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Twittering in 5 easy steps

Comments: (15) Published March 3rd, 2009 in Blogging

There are literally hundreds of Twitter tools and resources these days, but I’d like to analyze just a few of them, the ones that can make a great start for Twitter newbies. If you’ve heard about Twitter but never had time to start twittering, this post will save you time and efforts. All you have to do is to follow the easy 5 steps that I listed below.

#1 - get a custom look for your Twitter profile and use free Twitter “skin” for your profile. Visit the following sites to check free Twitter themes or find a designer who would create a something unique for you

#2 Add your Twitter profile to JustTweetIt

#3 Add Twitter widget to your blog/site

#4 Start Twittering and looking for people who have similar interests. Use keywords that you would use to describe yourself and find your soul mates. Follow them and most of them will start following you.

* Optional: participate in TweetBomb.com. A new winner is chosen every day and he/she gets a big number of followers. The obvious advantage is that in case you win you’ll instantly get followers, but on the other hand: do you really need “untargeted” followers? In other words, it might be a good step at the beginning, when you don’t have that many followers, but I would focus on getting followers who are in the same “group of interests”.

#5 Learn Twitter’s tips and tricks by signing here.There are tons of Twitter Guides on the Net, they are pretty much similar, but you can leave in comments The One that you believe is the best on the market

#5 - Enchance your Twitter chats with TwitterKeys

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Web Design Web Development Company (Who am I?) said on March 10th, 2009 at 2:41 am

Thanks for the tips mate. Its very useful.
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Aditya (Who am I?) said on March 10th, 2009 at 3:27 am

Thanks for these tips, I would say to people it really works.
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Stas (Who am I?) said on March 15th, 2009 at 3:07 pm

Thanks so lot, it very useful. I have 1500 followers, but it not working enough for me, this information very helpful!
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Liane (Who am I?) said on March 20th, 2009 at 2:57 am

I’m a twitter fan so I always look at posts about Twitter. Good tips! Will be useful for me. Thanks for sharing!
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Mick Dickinson (Who am I?) said on April 7th, 2009 at 12:01 am

Great tools, I hadn’t seem some before - thanks
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Carolyn Watt (Who am I?) said on April 9th, 2009 at 6:20 am

Since the inception of twitter, tons of tweet related tools have been developed. Using twitter as a communication platform has really worked well for me and I intend to keep using in feature. Thanks
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Crazy blogger said on August 31st, 2009 at 12:03 am

Great post about tweeting
Tips and Tricks said on October 12th, 2009 at 10:13 am

Good Tips buddy.
I was searching for this type of tools.

Thanks a lot.
Affordable website said on January 15th, 2010 at 2:46 am

I would say a single word “excellent”.

Great tools and tips.
Rachel said on April 2nd, 2010 at 8:50 am

I would like to start on this Twitter thing and I got a question. How do I know we have the same interests? Is there a feature on the account that suggests this to you?
šukuosenos said on May 11th, 2010 at 7:57 am

Thanks. Actual information.
Custom Website Design company said on May 12th, 2010 at 3:32 am

Thanks for your great post.That is really informative. I will show this to my clients as their social media guideline.
Jämför smslån said on May 13th, 2010 at 6:50 am

Tweeter used to be this easy microblogging site. I like it coz its direct to the point. NO muss no fuss! Thanks for the tips on making Tweeting easier!
Matt Clark said on June 22nd, 2010 at 1:56 pm

Thanks for linking to us above!

Here are some key things to consider when designing a Custom Twitter Background:

#1 - The BIO area in the “Twitter Content Area” gets picked up through Google searches. I recommend putting your “business keywords/content” there.

#2 - Because the custom twitter background is a JPG/PNG it doesn’t have any “searchable” value. I recommend putting your “personality” there. (i.e. the personal funstuff so people see your real, photo)

#3 - Design to the common resolutions (1280×768, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1200).

#4 - I do agree that MANY utilize Twitter apps (tweetdeck, etc) but most end up at their computer “searching” through people. With a custom branded background, you most likely increase your chances of someone “stopping” and following, then if you had a “stock” background from Twitter.

#5 - If you’re attempting to utilize Twitter as a sales tool for your product or service… then don’t add ALL of your thousands of social media. Sometimes it drives people in, what I call a “social media loop” and they never get to your storefront (which is where you need them to land). That’s like sending out a Direct Mail card advertising your YellowPage Ad (it’s advertising the advertisement).

Let me know if anyone has any questions… be glad to help.

-Matt Clark /// TweetPage Connoisseur
Teak Furniture: Teak Garden & Teak Patio said on August 13th, 2010 at 8:29 am

Thanks for these tips, I would say to people it really works.
I was searching for this type of tools.
Thanks a lot.