HTML codes.
Almost all things that we see on Twitter – the interface, the
features, and the interactive screens – all these were built using
the HTML structure. Needless to say, even when Twitter makers
have decided to make a total “renovation” on the interface and
design of the site, they are not able to get rid of the HTML sha-
dow on every section of the site.

HTML, although being regarded as an old fashioned way

of designing a website, the structure of it remains intact and
strong. This is the reason why a lot of developing site program-
mers could not take away the use of it even when there are more
powerful and feature-oriented scripting languages around.
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The Problems and Issues of the Twitter on

the Net

Twitter may have successfully launched its product in the

year 2006 and may have gained outstanding number of followers
during its launch, however, issues have also been experienced
and problems have also been raised.

Just barely a year after it has had its successful launch, the
enormous reactions of people which brought success to it has
also been the same that caused problems to it. Twitter, because
of the large number of people accessing and using its live feed
has experienced clogging in sending tweets. This is, of course,
attributed to the great number of people who simultaneously
accessed and used the feature.

The large number of people trying to use the site con-

gested the tweet sending protocol of Twitter that resulted to
intermittent failed sending of tweets. This is one thing that has
been overlooked by the Twitter makers.

Initially, people are enjoying the presence of this live feed-

ing of tweets on the net. However, as people have experienced
being bombarded with tweets even when they are asleep or at
work, they began to feel being overwhelmed by these live feeding
of tweets on their mobile and pc. More to that, because Twitter
has tied up with a mobile service because of the SMS feature,
people have been complaining about being overly charged by the
SMS provider because of the “unsolicited” tweets that they are
receiving.

The Twitter just like any other social networking and IRC
providers has also been a victim of hacking and spoofing. The
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SMS feature of Twitter has been the subject of spoofing and
scamming.
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The Competitive Japanese Twitter Site

In the year 2008, the makers of the Twitter site have an-
nounced in one of their web log entries that the Twitter website
is spanning in the region of the Asian continent specifically in the
Japan area.

The Twitter website being an all-English website was able

to penetrate non-English speaking territories because of its wide
coverage. The Japanese people have been the first to encounter
this milestone. The language barrier that supposed to be is the
major problem in launching the Twitter site in the Japanese
region has not been seen as a barrier at all. For the Japanese,
being a large percentage users of the Twitter site, although the
whole interface of the site is in English, the features that Twitter
has can overcome this obstacle in language difference.

Surprisingly, fourteen days after the Twitter site was

launched in the Japanese area, it continued to gain huge volume
of followers mainly within the range of the young professionals
and young adults. Now, as months have passed after its maiden
launch, the Twitter in Japanese version has become the second
most sought after Twitter sites.

The Twitter in Japanese version has continued to attract

more and more potential members and users that made it possi-
ble for it to reach an all time high in page traffic. In addition, the
Twitter Japanese website has been one of the few sites that have
attained the highest page rank in less than a month after its
launching on the Internet. This is truly one of the more interest-
ing historical events in the arena of social networking.
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Smart Techniques to Follow to Avoid Being

Bombarded by Twitter Text

With the recent spamming activity that endangered the

security and credibility of Twitter, far advanced precautionary
measures were undertaken by the makers to make sure that the
2007 spamming via SMS happening shall never be experienced
again. This was given immediate resolution by the Twitter
makers by suggesting a personal identification number to all
Twitter users.

But, how about when the problem that is being raised

talks about being bombarded by legitimate tweets? Are there any
ways that one can do to stop this?

We all know that we all need to be updated. And the rea-

son why we subscribe to Twitter is because we want to be up-
dated as much as possible with what our friends are up to.
However, when things go overboard, you may want to do some-
thing to get out of it. Below are some of the suggested tech-
niques:

a. You can turn the Twitter notification off. By turn-

ing it off, it does not mean that you will not be able to receive any
updates from your friends. You can still check your updates by
logging on to the web portal and from there have a look at any
important updates.
b. You can set your Twitter notification into sleep
mode. By setting your notification to sleep mode, you will no
longer be hearing the notification beeps when an update arrives.
The notification is still active; however, it is only the sound that
is being deactivated.
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c. Do not have notifications turned on for every sub-
scriber. By choosing who can send you updates, you are limiting
yourself from being bugged down by many notifications received.
d. Always check for any updates by going to the Twit-
ter site. It is a lot better to check your updates via your PC while
you are in front of it rather than setting your mobile to receive all
notifications at once.
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Video Messaging: Twitter’s Ambition in

the Future

Twitter makers are very driven to land the top spot among
all the social networking sites and IRC platforms. This is the
reason why the Twitter makers are very positive in driving new
and innovative features onto their application. One of the limita-
tions that Twitter is having difficulty to battle with is the ability
to support video streaming and video messaging. Its competitors
like Yahoo and AOL have been bragging for the longest time
about this feature on their instant messaging applications.

Although the capability of Twitter to send out tweets via

SMS has been outstandingly successful, people are still looking
for a feature that will allow them to be virtually visible on the
other end. When Yahoo first announced its video IM feature
many people thought that this was the best so far in terms of IM
developments. Indeed, these people were right in that claim. A
lot of social networking and IRC makers have seen the great
potential of this development in the market that prompted
everyone else to come up with their own video messaging me-
chanism.

Twitter is also ambitioning about this same development

that Yahoo and AOL have pioneered. The makers of Twitter are
thinking about revolutionizing the use of video messaging. Plans
about how the Twitter video IM is going to evolve has been kept a
business secret however, the makers of Twitter are very positive
that once it has gone full blast in their video IM, people will be
ecstatically amused about what it can greatly offer.
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The Friendfeed Twitter Rivalry

Twitter and FriendFeed are constantly being compared.

Many are even asking as to which one is better. That’s because
the two are quite similar in many ways. And perhaps the type of
people who would appreciate both networks’ services is the
same.

Just like Twitter, FriendFeed also allows posting of up-

dates. People are interacting. And they are discussing just about
anything under the sun. One can also expand his community by
interacting with the friends of friends. In fact, it’s a way to find
common friends and interact with them too.

What makes FriendFeed sort of different from Twitter is

the way it aggregates one’s other web activities. Photos from
photo hosting and sharing sites are, for example, fed into
FriendFeed. News articles that friends follow are also shared. Of
course, movies are easily shared too. With the links all there in
the site, sharing is facilitated and even enhanced. People get to
discuss things more meaningfully too.

Twitter, on its part, draws its strength on simplicity. That

is not to say that it is not full of powerful tools. It just delivers its
features in a different way. What Twitter is focusing more is the
ability to make exchanges faster. And what it is about is being
updated about moment per moment happenings.

So while both sites are similar each has its own specialty.
One would have to choose which one he prefers. Better yet,
people can even use both. Using a third party application, people
can even get the posts from both sites real time and interact with
more people in more ways.
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Explore Your Twitter Block and Connect

with More People

Twitter is both a social network and a short version of

blogging. Posts are short and easy to make. One surely would not
have to pause in order to compose what to say. He or she simply
has to state what’s she’s doing or simply answer the questions
asked. It’s just as simple as that.

Since it’s a social network as well, one builds his own

community or Twitter block as well. This means one follows
other people’s updates. And other people follow his tweets as
well. One can connect with other people that interest him.

One cool feature that Twitter has is the Twitters Blocks. It

helps one find friends and it helps him find other people with the
same interests. One can do this in other social networks too. But
one does it manually. With Twitter Blocks, one can visually see
the people he has been corresponding with. Furthermore, one
also sees the people that these people have been tweeting with.

Isn’t it cool? One can actually find other friends this way.
Or, a person can also find people who have the same interests as
him. This is because in this feature one has the ability to see the
tweets they have been making. He can choose to connect with
them and so he gains more connections. His Twitter block begins
to grow even wider.

By rolling over the block all of these are accomplished.

The Twitter experience is enhanced by this feature. Tweeting is
encouraged more and it becomes more enjoyable for most users.
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How to Increase Your Twitter Following

Twitter is fun because of the interaction. But posting in

Twitter would be quite boring if no one is responding. So, one
must make it a point that he is actually communicating with
others. Increasing Twitter following is easy. And it makes Twitter
more exciting for everyone.

Keep on twittering regularly. That means keep on posting

updates. People tend to expect to see the people who posts often
when they go online. This means they expect and intend to
communicate with them too.

Engage and reply to other people’s updates as well. This

will encourage them to follow as well. Be careful not to be too
chatty to the point of being annoying though. An additional
Twitter follower will be gained as a meaningful interaction takes
place.
Make sure that tweets are based on the interests of others.
Don’t bore other people with personal life if they are not inter-
ested. Make small talk. And be entertaining and informative as
well. Know what’s relevant to others to gain more Twitter follow-
ing.

