Confession of a Twitter Addict

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00447833230492 – Michael T. Makahamadze

Twitter tools for Network Marketing improve the efficiency and results of MLM Business owners from Twitter. By implementing and using certain tools in their Twitter marketing efforts, Network Marketers can potentially build their MLM businesses virally.

Twitter is one of the most trafficked websites on the internet, and home business owners must take advantage of this. There are a lot of people getting onto Twitter each and every day, and there is a great chance that there are Twitter users out there who are looking for products and services provided by Network Marketing business owners.

As a MLM business owner, positioning yourself so that Twitter users and followers can find out more about you and your products, helps spread the work about your and your business virally. Marketing your MLM business on Twitter though, is not about pitching and asking anyone and everyone to join your Network Marketing business opportunity. Twitter is a social media site, and the results you will get from your marketing efforts, will depend on the time and effort you have put in. This time must be used to build relationships and add value to your followers and others….this is how you can effectively use Twitter to generate MLM leads and spread the word about your business, products and value.

Twitter marketing for your MLM business takes time and effort on your part. Many Network Marketers end up spending hours on end, using Twitter, but not producing any results. In marketing your Home Business on Twitter, keep in mind that Twitter is a social media site. Social media marketing is about adding value to people’s lives. The more value you add, and the more people within your target market you can connect with, the better your results will be.

Below are 6 Twitter tools to help you leverage your time and efforts and connect with more prospects from your target market, for less time spent on Twitter.

1. Social Oomph
This tool helps you automate a lot of processes, including following back people who follow you, as well as sending them an introductory message. You can also monitor certain statistics that can help you in your marketing efforts.

2. TweetAdder
This tool lets you automate your tweeting and following of people on Twitter. You can specify certain criteria for your target followers, such as the keywords they have in their profiles, their location, and the keywords they have tweeted about. You can also automate your tweeting, so you don’t have to be on Twitter the whole day. It has a host of other functions that MLM business owners intending to market their business on Twitter will find useful. TweetAdder can also be used for multiple Twitter accounts.

3. TweetDeck
Any serious Network Marketer looking to build his/her MLM business using Twitter, should use TweetDeck. This is a desktop utility used for monitoring your Twitter activity. It can be used to monitor multiple Twitter accounts. It has a graphical user interface that you can use to monitor a lot of useful information such as who mentions you or sends you a direct message. Best of all, is that you can use this tool from your desktop.

4. Search.Twitter.com
This can help MLM business owners monitor trends and topics within their particular niche. You can find out what people are saying about you, your company, products and services. You can also determine who mentions you on Twitter. This helps you market more effectively and connect with the people who are saying positive things about you.

5. Twitterfeed.com
Home Business Owners looking to market their MLM businesses on Twitter should look into using this tool. It lets you automatically add a blog feed to your Twitter profile. Everytime you post a blog, it’s automatically tweeted. You can use this to add feeds from blogs you and your target market enjoys; sharing value with them. This helps you eventually market your home business on Twitter.

6. Bit.Ly
Bit.Ly is a free URL shortening and tracking service you can use to improve your interaction with people on Twitter. This service lets you determine what links your followers enjoy from you, hence which of your tweets get the most response. Using this information, you can improve your other tweets to get better response from your followers. This is just one of the functions Home Business Owners can derive from this service.

The combination of these tools help MLM Business owners utilize Twitter effectively to market their home business, and leverage on their time and efforts. This way, Network Marketers get to connect with the most responsive prospects on Twitter, and generate MLM Leads.

Michael T. Makahamadze

http://www.michaeltmak.com/social-network-marketing/twitter-marketing/twitter-tools-for-network-marketing-business-owners/

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MLM Business owners can benefit from marketing their home business using Twitter. It can save them time, generate free MLM leads, and boost their sales. However, Twitter requires an investment of time and effort. Certain Twitter tools can help leverage your time and efforts, and market your home business on Twitter in less time, with more results. Michael T. Makahamadze is a MLM Business owner and blogger, who contributes articles designed to help Network Marketers and home business owners leverage blogs, search engines and social media in building their home business. His article on Twitter tools for MLM Business owners is available at http://www.michaeltmak.com/social-network-marketing/twitter-marketing/twitter-tools-for-network-marketing-business-owners/ or alternatively, you can view the video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62941bvlHYs

There is always a question in my mind- Can I help people living better with out Criticism but with twitter. Today, I can tell you that you can. I will provide each step which helps you to achieve your goal. Twitter is an social media which allows you to keep contact with your friend and sharing information. Some business use twitter to contact with their customers by providing updated information about their productions. there are always some people seek this opportunity to make some money online. How the twitter used is not the concern of this article.
I. Avoid suspension
Before you would like to make millions with your twitter account, you may want to know how to avoid your account being suspended by twitter. I urge you to read the terms and condition of twitter carefully, before opening your accounts. There are many reasons that your account was suspended by the twitter’s robot, but through my experience, the most common factors are
1. Spamming
The definition of spamming is not cleared in the twitter terms and conditions. It may mean that you have post only for business promotion. Repetitiveness in posting the same messages or links, etc.
2. Not your personal messages
If you post only link to website, or link from other source, it may cause your account being suspended, because there is nothing personal or not yours. To void this, write something interest about yourself or make up some.

