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50 Ideas on Using Twitter for Business

August 30, 2010

We really can’t deny the fact that businesses are testing out Twitter as part of their steps into the social media landscape. You can say it’s a stupid application, that no business gets done there, but there are too many of us (including me) that can disagree and point out business value. I’m not going to address the naysayers much with this. Instead, I’m going to offer 50 thoughts for people looking to use Twitter for business. And by “business,” I mean anything from a solo act

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How to Force Anyone to Follow You on Twitter

August 30, 2010

Follow this dead-simple guide to force any Twitter user—from Oprah to Kutcher—to follow you. No, seriously. (Update: Here‘s what happened.) I have no idea how a hole this large could be left in a service as popular as Twitter, nor do I understand why it hasn’t been shut yet. What I do understand, though, is that Oprah is following me right now, and receiving my DMs. So anyway, here’s how it works: 1. Open the Twitter web interface (I haven’t been able to get it to

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Twitter for Beginners – 5 Things to Do as a New Twitter User

August 30, 2010

Yesterday I added all 538 Twitter users that submitted their details in our Social Media Love In. It took me a couple of hours to do – but I’m glad I did it because already there have been some wonderful conversations emerge. As I was adding new people to follow I noticed that there were a real range of people in the list. There were Twitter users with thousands of subscribers and others with 20 or so. Among the list there were quite a few who had literally just started using Twitter in

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How to Learn Twitter for Beginners

August 30, 2010

In this How to Learn Twitter for Beginners article, we are going to tackle the basic steps that one has to take to be able to use and enjoy Twitter. Since there are people out there who were not enlightened on the use of this social networking site, this article will help you get started. First Few Baby Steps: Go to twitter.com. See that green button that reads “Sign up now”? Click on it to start creating your Twitter profile. *Notice that there isn’t much to fill up. After filling up

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Top 10 Twitter Tips for Beginners

August 30, 2010

Ready to jump into Twitter, but don’t know how to get started? Follow these 10 tips and you’ll fit right in. // Buzz up!on Yahoo! Is it finally time to take the Twitter plunge? The free service that lets users micro-blog 140 characters at a time had accumulated around 1.9 million users as of December 2008, according to comScore. If you are just now jumping on the Twitter bandwagon, or are intimidated by your inexperience with Twitter etiquette and acronyms, allow us to

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