Like promoting a website or a blog, market the Twitter

URL to encourage other people to follow to Twitter. The Twitter
URL can be a signature to emails. It can also be a byline under a
blog post. With many people following him to Twitter, one would
have many people to interact with.

Install a preferred software to keep up with Twitter easier

and faster. There is a selection of applications on the internet.
And they are free so it’s easy to get one. One would get notifica-
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tions on new messages. And they stay connected not just to
Twitter but other networks as well.

If all of these tips are followed consistently, Twitter fol-

lowing would be great always. Using Twitter would also be
enjoyable as well. Interaction with other people would be great.
And one is updated with family and friends’ lives all the time.
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Using the Twitter List to Build a Commu-

nity

Twitter is fun to use. But it’s only fun when one is follow-
ing many people and there are many following him as well. After
all, interaction can only take place between at least two people.
There’s no use posting updates if no one is getting them anyway.
That is why it’s important to build a network in Twitter.

It is even more important for marketers in Twitter to build

a good and solid network. They have to have many people to
market their products to if they want to be effective. If they
engage many people in Twitter, there’s a greater chance of being
a successful marketer there.

One cool and easy way to do this is by building a Twitter

list. One can start compiling a list where in others can add links
of their profiles to it. Such a list should be based on a common
interest or something common between the members of the
community being built. It would be like creating a group in
Twitter.

As more and more people add their names to the Twitter

list, the community gets bigger. The interaction gets more excit-
ing and meaningful as well. New users would also be able to find
a community to join easily. The exchange in the community will
even get better.

So even if one is just there for the mere purpose of interac-

tion, he can make it more fun by building a Twitter list. Market-
ers would have more motivation to do this. By grouping many
people who have an interest on the market he is catering to, he is
sure he is engaging the right people.
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Twitter Marketing: Effective with Real

Conversations

People might argue that one cannot market anything in

Twitter. But the opposite is actually true. People get acquainted
and people begin to trust each other. So once others recommend
new products or talk about other people like candidates, their
opinions are listened to and considered.

The secret to Twitter marketing is transparency. People

are opening up to other people about daily lives. They get to
share experiences so products can actually be promoted in their
conversations. When others see that this person is very open
about little things they see a real person. They don’t see just
another marketer. The opinion of the person gains value. So he
now becomes a good spokesperson for a product, a person or any
service.

On the part of the marketer, the key is to be real in the

conversations. By engaging other people about his life, others
become more interested in what he has to say. They will not even
feel he is promoting something as conversations go along.

In order to be credible, one’s tweets or posts must com-

pose mostly of real conversations rather than promotions. Be-
cause when people are engaged in true conversations they listen
and they pay attention to what one is saying. He does not have to
blatantly spell it out. Others will pick up from his comments and
his opinions. Promotion and marketing will happen naturally.

To establish credibility, one should also have more follow-

ers. Meaning there should be more following his updates than
him following others. This will make him more effective as well.
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This means that people are already paying attention. He’s no
longer just reaching out to them. More people will even listen to
him more as a result.
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The Many Reasons Why People Avail the

Twitter Service

There are several reasons why people decide to use Twit-

ter. But whatever their reason is they always have fun when on
Twitter. It’s also easy to use. So, even if they are tweeting serious
stuff they are not burdened of having to compose a longer post.
One other thing is that communication is instant in Twitter.
People love the interaction that goes on there.

For some reading their contacts’ tweets get them closer to

the person already. Unlike emails, one would have to wait for the
person to contact him. Blogs are a bit longer so it’s easier to just
read the concise form of the updates.

For marketers, the Twitter service allows them to spot the

trends in the market. For instance, they will be able to find the
needs of the people today. Since people post their rants and their
raves, one can easily pick a thing or two and develop something
that will answer their needs and wants.

The Twitter service brings news to people. When floods

and hurricanes happen for example, others tweet about it. In
turn, everyone gets alerted about it right away.

Twitter is a good way to distribute content too. People use

TwitterFeed to get blog entries to Twitter. This way, followers
can easily get notified about the new entry. The blog will get as
much audience as a result.

Twitter is even useful to marketers another way. Since

people gets tweets right away they are able to answer queries
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about their products. They are able to provide good and fast
customer service.

All in all, the Twitter service is useful in many ways. Peo-

ple have just got to try it to appreciate the service.
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Practice Is the Best Twitter Tutorial

Micro-blogging has been gaining some ground in the in-

ternet. And people who have not tried it are wondering what the
buzz is all about. Well, it’s time everybody gets to experience the
fun Twitter is offering.

People who are new to Twitter will find the tool very easy
to use. It’s very intuitive. For those who will need some help
there are a lot of Twitter tutorials. Everything is explained in
each Twitter tutorial. One can follow other people’s lives. Friends
can update each other. And families can remain close even from
afar.

Knowing what his friends are doing one can relate to them
easily. Once one tries Twitter he will no longer be able to stop.
He will surely be addicted to it. Fortunately, one has many
choices when posting. He can use the website, his mobile phone
or the software on his browser.

Again, there are a lot of Twitter tutorials on the web for

instructions on each tool. So stop reading and hearing what
others have to say about Twitter. Try it and get hooked on Twit-
ter.

It’s easy to find a helpful Twitter tutorial. Do the usually

search and many results would come up. Check out each and
learn along the way. The best Twitter tutorial though is practice.
So just register and learn while posting updates or following
other people’s posts. For questions, just refer to a Twitter tutorial
and things will go just fine. Start trying out Twitter and start
enjoying the service that’s fun and easy to use.
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Why Twitter Updates Get People Hooked

Twitter is fun and it’s easy to use. People love it because

they get to share every little happening with family and friends.
They can update other people. And they are updated about
others’ lives as well. If they follow the updates of friends, it’s as if
they were together every minute.

Twitter messages are short and they’re concise. That’s

what makes it cute and quite addicting actually. People immedi-
ately get what others are sharing. So they are hooked with Twit-
ter. Such tools like emails and blogs require more time. So at
times Twitter is better than emails. It’s better than blogs too.

When sharing mundane things is important, Twitter is the

answer. Posting updates is faster. And following others is just as
quick. People stay connected. And they even get closer. That’s
because updates end up to be more detailed.

Updates can come every minute or every second. So, one

can share almost his every breath. When important and urgent
things happen, Twitter is just as useful. News is able to travel
fast. Every movement can be reported as well.

The idea of Twitter could seem crazy at first. But it grows

on everyone. Once a person starts using it, it gets interesting. The
reason why Twitter is much appreciated is the small things it
brings. Every post attracts people to follow updates some more.
And soon they are hooked. People can easily finish a post too. So,
they end up making many short updates. A single question can
elicit many answers. And so it starts.
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Loving the Twitter Bird

People are going to Twitter. And people just love it. They
love the interaction. And they just love that they are able to
update and get updated about the important people in their lives.
They are even updated about the happenings around the world.

As more and more people use Twitter, more and more

people are using the Twitter bird logo. People love the Twitter
bird logo as much as they love using Twitter. They are proud to
be in Twitter that they announce it in their blogs through the
logo.

People are posting the Twitter bird in their sites to tell

others they can interact in Twitter too. If they are selling prod-
ucts, people can ask them questions in Twitter.

The Twitter bird allows them to advertise Twitter as well.

People like to share whatever they find cool or useful. Since they
enjoy being in Twitter, displaying the Twitter bird is like shout-
ing to the world to join them there too.

Web and graphic designers are just enjoying creating

many versions of the Twitter bird. Perhaps this is a sign they love
Twitter just as much. It’s good news for the rest of Twitter users.
This makes looking for free Twitter bird logos easier. And with
many Twitter bird designs on the internet they have many op-
tions to choose from.

And as for the others who want to create their own Twitter
bird, there are also some tutorials. They can just follow the steps
and make one of their own. They can also choose to add their
own design from the tutorials. Having the Twitter bird is just
another way to enjoy being a part of the Twitter community.
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Twitter Direct Message Has Its Uses

People are buzzing about Twitter. Well, Twitter has just

got people excited. Who wouldn’t be when they are connecting
with other people every minute? Some are even posting tweets or
updates almost every second. Since posts are limited to 140
characters only, posts are made short and fast. People also get to
reply quickly.

Unlike blogs and emails, replies can be done instantly.

And what’s even good about it is the Twitter direct message
feature. Twitter users are able to send private messages to their
family and friends. If they are sharing private jokes, the Twitter
direct message will come in handy. If the message is personal,
this feature certainly seems appropriate.

