Twitter is a social networking site called a micro-blog. Blog posts are called tweets. Tweets generally answer the question “What are you doing?” But, you can peep about a variety of things, not just about what you’re doing.
The challenge Twitter presents is getting your message across in 140 characters. You may reckon 140 characters isn’t long enough for a message, but if you go on Twitter and read the various tweets, you’ll find that you can communicate reasonably a bit of information in 140 characters or less. You just have to master getting your point across in the least amount of words. What this means is you can’t add any extra fluff, which is one of the reasons why Twitter has become so standard; you have to get to the point. Learning how to peep can help you with your copywriting skills.
The different types of messages you can peep are what you’re doing (the basic question Twitter question), inspirational quotes or sayings, links to appealing articles, and marketing messages. You will see all these kinds of tweets as you explore Twitter and you may find other kinds of tweets too.
As you type your peep, Twitter will tell you how many characters you have left. You can also use a character counter. The one I use it at http://www.longhurstsolutions.com/character-word-counter.html. Either type in your text or paste it in the block provided and hit count. Using the character counter will allow you to try and compare different wording of the same message. This is also a useful tool for developing different versions of your marketing tweets, which will allow you to test the versions. (You can also use a character counter for other applications or platforms that require character limits.)
If you want to link to an article or a blog post, you’ll need to shorten the URL because many URLs are too long and will go over the 140 character limit. There are several URL sites that will shrink the URL for you, such as TinyURL.com and BudURL.com. Just do a Google search on “trim URL.”
Some third party Twitter applications will also provide a tool to shrink URLs, such as TweetLater.com, which allows you to plot and schedule your tweets ahead of time, and TweetDeck.com, which lets you manage your twittering. Some of these sites and third party applications also footstep how many clicks your links get.
Mastering your tweets on Twitter is not as hard or challenging as you might reckon. Take the time to review how others are tweeting and take advantage of available tools to help you. Be sure to follow me and I’ll follow you back too. Find me at http://twitter.com/allenyoli or search for my user name, allenyoli.
Pleased Business Building,
Yoli
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Tuesday, January 5th, 2010Twitter Applications and Tweets
Saturday, January 2nd, 2010Twitter applications are becoming known to every person rapidly, the reason might be these are user friendly and can be used in cell phones like Blackberry. Those who are technology savoir-faire can know very well what the importance of using applications through cell phones is. When I was new to twitter, I had no thought what I was doing — as is the case for most people when they first sign up. After I started following a few people I noticed all the different applications their Tweets were coming from various applications like Twhirl etc. How do you sort through all of them and find the right application to use? Is any one of them better than the others? After trying nearly everything, I have a few thoughts as to how to find the right Twitter application to suit your needs.
In Twitter there are few terms which you have never heard of it previous to unification twitter like tweets which mean comments, followers which mean acquaintances in your list. These things sound so excellent that’s why people attract to twitter and want to know what these things are. Though meaning of these terms are common but still tweets, followers are very memorable words and this is the reason that what makes twitter different from other social networking websites. Orkut, facebook and so on all these are social networking websites. With the advancement in technology these social networking websites launched. With these sites their special features like for twitter, twitter applications launched. The usage of these sites became standard in people especially in youth. Best source to connect people in all over the world. Alumni meets started happening through these sites. Acquaintances, relatives, ancient buddies started connected with each other. Then at a snail’s pace various other social networking websites are launched. Now on internet on the average maximum people surf these sites on the internet.
With the popularity of these sites amongst people, companies have started preparing various and special features for these websites. It includes applications like games, astrology, varying font of your websites and so on. These special applications give the special looks to user’s account. With the craze of twitter, twitter applications have also become standard.
Twitter applications are the bonus feature which is added in the twitter. Twitter can be called by different names like twitter tools, twitter add-ons, twitter applications which are commonly used. But whatever the name they are called, they are simply websites which have built-in scripts that complement Twitter. There are various twitter applications which are used with twitter.
There are various websites which provide twitter applications and one of them is The Twitter Secret. The Twitter Secret makes applications especially according to user’s need. But these applications are paid which are providing by The Twitter Secret. Our twitter applications fulfill all your need and we are assure about it because while making application we permanently keep in mind user’s requirement that what you people want, what kind of feature and design.
The 4 Best Ways To Get More People To Retweet (RT) Your Tweets on Twitter
Friday, January 1st, 2010There must be some reason why some Tweeters on Twitter get so many of their tweets retweeted.Do you ever wonder why more of your tweets don’t get retweeted?A retweet or RT happens when your peep on Twitter is retweeted by other Tweeters. In other words, when you peep (posting a message on Twitter) and then other Tweeters (other posters on Twitter) retweet (forward your post to others) then it is called a retweet.For example, if my original peep was this:awebbiz Peep Later ~ Tools to boost your productivity on Twitter. ~ http://tinyurl.com/d2q62s ~ [Please RT]A retweet (RT) by other Tweeters would look like this:RT @awebbiz Peep Later ~ Tools to boost your productivity on Twitter. ~ http://tinyurl.com/d2q62s There are advantages to having your tweets retweeted:Many people who read the retweet (RT) may choose to follow you or click on your link.It makes you look as if you are knowledgeable, or as I like to say, “You are in the loop,” when people are retweeting your tweets. This evenly encourages other Tweeters to follow you and/or retweet (RT) your peep.So how do you get more people to retweet (RT) your tweets?The 4 Best Ways To Get More People To Retweet (RT) Your Tweets:1. Use a numbered list or use specific numbers:10 Ways You Can Get More Traffic to Your Web SiteHow You Can Lose 25 pounds in 30 Days30 Writing Tips That Will Improve Your WritingThe 3 Things That Your Headlines Must Do If You Want More SalesYour tweets should be like a headline. The best tweets will target the reader’s self-interest. Curiosity in your peep also works well.Your reader wants to know:”What’s in it for me?”"What benefit will I get from the information in your peep or if I click on your link?”2. Include the words “You” or “Your”:People who read your tweets will have more interest in them if the peep is about them. If the peep targets the reader then they will be more likely to RT your peep if they thing the information is valuable.3. Include a link:People seem to be more inclined to RT your peep if there is a link included. You can only say so much with a peep that contains 140 characters. So having a link to a web site or a blog, where a name can find more detailed information that they are interested in works well.4. Include this in your peep:[Please Retweet] or [Please RT]Including [Please RT] in your peep acts as a call for action to be taken by your reader. People like to be told what to do next.If a person has taken the time to read your peep and perhaps they visited your web site or blog, then they may feel obligated to “pay” you back for the fantastic information you provided. The simplest way for them to “pay” you back is with a RT of your peep.Try using the suggestions I have provided and I guarantee that you will get more retweets of your tweets, which means you will be getting many more followers than you are getting now.