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Twitter

A Twitter user, (we’ll call her Jane Doe), sent me an email last week because she doesn’t understand why she receives very few @replies and RT’s (retweets) on Twitter.
Just for the record, she is using Twitter to promote her craft related blog by networking with other people in her niche and announcing her blog posts.
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The Self Promoter
Some people join Twitter and have absolutely no intention of providing value or developing meaningful relationships.
They look for popular users and blast them with @replies about their own products and services.
I checked out one guy’s profile and he was doing nothing but sending self promotional @replies to me, Oprah and Barbara Walters.  (Well, [...]

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Even though I’ve had a Twitter account for a while, I didn’t become active until about 6 months ago.  Here are a few things I’ve learned.
Keep in mind, many of these tips are only relevant if you use Twitter for site or blog promotion.
1. Your Last 20 Tweets Say a Lot!
When someone goes to your [...]

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I was reading, Darren Rowse’s blog, TwiTip.com, and came across an article that struck a chord with me. It was written by Skellie of Skelliewag.org.
The article is called How to Follow Everyone Back on Twitter Without Ruining Your Experience.
Skellie suggested that you follow everyone who follows you in order to grow your number of [...]

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I have really grown to love Twitter in the last two months.
I must admit, when a friend told me about it a few years ago, I thought it was kind of dumb. But now I see the value of it from a marketing/researching/networking standpoint.
At first, I only used it to announce my blog posts [...]

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Twitter 101 [Video]

January 5, 2009 · 18 comments

JohnnyInArizona is having dinner

Helen12345 just got a traffic ticket
KristenWilliams is late for work
If you’re a Twitter member, these are the kinds of updates you might see when you login to your account.
Ahhh yes, good ole’ Twitter — the official place to spy on people you know (or don’t know) 24 hours a day, 7 days [...]

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