Twitters must be careful in using third party applications

though. Some of the applications have presented problems in the
past. Some Twitter users, for example, suddenly had their direct
messages visible to everyone when they tried a new application.

The Twitter direct message has also been abused by many

users. They have used it to spam their followers and people they
follow. Many Twitter users complain of receiving tons of promo-
tions through the Twitter direct message. This should not be the
case. But this cannot be avoided. Many people are in Twitter to
market. And they are doing it the wrong way.

Still, the Tweeter direct message is a useful tool when one

needs to use it. It gives Twitter users privacy when needed. They
are given an option whether to share everything or keep certain
things between friends or family.
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Twitter Links Gets People to Discover New

Things

Twitter is basically about being updated and updating

other people. Family and friends are always on Twitter to stay in
touch. They love knowing what’s up with the people they care
about.

More than that, many people like meeting new people.

They like sharing interests and opinions. Without really making
any replies, people get the happenings about other people. They
also learn what’s happening on the other side of the planet.

This is made possible by Twitter links. Since many people

post links to their websites and blogs people learn new things
too. People give links to sites that interest them as well. For
example, when one is following sports news he posts links to
them. Others pick these links and get to read the news as well.

If one is following one person, that person is likely to post

more Twitter links about sites that interest him. His followers
may see one site that interests them too. This way they get to
discover a site they otherwise wouldn’t have. This is one use for
the Twitter links. People actually learn from the interactions and
the tweets.

For people who are interested on the Twitter links, there is

a way to filter all the tweets that contain links. One can easily
find the links and discover new sites to frequent. Alternatively,
he can scan new links everyday and learn new things as well.
This feature gives a lot of people one more reason to love Twitter.
If they explore this application, they will find out just how much
useful Twitter can be for them.
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Twitter Maps: When Location Matters

People are connecting. And people are sharing experi-

ences and happenings fast and always. People get to converse
with their family and friends always. They get to update each
other about small and mundane things. This is what Twitter
brings to the lives of many people.

But to many people connecting beyond just their family

and friends is also important. They like to build a community of
people who have the same interests as theirs. They follow these
people’s tweets and connect with them. Other people do the
same to them and they welcome that.

That is why a feature such as the Twitter Maps is appreci-

ated by many. By having such application people get to see and
they get to know from where tweets are coming from. They learn
where the person they are tweeting with is from. The connection
even becomes closer.

Twitter even becomes exciting because of this. One can ac-

tually validate where his new friends are from. And they see it
through the Twitter Maps. Twitter Maps is, of course, made
possible by the team up of Twitter and Google maps. Twitter is
using the capabilities of Google maps in order to be able to
display the maps and locate the Twitter users.

This feature in a way gives Twitter users a glimpse of what

is happening around the world. Opinions all over the world can
be gathered through this real-time platform. News posts made
from everywhere are validated through Twitter Maps since
everybody will at least know that the person posting is actually
there in the area.
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Get Twitter Replies in Many Ways

The draw that Twitter has on its users is the ease of using
it. Posts are short so there’s no need to think what to write. When
one poses a question, others only have to answer. One can also
post updates as things are happening. In short, people are up-
dated as things happen. Unlike a blog, one gets to the point
immediately. So it’s easy on its readers or followers. Twitter
replies can be made in seconds too.

The good thing about Twitter is being updated almost all

the time. Since people are posting in real time, it’s possible to get
replies all the time. What about when the person is in mobile?
That is not a problem since Twitter can be used in mobile phones
as well. As Twitter replies are posted, one can be notified through
their phones as well. They can also post their own Twitter replies
to the other person.

Of course, while tweeting at home or perhaps at the office

one gets his Twitter replies normally through the site. Alterna-
tively, he can install an application so he can get them through
his browser.

Here’s one tip for those who want to get all his Twitter re-
plies though. Don’t forget to change the settings of the notices. It
must set so that all replies are shown. If this step is not done, one
would only get replies from the people he is following.

So there is no reason why one would miss any of his Twit-

ter replies. No matter where he is or what he’s doing there is
always a way for the notification to reach him. He can therefore
take advantage of Twitter all the time.
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Choose the Right Twitter Tool for Every

Marketing Purpose

People go to Twitter to connect with family, friends and

other people who interest them. But admittedly, there are many
people who use Twitter more than just for the usual chitchat.
Many use Twitter for marketing their products, their services and
even their candidates.

But this is quite expected considering how powerful the

Twitter service is. Numerous Twitter tools are available for
marketing purposes. So, people can actually be effective market-
ers through Twitter. For instance, one can have his new blog
entries be posted to his Twitter account using a Twitter tool,
Twitter Feed. This way, existing customers can be updated about
new products always.

Another useful Twitter tool, Twitter Scan, can be used to

observe what Twitter users are saying about a certain products.
One will automatically be updated as new tweets are made about
the product. Products can be improved upon using the feedback
gathered.

In addition to this, one can gain new customers by follow-

ing people who have interests in using the same type of products.
He can let them know about his existence and later on market his
own products to them.

Feedback can also be directly gathered by posting a poll in

one’s account using Tweet PollDaddy. If one is going to release or
is developing a product, he can create a poll on which features to
include in a product.
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TwitterReply, of course, notifies one when someone is try-
ing to get in touch with him. This allows him to answer custom-
ers’ questions right away. With good customer service, customers
are made happy. And there’s no better marketing strategy than
good products and good customer service. If one has these two
and he is a Twitter user, marketing will surely be easy.
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What People in Twitter Twitter About

Some people say that Twitter is a waste of time. But it re-

ally depends on what is important to the person. When people go
to Twitter, they mostly want to be updated. Is it a waste of time?
Everyone will have his or her own answer to that.

Among family and friends, it may be quite important to

hear what each is doing. So when one tweets he or she is having
coffee or doing laundry, her family who’s in another city or just
on the other side of town is interested. It’s just as important as
when a son or daughter announces she is getting married.

Some people don’t have time to read about such routine

things. But they could be interested about news. Well, some
people tweet about news and current events too. He can certainly
follow these people and have meaningful interactions with them.

There are many marketers in Twitter. Many want to stay

away from them. But sometimes new products actually help.
When one needs a certain type of product, knowing what is
available in the market assists him in choosing the best product.

Even in ordinary conversations, one can also get the opin-

ions of others when he needs it. He can ask people about a
certain product he is planning to buy.

Since the people in Twitter are so varied, things being

talked about are varied as well. Twitter actually delivers many
things in the form of posts and even conversations. It’s casual.
It’s chatty. And yet it can be informative as well.
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Digg Twitter Update Creation

There is more from Twitter. The Digg Twitter has been

launched to provide free service that allows each member of the
community to exchange and disseminate information by asking a
simple question. The answers will be given through members’
interaction. Once a member joins the Digg, he or she will receive
Digg Twitter updates.

Another new service related to Digg Twitter is the Twiggit

that somehow follows the concept behind exchanging informa-
tion based on member’s recent activities. Such activities include
article submissions and voting. In other words, Twiggit is simply
a combination of terms and functions of Twitter and Digg result-
ing to either Twiggit or TwitterFeed. The recent Digg Twitter
activity updates will be posted right directly on your Twitter
status.

To make updating possible, you have to follow the steps

that enable Twiggit activation. The steps are as follows:

1. Choose a username and then inform Twiggit about

how regular you will check and update your Digg activities.
Checking schedule can be in minute intervals.
2. Provide your preference which includes displaying
your Digg votes and submission of your articles. You can choose
either of the two or you can include both in your choice.
3. Create your username and provide the password
you will use.
4. Supply your e-mail address for further verification.
However, you can either use your e-mail or username in logging
in to your Twiggit account.
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5. Begin digging the Digg updates and activities to
know if your Twitter friends are connected in your profile in
Digg.

Though you can create your Twiggit and your Digg Twit-
ter, you can also turn it off once you don’t need it anymore. This
way you can choose whether you want to provide more activity
updates that your friends would want to know.
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TechCrunch Talks about Twitter Decen-

tralization

Twitter is presently experiencing lots of system changes

because many bloggers have been sending in their complaints.
However, TechCrunch is offering to decentralize the present
version of Twitter and turn it into something that is more usable,
more convenient, and much better microblogging software.

The decentralization that TechCrunch is digging is still

however guided with the previous rules and guidelines of Twit-
ter. You cannot easily put aside what has been there before. But,
you can definitely change some things that will make it more
operational and functional.

