tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47979525735426638892024-03-08T17:04:23.201-08:00twitter tweaxUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4797952573542663889.post-12066281785556430752009-07-31T02:55:00.001-07:002009-07-31T03:03:00.846-07:00Search for tweets containing your blog URL<p style="font-family:arial;"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></span></p><p style="font-family:arial;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: arial;"><br /></p>As you all know twitter is a huge microblogging site over a million links are tweeted per day. If you own a blog or website you might be interested in seeing who shares your blog posts on Twitter. All you need to do is bring your pointer to BackTweets.com and Just type your Blog/site URL and hit Search. It allows you to search for tweets that contain links to your posts.<br /><br /><p style="font-family: arial;"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></span></p><p style="font-family: arial;"><br /></p><p style="font-family:arial;"><br /></p>What is the use ?<br /><br />1. You can find who all shares your link.<br />2. You can follow them on twitter and thank them for spreading your link.<br />3. You can know your readers taste by finding out the popularity of the link.<br />4. For example : If you search on Youtube.com - Easy way to get a feed of videos that people are tweeting and you can also look at what articles and blog posts are popular on twitter throughout the day, so you can see what links are trending to discover new and interesting content.<br /><br /><p face="arial"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></span></p><p face="arial"><br /></p><br />Features :<br /><br />1. You have an Advanced search option.<br />2. You can receive Email alerts when someone shares your blog posts on twitter and the alert can be customized so you can set it to send you daily updates or once in a week.<br />3. You have a Bookmarklet which you can drag and drop on your Bookmarks bar. so that if you come across any post you can just click that bookmark and search it on twitter.<br /><br />Hope it is a simple and useful tool for bloggers and re-searchers.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.backlinks.com/">BackTweets - Homepage </a><br /><br /><p face="arial"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></span></p><p face="arial"><br /></p><br /><a href="http://thebigworld.co.uk/">home page</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4797952573542663889.post-6776242997168041592009-07-13T04:32:00.000-07:002009-07-13T04:51:14.206-07:00How to get stats on your twitter followers<p style="font-family:arial;"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></span></p><p style="font-family:arial;"><br /></p><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Would you like to see how many people are following you? Would you like to know how many are following you a day, month or year?</span><br /></span></p><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></span></p><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Well a web based application is available to you for free. Its called http://twittercounter.com and is really easy to use.</span><br /><br /></span><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></span></p><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">You can instantly find out all you need to know about your current twitter standing by typing http://twittercounter.com/YOUR TWITTER USERNAME HERE into your browser.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">It may take 24 hours or so to report back properly but here are some example types of stats. </span><br /><br /></span><br /><strong>TwitterCounter Stats Details:</strong><br /> <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="float: left;">Tracking since:</span> <span style="float: right; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"></span><br /></div> <span style="float: left;"></span> <span style="float: right; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"></span><br /> <span style="float: left;">Followers on Apr 15:</span><span style="float: right; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"></span><br /> <span style="float: left;">Added since then:</span> <span style="float: right; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"></span><br /> <span style="float: left;">Added since yesterday</span> <span style="float: right;"></span><br /> <span style="float: left;">Average growth per day:</span> <span style="float: right; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"></span><br /> <span style="float: left;">Visits on this page</span> <span style="float: right;"></span><br /><div style="text-align: left; width: 160px;"><br /></div> <span style="float: left;">Prediction for tomorrow:</span> <span style="float: right; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"></span><br /> <div style="float: left;"><form action="/air_baltic" method="get" name="predict" id="predict">Followers in <!--<input name="username" type="hidden" value="air_baltic">--><input name="predicted" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); width: 28px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204); text-align: right;" value="30" maxlength="5" type="text"> days:</form></div> <span style="float: right; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"></span> <div style="text-align: left; width: 160px;"><br /><a bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" href="http://twitter.com/home?source=twittercounter&status=@air_baltic%20will%20have%20686%20followers%20in%2030%20days%20according%20to%20TwitterCounter:%20http://twittercounter.com/air_baltic?p=30" target="_blank"></a></div><br /><p face="arial"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></span></p><p face="arial"><br /></p><p face="arial"><br /></p><p face="arial"><span style="font-family: arial;">You can also ad widgets like the one on this blog to add interest to your site and increase exposure accross the web</span><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4797952573542663889.post-23694299179765657322009-05-28T02:31:00.000-07:002009-06-03T11:42:46.681-07:00Free twitter applications<span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >There are a fantastic number of applications to use with twitter and most are at the moment free.<br />If you are new to twitter you might like to read "What is twitter" first. The link is on the left. I will be expanding this page as I try more of these apps out.<br /><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br /></span><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Get Counter Stats </span>and track your follower count and graph your progress on <a href="http://twittercounter.com/">twittercounter</a></span><span style="font-family:arial;"> you can also add the counter to your blog or web page.