Entries Tagged ‘twitter’:
filed in Social Networking on Mar.05, 2009
There’s a new(ish) website called retweetist which shows the top links that are being tweeted by people on Twitter. There are some big numbers there – articles being tweeted by over 100 people. When you consider how many followers those 100 people have then you’re looking at some serious amount of traffic being driven to [...]
Tags: linking, re-tweet, tweeting, twitter
filed in Blogging, Social Networking on Feb.27, 2009
Tad over at the SEOptimise blog has collected together a great list of blog posts about Twitter, including 15 great tools and how to use Twitter for business. Â I’d recommend taking some time to check it out if you’re trying to get the most out of Twitter. Â In fact, it’s worth looking at it [...]
Tags: blog, posts, tools, twitter
filed in Social Networking on Feb.19, 2009
I’ve just registered another account on Twitter. Â Those of you that follow me (and if you don’t, you should!) will wonder why I need another account but it just dawned on my that my twitter username is my real name and not my business name. Up until about 5 minutes ago, there was nothing stopping [...]
Tags: identity theft, mass media design, twitter
filed in Misc on Jan.05, 2009
Darren Rowse has written a good overview about Twitter being used as a platform for a phishing attack. It’s a shame that it’s happened and I’m not sure if I can see a way for Twitter to easily stop this happening in future. But it reminds us to always be wary about clicking link – [...]
Tags: links, phishing, twitter
filed in Blogging, Marketing, Misc, Social Networking on Dec.12, 2008
I have over 3500 followers on Twitter and it’s growing every day. Â I’m often asked how I manage to do it and the answer is very simple: I give my followers what they want and I interact with them. The #1 mistake people on Twitter make is that they use it purely for their own [...]
Tags: blogs, followers, howto, interaction, twitter
filed in Social Networking on May.08, 2008
How to drive traffic to your website OK, so you’ve written your blog. The content is great: fresh, witty, relevant and people who read it are hooked. Great job. Well done. You’ve also got a great design – not so showy that it distracts from your great content, but nice enough to make it look [...]
Tags: delicious, digg, mixx, stumble, stumbleuypon, twitter