Decentralization in Twitter is needed because too many

activities and updates are going on. However, with the new
recommended system, users can still post micro blogs but being
a third party only. Users are still required to create platforms
that still conform to the microblogging standards that have been
set before. However, the possibility of engaging into an open
source project like Wordpress.org is very likely to happen. It is in
fact a possibility.

Also, to make the updating more efficient, wrapping of

RSS in XMP is completely necessary. Why do you have to use the
XMPP format? XMPP eliminates constant polling and promotes
messages pushing to every subscriber. XMMP also has a mecha-
nism that is capable of tracking the subscribers and followers
performances. This will make listing of those who followed your
micro blog very systematic.
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Twitter in the decentralization system also makes use of
Alert Thingy so a member can sign up in Twitter. The Alert
Thingy is needed in saving your subscription lists which seem to
be related to RSS subscriptions. Finally, as TechCrunch talks
about Twitter decentralization handling replies can still be done.
This decentralized network will be done once the Twitter Inc.
sees the point of everything about decentralization.
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Twitter Help is Your Rescuer from Every

Problem You Encounter

One interesting note that we can take from Twitter is the

help support it gives to its users that is powered by the users
themselves. So, members of Twitter can ask questions, share
their ideas and thoughts, or report their problems. Then, the
Twitter community will address the problem that is being raised
or tell something about the thoughts, ideas, and reports that have
been posted.

The Twitter Help acts like the guidelines or the rules and
regulations in using the entire Twitter software. The help support
also does the orientation to members who need an in-depth
understanding of Twitter. Apart from the social networking
functions of Twitter, it also reaches out to its members through
the Help Support, to guide them throughout and to give them
direction as well.
The Twitter Help Support also informs the members
about the latest updates on Twitter. Apart from that Twitter Help
also provides easy to follow answers with questions like:

How to send and receive updates to Twitter?

What is the concept and rationale behind following some-
one on Twitter?
What is the information you have to learn if you want to
know whether you are being followed or who are following you?
What is the process in blocking the spammers that will
leave undesirable consequences to your link?
How to monitor the people who read your updates? And
do people that you send your updates receive your updates?
What is the relevance of using Twitter with your phone?
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Such questions are inevitably raised and the answers help
you move forward. Hence, the Twitter Help Support does its best
to address each and every question to provide smooth sailing of
information, particularly updates from every member.
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Twitter Image: Your First Step in Getting

Yourself Well-Introduced

In every social networking account, your image is highly

significant. Having a public image lets you become visible espe-
cially when you have an account on Twitter. Whether you own
Twitter for personal use or you own Twitter because you use it in
your business marketing, Twitter image shouldn’t be taken for
granted. For a company to be known, it should have a distinct
image. And for your account to attract more followers, you have
to have a public image.

Basically your image on your Twitter account is a head

start in eventually gaining a successful account. There are al-
ready Twitter image providers that specialize in expressing your
company’s goal with the use of right image. The TwitterIm-
age.com makes sure that the right image you will provide in your
Twitter account will be worthy enough to serve its purpose.

The service provided by Twitter Image is completely gra-

tuitous. Twitter backgrounds are offered for free as well. How-
ever, this free of charge service is just part of the upcoming
launching of Twitter Image.

But due to demand for free Twitter Image, the Twitter Inc.
thought of providing free custom Twitter background to em-
power the Twitter image being used to attract the public. To
enjoy the free custom Twitter background, the user should at
least have 300 followers.

Another requirement is to provide an image you desire to

be used in your account. More so, you have to include a small
credit line for your account setting and background. Such terms
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are completely easy to meet, to enjoy free Twitter image. But, you
should also know that in case you want to change anything in
your account image and background it is already not included in
the free package.
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Twitter Private Messaging: What Does It

Mean?

Twitter as a social networking site serves friends, families,

colleagues, and an entire community to provide the most recent
updates in the soonest time about every member. Another inter-
esting detail about Twitter is its capacity to send direct message
or send private Twitter messages that can gather replies from
your followers.

Sending a direct message using the internet is through a

link intended for the message. This link is seen on the page of
your profile. The reply icon on the page is also very convenient
because you can instantly send direct messages. Another means
to send a direct image is through the option drop down box on
your page. Though, the drop down is not alphabetically arranged.
Lastly, a direct message command can be operated using
d+username+message.

Sending private Twitter messages is not the end of Twit-

tering. As you received a private message you can also reply on it.
The update will be instantly disseminated by clicking the arrow
or swoosh located in the end of your update. And to make Twitter
private messaging completely functional, you have to turn your
email notifications and direct messaging texts on. Through this,
any update will be received through phones or through email.

The private or direct messages delivered through devices

are also possible provided that you use the message command
for the username which is d+username-message. The direct
message can be delivered through cell phones, a number of third
party applications, reply link found in the Direct Message Inbox
of your account, and to the Direct Message page.
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At this point, you have to remember that any error that

will occur wouldn’t be posted if there is no designated username
in the part of the user.
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The Management for Multiple Twitter Ac-

counts

Managing multiple Twitter accounts can be very tedious if

you don’t do it systematically. However, if you manage your
multiple Twitter accounts the proper way, it can result in an
enjoyable endeavor. Distinct and fun styles can be employed so
you can efficiently control your multiple accounts.

Addition of more accounts can be done through selection

and preference of the user. The account manager setting for
Twitters doesn’t only give the fundamentals of the account that
you are interested in making submissions; it also aids you in
copying and pasting of articles and messages in multiple ac-
counts and in multiple times as well.

Other Twitters who have tried using the multiple Twitter

feature encountered a problem caused by delayed processing
which typically lasts for three minutes. This delayed cannot be
even called an error because the status of the process is shown.
This problem can then be derived from too much traffic that goes
through the site.

More so, EasyTweets.com which is mainly intended for

online marketers designed a website that allows multiple Twitter
account management. It features scheduling, report for the
status of all of your accounts, writing and posting of your Tweets,
and automation of RSS feeds of your Twitter accounts.

Though you have to manage multiple accounts, it is still

free of charge. And so, online marketers are very much benefited
with this newest feature of Twitter. It is definitely made for them.
Finally, since Twitter allows scheduling of your tweets to your
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multiple accounts, automatic addition for people who follow you
can also be done.
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Twhirl Twitter: Feel the New Experience

and Trend

With Twhirl Twitter everything about exchanging infor-

mation the most convenient, most creative and fastest way is
made possible. If you are not a member of Twitter yet, you might
want to check it out.

Twhirl in Twitter is a desktop client that allows Twitter

microblogging service. However, the extent of Twhirl’s participa-
tion to Twitter’s activities is extensive. The features offered by
Twitter are also accessible on Twhirl apart from the numerous
usability enhancements that have been included prior to other
Twitter plugins and features.

Twhirl is an Adobe AIR platform-based. This means,

Twhirl allows web development strategies to be employed in
desktop applications creation. Also, Twhirl applications are run
by Flash-based framework of Flex 3 that is also connected to
Adobe. Twhirl as a social software desktop client highlights the
following features:

1. it can run on Windows 2000, XP, and Vista and

MAC operating system X
2. it can be connected to Multiple accounts like Twit-
ter, Friendfeed, and lacon.ca among others
3. it can generate notifications about the latest mes-
sages
4. it can post images directly to TwitPic
5. it offers various color schemes
6. it can automatically acquire new versions
7. it allows searching with the help of TwitterSearch
and TweetScan
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8. it can be localized in other languages such as Ger-
man, Spanish, and English among others

Apart from the mentioned features, Twhirl promotes en-

hancing and developing and this makes your Twitter experience
more interesting and comprehensive. Finally, a long range for
configuration options is already adopted to cater personal needs
of the users.
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The Significance of Twitter ID and How to

Change it When Necessary

For the record, each Twitter account requires a Twitter ID.

If you want to locate your own Twitter ID you have to check the
URL that contains the RSS feed for your Twitter account. During
the earlier years of Twitter, users and members’ IDs were attrib-
uted in sequence. Therefore, tracking the entirety of the Twitter
accounts that were created is in fact trouble-free.

But the popularity of Twitter continues to attract more

and more users. The need for system change in generating
Twitter ID arose and the changes were initiated in November
2006. However, such change resulted in loopholes among the
Twitter IDs that were actually used. To make this simple, the
result is equal to the Twitter ID created for a new account and
the total figure of the Twitter accounts. However, the issue of the
real number for Twitter accounts is still unknown to the users as
per the decision of Twitter Inc. Due to this event, Twitter names
that have spaces cannot be used in registering a new Twitter
account.

