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5 Tips to Make You a Better Twitter User
Social Media News Source: http://www.e3internet.com
Published: Jan 21, 2008 - 10:06 am
Story Found By: kelvinnewman 1483 Days ago
Category: Social Media
Nick Wilsdon gives us the low down on how to be a more efficient twitter user, how to avoid it ruining your productivity & still be part of the conversation...
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from organicapex 1483 Days ago #
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I guess one point was missed in that post.Do not blatantly spam links to your posts on twitter - That way, your going to end up having no followers.Follow some other useful resources and using tinyurl instead of the longer url’s is also a good move.

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from kelvinnewman 1482 Days ago #
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i thought nick covered that point!

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from NickWilsdon 1482 Days ago #
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@organicapex/Kelvin Thanks for the Sphinn. Yep I addressed that in point 4 I thought (Promote Your Material Responsibility) Twitter converts URLs into TinyURL by default, but as you have probably seen, making them tiny yourself means you can add more characters to your message. Interesting though that URLs under X length are left in original form, so i guess you could get a textlink in there if it was short enough (although they are nofollowed)

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from organicapex 1482 Days ago #
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Whoops my bad..Lack of sleep getting onto me..

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from NickWilsdon 1482 Days ago #
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@organicapex no problem - have a coffee on me! :)

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from g1smd 1482 Days ago #
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Hmmm.  I was going to install Twhirl but then saw it needed Adobe Air which is only a Beta version and has a timeout which disables it on 2008-11-28.

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from NickWilsdon 1482 Days ago #
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@g1smd Yes, I noticed that too. All the beta versions have a timeout on them to force people to update. Makes sense rather than supporting so many versions I guess.

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from Ruud 1482 Days ago #
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Solid tips. I used TwitBox but last week switched over to Twhirl. Can’t recommend it enough.Twhirl’s opacity can be set in the settings. This too helps to keep it unobtrusive. I have the window almost completely transparent on my desktop and throw a glance at it every now and then.

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from toprank 1482 Days ago #
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I’ve been using Twhirl lately as well (hat tip Tamar) and it works well. Keeps me updated without completely interrupting work.

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from Gamermk 1482 Days ago #
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What this post lacks is How do we get people to actually follow us on Twitter in niches where people have never heard of Twitter. What’s in it for them? This product is just way over hyped IMO.

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from NickWilsdon 1482 Days ago #
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@Gamermk That’s a good question. My answer would be, you can’t. Twitter users at the moment are limited to tech and early adopters. We had a explosion of internet marketers onto the system last week which has already changed the environment. I don’t expect the mainstream to pick up Twitter (or something similar) for a while.  The value for me is in three key areas at the moment:1) Networking    2) Information - people’s observations, news and real time link drops2) Support - obtaining votes on social media submissions or feedback In the future, who knows? As a form of mobile marketing, this could be amazing. As you suggest though, where we go next all depends on adoption.

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from crazycat 1482 Days ago #
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I don’t think I’m a good Twitter user and still trying to figure things out. Thank you.

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from vangogh 1482 Days ago #
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Thanks Nick. I’m one of the masses that became active last week and still finding my way around. I appreciate the tips.

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