Promoting Yourself on Twitter

by Bluegrass on February 20, 2010

Twitter, like most social networking sites can be a powerful tool to promote oneself and ones writing but one has to invest some time in the site to make it work. Tweeting is an art because with a limit of 140 characters per tweet, one has to make every character work. Twitter is a great tool for teaching a verbose writer how to cut out the fat. It teaches us to use words like verbose in place of two words like “long winded.” I just want to point out a few things that I have learned about using Twitter effectively.

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Twitter – Direct Message (DM) Spam

by Bluegrass on February 20, 2010

However, I did click on the link that was provided with the messages associated with this new bout of Twitter DM spam. The site that came up automatically alerted me with a message that said, “Reported Web Forgery!” Thank goodness, I am glad that I got a warning and then I sent a Twitter DM to those I had received the message and link to let them know that the link was coming back with the above message.

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How to follow respectfully on Twitter

by Bluegrass on January 28, 2010

The thing about networking, whether in life or online, is that people can smell an agenda. So, be genuine! That is the number one, most important tip I can offer you in your Twitter use. Approach Twitter thinking “What can I offer? What can I learn?” rather than “What can I get?”

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Are you one of the many users “tweeting” or following others’ tweets on the widely popular social networking site, Twitter? Well, if you aren’t, you may be missing out on some great travel information and deals.  Some airlines are now releasing special fares through Twitter, available only to their followers.  These fares will not be advertised on their [...]

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Basic Twitter Rules to Follow to Generate Followers

January 18, 2010

What is Twitter and why is it important for us? Of course to traffic flow to our articles, links and blogs as well without spamming others. Twitter is a popular social networking site which people share their opinions, links and interesting things. It is like Facebook and Myspace.Well, why do people need to share and what [...]

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