Changing Your Twitter ID

Your username ID in Twitter is as important as your iden-

tity. Your Twitter has the power to make you popular among
other Twitter members. And if you are an online marketer, your
Twitter ID will help your business grow even bigger. However,
some unexpected events happen that require you to change your
username.

And to change your ID, you have to login while you create
a new account. Login happens at Twitter.com/mytwitterid and
then change the username. After that, you have to logout again
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and go back to your original account. Then, edit the /Rick_Butts
and make it /rickbutts.

Afterwards, you have to logout and then immediately lo-

gin for the third time. Finally, go back to the account where you
want to have a new username. This is done by typing /rickbutts1
and by editing it to /Rick_Butts to make sure no other user can
take the new username.
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The Twitter Local: Its Definition and its

Scope

By definition, TwitterLocal allows user to generate an RSS

feed or XML feed. However, such feeds sort out Tweets within a
specific area only. Therefore, you are required to provide infor-
mation like the city name, state name, postal code, and the range
of miles that you prefer for your account to receive feeds. After-
wards, you will immediately receive URLs that will be added to
your RSS reader. This way, you can identify the Tweeters that are
near your location.

Twitter Local is also considered as a Twitter tool because

it operates via taking locations, postal codes, states, and mile
radius which are important in supplying RSS and XML feeds. In
managing Twitter local you can either employ the use of a func-
tional web form or you can get your Adobe Air application form
as you download it. The latter form (the Adobe Air application),
is more comprehensive than the first form because more func-
tions and options are included.

In Search of Local Twitter Users

You can visit Twitterlocal.net site in searching local Twit-

ter users which is primarily dependent on a given position. In
fact, to make things much easier, a breakdown of positions and
locations is provided based on the most numbered of tweets for
the past 24 hours. How does this work? You only have to provide
a certain location in the form of your preference and you have to
answer the form that contains zip code and the mile radius.

The problem with this service though is: it is incomplete.

The only results provided when you search local users is largely
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based on the activities of the past 24 hours and not of the entire
community that lives in your locality or state.
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Twitter Review: Increase and Expand the

Things You Know about Twitter

Twitter is basically a new social networking and micro-

blogging service. It is mainly about receiving and sending up-
dates to and from other members/users through texts. The text is
comprised of 140 characters.

However, Twitter seems to be unprepared with the popu-

larity and success that it is now receiving. Thus, there are ques-
tions whether Twitter will manage to grow bigger despite of the
problems and bad reviews it is now getting from both the users
and the critics. The main problem surrounding Twitter is the
increasing traffic due to its growth that in turn results in over-
loading.

Because of this, feedback and comments about Twitter are

given. Say for instance, the commentary by the Wall Street
Journal that tells people how social networking services like
Twitter elicit diverse feelings among people who are fond of the
internet technology. Unfortunately, most users find Twitter a
waste of time, annoying (especially when they receive updates at
odd hours of the day), and not so practical because of the higher
bills they receive at the end of the month. In this case, it is safe to
say that sometimes being too connected with other people can be
uncalled for and bothersome.

Another comment from the Industry Standard is that,

Twitter is now experiencing lack of revenue and is questionable
whether it can continue a long-term operation or not.
Twitter can be both advantageous and unfavorable. For its
drawbacks, some users employ Twitter to spoof a text message or
to give false warnings. In the brighter side though, Twitter will
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let you get in contact with other people especially in times of
needs. However, it all boils down to how the user will use Twit-
ter. But to be fair, Twitter when it was introduced had practical
and righteous objectives.
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Top Twitter Users are Top-Rated

In every website, like in every other communication sys-

tem ever put into place, there will always be top users. At Twitter,
there are many and some Twitter members have even made it as
a point to gather all their names into one list. There was even a
time when there was tightening competition among them.

Of course, the merits of using Twitter far outweigh the

benefits of a regular phone. Although on a regular phone, a
person may speak in terms of greater personality, which is
something lacking on blogs. This disadvantage is more often
than not mitigated by the fact that blogs can reach farther and as
many people as possible.

On this day and age, people love to share everything.

From facts to mere rumors, it is sure to spread, and Twitter, with
its micro-sized blogs and comments are conveniently available
for use. This is the reason why there are so many top Twitter
users, and this is not the only top category present Online.

There are more, and they could range for being top-rated
blogs, or to most visited blogs, and even most commented posts.
In fact, there are now increasing numbers of websites that offer
these data to the curious, and some of these websites are not
even officially affiliation with Twitter.

On the whole, Twitter is really causing waves of change on

communications. Clearly, there are a lot of reasons to love twit-
ter, something that is replicated by the company behind it to its
members.
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Twitter Come Home: Visiting Made Easy

For people who love to write, blogging is always the thing

to do, and there are even blog sites that offer more than just the
capability to write and post it. One of these is Twitter, which is
one of revolutionary blog sites that give out space for the micro-
blogging, as against the usual conception that blogs by nature are
long-winding write-ups.

Today, Twitter.com is no longer alone in providing this

kind of service with the emergence of other blog sites that cater
also to micro-blogging needs. In more ways than one, a person
may say that Twitter is the best in the field, but there are also
critics that argue otherwise.

To note, both sides have points to prove and defend, even

the critics, who even though outnumbered are still slugging it out
with twitter defenders. In this matter, for a new one going into
micro-blogging it’s always best to ask around and to try it for
oneself, as this may be the underlying reason why there are
critics and defenders.

Trying it out for a change will not really make a dent in

any person’s timetable as becoming a member of twitter is as
easy as fill in the blanks. The steps to follow are just the same in
concept with other sites with membership. It’s just a matter of
trying, and what’s so hard about going to twitter.com’s home
page?
Basically, nothing in particular, so start filling out those
membership forms that Twitter needs to approve applicants.
After that, then it’s just a matter of waiting for approval and then
start posting.
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Twitter Problems: The Problems and The

Solutions

In every creation made by man there’s always innovation

on the works, and while these innovations are always for the
good, there will still be flaws. Of course, it is the same with
Twitter, which is one of the many websites today that offer
micro-blogging to its members.

On this, such an event of flaws is something that is to be

expected. There’s simply no question that there is no perfect
system, and it’s just a matter of time before something goofs up.
Anyhow, these flaws may range from just be unable to access
one’s own site or to the unwanted cancellation of the site.

In all of these, there will always be solutions to it, and the

main thing is to remain positive in the thinking. As of today, the
problem of being unable to access one’s own site is already a flaw
that has solutions elsewhere. They’re usually found on other
websites, and on Twitter as well.

Aside from this, there’s also the downing of Twitter’s serv-

er itself, which would prevent the members from even accessing
anything at all. This has been known to last only for short period
of time, but for those that take longer, patience is a virtue. In
fact, it is just probably caused by server changes on the workings
of twitter and upon its return it would undoubtedly come back
with better performance.

Far from being dismayed with twitter because of its prob-

lems, it’s free to use by the members and this is an incentive
worth trying out.
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Twitter Tag: The Welcome Improvement

The benefits of blogging are so intensely seen today that it

is already one of the leading forms of Internet communication.
Of course, the providers are still doing improvements on the
blogs themselves, which is both good for competition and reputa-
tion.

In the case of Twitter, what used to be a micro-blogging

site where its members can post blogs that are of small sizes, tags
are now available. And though Twitter is increasingly becoming
somewhat like Friendster, this addition of tags on the blogs is a
welcome improvement.

To some, tags may be nothing, but to the rest of the blog-

ging world tags could be their savior when it comes to finding
tricky websites. There’s simply no person in this world who will
want to have no help in trying to find his right website of page
destination.
On a scale of thousands, any Twitter member may now
browse tags for blog posts, which he would like to see.
Without these tags in Twitter then trying to find the right
blog page with no knowledge of the title itself or the name of the
page would be a task of hardship. With tags, searching for the
right blog page or post is now easier as tags would limit or screen
the number of results.

This is a vital addition to Twitter, which is really quite a

must-have capability, as it presents convenience and good ser-
vice towards the members. Even now more and more blog sites
are putting tags on their sites, this being a testament to the tags
importance.
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Twitter TV: The Interactive Drive

In the past, there was an increasing call for better com-

munication, and when the use of the Internet became wide-
spread, it became multiple communications. And far from
stopping on the calls for better or something different in com-
munications, an interesting occurrence just happened.

Twitter, a website mainly dealing with blog posts, just

went on the interaction drive with the TV sector. This means that
there will be television shows played on twitter itself.
And for those who are still in dark about how this is an
improvement in the world of communications, the main thing to
see is its goal, which is to provide a bridge between the Internet
and TV.

