Category Archives: Twitter

Twitter tricks, tips, and tutorials from Laura Christianson.

3 Tips for New Twitter Users (Guest Post)

This is a guest post by Lesley DeSantis. If you would like to submit a guest article, please check out our guest post guidelines.

Through social networking sites such as Twitter, people are able to provide a glimpse of their daily lives to everyone that follows them including close friends, family members, or virtual buddies. News is spread through Twitter much faster than other media such as traditional media outlets because it just takes a nanosecond to post a tweet and share it with the world.

If you are thinking about joining the Twitter community, consider these helpful tips to improve and maximize your Twitter experience. more >

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Social Media News: Skype for iPad, International Calling with Gmail

Here are four interesting developments in the world of social media: 1.  Skype Now Available for iPad Skype: http://blogs.skype.com/en/2011/08/skype_now_optimized_for_ipad.html If you’re both a Skype fan and an iPad owner, you’re in luck: Skype for iPad is now now available for… more >

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5 Things Celebrities Love To Do Wrong On Twitter

This is a guest post by Mike Barbre. If you would like to submit a guest article, please check out our guest post guidelines. Celebrities are all over Twitter these days and we’ve all heard about the crazy things Charlie… more >

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8 Twitter Tips for Authors (Guest Post by Melissa K. Norris)

This is a guest post by Melissa K. Norris. If you would like to submit a guest article, please check out our guest post guidelines. If you’re an author, you’ve heard about the importance of platform and social media. A… more >

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How to Create a Navigation Tab on your Website that Links Directly to Facebook

If you are a WordPress.org user and want to create a direct link from your website to any other website (such as Facebook or Twitter), here’s an easy way to do it: Install the Page Links To plugin by Mark… more >

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The Most Delicious Articles About Blogging, Marketing & Writing

I often bookmark helpful articles about blogging, marketing, and writing on Delicious. I did some scrounging around in my Delicious archives and unearthed these articles I thought might interest you: The Ultimate Small Business Twitter List Anita Campbell of Small… more >

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HootSuite Now Offers Affiliate Accounts

HootSuite, my favorite social network management tool, today implemented an Affiliate Program for people who subscribe to its Premium (paid) plans. Affiliates will earn a commission of 50% on the first subscription payment for people we convince to sign up… more >

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How to Steal Ideas for Blog Posts

I’m a thief. I admit it. When I saw the “FeelGood10” post on Darren Rowse’s new blog, FeelGooder, I knew I wanted to steal the idea and put it on my own blog. So I did. Here’s my list of… more >

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How to Use the New Twitter Design (Video Tutorial)

Have you tried Twitter’s new interface yet? There’s so much to explore, and a great deal of added functionality. The following 13-minute YouTube video walks you through the new Twitter and thoroughly acquaints you with the ways you can use… more >

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How to Create a Unique Twitter Background With Twilk

I was checking out people to follow on Twitter when I came across a profile in which the background featured thumbnail images of the person’s followers. How’d they do that? I wondered. Turns out they used Twilk.com, a free, Web-based… more >

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