3. Blocked by followers
Although twitter has not specified the percentage of which your account is blocked by other twitter users, but it is there. To avoid this, do not using method of follow then unfollowed after users have followed you back. Consistently use of this method can get them mad, they will block you. By the time you know what happen, your account is suspended and can not be retreated.
4. Using tweeting software
The terms and conditions state clearly, that you can only use any tweeting software to auto follow back. Other than that, it can cause your account being suspended. So be careful on this.

5. Aggressive following
If you follow more than some percentage of people everyday, you may be suspended for aggressive following. You can retreat you account if you promise not to do that again. To avoid this, out of 1000 following allowed, follow no more than 400 twitter users everyday. Why it is 400? The 400 is the random number that is used because you can follow that number safely for everyday, without worry about the message of ” You can not follow any more user” from twitter.

6. Etc.
The worst thing happens is you wake one day and find out that your account is suspended. You waste all your time and effort…..I don’t know what else to say!

II. Let us start to make million dollars with twitter
Open your account with twitter .
There are many thing that you should do before opening an account with twitter
A. What is you twitter account website. where you will lead your followers to, what types of information that you can provide?
To solve this problem, think of what information that you want to provide, think of the keyword weightloss? Grocery, make money online. What ever you decide? then
a. Open your free website
You can go Blogger, Blog.ca, blog.com., etc. to open a blog with them. All you need is a proper email address.
b. Contents of your site
Since you have decided on some key words, you can go to Articlebase, or Ezinearticles to select some experts articles by using the same keywords. Copy and paste them to your site, remember to leave all link intact to avoid all the copy right problems that may interfere with your plan of making millions with twitter. (You can also put some advertisements at the end of the article so you can make some money, if you reader choose to buy)
c. Open your account with twitter
Do not use your email address which you use to contact friend, at working but a NEW EMAIL address, because you will receive hundred of emails from people you follow or people follow you and you don’t want them to interfere with important messages. You will need to confirm to complete your registration with twitter. If you like you can go through messages which sent to you by your follower.
d. Now you can post your first message
Go to bit.ly to shorten you URL. There is only 140 characters that you can post your message. Post the article that you past on your site. Reply some of the messages, if you like, post some of personal thing or make up some. Then out of key word in searching, follow 400 twitter users. For each user, you only follow no more than first 60, including all already followed by you. The reason is guaranteed that all users who you followed are active twitter users. At the last page, chose the user with similar keyword and keep repeating until you get a total of 400. Out of that you will get about half of them follow you back. The time consuming is about 15 minutes, assuming you don’t tweet again on the day.

After first day, everything seems to work perfectly. You repeat this method of posting until you reach first 2000 following. The problem occurs, if you have reached first 2000 followings with not enough followers. Twitter now not allows you to follow any more people and the rule of 10% applied (Although twitter does not say anything about 10% rule, but all users know it). What that means is you can only follow 10% more than your followers. To solve this problem, I am direct you to my previous article, which you help you to solve this problem

http://twitterrescue.blogspot.com/2010/03/tips-for-reactivate-your-twitter.html

you account is over 2000 followers if you followed the tips of the above article (you can replace tweet karma with justunfollow or tweetadder to achieve the same goal faster)

B. Make money along the way with twitter advertising networks
Here is the website that gives you all information how to make money with your twitter account by joining them

http://makemoneywithyourtwitteraccount.blogspot.com/

C. Open account with PayPal
It is important that you have a PayPal account so your twitter advertising network can transfer money to your account as soon as you earn. Go to PayPal.com, you will direct each step for opening a new account.

D. The software and website you need
Since twitter using authorization of oath to sign up, many softwares which engage in auto unfollowing are become obsoleted.
1. Tweet adder
Many people still use tweet adder to perform the same tacks with some successes. Here is the link for purchase the Tweet adder software.
If you buy, I get 50% of what you pay. Tweet adder not allows affiliate to get commission for purchase to themselves, so if you decide to buy this software, you have to buy it from someone else but yourself. Onetime payment for life.

2. Just unfollow
This website give you the information of twitter users who don’t not follow you back (You can delete them manually) and user who followed you and you have not followed them back (manually as well). You have to pay $4.95 a year for its service. It is not bad. Here is the site. It is just unfollow (I don’t get commission of this purchase)
Now, you either have tweet adder or just unfollow on your wing (I have them both, just in case one of them down), you are ready to make millions dollars from twitter.