On the whole having the normal television shows played

out on Twitter could be quite a boost for Twitter, which stands to
merit more benefits from this than the TV company.
With TV being offered on twitter, even if it’s just one
channel, speaks of convenience for its members.

There are, of course, critics that argue about the impracti-

cability of putting TV shows on Twitter when the company itself
could do it on its own. But like most critics, it has been estimated
that the viewers outnumber them by thousands, which is a
number that increases by the day.

This is more likely due to the employing of good people to

appear on the TV shows destined for showing on Twitter. In fact,
a lot of blogs and comments can be found along the way that
praises the TV-worthiness of these people.
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Twitter Alternative: Search for Strengths

and Weaknesses

The word ‘alternative’ is already an indication of some-

thing else entirely, and while it doesn’t necessarily equate to
change, it does motions for something new. This doesn’t mean
that a shift from Twitter to another competitor is in the air. Of
course, no one can stop a person for trying other things out for
themselves, and the main thing is that there’s always something
better.

In this case, to know which is better than the rest, then the
best possible recourse left is to try other things. Some may say
that it is a complete waste of time and that there’s no ultimate
blogging site to defeat all. For them, all blogging sites have
different capabilities and strengths, as well as weaknesses.

In Twitter, the obvious weakness is that the members are

forced to undergo micro-blogging, which may not be enough for
some people. Certainly, there are circumstances that merit more
explanations than micro-blogging does and when these are
present Twitter will not be much of help.

Now the best thing to do, as other say, is for people to

start searching for the best blog sites to suit their tastes. Obvi-
ously, a person who loves to write long-winding essays would not
appreciate being forced to write micro-blogging style that twitter
provides.
So it’s a matter of perspective on the part of the user, and
on the whole, he is really the one that pays for it, even if it looks
free. Without him, there will be no advertisements, so choose
wisely.
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Twitter Fan: Testament of Success

What’s the best thing about Twitter? Twitter is more lik-

ened to a Friendster shootout, but with all the necessary whistles
and designs. It is more personalized and it provides blogging
pages for people who write so much micro-blogging that their
posts will have more followers than the rest.

Of course, Twitter also provides much needed and wel-

comed applications that are improved as the number of members
grows. Because of these applications, Twitter fans are rampant
today on the Internet, offering their websites’ services for differ-
ent applications. Twitter is a place, where foreigners would more
likely meet and talk about all sorts of things through their micro-
bloggings.

In this nature, it must be expected that Twitter has a high-

ly personalized set-up with its members’ blog pages. Because of
this, more and more people are offering insights on how their
twitter could be best improved and used.

Twitter fans are much like the support group of twitter

now, and though they are not affiliated with it, they most likely to
be twitter members. If one could just see the number of Twitter
fans available for access online then he would see the extent of
how Twitter had changed the face of micro-blogging. Though this
feeling is not universal, it is still something worth noting about
especially for something as good as Twitter.

In fact, blogs are known to people, who don’t do blogs, as

long-winding write-ups about a certain topic, but twitter moved
against this. Hence, the presence of Twitter fans is a sure testa-
ment of Twitter’s success.
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Twitter Statistics: Where Most Members

Are

Any person can say that website businesses are the fastest
growing business today in this world, but there are also limits to
that growth. Some are just technical limits, while the rest involve
the people’s perception. In perception, acceptance is the one that
is given the highest regard.

Perception is measured through surveys that are rewritten

to fit into statistics. And because it is one of the most important
in the hierarchy of limits, statistics are one of the trusted meth-
ods in measuring the number of people using Twitter. In being
able to measure the number of at least the proportionate number
of people as members of Twitter, the people behind Twitter are
able to focus their efforts to needed changes.

Now there are many types of statistics done on Twitter

and the most common statistics done was to show where most
Twitter members are. This is very important as primary focus
can now be given to the areas of concern, which are basically the
areas where there are few Twitter members.

Understandably, through one of these statistics, it was

found that most Twitter members are from the United States. Of
course, being one of the countries with the largest Internet users,
it only goes to show that twitter has done that country justice.

One that highly surprised a lot of people was that the sec-
ond placer on this statistic was an Asian country, beating the
Europeans on a very large magnitude. This country is Japan, and
it was beaten by USA by a minuscule of points.
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Twitter Tips: Learn These Common Know-

ledge Tips

The main feature in Twitter is that it is a blog site for peo-

ple, who like to post micro-blog posts, meaning short ones. This
is important, as blogging is known for long-winding essays,
which in some cases, people seem to think in terms of longer, the
better.

Now not everyone knows how to compose a blog, and it

really requires a lot of imagination on what to write as well as a
pinch in basic language. Of course, there’s also the question of
what to write, which is really where even seasoned writers blun-
der.
There are tips to follow, for example, and at most they are
common sense.

For one, a person is given the power to name his blog

page, and with this write his own blogs so he should strive to
write about things that concern his blog page. Of course, he
should also not go overboard with his writings, lest he over-
whelm himself and mess it all up. Humor is also a good to any
blog, but these should always be used as moderately as possible,
otherwise, the main theme of the blog post would be the humor
and not the story.

Some people even add that blog posts should contain

products being sold, though in this case, advertising products
can be done, but try to walk lightly. This is the common underly-
ing reason why spams are hated, as they sell on places where it is
not meant for such activity.
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Another Twitter tip is to add occasional contrasting topics
as against the blog name as this would increase the people’s
curiosity.
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The Twitter World: Some Points to Ponder

There are basically many points to ponder on this topic.

One of these is that Twitter was meant to bridge communication
from one person to other persons. Any person could do this by
becoming a member of Twitter’s growing family of communica-
tion-craving community.

The paradox in this is that Twitter was meant as a bridge,

but in its use, it became a world of its own. In this world, there
are absolutely virtual perks, and again, persons who want to
experience this need only to become members.

It’s really easy and it’s not really a closed-community.

How can it be a closed-community when only the membership is
required? Another point to ponder on this topic ‘twitter world’ is
the world itself, which Twitter has conveniently connected
Online through blogs.

And while the blogs on Twitter may be shorter than what

blogs are famous for, the comments on Twitter are a cause for
wonder. It is said that a posted topic on CNN’s website would
have no immediate replies for an hour, which is the complete
opposite of Twitter. Of course, this is a clear exaggeration on the
part of the people who posted those comments, but the main
thing of good point is that Twitter’ comments are really overflow-
ing with replies.

Another point to ponder is the continued growth on the

number of members of Twitter, which has been able to make
itself famous on other countries as well. This is the ultimate
trump card to use against their competitors, and clearly Twitter
intends to stay for long.
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Starter Guide on Twitter

Twitter brings people closer regardless of location and en-

ables people to share bite sizes of what is happening in life.

The following are guides to start on using Twitter:

1. Create a Twitter Account by visiting the Twitter.com

website. To create a Twitter account is to enter a username, your
email address and password. Your username will be your URL
name that will be displayed on your Twitter page, so it is best to
choose a username that will reflect your image online.

2. Start personalizing your profile by uploading a picture

or avatar and background designs. Upload a photo, which you
would like your friends and family members to see online. As for
background settings, you may select from Twitter designs or you
may upload your own custom background design.
3. Follow people. At the top of your Twitter page is the
“Find people” bar where you typed in the Twitter account of the
people you already know or search by name or location. Another
means to find people is through the Search.Twitter.com where
you typed in a keyword in the search box and Twitter provides
you with results of people who are talking about the keyword you
have typed in. Click the follow button to get your friend’s up-
dates on your Twitter page.

4. Get Followed. Let your voice be heard by sharing your

thoughts, ideas and updates with others. Other users of twitter
will follow you back as a means of courtesy. If you have a blog,
website, social networking sites you may want to mention your
twitter username account on those places so that people who find
you interesting will follow you on your twitter account.
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5. Start Tweeting with family and friends using short text
messages of up to 140 characters.
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Changing the Background Image for Your

Twitter Account

To attract more followers on your Twitter account is to

choose a theme or background image that best suits your per-
sonality online. You can upload your custom design or select
from the Twitter design offerings. The blue sky with clouds is
Twitter’s default image background and you have the option to
change the image if need be.

The following are steps to change your Twitter account

theme or background image:

1. Sign in to your Twitter account by entering your user-

name and password.
2. On the top menu bar, click on “Settings”.
3. Under the account management options, select the “De-
sign” tab. You will be forwarded to a page where you are given
option to select from the pre-designed themes and an option to
change your background image.
4. Select "Change background image” located under the
themes section. The selected background image will pop up
below the tab.
5. If you have your own image to upload, use the “Browse”
feature to upload the file image into the system.
6. Check the “tile background” if you want to create series
of duplicate images on your profile page.
7. Click "Save changes" to save.