</span><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Upload a photo </span>and announce it instantly on your twitter page</span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" > with <a href="http://flicktotwitt.co/index.php">flicktotwit.com</a><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Upload a photo </span>and announce it instantly on your twitter page with <a href="http://twitpic.com/">twitpic.com</a></span><br /><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4797952573542663889.post-37066439316064056692009-05-25T03:54:00.001-07:002009-05-26T01:02:59.744-07:00what is that #hash symbol<p style="font-family:arial;"><em>Sometimes</em> you see a tweet using a hash symbol (#) before a few words</p><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></span></p><p style="font-family: arial;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: arial;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: arial;">The hash mark (#) before a word in a post allows you to tag that post for that word. However, in order to get tracked via a hash tag, you need to opt-in and follow</p><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></span></p><br /><br /><p style="font-family: arial;"> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/hashtags">http://twitter.com/hashtags</a>. Once you’re following Hashtags, every time you make a post in Twitter and tag it with a hash mark like so: <span style="font-weight: bold;">#iPhone</span>, it will then show up as a real-time post on <span style="font-weight: bold;">http://www.Hashtags.org.</span></p> <p style="font-family: arial;">If you then visit Hashtags.org, you can click on any tag and it will show you all of the posts that have been tagged with that keyword.</p><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></span></p><br /><br /> <p style="font-family: arial;">However, it is possible to view all tweets (posts made to Twitter) that contain a specific tag by modifying your URL a bit like so: <span style="font-weight: bold;">http://hashtags.org/tag/iPhone.</span></p> <p style="font-family: arial;">You can also subscribe to any updates that contain a tag by posting “<span style="font-weight: bold;">follow #tag</span>” (without the quotes) in Twitter.</p><p face="arial"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></span></p> <p style="font-family: arial;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: arial;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: arial;">There is also <a href="http://www.hashtweeps.com/">http://www.hashtweeps.com/</a> that you can use that makes use of hash marks. This site allows you to see who has been using the hash mark you enter within their posts and how many times they’ve done so. Note that when you visit this site you <span style="font-weight: bold;">don’t</span> have to enter the hash symbol (#) in the search box.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4797952573542663889.post-91857614626230659902009-05-25T03:24:00.001-07:002009-05-25T03:43:39.088-07:00Twitter glossary<span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" >Here are the tweet components and how you use them.</span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Avatar. </span><br />Click to view user archive and profile. Click on avatar on user archive to see a</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> larger picture <span style="font-style: italic;">(when available).</span></span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Username. </span><br />Click to view user archive and profile.</span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tweet content.</span></span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Link (optional).</span> Click to view link in a separate window. Might show the whole link,</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">a truncated web address, or a shortened web address.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tweet time and status.</span> Provides exact <span style="font-style: italic;">(after 48 hours)</span> or relative tweet time <span style="font-style: italic;">(less</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-style: italic;">than 48 hours).</span> Click to view the single tweet (identified by its status).</span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Application.</span> Program used to create this tweet. Options include: web (Twitter.com),</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">txt (from text message), or application name <span style="font-style: italic;">(Twhirl, Tweetdeck, etc).</span> Click on</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">application name to visit the application website.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />Original</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">(with some @replies). </span>Provides a link <span style="font-style: italic;">(“in reply to username”) </span>to an original</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">tweet. Used with @replies created by clicking the reply (back arrow) only.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">These items appear when you hover the cursor over the tweet:</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Favorite</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">(star).</span> Click to add to your list of favorites. Yellow means it is marked as a</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">favorite.</span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Delete</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">(trash can).</span> Click to delete this tweet. Only available for your own tweets.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">Removes the tweet from Twitter completely.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Reply </span><span style="font-style: italic;">(back arrow).</span> Click to create a reply to this tweet.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4797952573542663889.post-67771898665587375642009-05-25T03:09:00.001-07:002009-05-25T03:26:58.037-07:00twitter community<span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />Twitter divides your community into two basic groups:</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" ><br />People you follow </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255); font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >(blue)</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" ><br />People who follow you</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" > (green)</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />However, it is more helpful to talk</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> about your Twitter community as</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> three groups:</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">Your Twitter friends are the</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> people you follow who follow</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> you back. This is the</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">conversation zone</span> for your</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> personal community.</span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">Your <span style="font-weight: bold;">Twitter friends</span> are the</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> people you follow who follow</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> you back.