Tag Archives: Twitter

What’s in a name? – William Shakespeare A brand is after all just a name, so why so much fuss over branding? The simple reason to adopt branding is that it allows you to stand out in the crowd and helps your business/ product to make its presence felt. There are numerous ways of branding yourself and social media is …

I’m often questioned about tips on how to write perfect tweets which can help your business grow on twitter. Getting people to follow you on twitter is only as good as winning half the battle and the other half needs to be won by getting people to read your tweets with interest and keep on reading them as part of …

Many people ask me for tips on how to promote their business on twitter and specifically on how to increase their twitter followers. Amongst others, I find the #followfriday hash tag as one of the best ways of linking up with interesting people on twitter.

You signed up for Twitter for a reason, but with everything else going on, it’s tough to completely focus on building your Twitter presence. I understand. But you’ve got to fight the urge to push Twitter to the back of your priorities if you want to seriously tackle the social space. Want to know what you’re missing out on while …

We all want to get retweeted. It’s one of the most effective ways to spread your influence and reach. Unfortunately, we have very little control over when and how often we get retweeted. But there are some reasons why you might get retweeted that will give you a better understanding of how to make it happen more often.

Back when I was a journalist covering sports in the Southeast US, I’d always get a really wide range of assignments. My favorites, however, were the ones that involved a bunch of different sources in one place. All I had to do was show up and my job was suddenly easier. I was going to them, right where they were. …

Effective tweets have characteristics that are easy to spot. You’re going to want to take advantage of that and utilize some of the practices that make for popular tweeting if you want to become a reliable tweeter that people can turn to. Here are some Twitter traits that make for effective tweets:

It may not seem like it sometimes, but there are rules to Twitter. They’re largely unwritten, but most people who take Twitter seriously subscribe to them. If you are starting to get unfollowed and don’t know why, chances are you’re committing a Twitter infraction. There are a lot of reasons why you might get unfollowed on Twitter, but here are …

Creating a social buzz is important to businesses and entrepreneurs alike these days. There are a vast number of social tools out there to get the job done, but none are more popular than Facebook and Twitter. While the two can boast big numbers of daily users, there are some pretty significant differences in capabilities for each, and knowing which …

It’s said that small businesses realize about half of their customers through word of mouth. This business axiom begs a couple of questions: Does this hold true for your business? Do you have a referral strategy of some kind in place? Could Twitter assist in spreading the word about your products or services? Think about it: When it comes to …

There’s no doubt social marketing is great for new customer and client development, and for fostering relationships with them. Done right, social marketing is a powerful business tool. But done poorly, it can be a waste of time in relative obscurity. For at the end of the day, success with social marketing isn’t about numbers; it’s about fostering relationships through …

To alert Twitter users whose accounts are being used to spam other Twitter users, and mostly not aware their accounts have been compromised, we have decided to put this list together. If you find your user name on this list, we advise you change your password immediately. To help compile a more complete list of these compromised accounts, we’ll need …

What’s your T.Q. (i.e., Twitter Quotient)? Are you using Twitter intelligently? And by “intelligently,” I don’t mean are you tweeting Einsteinium equations. I’m wondering if you’re following the path of best practices. If you’re on Twitter, you should be wondering, too. To that end, here are seven guidelines to consider, to learn if the way you’re using Twitter works for …

It’s getting to be quite a social jungle out there, even before the announcement of Google Buzz (which I’ll here on refer to as ‘G-buzz’ for brevity), and that’s a good thing – particularly if you’re an individual or business ever on the lookout to attract new customers and stay connected with existing ones. If social media sites are on …

Twitter members spanning the globe have uniquely banded together during three crucial world events, saving lives and helping coordinate assistance. 1. In June 2009, throngs of Iranians took to the streets, protesting the reelection of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Western journalists were prohibited from reporting the Iranian government’s violent response. With Twitter members in Iran then being the only source of …