Theme or background images are what Twitter.com pro-

vides. For those uploading images as background they allow
images smaller than 800k of GIF, JPG, PNG and picture with a
maximum size of 700k. JPG, GIF, PNG. Twitter does not allow
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the use of nudity or obscene images. It is best that you upload a
full sized version of the image.
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Names under Twitter Account

Twitter requires users to provide the real name and user-

name. Real name is the name where you want others to identify
you online while username is the name that appears at the end of
your Twitter URL.

In sending SMS commands and 3rd party applications,

twitter uses your real name. Your username is used when people
try to send an @reply or direct message on your twitter account.
The use of real name allows people to recognize you. Twitter
allows users to type in real names up to 20 characters and user-
name name up to 15 characters. The use of spaces in the user-
name is not allowed but it may contain numbers or letters and
the ‘_’ sign. Your full name or real name is shown on your
sidebar profile. When the WHOIS command is used, your full
name is shown as results.

Changing Twitter names.

You can change your twitter real name or username any-

time under the settings page
https://twitter.com/account/settings. Such changes will not
affect your existing updates, @replies, direct messages, or other
data. However, change of your username will change your
Twitter URL, thus, it is best to let your followers know of your
change in username in that way they will not send an @reply or
direct message using your old username. As soon as your user
name is changed, all @replies and links on the former user name
are no longer valid.
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It is also important that you secure your Twitter name, as
there may be "unauthorized" individuals who are twittering
within the community at your expense.
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Use of Hashtags for Twitter Groups

Tracking records of post updates or tweets on Twitter ac-

count can sometimes be hard as the topics are all mixed up
which makes it difficult to follow. Twitter included in their new
feature the application of hashtags.

Twitter hashtags were designed to create real time track

records of creating groups on twitter by topic. It is one way of
self-categorizing your tweets by topic which later on would aid in
later retrieval. A Hashtag is represented by a # (pound sign)
placed before keywords, groups or locations. Conversations
within the twitter timeline via search can easily be tracked with
the used of hashtags on twitter topics. Twitter hashtags provides
the contextualization, content filtering and exploratory serendip-
ity within Twitter.

To create new channels within twitter is to begin with a

hash (#) followed by the channel name. The system will prompt
user if the channel name already exist. If channel exists, you will
need to create a new channel name to begin a twitter topic. The
channels are not to be made public or private. Anyone who sees a
status without channel tag can likewise see the status with
channel tag. Nobody owns or administers a tag channel. The
channels cannot be deleted except when the statuses of a particu-
lar tag are deleted.

With Twitter hashtags, tag channels are created which al-

lows users to easily track content and get more relevant updates.
They lead users to tag channels that are of interest to them
without going through the ordeal of learning syntax language.
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How to Log in at Twitter.com

The main objective of having Twitter account is to be able

to stay connected with people within the social networking
community at any moment in time. Inasmuch as Twitter is a
social network platform where people of same interest share
ideas and thoughts, not everyone is given access to the use of
Twitter unless one has created a Twitter account and has logged
in.

To login to your URL Twitter is to sign in your username

and password. It is only you and Twitter who remembers the
password that you have assigned. In the event that you forgot
your password as you log in, Twitter will reset your password and
send the information to your email address.

Login allows Twitter users the access to the Twitter ac-

count. You can actually do everything inside Twitter once you
are logged in. You can make changes to your account settings,
change background designs, update your photo, etc. It also
allows you to make quick replies to messages sent to you by
followers either through @reply or direct message. You will
observe that if not logged in, you are forwarded to the log in
window before you can follow or view your followers.

To be able to use Twitter is to have an Internet connection

or a mobile phone. If you already have a Twitter account on your
mobile phone and would like log in using the web, Twitter will
get you signed up on the web once you have provided them with
your mobile phone number.
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Knowing More about Twitter

Almost everyone is already talking about Twitter. Why

not? It has given people the chance to blog though they lack time
to sort out for massive thoughts for one long blog entry and post
blog entries on a regular basis. Truly, the service given by Twitter
can set the inner blog of an individual for free—providing busy
people to post their blog regularly. This is why Twitter is called as
microblogging or moblogging.

So, Twitter is convenient to be used by those people who

are not just too busy but also for those who do not have a lot of
words to say. Essentially, this works by letting its user broadcast
his thoughts through group messages to the mobile phones of his
followers from instant message, his personal mobile phone, or at
twitter.com.

Through the use of Twitter, the entire notes of the user are
already being displayed on his private profile page on the website
that includes links to the Twitter pages of his friends as well as
his chosen thumbnail picture and a brief biography. User is also
allowed to send text updates straight to his MySpace page. The
only thing he has to remember is to limit his post to 140 charac-
ters with the sole topic, which answers the question: “What are
you doing?”

Because of the presented facts about Twitter, it is really

not surprising for it to create a roaring chatter among the people.
And this time in fact, Twitter has topped on blog search engine
Technorati. So, Twitter is expected to create more noise as it
phases forward.
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Mobile Pownce to Pounce Twitter Turf

The release of Pownce, a new mobile version, is claimed to

smack down Twitter. Pownce is said to pounce twitter because of
the features it presents, which are claimed to be more illustrious
as compared to Twitter. Pownce is also said to offer more control
over Twitter. The basic concept is if Twitter likes mobile; Pownce
has more competitive personal network definition. If Twitter has
a huge user base; Pownce has file sharing, themes, and allows
sending above 140characters. Or if Twitter has a Biz Stone;
Pownce has Daniel, Kevin and Leah. Until now, the debate as to
which between the two is better is still ongoing.

Unfortunately, some commented that Pownce is not very

much competitive when it comes to SMS gateway; although file
sharing is possible here. When it comes to its attributes, Pownce
is said to be fast enough and appears with solid exterior feature.
In fact, this is claimed to be a downright killer in bringing ser-
vices that are far beyond sending SMS. This greatly presents
reply tracking, calendar events, files, ratings, and links. Indeed,
the lack in competency when it comes to SMS gateway is the sole
downfall of this mobile phone.

However, Stan Schroeder commented that Pownce phone

is simply amazing once it is already used. Therefore, one cannot
judge this unless it is already tested. He claimed that unlike
Twitter, Pownce is not limited. He also said that he was able to
personally use twitter already and its instant-blogging feature is
really good. However, using his own perception, Pownce is
simpler and better as compared to twitter to be used by people
like IM-junkie.
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Twitter Definition: Comprehending Its

Essence

Twitter definition is actually a lot of things to a lot of peo-

ple. But the constant twitter definition that comes into the mind
of many is its unbelievable powerful community and marketing
building tool, which has a capacity to develop one’s brand,
develop relationships with one’s audience, and supply a promo-
tional means that have the capability to spread.

Twitter directly pertains to keeping in touch and updating

with friends regardless of the location of the user or his circum-
stance according to the Twitter FAQ. On the other hand, Wikipe-
dia mentioned that twitter is a micro-blogging and social
networking that is offered for free and permits its users to send
recent information through SMS, email, instant messaging to the
website of Twitter or to any available Twitter applications this
time.

Essentially, Twitter simply asks its users the question:

“What are you doing?” Then, the answer of the users will serve as
their updates to their followers. However, this update is only
limited to 140 characters only. Apparently, the concept is in-
credibly simple and this is viewed to be the most possible reason
why it is being patronized by many. The limitation of 140 charac-
ters does not actually limit the chance of Twitter to be recog-
nized; instead it has been known to people with its label “micro
blogging.” The reason behind is the convenience it brings. Like
for instance, one of the known key advantages of Twitter is its
capability to send as well as receive updates, which is also called
as tweets. Therefore, the user of Twitter can keep in touch to
others wherever he is.
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The Best Way to Avoid Twitter Notifica-

tions Inundation

One of the common problems that are being encountered

by Twitter users is the inundation of text messages. This usually
happens when the Twitter friends of someone have already
reached 200 and above. If someone has a friend that reaches to
this number, it is definitely not impossible for him to receive
Twitter notifications by SMS that can amount to 1500 in just a
week. Meaning, there are numbers of individuals to update with.
Unfortunately, once this incident occurs, text message notifica-
tions can be expected to get out of control.

Normally though, the common solution that is formed by

the users who are encountering such instance is to turn off their
phone buzzing for SMS. This is because they would not be able to
turn off the phone buzzing for Twitter alone. Hence, they will be
compelled to turn off the entire phone alerts. The usual draw-
back of this though is the delay of getting important messages
from anyone since there is no more buzzing to alert the owner of
the mobile for the newly received messages. Therefore, the
turning off of buzzing is not an effective solution.