E. Can you make millions with your twitter accounts now
1. Yes, you can mathematically
Since you have 200 followers everyday
In one year, 200 x 365= 73,000 followers in 10 years you have 730,000
How much you twitter account worth now
if you go to What is my Twitter account worth?
You twitter account now worth about $250,000
You have saved $25,000 a year over last ten years with 15 minutes of work a day
To achieve 1,000,000, you need to continue to work 15 minutes a day for 40 years, if you have only one account.

2. Reduce the needy years
Let assume that you have 4 accounts in the beginning, then all you need is 10 years. Although Twitter do not say how many account one is permitted to open, but as long as you have a proper e mail address and those account do not post the same contents, I believe you are OK. What that really means? If you cross posting, you are violated the terms and conditions that can cause your accounts being suspended. To achieve that goal, you should open 4 websites by following each step of A. The problem now is you have to spend 60 minutes a day to achieve that goal.

3. Can you really sell your accounts
I don’t know, some people say you can and some don’t agree. Some say your account is the property of Twitter, not yours. In fact, some one have actually put their account in Ebay for auction. But in fact, selling your twitter account is not my concern, if you can, good for you, if you can not, there are many good ways to make a decent income by selling tweet on twitter account. How much will you earn for 1 tweet for account with 2,000,000 followers – More than 3000 dollars.
In the good time when the economy is rolling along, a twitter account with 1,000,000 followers had made over $15,000 for a product worth $40 with 70%commission, but today with the economy is on recession, nobody knows how much you can make if you tweet your own ads. But you can plant a seed and wait the economy to come back, who knows what will happen ten years from now.

4. If you don’t want to sell account
Now your accounts have over 2,000,000 followers, you will easily make $10,000 by selling tweet to tweeter advertising networks or find products that closely related to your keywords and sell them yourself. Here is the link Paydot.com that you can find many great products to sell on your twitter account with no fee upfront.
Will this money add to your comfort retirement. Remember all you need is to spend is 15 minutes a day and investment of a few hundred dollars while you can still work full time.
a. A retirement account
Since we all need to save some money for our retirement, but in this case, you save for your retirement by working extra 15 minutes a day.
b. Save for your children
Don’t you think it is a good idea when one day you can leave your children with a money generate machine that they can get paid everyday.
c. If you are teenagers
It is a good idea that you can retire within 30 years with all money coming along. In fact, you get paid every time some one buy tweet from your account from twitter advertising network as long as your account is active.

III. Summary
I have provided you with all the information that are necessary to build for fine financial future that no originals working people have achieved before. It is up to you to gain experience and adapt to the change of twitter in the future. No one know, twitter will be around at that time, you may waste all your time and achieve nothing. But one thing is warrant, if Twitter in the future is the same Twitter today, it should work well according to my judgment, how about yours.

if you like what you read, please follow me at twitter http://twitter.com/kylejnorton

The above is only opinion of the writer and not warrant. Please use your own judgment and join at your own risk.

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About the Author

“Let Take Care Your Health, Your Health Will Take Care You” Kyle J. Norton I have been studying natural remedies for disease prevention for over 20 years and working as a financial consultant since 1990. Master degree in Mathematics, teaching and tutoring math at colleges and universities before joining insurance industries.

Creating a Targeted Following on Twitter

Growing your targeted audience on Twitter calls for a little patience and a some planning strategy. Twitter is a tool growing in popularity for businesses because of the inexpensive, simple way that they can connect with their customers. Interestingly,Twitter’s business use spans all sizes of companies from small through to the big boys such as HP, BestBuy and American Airlines. The reason for it popularity is that you companies can connect with their customers and clients, advertise new products and services, and monitor their online brands.

The route to growing your targeted Twitter audience has four basic steps: First, follow folks on Twitter who you believe to be your target audience. Second, post interesting information and business updates that is related to your brand. Third, don’t spam your followers with auto-tweets, or post the same tweet over and over again. And, lastly, follow smart tweeps who are online marketers or who thought leaders in your niche. Here’s a quick overview on how to tackle each of these steps:

Finding the Right People to Follow on Twitter: Firstly, Before you begin following others, make sure your Twitter feed has a sampling of interesting posts. If your Twitter feed is empty, most people won’t follow you back. Once you’ve started with some content in your micro-blog feed, start following your target audience. There are a number of ways to do this. Two good ways to start are: a.. Go to Search.Twitter.com and type in keywords relevant to your target audience. For example if you are an exercise instructor – Type in keywords like “fitness” “exercise,” “weightloss,” and other similar keywords. Follow these people. If you post relevant, interesting tweets, they will be quite likely to follow you back. You can also locate your target Twitter audience by using the “Find People” tool on the Twitter site. Again, try relevant keywords and any relevant industries and geographic areas to discover good people to follow.

