Twitter

We all have heard of the concept of blog “outposts.” Put simply, these could be your blog’s presence on relevant social sites (e.g. Posterous, Tumblr, Facebook, …). We could technically classify our blog’s Twitter account as an outpost. But it’s just not your regular outpost. Twitter is a huge traffic driver for bloggers. It has [...]

Twitter is a wonderful community to be part of to learn from others, build relationships, and share what you know. But in order to get the most out of it, you should go beyond replies and retweets. Getting involved in Twitter chats is one way to do that. If you have visited top bloggers’ websites [...]

There are hundreds, if not thousands, of Twitter tools around these days. You can’t use them all but it never hurts to see the new ones on the block to figure out if you are missing anything with the current Twitter tools you are using. No matter how many Twitter tools you use for your [...]

The days of people having to count on newspapers or regular job sites to look for a job are over. These days, job hunters and employers have just too many ways to connect with each other. Take Twitter for instance. It makes it so easy for job hunters to reach potential employers and even have [...]

No matter how much value you offer through your Twitter account, there are always going to be people who will criticize you for everything you do. Perfection is impossible on Twitter or on your blog. You are going to make mistakes, and there will be people who will bash you no matter how much value [...]

If you follow more than a couple of people on Twitter, you have probably had to deal with Twitter link overload at some point. People you follow tend to share their links. When you follow thousands of people, keeping up with all those links can be quite difficult. That’s where Lazyscope comes into play. It’s [...]

Every top blogger schedules a post or two ahead of time. Having a few drafts ready to go is a good idea as no one can predict the future. If you have a team of bloggers (like sites such as Mashable), you can always rely on your team to get you out of trouble. But [...]

Nobody likes being ignored on Twitter. It does not matter if you have 100 followers or 100,000 tweeps. It could be very disheartening if you are not getting any feedback on your tweets. It could be that you are being followed by the wrong types of people. Maybe your content is not good enough. Those [...]

Twitter lists are quite powerful if you use them the right way. You can use Twitter lists to keep up with your favorite users, find content to retweets, and even track your interactions with others. Formulists adds a whole other dimension to Twitter lists. It not only lets you create all kinds of super lists [...]

Twitter is a wonderful community to be a part of to connect with others around the world, collaborate with your colleagues, and learn from others. It just happens to be a great place to do some business in as well. Every blogger needs to have a Twitter account. In fact, Twitter can bring you lots [...]