Of course, turning off the Twitter is not a good solution as

well, especially for those who want to remain updated with her
friends on Twitter. So then, what will be the solution now?

The most ideal thing to do in this situation is to go to

Google reader. Here, one will be able to read the feed of her
Twitter friends through an RSS reader. So, one can make it a
habit to go to Google reader everyday and Bloglines once a
month to avoid the inundation of Twitter notifications.
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Hooking-Up in Twitter: Twitter.com Serves

as the Entry Way

Numbers of People today tend to enjoy Twitter: Twit-

ter.com welcomes first-timers. So, for the ones who are left for
the fun that is brought by Tweeter, which is the possibility to
broadcast short messages to both “followers” and friends, they
can already start-up and hook to what is recent here by joining in
Twitter for free on Twitter.com. Individuals who became fasci-
nated on the function of Twitter are instructed to visit the web-
site of Twitter to sign-up and join the fun of messaging to one
another.

When signing-up, joiners are encouraged to use their ac-

tual name so their friends can easily find them. By also signing-
up in Twitter.com, it will be easier for individuals to upload their
picture. If the joiners also clicked the box for “Protect my up-
dates,” people will not be given an access to read their Twitters
unless they are given an authorization. So, for those joiners who
are seeking for more fun, they can opt to leave the said box
unchecked.

Then, as soon as the joiners were able to complete his

twitter account, he can already announce it to his friends and
inform them his username in Twitter.com or he can also send
them the link to Twitter page. Every user has his personal page
twitter, which comes in the form of twitter.com/username. Like
for instance, a person can say “my Twitter page is twit-
ter.com/arjay.

After completing the initial requirements in Twitter and

the adding of friends, twitter joiners can also follow some of the
popular or helpful Twitterers. Of course, once these joiners have
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already sign-up, they can always try to explore and experiment
Twitter to get the most out of it.
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Custom Twitter: Advancing the Twitter’s

Page Design

Many individuals now have shown interest in using Twit-

ter. So, more and more people are also interested to learn as to
how they can customize their Twitter background. In actual fact,
it is not really difficult to custom one’s Twitter background
because the people at Twitter have been too good to provide
everyone with a custom background as an addition to several
new designs they have given out with their latest updates.

Through the privilege that was handed out by the people

at Twitter, many of its users are provided with the great chance
to broaden their personal branding capabilities next to a place
wherein there can be a number of people who can read their
messages for the very first time. According to some folks at
Twitter, they have already presented a simple file of Photoshop
(PSD) to serve as a guide. According to them, there are actually
no complexities with the default appearance of Twitter. However,
the user is required to take some more steps if they want to put
on their company name or logo on it.

There are also the so-called Custom twitter nodes. These

nodes are a type of functionality that is capable to take Twitter to
an advanced level. Once the user of twitter adds up the scheme of
Custom Twitter Nodes, they can instantaneously install and
configure Nodes to essentially meet the needs of their group,
event, or anything else. One type of Node is events that come
with a set of regulations. For now, some users also assume to
have a Node type Twitter that will allow people to join and setup
without publishing their contents publicly.
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Twitter Bar: A Self-Study

Twitter bar is basically an exception for the Web browser

of Mozilla Firefox, which was originally crafted by Tony Farndon.
This vitally allows Twitter user to post to twitter right from the
address bar of Firefox. What the user only needs to do is to post
the page’s URL, which he is reading, by selecting the Twitter bar
icon along with the typing of the information in the address bar.

Now, there are actually three ways that Twitter users can
follow to use Twitter bar. But before taking these steps, Twitter
users need to ensure that they have already set up their Twitter
bar plugin as well as restart their Firefox browser in order to
activate it. The following are the steps to guide Twitter users to
use Twitter bar:

1. Type the post on the address box of Firefox and

then select the green button to update the Twitter page.
2. Type the post on the address bar of Firefox by also
indicating a–post at the end to finish the post instantaneously.
3. Twitter user may type his selected URL then select
the green icon to share the links at once.

For more tips on Twitter bar, user may open his Twitter
page at once right after a post through the “Open Twitter in new
tab after posting.” A user may also opt to save the details of
Twitter log-in to make postings quicker through the plugin
options of the Twitter bar, which start from Tools, then to Add-
ons, to Select twitter bar, and to be finished to top options.
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Twitter Music: Advanced Through Blip

Twitter music, possible? Certainly.

Twitter music was made possible through the so-called

Blip, the advance version of Pownce. In fact, Blip is also called as
“twitter for Music” because this serves for that purpose alone.
Blip significantly suggests music and allows Twitter users to
share their thoughts about it to their different contacts—both
friends and followers.

Many perceive Blip to offer so much advancement to Twit-

ter users since Twitter alone is not capable to share rich media.
As what everybody knows, if one would want to broadcast a video
using Twitter, he will be required to settle for a TinyURL then to
YouTube, or he can opt to the combination of the two in the form
of Seesmic. Now, the introduction of Pownce has certainly
improved the twitter model as it allows file transfers. However,
even though Pownce also featured music player, Blip still ap-
pears to be a lot better than this because this does not require file
uploads anymore.

Through the use of Blip, users may simply search for the
song they want to listen to. The convenience given by Blip in
providing music instantaneously is actually taken from any of the
following database of music: Skreemr; Seeqpod; or Fuzz.
Through these databases of music, one’s followers can easily
listen to the full song he has posted using a player at the bottom
part of the page.

Of course, many people will be hesitant to join another so-

cial network because of the flowers they might leave. This is why
Blips has the plan to deliver messages out to Twitter, Pownce,
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Frindfeed, and Tumblr. This is conceptualized to assist in adop-
tion rated primarily.
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Twitter Photo: Imaging SnapTweet

When conducting a review for Twitter photo, SnapTweet

is one of the ideal discussions. SnapTweet is actually a service
that works towards broadcasting Flickr image uploads through
Twitter updates. Many claimed that this is an ideal service for
many people out there although it contains bugs with its imple-
mentation. The use of this is highly suggested to individuals who
spend a lot of time in Flickr and aim to send announcements
through Twitter.

Essentially, Snapsweet works by using the twitter creden-

tial of one person through Twitter API for validation. After the
user has logged-in, he will be asked for his Flickr username. The
user is given a choice if he wants to enter a tag name that is user-
defined to coordinate SnapTweet with Flickr. Also, SnapTweet
allows the latest announcements with links to one’s Flicker
images. Normally, this appears in one of two means—either to
mark the image on Flickr using the set in of SnapTweet user-
defined tag or deliver a direct message to the address
@snapTweet on Twitter.

Essentially, to perfect the integration of Flicker or twitter,

the following philosophy must be noted:

• The Images uploaded to Flickr to be announced on

twitter must be carefully chosen.
• There is no need for any additional account—either
Flickr or Twitter is utilized for authentication.
• One should not attempt to take the content on his
own credit. Although, it is fine to take the credit on distribution
such as Images on Flickr or Tweets on Twitter.
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In general, SnapTweet follows the correct philosophy to
deliver one’s content—allowing both Flickr and Twitter host the
data. Preferably though, this should be used by those individuals
who prefer to spend more time in Flickr than to Twitter.
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YouTube Twitter: Fused in Seesmic

YouTube Tweeter is said to be fused into the latest video-

based social media startup on the horizon of the Web 2.0—
Seesmic. Seesmic is referred by several heavy-hitters in the world
of web tech as the next big thing. To those who are not yet aware,
Seesmic is best illustrated as a type of “video Twitter.”

Essentially, Seesmic is a community of video sharing that

allows the user to share on hand videos to the World Wide Web.
This also allows the user to produce a video directly from his
webcam and publish it to his own video stream. The use of
Seesmic is guaranteed to be trouble-free when it comes in em-
bedding videos on a blog or website because it is as easy as
beating in a clip of code—perfectly alike in embedding YouTube
videos.

Good news to Twitter users, they may simply follow the

interesting content given by others to them. They may also
choose to incorporate their own video streams along with the
other social networking websites. For now, YouTube and Tweeter
are already hooked up as what was also mentioned above. More-
over, Seesmic is expanding its goal and is now targeting as well
to integrate with Facebook, Joost, del.icio.us, and other social
websites, along with the capability to record video, chat, and
Skype conversations.

For the meantime, Seesmic is not yet available to the pub-

lic; it is still on the phase of testing. However, to those who are
interested to witness Seesmic in action, they may catch this on
the venture advisor blog of Christine Herron.