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| Getting Started | Getting Started on Twitter |
Registering, choosing a user name, updating your profile and more. For people just signing on. |
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| Protect Tweets? | Protect your Tweets |
The benefits (and drawbacks) of protecting your tweets. |
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| Join the Party – Unprotect your Tweets |
Protecting your tweets might have unforeseen consequences. |
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| Go slow (Patience) | More Twitter Gems |
Rome wasn’t built in a day; A platform where we all help each other out; Seek out experienced Tweeters. |
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| Following / Followers | To Follow or Not to Follow |
Ideas on following, who to follow, why I unfollow and block certain people. |
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| Twitter Snobs? |
Thoughts about automatically following everyone back. |
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| Twitter Trends |
Don’t get sucked in to those “get more |
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| A Numbers Game |
Are follower numbers important? |
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| Do You Unfollow? |
Do you unfollow people who unfollow you or who do not follow you back? |
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| My Top Ten Follow Strategies |
These follow strategies are the basis of our Twitter campaign. |
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| Hash Tags | Yet More Twitter Gems |
Explains hash tags and their use – also how to discover what they mean and register them. |
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| Follow Friday | What’s Happening to #FollowFriday |
Discusses the history, original meaning and overuse of this custom. |
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| Dos and Don’ts | Top 10 Dos and Donts-My 10 Cents | A discussion of how I try to behave on Twitter. | |
| Is There a Trick to Using Twitter? | A discussion on how to get people to respond to your tweets. | ||
| How to get Me to Retweet You | A discussion of the best ways to get retweeted. | ||
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| The Dark Side | Is Twitter Worth It? |
Does all the spam, scams and porn make it too hard to deal with Twitter? |
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| Be Careful With Twitter Lists |
Even the new Twitter lists have a side to them that could damage your reputation. |
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| Averting Twitter Spam |
How to preempt offensive tweets using Tweetdeck. |
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| Tips and Hints | Preface Your Tweets |
How to reply to someone yet let everyone see the tweet. |
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| Still More Twitter Gems |
5 new Twitter gems for your tweeting pleasure. |
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| Twitter Gems an Introduction |
First post on Twitter gems. |
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| Just Learn, Baby! |
Social media is a great conduit to learn from. |
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| Add a Retweet Button |
How to add a retweet button to your regular web site. |
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| Wasting or Investing Time? | Is Twitter a Time Suck? |
Interesting dialog about time spent on Twitter. |
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| I Have No Time For Twitter |
Another discussion on the value of the time spent on Twitter. |
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| Miscellaneous | Tweetdeck vs Twitter Lists |
A look at the new Twitter lists vis-a-vis Tweetdeck’s groups. |
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| Top 10 Reasons I Love Twitter (Remix) |
Another go at the reasons that I like Twitter. |
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| Have You Ever Eaten a Twix Bar With a Fork? |
Fun post about the inanities that come through once in a while. |
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| Do Tell |
Do you tell someone if you think they are spamming? |
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