From the monthly archives:

April 2011

How to let me help you on Twitter

April 24, 2011

You may want to read instead “How to get your question answered on Twitter.” My apologies. If I sent you to this post, it’s because I’m trying very hard to help you, but your responses are unclear. You may think the fact that you forgot or weren’t quite clear on something I asked or said [...]

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What’s the secret to success on Twitter?

April 24, 2011

Listen to advice from people on Twitter. Don’t just follow it blindly, though. Take what one person tells you, think about it, and research it. Use it as a basis to ask questions and do searches for more information. At least half of the useful things I’ve learned on Twitter have come from other people. [...]

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10 Twitter Behaviors that’d make you look crazy in Real Life…and Vice-Versa

April 21, 2011

Here is some classic Twitter humor by @LenKendall 10 Irrational Behaviors on Twitter that’d make you look crazy in Real Life Write letters to inanimate objects or brands: “Dear 34 Bus, if you don’t show up in ten minutes, I’m going to consider hitch hiking as a permanent solution to transportation.” Repeating a statement word [...]

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Top Twitter Tips & Tools For Week 15, 2011

April 19, 2011

Here are the most clicked tweets from @TweetSmarter by category in order of popularity for Monday April 11, 2011 through (and including) Sunday April 17: About Twitter The Truth About Twitter’s Troubles: http://read.bi/g7hbhk Comedian @stephenfry prepared to go to prison over “Twitter joke” trial: http://bbc.in/dQ6MdV HUGE list of the most followed users on Twitter: http://bit.ly/TopTwitterUsers [...]

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Interest in Twitter shows no signs of fading

April 14, 2011

Not sure why…but notice how interest in Twitter has consistently dropped mid Q4 of each year. Any theories as to why? The chart shows it begins dropping in August/September, and rising again in November. So when the holidays get busiest, interest in Twitter begins rising again, and by New Years’s or so, it’s setting a [...]

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What makes a tweet great?

April 13, 2011

A great tweet gets: (R)etweeted (even possibly becoming a TT—trending topic). (C)licks on its link. (E)ngagement, including comments and replies (or a response from a specific user) (F)avorited This list of results can be abbreviated “RCEF.” I’m going to give a brief overview of how to write tweets differently to do better for each of [...]

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Social Media by Demographic [Infographic]

April 12, 2011

Click to enlarge — Via KissMetrics

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Top Twitter Tips & Tools For Week 14, 2011

April 10, 2011

Here are the most clicked tweets from @TweetSmarter by category in order of popularity for Monday April 4, 2011 through (and including) Sunday April 10: Tools List of FREE Social Media Monitoring tools Five free Twitter tools worth bookmarking About Twitter The dirty Twitter secret of many accounts with lots of followers 10 Twitter Do’s [...]

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Who should you follow on Twitter? How @TweetSmarter does it.

April 10, 2011

There are tons of valid reasons to follow folks. I’m not trying to give guidance so much as to be more transparent, since people ask about this  I follow people mainly though not solely for: Communication with folks in our interest areas; To provide tech support (answer questions) for people; To compile accounts that I [...]

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The dirty Twitter secret of many accounts with lots of followers

April 9, 2011

After the @TweetSmarter account had been around  a couple of months (by Fall of 2008) it started to get a lot more followers. We were getting tons of recommendations, and working hard to help every single person who ever contacted us, so we naturally got a lot of followers—many more than we were following. Follower [...]

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