From the category archives:

Twitter Tips

How To Know Instantly Whenever Key Accounts Tweet

January 18, 2012

There can be real benefit in monitoring key accounts to know immediately when they are tweeting: In an emergency situation, receiving updates from key emergency service accounts; If you are reporting on a breaking news situation, receiving updates from key accounts live-tweeting the situation; If you are trying to get the attention of someone, know immediately [...]

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How to get Twitter.com to show you more tweets when you page down

January 9, 2012

Since Twitter regularly increases and decreases the number of tweets you can see on Twitter.com to help limit network traffic, sometimes you’ll only be able to see a very limited number of tweets, sometimes even only one page’s worth. Try this tip to see more: We experimented saving pages of tweet results in some tests [...]

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How To Animate Your Twitter Avatar

November 27, 2011

Just a personal note before we begin: I think most animated avatars are not a good idea. Just because you can doesn’t mean you should How to do it Officially, Twitter does NOT support animated avatars. If you try to upload one it may or may not succeed. Some people are successful only after many [...]

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The Simplest Way To Get Better At Social Media

November 17, 2011

To use Twitter or any social media site well, you need to do two things: engage with people and keep learning. Did you ever realize that one simple tip can achieve both goals for you? Here it is: Ask your questions about social media ON social media. Why not learn and engage at the same time?

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Infographic: Quick Tips On Tweets And Timing

September 26, 2011

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The Twitter Tips Infographic

August 17, 2011

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5-and-a-half basics of smart Twitter use – Infographic

August 10, 2011

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Two dozen great Twitter tips to live by

July 18, 2011

The two tweets I sent out about @DarrenRovell‘s “100 Twitter Rules To Live By” I felt didn’t reach enough people, so I’ve highlighted what I feel are two dozen of his most tweetable tips (and I’ve edited some slightly to make them shorter or more easily tweetable). If you like these, I suggest you read his [...]

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How to get the most out of Twitter “how to” posts

July 1, 2011

When looking at a list of ideas someone has written on Twitter best practices (Top 5 Ways to…” etc.) : Pick something you’re already doing and try think of ways to do it better. Pick something you don’t think you can do, and try to find a way to do it. Try to find a [...]

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Advanced techniques to grow your Twitter account

June 23, 2011

Note that are a ton of free tools you can use to find influential Twitter users (vs. some of the paid services shown in the slides). A tweet from @javiergodoy led me to @jasoncormier‘s article at searchenginewatch.com which included this slide presentation by Brandon Whalen and team for capturetheconversation.com which is embedded below from Slideshare. Best [...]

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