Give Your Target Audience Relevant Information: Aim to post a mixed range of interesting industry news and product or services developments from your industry. You can also include some self-promotional links to your blog or website, but don’t forget to keep it to small percentage of your overall post. Post interesting news and reviews about your products or services, but don’t forget to also post related industry news as well. For instance, if you are a hairdresser, post news about hair health, new hair treatments, products etc.

An essential way to gain a targeted following on Twitter is to retweet well and retweet often. If you see a interesting, relevant tweet by another Twitterer, share it by retweeting. Often, these Twitterers will spot that you’ve just retweeted them and will return the favor by following you. Once they’ve done so you will have access to their followers-just click on the “Followers” tab, and start following. Be generous with your retweets-it’s a very successful method of gaining a following.

Check the Search.Twitter.com site frequently. Seek out your brand name. Are customers satisfied? Follow them and show your appreciation. On the flip side, are you finding dissatisfied customers? Follow them too, and find out what you can do to remedy the situation. There have been many countless cases where people have reached customer service representatives on Twitter, and changing their tweets from negative to positive when the right kind of attention is paid. This is also known as online reputation management and it is a growing area brand management that you will need to pay attention to.

Never Spam Your Twitter Followers: If you spam your followers, they will rapidly disappear. Spammy posts include: putting up identical URLs repeatedly; only posting product information for your own goods; having a Twitter handle that looks like this: SuperProduct2000 rather than: YourProductName; and asking fake questions. ie. if you sell motorbikes, it would be disingenuous to post a question like: What is the best bike on the road today? The Twitter community consists of smart and jaded consumers. They recognise when a brand is being insincere.

Follow Savvy People to Gain a Savvy Following Many online marketers have used Twitter to assist their clients to make more money. Twitter marketing experts like Dave Peck, Chris Brogan and Guy Kawasaki are great names to add to your list of people to follow. Think about adding corporations too. Those involved early on in the Twitter boom are trailblazers and can offer clever ideas on how to get a targeted following.

Don’t forget your competition. See what types of methods they’re practicing to step-up their own targeted Twitter following. Shrewd online marketers track their competition on social networks to catch what they are doing well and if they are doing it better. It’s also easier to see where your competition has gone wrong and how that can be avoided. If they hardly post and don’t respond to negative posts, its easy to see a quick opportunity to fill the gap for your audience.

Be Patient. Making Money Through Twitter Takes a While:

Using Twitter is a long-term strategy. Building a targeted following won’t occur instantly, however if you use the the right Twitter strategies, it will come about. Be very mindful with your Twitter following. Don’t flog stuff to them. Twitterers can spot a sales pitch from 100 paces and they’ll unfollow you pronto.

When you have acquired a targeted followers, market to them softly. Don’t send out tweets that say, “Buy my great product,” write more low key post such us: “Do you need a way to do ABC? Here’s a solution.” Instead of tweeting “Our latest product now available” announce it via your blog and then tweet it like this:: “New blog post: Why we’re so excited” and link to your post.

Always respond to tweets your followers send you. Don’t be unresponsive to your following. As your Twitter following grows, it may get to big for you to handle alone. Consider outsourcing the work to a virtual assistant and have them handle new tweets, retweets and appropriate responses.

Twitter is a two-way street. Being successful means means staying transparent, interacting with the Twitter community and keeping things fresh. The fastest means of losing your Twitter audience is to be dull.

Interested to learn more about how you can use social networking too

Now Pay Close Attention –

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Just look at this:
- The average twitter follower is worth $1 – $5.
- Twitter traffic now accounts for up to 30% of business traffic.
- Twitter followers are twice as profitable and reliable as email addresses.

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Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you have probably heard of Twitter. It is a rocking hot social networking site that seems to be to be used by almost everyone today. It’s on the news, on the radio and on the minds of thousands of people everywhere, every single day.

There are many different types of people on Twitter. But, most of these people are on Twitter for a single reason. They want people to know about them. They want to connect with people. Lots of people.

Did you know that there are Twitter Rules for marketing and business success in what you do. I am a marketer and have been for many years. In the last few years my business has been expanding by leaps and bounds, because of social media and the internet. But, there are rules that all marketers must follow if they are going to have success in the marketplace, especially online.

Here are the 7 Simple Rules to Success on Twitter:

1) The Rule of Visibility on Twitter.

You absolutely MUST be visible on Twitter if you are going to get your message out to the masses. You must spend time on Twitter and get to know people. You must put yourself together a “Twitter Blueprint” and then work that bluprint every day. How many hours a day are you going to be seen on Twitter? How many people are you going to follow this week? How many times are you going to Tweet this week? How many direct replies will you make? All of these things make you “visible” on Twitter. Be seen and be heard. Be there on a daily basis.

