Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you probably already know that social media has exploded over the last couple of years. The rate of growth seems exponential, and the user demographics for social media has expanded from internet geeks and bored students to just about every type of user you can think of.
In fact, my mother-in-law is so hooked on Facebook that if she doesn’t get her daily dose of it, she starts having major withdrawal symptoms including (but not limited to): moodiness, shaking, tremors, nausea, cold sweet, seizures, bleeding from the eyes, ears, and nose, and occasional death.
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Over the last couple of months, Twitter has been taking major steps to become more user friendly. The first major step was adding Twitter Lists. They are an extremely helpful way to organize people you want to follow. This is especially useful if you’re following thousands of people.
Twitter is now doing Beta testing for the built in ReTweet button. Even though I use Hoot Suite (which has a build in ReTweet function) for 90% of my Tweeting needs, occasionally, I do some tweeting from Twitter as well.
The Retweet button appears right next to the reply button on the bottom right of each tweet. When You click it, a message asks if you want… Click to continue...
Tweeter has been the center of a ton of attention the last year. It’s explosive growth and strength as a real time organic search engine, instant breaking news resource, and marketing tool provide people using it an amazing advantage over those who don’t.
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about 5 Twitter Newbie Mistakes To Avoid which was a great hit and some basic information about Twitter Lists. The success of those articles has made me do a lot of thinking about how to get the most out of Twitter.
Five Reasons To Use Twitter
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Twitter is an amazing resource for both marketing and finding information. When I first started on Twitter I made a lot of mistakes, but now I’m starting to really understand the power of Twitter and how to effectively use it.
One powerful tool on Twitter that I’m still experimenting with is #hashtags. Using hashtags wisely can easily yield your tweet hundreds if not thousands of extra views, and possibly make your tweet go viral (the goal of every tweeting marketer).
All this leads me to one huge question: Why isn’t there more hype about THO yet? That’s right, Twitter Hashtag Optimization!
THO – Twitter Hashtag Optimization
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Twitter is a huge social media force now, that is no secret to anyone. In fact, according to Alexa, more than 3% of all internet users visit Twitter daily.
Many people have been on board for years while others (like me) have only been using twitter for a few months now.
People use Twitter for a variety of reasons including socializing, gossip, marketing, researching, and making money.
When I started on Twitter, I was in a big hurry to get as many followers as quickly as possible and didn’t really know what I was getting myself into. I made several mistakes that I wouldn’t make if I had to do it all over again.
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