From the monthly archives:

May 2011

One simple step to making money or being popular on Twitter

May 30, 2011

Don’t assume this is like similar advice you’ve seen until you’ve seen my secret to making this work! But here’s the one step: 1. Search for people who need help and help them. Easy, right? However, there is a real secret to making this work that I’ve shared at the end of this post. How [...]

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Why are so many people so helpful on Twitter?

May 30, 2011

Some people are helpful because it’s easy, or they figure out that they can help themselves by helping others. Others come to Twitter because it’s the best place in the world to help others! No matter who you are or why you’re here, Twitter can help you if you help others. ► Power to the people [...]

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10 Guidelines to do doing well on Twitter

May 29, 2011

I was asked to summarize our approach to Twitter and Social Media into ten rules for an interview with Canada’s Sun newspaper chain. While I find that I’m always learning, I thought I’d share the response I gave: Seek others that you can help, and help them. Seek others that can help you, and take [...]

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Why we link to other Twitter bloggers instead of blogging more

May 28, 2011

Someone recently asked me: Why do you share so many other people’s writings about Twitter instead of blogging them yourself and becoming more popular? I’ll bet your blog could get ten times the traffic! In fact, I even tweet other people’s writings when we have written something similar ourselves already! I like connecting people, learners [...]

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Make Twitter pay off—do the hard work (it doesn’t have to take long)

May 16, 2011

There are so many Twitter tips that boil down to one thing: put some effort into your tweets! Help others. Respond to people. Don’t use too many abbreviations. Write well. Thank everyone you can. Follow quality people whether they follow you back or not. Also: Be more positive than you feel. Why? Tweets are so short, [...]

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30 seconds to getting more Twitter visitors to your blog

May 3, 2011

For much more detailed advice, see What makes a tweet great? for ideas on writing tweets. To get visits and retweets from a tweet, the best headline for a blog post is often a compelling summary of what the post is about. Giving the “sizzle AND the steak” in a tweet is one great technique to [...]

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Twitter Stats & Graphics on Osama bin Laden’s death

May 2, 2011

TPS Chart — Other Records — Where people heard first — Global Internet Traffic — Live Tweets of attack — “The Opinion Navigator” — Other links — Your Comments Most sustained tweets ever Twitter states that the night of Osama bin Laden’s death announcement saw “the highest sustained rate of Tweets ever.” From 10:45 to [...]

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