2) The Rule of a Powerful Twitter Profile.

Why would people want to get to know you on Twitter? One of the first things they will check out is your Twitter profile. What does it say, or better yet, what does it do? Does it make people curious and want to get to know you? Does it make them smile? Does it make them think? Does it make them see that you have value for their life and perhaps can help change it?
Powerful Twitter profiles are NOT based on what is said in your profile, but on what your profile DOES. Does it direct them to DO something? Does it tell them you are a person they really need to get to know? Put yourself OUT THERE and tell the world why they need you as a friend, and get them to take some action towards YOU.

3) The Rule of Twittering.

You MUST use Twitter to market or to share your message. Many people regard Twitter as a communication utility much like an email. It is not! Twitter is a method for you to build – MESSAGE BY MESSAGE – FOLLOW BY FOLLOW – PHOTO BY PHOTO – VIDEO BY VIDEO – your brand on Twitter. Every time something happens with you, Twitter about it. Don’t just look at Twitter, get your messages out there and be seen. Answer the messages on Twitter. Thank people for sharing their Tweet with you. This will show up on their Twitter and even more people will see you. This will set you apart from most people on Twitter. Twitter is basically a billboard of what you and your friends are doing on Twitter. So use it often and use it wisely. Don’t forget that everyone is watching what you say.

4) The Rule of Twitter Networking.

You are part of a Twitter and you have access to that huge network of people to become their friend and business partner. You can live anywhere and have access to this huge audience. There are literally thousands of people on Twitter that you could potentially meet and then get to know and connect with. You can find local Twitterers as well. You will find that Twitter is a gold mine of people to connect with and build trust with. This may lead to business down the road. So go Twitter now!

5) The Rule of Twitter Direct Messages.

This can be an overlooked and rarely talked about Twitter tool. Direct messages are part of your “Twitter System.” Go to Direct Messages in your sidebar. This is a list of people who are thinking about you, talking about you, including you and connecting with you. This is a goldmine of people that have proven that they are behind you and willing to make you a part of their Twitter experience. Pay attention to your Twitter messages. Thank them for their thoughts and let them know you appreciate it. Reply back to them whenever possible. The Direct Messages are gold and can be a prospecting Vault of valuable leads. Make sure you stay connected to them.

6) The Rule of Twitter Pictures and Videos.

Sharing photos and videos on Twitter is HOT. People love photos and videos. The Tweets with photos and videos are the most looked at and watched Tweets on Twitter. Make some videos and upload them. Upload some photographs. Not only will they be seen, but they will also be Re-Tweeted many times. This means that you can pick out Tweets you like and share them with others. Now isn’t that cool? It is called exposure! It allows you to post a photo or video that you like and then it sends it out for all of Twitter to see. It shares the image that you want and allows everyone to see a glimse into your personal life. It helps people see you as a real person and not just a website, so share some of your personal life on Twitter. Find interesting photos and videos of others and send them out as well. People love to look at pictures and watch videos. Use this to your advantage.It will build exposure for you.

7) The Rule of Twitter Search.

When you do a Twitter search, it is going to bring you a list of people who have a lot in common with you. Just go to search.Twitter.com and type in what you are searching for. You’ll find a lot of other Twitterers who are Tweeting about what interests you. You can build a list in your own area of expertise and then you can send Twitter direct messages to them. Make sure they are messages of value and interest. Show them that you are an expert in this field. This gives you huge exposure. Whatever you do, like posting a message, uploading a video or photo, writing and publishing an article, or just commenting on another person’s message on the Twitter, it will show up on Twitter. Be seen, and be seen often if you are trying to brand yourself on Twitter.

You need to establish relationships and build a community to market to. But, if you are going to market on Twitter, then you need to at least get a blueprint of how and when to do it. The 7 Rules of Twitter hopefully gave you some ideas in your social media marketing. Please let me know what you think and what ideas you have.

Now Pay Close Attention –

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[Reason #1] You can easily have over 5,000 targeted followers on your twitter account.

[Reason #2] When Using Twitter Follower Supply obtaining thousands of followers has never been easier.

Using a proven system for acquiring targeted twitter followers Twitter Follower Supply is able to send thousands of targeted twitter followers to your twitter account within days!

Just look at this:
- The average twitter follower is worth $1 – $5.
- Twitter traffic now accounts for up to 30% of business traffic.
- Twitter followers are twice as profitable and reliable as email addresses.

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Check out these Twitter tools – they are each marked out of 10 for how user-friendly, handy, clever and entertaining they are.

At the moment, these are arguably the most popular Twitter tools around. Some I think will take off – if they haven’t already. And some are gimmicks, some geeky, some that have already taken off. Gosh, Twitter moves so fast.

If you’d like an update of the latest Twitter tools every day, visit Twitter Blogger, sign up to the blog and get the latest and greatest delivered to your inbox every day.