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Your <span style="font-weight: bold;">Twitter fans</span> are people</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> who follow you even though</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> you don’t follow them.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Your <span style="font-weight: bold;">Twitter inspiration</span> are people you follow who don’t follow you back.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">Your inspiration may be people, or they may be information services like weather or news</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> updates. You follow them because their tweets help you to meet your Twitter goals.</span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4797952573542663889.post-81441481152261108682009-05-25T03:06:00.000-07:002009-05-25T03:32:37.569-07:00Twitter on the move SMS<span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">You don’t have to be sitting at your desk to use Twitter. You can send and receive tweets using a variety of mobile devices.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >A laptop computer</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >A netbook computer</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >Any cell phone with text messaging service.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >Any web-enabled cell phone or smart phone.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >Any portable wifi device </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >(like the iPod Touch)</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">This flexibility makes it possible for you to take Twitter with you wherever you go.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Text Messaging</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Depending on where you are in the world, Twitter provides a free text-messaging service</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">that converts your tweets to text messages, and your text messages to tweets. To use this</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> service, you must register your <span style="font-weight: bold;">cell phone with Twitter</span> (<span style="font-style: italic;">use the Devices tab under Settings</span>).</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> Twitter doesn’t charge for this service. However, you cell phone carrier may charge you for</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> each tweet. If you want to use Twitter this way, upgrade to an unlimited text messaging</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> service, or be prepared for a large cell phone bill.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4797952573542663889.post-25425491035554062672009-05-25T03:04:00.001-07:002009-05-25T03:17:57.860-07:00Conversation tips<span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /><br />On <span style="font-style: italic;">Twitter</span>, you must listen as well as talk. Read what people are saying. Jump into the</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">conversation. Get to know the people you follow by reading and replying to their tweets. If</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">they suggest something to read, check it out.</span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">No one wants to read your tweets if you only talk about yourself and promote your business.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">Sure, you can do these things, but find a balance. Twitter is about the conversation, and no</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">one likes to be around someone who constantly talks about himself and never listens.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">Personality and Transparency</span>.<br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Your <span style="font-style: italic;">community</span> expects to engage a person, not a company, through your business twitter</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">account. Find the balance between staying on-target with your Twitter communication goal</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">and expressing your personality.</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> Also, your community expects you to be real and honest in your communication. The</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> buzzword for this is <span style="font-style: italic;">“transparency.”</span> It means that you don’t spin news to your advantage.</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> You admit your mistakes and faults. This is a culture change for traditional PR and</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">marketing people, so move slowly to make sure you stay on target.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Building On Your Conversation</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Don’t carry on whole conversations through replies, however. When you engage someone</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">with a reply, shift to direct messages for ongoing comments. This way, your conversation</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">doesn’t appear in the timeline for your followers. You may enjoy the conversation, but it may</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">just be noise to them. After you have a rapport with someone you meet on Twitter, at some</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">point you can shift to email and other communication tools.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4797952573542663889.post-8434853521311260972009-05-24T00:44:00.000-07:002009-05-24T01:04:41.247-07:00@reply<span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">You send an <span style="font-weight: bold;">@reply</span> (at reply) to a single person, but an @reply is not a private message. <span style="font-weight: bold;">@Replies show up:</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">*In your timeline.</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >*In the recipient’s timeline (<span style="font-style: italic;">only if the recipient follows you</span>).</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" ><span>*</span>In the recipient’s @Username mentions list.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" ><span>*</span>In the public timeline.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" ><span>*</span>In the timeline of every person who follows both you and @reply person*.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">*This is the default setting. You can change your @replies option under <span style="font-weight: bold;">Notices</span> in your settings.</span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />Twitter displays every tweet that contains your <span style="font-weight: bold;">@username </span>in your <span style="font-weight: bold;">@Username</span> mentions list along the right menu options.