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Twitter Help, Please :)

Posted by cko20 • 6/22/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: social media, twitter

OK...So, I wanted to see what the Twitter hype was all about, so I created an account (yes, jumping on the band wagon when it already left the station.) If you're on facebook, like I am, you have to ask yourself, "How many updates can I give in a day?" and "Does anyone really care?"

But, I don't want to be so closed-minded. I'll give it a whirl and see what happens.

With that...when I search myself by name or by my Twitter ID (just to know that I'm official), nothing comes up...but somehow, others have found me...sure, they don't know me and I don't know them, and I only have 4 posts to my name and I'm sure they're like the friend-whores from myspace that blast everyone to be followers...but they found me.

So, my question to you: Is it just that my account is only a week old, that I have only a few followers, or something else why I don't come up in searches?

ALSO - Do you Tweat? What do you like/don't like about it? I'm still trying to decide whether to stick it out. So far, I'm not impressed.

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6/22/09

timethief

Hi there. BC has a twitter group with 1,717 members and that's where you can exchange twitter links and ask twitter questions and locate twitter resources. Here's the group link www.blogcatalog.com/group/twitter
Below are some links to resources to get you started.
Twitter resources:
Twitter in plain English video
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddO9idmax0o
Five Twitter resources for bloggers
onecoolsite.wordpress.com/2009/05/14/2009/01/05/five-twitter-resources-for-...
More twitter resources
onecoolsite.wordpress.com/2009/05/14/2009/01/07/more-twitter-resources/
Speak your tweets
onecoolsite.wordpress.com/2009/05/14/2009/04/05/speak-your-tweets/

I'm still trying to decide whether to stick it out. So far, I'm not impressed.

IMHO until you actually read the strategies linked to below, and try them out for a reasonable period of time making a decision would be premature.

50 Ways to Mix Your Blog and Twitter
In VisionaryBlogging Easton presents 50 simple blogging tips to mix your blog and your Twitter account to achieve 10 purposes:
* Use Your Twitter Account to Increase Your Blog Traffic
* Use Your Blog to Increase Your Twitter Traffic
* Use Your Twitter Account to Improve Your Blog Content
* Use Your Blog to Improve Your Twitter Content
* Use Your Twitter Account to Improve Your Blog Community
* Use Your Blog to Improve Your Twitter Community
* Use Your Twitter Account to Improve Your Blog Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
* Use Your Blog to Improve Your Twitter SEO
* Use Your Twitter Account to Improve Your Blog Value/Return on Investment (ROI)
* Use Your Blog to Improve Your Twitter Value/ROI
www.visionaryblogging.com/blog-twitter/

Lastly, here's the link to the other twitter threads that have been posted to the forum www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/search.php?q=twitter
I got it by using the Discussion searchbox in the forum sidebar -->

Question: Is it just that my account is only a week old, that I have only a few followers, or something else why I don't come up in searches?

Answer: I have heard that twitter search is broken.

Question: Do you Tweat? What do you like/don't like about it?

Answer: I tweet the links for my new posts and I chat with friends. The rest of twitter to me is just NOISE and internet marketers buddying up with potential customers. However many bloggers tell me they derive a lot of blog traffic from twitter. I'm not willing to invest any more of my time in tweeting.

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6/22/09

bwninzer

It's a known issue on Twitter and they are working to correct it. I can't find myself either and I have 250 followers.

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6/22/09

cko20

Thanks, timethief. I'll have to take a look at those links!

and thanks, bwninzer! I was beginning to wonder whether I did something wrong on there

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6/22/09

HeadStones

thanks for this information just as well I just sind on my self this weekend and still trying to see how it all works my self. I will look in to this info too. thank you cko20 for asking and than you timetheif for all the info to check out.

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9/27/09

lenakhalid

Hi there - you can grab a FREE Twitter report (manual and handbook) here :

complete-twitter-guide.blogspot.com/

It's free for visitors of this blog.

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