Bit.ly

Bit.ly is a little like tinyurl.com but creates even shorter URLs. Nice.

bit.ly rose to prominence on the coattails of Twitter and shortened 20 million URLs last week. The New York-based start-up also recently raised US$2 million from venture capitalists. So it’s pretty popular then.

Where would we be without these URL shorteners?

Twitterblogger rating: 9.5/10

Twitter 101

Okay, so this isn’t strictly a tool, but it will help new twitterers (tweeters?) understand the ins and outs of the little social media darling that is Twitter.

Search Engine Watch has created a three-part article for those who are just getting started with Twitter or who want to know how it works. They are on part 2 (you can still access part 1 though). Find out everything you need to know about setting up and using a Twitter account. This article series should help you leverage Twitter to market yourself or your company.

Twitterblogger rating: 8/10 (for newbies)

Twitter applications

Check out these applications for ways to send and receive Twitter Updates – hosted by Twitter itself so the tools are spot on.

Twitterblogger rating: 7/10 (there could be more on there to be honest)

Twitter Search

Twitter Search looks a bit like Google Search and it’s just as easy to use. Twitter Search helps you filter all the real-time information coursing through its network.

You can track what everyone is saying about you, your favourite actors, brands, whatever you want. Oooh the possibilities…

Twitterblogger rating: 10/10

Tweetmeme

Tweetmeme aggregates all the popular links on twitter to determine which links are most popular. Tweetmeme categorizes links into four categories – blogs, video, images and audio. It means you can find the most popular stories – and tweet about them too.

Twitterblogger rating: 8/10

Twellow

It’s the Yellow Pages for Twitter. It’s funny – there’s a directory for everything on the internet. And now there’s one specifically for Twitter too. Twellow.com grabs publicly available messages from Twitter. Then they analyse and categorise each user responsible for those messages into categories at Twellow.com. It narrows your searching into specific niches where you can find who and what you are looking for. It also lists each result’s most recent post, number of followers and a URL if there is one.

Twitterblogger rating: 6/10 (it’s good, but directories are everywhere and there will be many more before long)

Tiny URL

You’ve probably seen this one on Twitter. By entering in a URL in the text field, tinyurl creates a tiny URL that will not break in email postings and never expires. The other (obvious) benefit is that you can fit really long URLs into your 140 characters.

Twitterblogger rating: 10/10 (where would we be without it? It also gets an extra for being the original URL shortener)

Tween Scan

I like. In the innovative world of Microblogging, Tweet Scan aims to organise it all. It lets you search Twitter for any keyword you choose.

You can search public messages and user profiles – and you can choose to get your Tweet Scan results by email and RSS.

Twitterblogger rating: 8/10

Tweetlater

This is exactly what it says it is. You can do a load of tweets and schedule them. It all looks a bit amateur but it’s okay. I guess this is good if you have loads of ideas at once or you want to save all your random ideas and then give them some sort of structure. It’s motto is “plan, set and forget”. Really, who can honestly forget about Twitter? It’s too addictive. Anyway, there are some other tools as well – reporting, etc. Worth a look.

Twitterblogger rating: 6/10

Twitseeker

TwitSeeker is basically an alternate search engine for finding twitter.com users – “twits” – and browsing the results all in one combined control panel. I tried to get access but I’ve been put in a queue. Well! So I guess I can’t really comment on how good/bad/ugly this is. Anyone else?

Twitterblogger rating: N/A

Tweetdeck

This is okay…some people love it. I prefer to go to Twitter itself – but perhaps I’m missing some fundamental point. Basically, you can manage your tweets and group the tweets you get in – all from your desktop. It’s very geeky – so I guess if you’re a geek you’ll love it. I’m a bit of a geek though – clearly not enough of a geek to truly appreciate this one.

Twitterblogger rating: 5/10

Twitterpower

This is the website for a book called Twitter Power. It’s all a bit salesly and gimmicky. My humble opinion is that it will be old before it’s even finished being new.

Twitterblogger rating: 3/10

Twistori

A. Thing. Of. Beauty. I love this. Oh go on, just take a look. You have to really, it can’t be explained. It’s quirky, gimmicky and I love it. It’s one twitter tool that I’ll be using a lot.

Twitterblogger rating: 8/10

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Now that Twitter is all the rage, many are trying to figure out how to make money online using it using popular Twitter tools. Hence, questions on popular message boards like “How do I get followers on Twitter?; How can I find followers on Twitter?; and How to turn Twitter followers into potential leads/customers?”

But, these are actually the wrong questions to be asking. In order to know which Twitter applications will help you make money online, you need to know: (i) what your end goals are; and (ii) how to categorize Twitter tools. This article will detail both.

Twitter Marketing: What Are Your End Goals?