</span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >Reply to a Tweet</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">If you read a tweet and want to reply, simply hover your mouse over the tweet until a back arrow appears on the right. Click the back arrow and Twitter starts creating your @reply. Twitter provides a link back to the original tweet so the @reply recipient can link the reply to the tweet. Using @Reply To Start a Conversation</span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />You can send an @reply directly to a person without replying to a tweet. Type <span style="font-weight: bold;">@ + the username</span> and your tweet.</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> For example: <span style="font-style: italic;">@WorkingGirl Great news about your book launch party!</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4797952573542663889.post-48872409428045140272009-05-24T00:40:00.001-07:002009-05-24T01:30:49.619-07:00Sending links or Tiny URLS<span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sending links of your web site.</span></span> <span style="font-family:arial;">Many people use Twitter to share online resources with their community. You identify the online resource by its web address or URL (uniform resource locator).</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Most web addresses are very long,</span> more than 25 characters,</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">and sometimes more than 100 characters. Within a tweet, a web address takes up valuable space with only 140 characters to use.<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">How Twitter Handles Long Web Addresses</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">Twitter realizes that web addresses eat away characters that you could use for your message. When you enter a long web address, Twitter does one of the following:</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">*Displays only the first 25 characters and allows the link to work (truncates the link).</span></span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">*Converts the link using TinyURL.</span><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">The rules for this seem to be changing, but if you paste in a very long web address, Twitter sometimes replaces it with a TinyURL (shortened) web address.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >Shortening Tools</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">There are many free services that people use to shorten web addresses to use in tweets. You use these services while crafting your tweet and insert the shortened web address yourself. </span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /><a href="http://tinyurl.com/">http://tinyurl.com/</a></span><br /><a href="http://budurl.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;">http://budurl.com/</span></a><br /><a href="http://budurl.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;">http://is.gd/</span></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4797952573542663889.post-84265308646280225122009-05-24T00:37:00.000-07:002009-05-24T01:12:32.421-07:00Retweets<span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /><br />When someone posts an interesting tweet, you may choose to <span style="font-weight: bold;">retweet</span> it. By retweeting, you share the tweet with your followers. If you found the tweet interesting, perhaps they will feel the same way.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />To retweet,</span> copy the tweet and paste it in the tweet box. </span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Add “RT”</span> (short for “retweet”) at the beginning, and add “@” before the username.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">For example:</span> tweax Anyone know a Twitter client that allows you to use multiple Twitter accounts besides Tweetdeck?</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Becomes: RT @tweax Anyone know a Twitter client that allows you to use multiple Twitter accounts besides Tweetdeck?</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />As people retweet, a tweet goes beyond one person’s community. A popular tweet that many people retweet becomes<span style="font-weight: bold;"> viral</span>, meaning that it spreads far beyond its source and beyond the reach of the</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">person who wrote it.</span> <br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br /></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >Request a Retweet</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-family:arial;">Occasionally, you may want others to retweet for you. You can ask people to retweet by adding “please RT” or “please retweet” at the end of your tweet.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4797952573542663889.post-27334245926077077052009-05-24T00:36:00.000-07:002009-05-24T00:53:28.530-07:00Sending Direct Messages<span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /><br />You can send a <span style="font-weight: bold;">direct message</span> to any user who follows you. You don't use the tweet box on your home page to send a direct message. Instead, you send it from the Direct Messages page when you are logged into your account.<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Click the Direct Messages option (right menu). Direct Messages web address:<br /><a href="http://twitter.com/direct_messages">http://twitter.com/direct_messages</a></span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Three Ways To Send a Direct Message</span></span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Display the direct messages page. Use the drop-down list to select the person to receive your direct message, and type the message in the box.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">You can send a direct message from a user’s tweet archive if that person follows you. Click the user’s avatar or username to display the person’s tweet archive. Click [Message Username] under Actions option (right menu).<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">Twitter displays a special direct message page where you type the message.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">When someone sends you a direct message, you can reply to a direct message with a direct message if that person follows you. Display your <span style="font-weight: bold;">Direct Messages page,</span> locate the direct message from that person, hover your mouse over the direct message and an envelope with a</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">left arrow appears. Click on the envelope, and Twitter starts creating your direct message to that person, Direct.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4797952573542663889.post-44628545428392905452009-05-23T07:36:00.000-07:002009-05-23T07:45:09.581-07:00Timeline order<span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">Your Twitter</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" > <span style="font-weight: bold;">timeline</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"> is the list of tweets that you see because of the people you follow. Your timeline shows up on your Twitter home page (<a href="http://twitter.com/home">http://twitter.com/home</a>).