One of the best things about social media apps like Hootsuite, Seesmic or Echofon is the ability to run social media campaigns for multiple platforms from one location. However, if you’re using 3rd party apps with Facebook, you need to stop right now. When Facebook brought in their algorithm to weight posts in your feed, […]
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Twitter Tips For Beginners
Dear Twitter Beginner, You ask me why you have 20 followers and I have over 100,000. Why do hundreds of people retweet me every day and no-one pays attention to you? I’ll let you in on a secret, you’re probably smarter than me, better looking than me and are a better “people person” than me. […]
Download Any User’s Latest Tweets
I did this more as an academic exercise than anything else. What if you wanted to easily download any user’s latest tweets? There are plenty of tools available for backing up your own tweets, but what if you found someone with lots of inspirational tweets you wanted to save? I couldn’t find any software or […]
How “ISYOT” Can Help Your Online Presence
“ISYOT” is a concept I learned from a fantastic online social media guy – Paul Colligan. “ISYOT” means “I’ve Seen You Out There” It’s the response you want people to have when they meet you in person for the first time. It should help you decide where to focus your social media marketing. If you […]
Put A Face To The Name With A Gravatar
What’s a gravatar? Gravatar stands for “Globally Recognized Avatar”. It’s the picture you see, particularly in the comments section of blogs. Why should you get one? Well, would you rather get into a conversation with someone who’s picture was a white chess pawn on a grey background, or with someone whose face you could see? […]
How To Create A “Select All” Function For Untweeps
From time to time, it’s a good idea to clear out twitter accounts that have gone stale. These are people that haven’t tweeted for a while. They do no harm, but why follow someone who isn’t there? This would be practically impossible if it weren’t for a fantastic service: UnTweeps With UnTweeps, you authorize it […]
How To Build Your Own URL Shortener
URL shorteners like bit.ly and tinyurl.com are great, particularly if you are active on social media. They are also great for tracking how much traffic any particular link generates as well as other cool statistics like what country the visitors are from. The problem I see with using such URL shortening services is that they […]
The Secret to Having 50,000 Twitter Followers
I’ve often been asked how I got 50,000 followers on Twitter. I’ve thought long and hard about it and it’s time for me to tell publicly how I did it. If you’re looking for secret hacks or special autofollow software, I’m sorry, but you’re in the wrong place. They are against Twitter’s terms of service […]
How to Delete Saved Passwords in Your Browser
If you’re a victim of the latest Twitter malware virus, you may need to clear your cache and delete saved passwords. If you’re using Mozilla Firefox 3.5+ (the latest version on 16 Nov 2009): Clear your cache: Go to Tools –> Options. Open the Advanced tab, then the Network tab under that. Hit the “Clear […]
Do People Send You Spam On Twitter? Or Are You Sending It?
There is a lot of malware spam on twitter at the moment. I’m getting between 100-500 Direct Messages (DMs) a day from compromised accounts. They say things like: “i made $426.23 online today with” “I make money online with google. i learned how here” “this you here” “hey can you do me a favor? take […]
