Like caramel and chocolate, some things just go well together and nothing epitomizes this sentiment more than integrating the social network juggernaut Twitter with the blogging software giant WordPress. There are a number of Twitter tools on the market that, when combined with WordPress, will turn your blog into a marketing magnet that attracts readers and followers.
Here are a few free Twitter tools you can integrate easily on your WordPress blog to optimize your social networking activities.
This tool allows you to schedule RSS feed for content from your favorite sites, RT your favorite people and either schedule specific time or add to rolling schedule.
Discover some tips and tools to help you on Follow Friday
I remember my first Friday on Twitter. I was completely confused & had no idea what was going on? Why do I see #FollowFriday? What does it mean?
Every Friday people will send out their favorite people and recommend that others follow them. Many times you will see tons and tons of tweets like this….
TwitterLocal: A great way to connect with Local people.
http://www.twitterlocal.net – This is a great way to connect with local people and to market your local business. It is also a great way to find peeps for your local “Tweet Up” events too!
According to an August 2009 study conducted by Pear Analytics, 40% of the tweets on Twitter are nothing but pointless babble. Meaning a lot of people are posting tweets that do nothing to add to the conversations taking place on Twitter. This would include tweets about going to the bathroom or sharing the fact that you are eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. I don’t know about you but that is information I could have lived a lifetime not knowing.
If you are truly brand new on Twitter, then you are probably wondering what in the world does # this mean? You will see it for #FollowFriday also known as #FF, #music, #jobs, #MusicMonday, #ecoMonday & much much more.
#Hashtags are used for trending topics on Twitter and as a way to make categories. These categories can be searched by using the search tool on Twitter. It is pretty cool because many people put themselves in categories like #green, #eco, #health, etc.
In a previous article on Twitter marketing, I passed along a few general tips on how to gain Twitter followers. Today, I want to delve deeper into the process of gaining more twitter followers. I hope that by doing so you will understand the secret behind why so many people are able to easily amass thousands of followers and how you can use this information to increase the size of your Twitter following.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
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