</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">Twitter doesn’t automatically <span style="font-weight: bold;">update your timeline</span> each time someone tweets. You must manually update your timeline every few minutes.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">The quality of your Twitter experience depends on whom you follow. Your timeline contains tweets from the people you follow. If you don’t like what you read, if you are not inspired or engaged in conversation from your timeline, change the people you follow!<br /></span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Public Timeline</span> There is a public timeline that contains tweets from everyone on Twitter. Click the <span style="font-weight: bold;">[Everyone]</span> option <span style="font-weight: bold;">(right menu)</span> to view the public timeline.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4797952573542663889.post-15899607704873791502009-05-23T07:08:00.000-07:002009-05-23T07:39:43.139-07:00How to find people.<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" >There are several ways you can find people to follow on Twitter.</span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Name Search.</span> Use the Find People search</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> feature to locate people by name or Twitter</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> username.</span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Email Search. </span>Let Twitter go through your</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> email contacts to find people you already</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> know on Twitter.</span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Keyword Search.</span> Use the search feature to</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> find people who include specific keywords in</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> their tweets. <a href="http://search.twitter.com/">http://search.twitter.com/</a></span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">#FollowFriday.</span> Look for #FollowFriday</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> recommendations from people you like. You</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> can also check out Top Friday Follow, a</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> website that tracks these recommendations.</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> http://www.topfollowfriday.com/</span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Piggyback. </span>Find people you like. See whom</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> they follow and follow them.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4797952573542663889.post-46177343745861332652009-05-23T06:24:00.000-07:002009-05-23T07:09:27.351-07:00Account ChecklistBefore going any further, use this checklist to make sure you have your account set up to get a good start.<br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></span><br /><br /><br />My <span style="font-weight: bold;">username</span> represents me by using my name, a nickname, or my business/brand name. My username contains no punctuation (including no underlines) and identifies me in the shortest possible number of characters.<br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></span><br /><br /><br />I’ve included my <span style="font-weight: bold;">real name</span> so people can find me with a people search.<br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></span><br /><br /><br />I’ve included my real name with my business Twitter account (a <span style="font-weight: bold;">business username</span>) to put a personal face with my company and brand.<br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">My link </span>points to my blog, my website, my Twitter landing page, or another online resource that helps people get the flavor of my personality or a sample of my work.<br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></span><br /><br /><br />My one-line bio captures my personality, or explains my company and brand.<br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">My location</span> is my city and state. I’ve used either the standard two-letter state abbreviation or spelled out my state name.<br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></span><br /><br /><br />I’ve uploaded a <span style="font-weight: bold;">photograph</span> avatar (picture) that clearly shows my face.<br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></span><br /><br /><br />I have not <span style="font-weight: bold;">protected my updates.</span> These items give you a basic Twitter account setup. Later, you can refine your account settings to support your Twitter goals. Don’t fret about these decisions. You can change them later.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4797952573542663889.post-61745649600003970022009-05-23T01:13:00.001-07:002009-05-23T01:48:43.369-07:00Your Twitter Profile<span style="font-size:100%;">To learn about Twitter, you have to use Twitter. If you haven’t set up your Twitter account, do it now at: <a href="http://twitter.com/">http://twitter.com/</a>. Your Twitter profile explains who you are to the world. Each component is optional, but your profile allows other users to find you and learn about you. it can be found under the account tab.<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /><br />Your <span style="font-weight: bold;">name </span>is your real name, not your Twitter username. Use your real name if you want people to find you using the Twitter search feature.<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /><br />Your <span style="font-weight: bold;">location</span> is your geography. Most people put a city name and a two-letter state abbreviation, but there are no rules.<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /><br />Your web <span style="font-weight: bold;">More info URL</span> lets you link to one webpage. You can link to your website, your blog, or you can develop a special Twitter landing page that tells people more about you and how you use Twitter.<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /><br />Your bio <span style="font-weight: bold;">one line bio</span> gives you 160 characters to give people a flavor of your personality. You create these items when you open your Twitter account. You can edit them any time under the Settings option. Others view your Twitter profile when they click on your Twitter username in a tweet, or when they visit your home page (http://twitter.com/yourusername).<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Protect your profile</span> to keep your Twitter updates private. Approve who can follow you and keep your updates out of search results. <span style="font-weight: bold;">ALERT: </span>If you do this your tweets will not be available to anyone you have not approved. Use this only if you want to talk to a previously selected group.