Most answer this question by saying something like, “making more affiliate sales,” or “branding my company.” Your end goals need to be more concrete than this. Answering the following questions will help you get very specific about what you can realistically accomplish using Twitter tools.

What is Your Budget?

What is Your Timeline?

How Much Time You Plan to Invest in Using Twitter?

Twitter is free but you may need a budget to, for example, hire an SEO copywriter to write a landing page that converts. Do you want to increase sales by 20 percent over the next quarter, or the next year? Do you plan to outsource your Twitter marketing, or keep it in house?

As you can see, knowing the answer to all three of these questions will not only help you select the right Twitter tools to accomplish your goals, but better plan your online marketing efforts overall.

Now that you know the questions to ask (and answer) to properly assess your end goals, let’s turn our attention to categorizing Twitter tools.

Twitter Marketing: 3 Categories That Most Twitter Tools Fall Into

The categories are:

1. Twitter Tools That Teach You How to Use Twitter: These are the most basic. If you’re new to this social media site, investing in a video course, ebook or membership forum is one of the best actions you can take to get you up to speed.

2. Twitter Tools That Teach You How to Get More Twitter Followers: If you have experience using Twitter, then purchasing a program to learn how to get more followers is a natural next step.

Note: Don’t invest in this type of Twitter tool without learning what the site is all about first. You’ll only be frustrated at your results.

3. Twitter Tools That Brand Your Business: This is the most advanced type of Twitter tool, for it teaches you how to really dissect the psychographics and demographics of your audience – and how to capitalize on that. If you’re a small or medium-sized business owner, this is an ideal way to use this social media marketing outlet.

Note: Building this type of Twitter following tends to take more time, but it can be so worth it, especially if you learn how to monetize this following.

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Getting started quickly with Twitter -Basic guide to getting started quickly with Twitter.

I’ve been testing and using Twitter in several ways (personal & business wise) on different accounts to test its impact, effects, results and so on.

What is Twitter?

Twitter is a micro-blogging tool that allows you to “tweet” quick and frequent 140-character messages. The basic question is: “What are you doing?”. There are other micro-blogging systems (same category as Twitter), two of them are Pownce and Jaiku. You can send your tweets through the webpage, IM and SMS. Twitter has an open platform, which makes it possible to build third party applications.

Why use Twitter?

There are many 2-way reasons why you should use Twitter, examples are:

*Real-time updates on anybody/topic (you follow).

*Ask/Exchange information.

*Helps with buzzing.

*Announcements.

*(Personal) branding.

How to setup quickly Twitter?

Twitter is a free service, go to the Twitter site and sign up for a free account.

Go to settings and update your Account, important fields to fill in are Name, More info URL and One Line Bio.

Make sure that the One Line Bio contains keywords that reflect who you are and your purpose with the Twitter account. This is important because you can distinguish yourself from others, plus your biography creates expectations towards your followers. You have to make sure there is no gap between expectation and reality. (if you are a company and you have a simple “update” Twitter account, and you’re only chatting around, you are not doing what you say). Followers might not stick around.

Furthermore there’s the Notices tab which let’s you set up on what you want to be notified. At the Design tab you can personalise colors and the background image.

What can you basically do with tweets?

Retweet: if someone tweets a text which you want to to have read by your network, you can retweet the message:

Syntax: Retweet @username: their message Everybody in your network will see this message. Their message can be modified of course.

Reply: if someone tweets a text and you want to reply to that person, do it as follow (you can reply to someone without the syntax below, but then it remains vague to whom you are replying):

Syntax: @username message Everybody in your network will see this message. (depends on your Notices-settings)

Direct Message: if you want to send someone a personal message that nobody else can read, you need to use a Direct Message:

Syntax: D username message.

To address a message -publicly- to someone, use @username, others in your network will know that it is addressed to someone specifically.

How to start build up your Twitter network?

In the Twitter interface you can search for people based on keywords. Follow people whom you want to follow in regard with your goal/purpose. The people you follow will receive an email notification, they can visit your page and can choose to follow you. This is the easiest way to build a community. Also for this reason it’s important to have a clear and appealing biography.

Give it time to grow, you won’t be having hundreds of followers in just a couple of days or weeks. When you tweet, there’s the chance you’ll be retweeted by someone in your network, their network will see your @username and have the possibility to follow you.

What are Handy and cool Twitter tools/applications?

The tools below are a small selection, but there are many others!

Tweetdeck / Thwirl : are two Twitter desktop applications I’ve used. Both run on Adobe AIR. My preference goes at Tweetdeck, because it has multiple columns that creates a better overview. Tweets, Replies and Direct Messages are shown seperately in three columns, whereas in Thwirl you will find them at the bottom in the same column. Other features like TwitScoop make Tweetdeck my preference. Besides those two clients, there are many others, examples are Snitter, Spaz, Twinja and Tweetr. A cool feature of Tweetr is the possibility to upload files. After uploading a shortURL will be send to your friends.

