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Twitter Is Not EMail

Most who know me also know I’m a huge Twitter fan.  It’s not only a social media, it’s a genuinely useful and flexible tool that can be adapted to almost any purpose.  As Twitter is everywhere in the media these days I notice new users (and some not-so-new users) venting about suffering another’s apparently bad [...]

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Twitter Obsession Continued… Andrea Kalli Demos How to Use Characters in Tweets

If you’re a fellow twitterholic and want to use those cute alternative characters, like suns and musical notes… check out Andrea Kalli’s thorough tutorials here… she needed two posts as there’s so many to list! Twitter Special Characters – Part 1 Twitter Special Characters – Part 2 Thanks, Andrea – and happy 4th to all!! [...]

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A Thorough Checklist for Blogsite & Social Media Promotion

Social media marketing expert Chris Brogan posted a thorough to-do list for anyone who’s serious about promoting their business with their blogsite and on social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, etc.. Among the many useful suggestions include checking your site with diagnosis and search tools like WebsiteGrader.com or Summize - and simply posting on other blogs (a [...]

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TweetBeep: A “Google Alert” Tool for Serious Twitterholics

A new gadget for the Twitterholic in your life (me). With TweetBeep, you can create email alerts when domains and phrases of your choosing are “tweeted”. Slick features include user filtering and can report on domains even if they are in a shortened URL, such as TinyURL or Snurl. Thanks to Mari Smith for the [...]

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Twitter Tip: How to Reply to Other Users

The Twitter Blog has a great explanation of the “@” reply feature. I had been using it, but it can be confusing, as it’s easy to assume that they go to the target user only. The thing to know is that “@replies” are visible to all, much like replying to one participant in a group [...]

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Marketing via Twitter

I’m fast developing a Twitter addiction – I’m just hooked on tweets! Well – thanks to a tip on Nancy Marmolejo’s terrific Viva Visibility blog, I found a great post listing some handy strategies for using Twitter for marketing. Now Twittering counts as work! Follow me on Twitter

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