<br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4797952573542663889.post-49906476088225875692009-05-16T03:30:00.000-07:002009-06-03T11:50:20.427-07:00What is twitter?<span style="font-family:arial;"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 50px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/Twitterlogo.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">You may have heard or read about it?</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Twitter is described as;</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" >A social networking and micro blogging service that allows you answer the question, </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" >"What are you doing?"</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" > By sending short text messages 140 characters in length, called "tweets", to your friends, or "followers."</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The short format of the tweet is a defining characteristic of the service. it </span><span style="font-family:arial;">allows informal collaboration and quick information sharing that provides relief from rising email and messaging fatigue.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >OK.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">So I went to twitter signed up and was presented with my very own twitter page.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">This allowed me to follow events and peoples tweets (messages).</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Within a few minutes I had a follower or someone who had signed up to read whatever it is I have to say.</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> (This was odd because at that point I hadn't written anything).</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> I waited, and a little later and I had another follower and a button that allows me to follow them.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" > Why?</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Everyone makes their own decisions about whom to follow. When someone you don’t know follows you, you have a choice to make. Do you want to follow back or not?</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> Some people always follow back. Some people selectively follow back. Neither policy is right or wrong. It all depends on what you want out of twitter.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="status-body"><span class="entry-content">#</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tip:</span> Decide on your follow policy when starting out. Be prepared to change this as you gain Twitter experience when your Twitter following grows.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >What to tweet.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Here are some tweets you see a lot.<br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="status-body"><span class="entry-content">#</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;">General observations on life. </span><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="status-body"><span class="entry-content">#</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;">Interesting things to read. </span><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="status-body"><span class="entry-content">#</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;">New blog posts. </span><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="status-body"><span class="entry-content">#</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;">A mad view on your life and the world. </span><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="status-body"><span class="entry-content">#</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;">.Inspiring thoughts. </span><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="status-body"><span class="entry-content">#</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;">Professional news. </span><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="status-body"><span class="entry-content">#</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;">Daily life details. </span><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="status-body"><span class="entry-content">#</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;">Business </span><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="status-body"><span class="entry-content">#</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;">Family. </span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />There are three types of tweets.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">General tweets.</span> A public tweet sent to everyone who</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> follows you.</span> Just write your message and click update.<br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">@ Reply.</span> These are public tweets sent to a specific person on</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> twitter. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Direct message.</span> A private tweet sent to a person who</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> follows you. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 30px;" src="http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/blogimage/twitterbirdsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >Lets tweet?</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Take some time to think what you want to tweet about. </span><span style="font-family:arial;">Read what other people tweet while you work out what you want to say.</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" ><br />Here are some suggestions for tweet ideas:</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />What you are doing (but don’t be too boring).</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Your current scheme.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">What you are reading with details so others can read it.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Announce a new blog post, promotion, charty etc.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Share a humorous look at a life situation.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Ask a question, you never know what the answer might be.</span><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://twittertweax.blogspot.com/"></a><a href="http://bigworld-smallworld.blogspot.com/"></a><br /></span><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;"><br /></div><br /><form action="http://www.google.co.uk/cse" id="cse-search-box" target="_blank"><br /> <div><br /> <input type="hidden" name="cx" value="partner-pub-5225781145042925:66namm-x4ay" /><br /> <input type="hidden" name="ie" value="ISO-8859-1" /><br /> <input type="text" name="q" size="25" /><input type="submit" name="sa" value="Search" /><br /> <br /> </div><br /></form><br /><br /><script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.google.co.uk/coop/cse/brand?form=cse-search-box&lang=en"></script>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0