Tweeple : Manages your Twitter followers and those who you follow. : Measures your relative power of your Twitter account.

Twitter Grader

TwitPic / SnapTweet: Photo sharing services for Twitter. Tweet your photos to others.

Adjix / TinyURL / budURL: URL Shortening services, because Twitter has just 140 characters space, it’s wise to use shortening URL services, it shortens your URL in a redirect-short-URL which can be copy-pasted in your Tweet. Some of these services also track clicks from your URL’s.

RSS2Twitter / Twitterfeed: Tweets your RSS automatically on Twitter.

Twittervision: See in real-time where tweets come from (geo).

Twitscoop: See what’s hot right now on Twitter. What do people talk about.

Twitter wisdoms

- Do what you say you are

- You are whom you follow

Follow me: @glcuccureddu

For further exploration and in-

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Success for many businesses is measured in sales generated by walk-in customers. If this describes your business, then you may be wondering about how you could benefit from Twitter. Face it, having followers around the globe is wonderful, but to leverage Twitter for your foot-traffic business, you need to reach people in your community. Here are some tips on how you can effectively use Twitter within your business, reach local customers, and provide real customer value.

1. Create a Business Presence on Twitter

It’s always good to start at the beginning. Create a Twitter account for your business, and customize it with a branded background page. Hire a decent graphic designer to incorporate your business logo, address, and other contact information into a clean, professional Twitter background. People will be looking at your Twitter page – and they WILL judge your business by how it appears.

2. Tweet Regularly About your Business

Designate someone, an employee or yourself, who will be responsible to provide Twitter updates on a regular basis. Tweet about what’s going on inside your business, and in the community. Are you running any sales or special offers? Do you have new products to announce? Run special Twitter promotions along the lines of: Mention this tweet and get an additional discount. Look for ways to create added incentive for locals to frequent your business, and call out the reasons people in your community should be coming to your business.

3. Participate in Conversations About Your Brand or Store

Search Twitter for mentions of your store, brand, or main products and reply to questions and even complaints. Think of Twitter as not only a communications medium, but also a customer service forum and business intelligence tool. You can use Twitter search and tools like Tweetdeck and Twhirl to keep tabs on what people are saying about what’s important to your business and its reputation. The important thing here is to actively participate in, or even start, conversations about your business – preferably with locals.

4. Find and Connect with other Twitter Users in Your Community

Actively look for local followers and post a tweet each time you’re planning to look for people in your community. Once you’ve done that, feel free to add local followers. Again – your community makes up the your customer base – so find the ones that are using Twitter, follow them, and engage them.

There are several sites that will help you find locals on Twitter. Twitter Advanced Search, Nearby Tweets, Tweepz, and ChirpCity are all good places to look for locals on Twitter.

5. Keep in Mind: Your Customers Probably Carried Twitter In With Them

With current mobile technologies, it’s now a safe bet that the customers walking into your place of business probably have a fully functioning web browser and wireless internet access in their pocket. Take advantage of this and add some signage – somewhere around the cash register or on your shop floor – that calls out your Twitter name. Encourage customers who walk in to follow you on Twitter for updates, special offers, and customer service. Most of your customers could be following you before they walk out the front door.

Also, when you ask your customer for contact information – make sure you ask for their Twitter name too. If they’re on Twitter, they likely want followers – so you might get this information more easily than an email address or phone number. Afterwards, follow them, and even send a nice DM thanking them for their business. People like being thanked.

6. Here’s Your Sign

Treat your Twitter account as you would treat your email address or phone number – as vital business contact information. Add it to your Yellow Pages listing, mention it on your local print and radio ads, and put it on your email signature, business cards and stationary. In the 90s, when businesses were just starting to build a web presence, many companies were slow to realize the importance of adding their email and url to their business collaterals. Don’t be one of many businesses that makes the same mistake with their Twitter name.

7. The Whole is Greater than the Sum of its Parts

Finally, consider using Twitter as more than just part of your marketing efforts. Make it part of your business. Twitter can give you insight into how customers perceive your company or brand. Twitter provides an avenue for you to interact with customers in ways that current customer service models don’t.

For example, imagine that a customer opens Tweetie on their iPhone as they walk from your place of business to their car. Since you asked for their Twitter name, you were able to follow them immediately, and you sent them a quick direct message thanking them for their business. Imagine how they’d feel if you made it clear that you thought they were important, or if you helped them work through a legitimate complaint and then thanked them on Twitter.

I think they would feel like telling a friend or family member about your business, and then they would be following you on Twitter as well. And that friend or family member would be walking in before long too.

Now Pay Close Attention –

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- Twitter traffic now accounts for up to 30% of business traffic.
- Twitter followers are twice as profitable and reliable as email addresses.

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