The simplest guide: Make your Twitter sidebar transparent and invisible

by Dave Larson on August 5, 2010

Also popular:  Create an animated background to look cool underneath your new transparent sidebar. How to move your Twitter timeline back to the left. Alternate directions with browser bookmarklet So many people are failing to follow the directions properly about typing in the “javascript:” (don’t forget the colon—”:”—character at the end!) characters by hand, that [...]

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All the easiest ways to search old tweets

by Dave Larson on August 11, 2010

Update: There is no free search product that is 100% reliable. Even just trying to see tweets written to you on a day-to-day basis can be problematic. Also, read about how, in July, 2011, Twitter changed how search works. Update: To see the most tweets possible at Twitter.com, read “How to get Twitter.com to show [...]

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The 12 most confusing things about Tweets, Retweets, Replies and Direct Messages

June 14, 2011

TIP: You may also want to read “Why so many URLs are suddenly unclickable on Twitter.” Want a short URL to remember to share this specific post with new folks? Just tell them to visit bit.ly/BestTwitterTips Because different interfaces create and display Twitter messages in different ways, depending on your interface, you may have an entirely [...]

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Why New Twitter is broken, and how to fix it

August 9, 2011

Note: If you’re seeing URLs that have become unclickable, read “Why so many URLs suddenly became unclickable on Twitter.” But if you’re having other kinds of problems making Twitter.com work properly now, here’s what you can do: A Quick Solution That Usually Works: Clear your browser cache when you’re having problems (see http://bit.ly/FixBrowser —can be [...]

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Why so many URLs are suddenly unclickable on Twitter

August 15, 2011

UPDATE: As of late Tuesday August 16, some apps, notably HootSuite, have begun fixing this problem. You may have begun noticing many Tweets with links that are missing the http:// and that are NOT clickable. This is not strictly due to some Twitter bug, it is because people and applications have not yet adapted to Twitter’s new [...]

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If you want more followers, retweets, clicks and Klout, you’ve GOT to try this!

August 21, 2011

Here’s the tip: Tweet when more people are listening by using a tool that takes care of everything for you. How much can it help? @AskAaronLee and @DanaMStanley gained 11 and 15 points on their Klout score when they started using BufferApp in barely three weeks. BufferApp takes whatever you click to share, and posts it when the most people will be listening. Other [...]

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How 90 days on Twitter can transform your business or career

February 12, 2012

I’m going to give you business advice, not Twitter advice. To that end, let me give a very, very brief look at my background in business and marketing, long before I ever heard of social media. I have: Increased sales from $87,000 to over $200,000 in 15 days for one client, sales which then stayed at [...]

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6 Mistakes That Get You Ignored On Twitter And Social Media

February 12, 2012

Frustrated yet? It’s all too common that you contact or engage with someone who ignores you, or feel like everyone is getting their posts shared except you. This isn’t limited to Twitter; it happens on all social networks. But there are several tricks for getting people to retweet or share your content, and respond to [...]

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The Hidden Secret To Managing Your Identity On The Internet

February 12, 2012

Google has a search engine devoted just to you. It’s true. For example, here’s mine. And Google changed how it works just a few weeks ago (on 1-12-2012). It’s based on tracking your identity on the web. So read on to make sure you’re up-to-date on how this works.  This special search influences ALL other search [...]

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A Lot of Twitter Problems Lately…Could This Be The Reason?

February 9, 2012

Twitter has in the past let problems drag on when they had an update to their interface planned. (The idea being that the problems will be fixed in the new interface, so why bother fixing them in the old one.) If Twitter has updated you to the new interface (check the link if you’re not sure), [...]

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First map of Twitter use in Africa

February 6, 2012

Recently released research by Portland Communications (available in PDF) shows that 57% of African tweets are from mobile. 3/5 of Africa’s most active Twitters users are 20-29 years old (for comparison, the average age of Twitter users worldwide is 39). The top 20 areas by volume of tweets are: Source  

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Infographic: Should You Avoid Twitter’s Official Retweet Button?

February 6, 2012

Most people don’t fully understand the different types of retweets. The traditional, user-created retweet is sometimes also called “retweet with comment” or “classic retweet.” But even if you don’t add a comment to a retweet, there can be benefits to avoiding just clicking the retweet button on Twitter.com (or setting your app to work that [...]

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A Place To Get Help

January 29, 2012

Having a problem with Twitter? Leave a comment below (and send us a tweet telling us you have left a comment) and we’ll read and respond! If we’ve asked you to provide details here, you MUST do that (and stop tweeting us). We can’t help you without more details first. BUT: We won’t respond if [...]

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C’mon Twitter! Quit Leaving Direct Messages Vulnerable To Spam

January 21, 2012

Spam is probably Twitter’s biggest problem.  But as it is now, instead of making it easy to identify the more spammy type of Twitter accounts, Twitter is actually hiding that information from you! Hey, Twitter: Quit Protecting Spammers! Wouldn’t you want to know before following someone if they spammed everyone that follows them with an advertising message? [...]

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Twitter’s New Direction In 2012

January 19, 2012

Twitter has long had one of the greatest assets on the internet: knowing what information is hot right now. But while many companies pay to receive and search Twitter’s stream of tweets for such diverse uses as predicting the stock market and finding flu outbreaks, Twitter itself has never done much with it. That is [...]

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Twitter Suspending New Spammers Faster Than Ever

January 19, 2012

In 2012, changes made to Twitter’s spam account identification algorithm have been catching and suspending some new Twitter spam accounts more rapidly—sometimes much more rapidly—than in 2011.   More users than ever before are reporting that as fast as they can check new accounts that appear to be spam they have already been suspended. This sometimes [...]

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