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Using Twitter to Find Link Prospects
With a more emphasis on social networks than ever before, getting links from the right kind of people and websites has never been more important....
New Move by Twitter: Universal Search Results
Finally! Twitter has finally announced it is launching Universal Search Results. The roll out will happen in waves, which means some users have to wait....
Twitter’s 6 Greatest Acquisitions
If you thought that Yahoo! had been on a serious spending spree, then you really haven’t been keeping tabs on Twitter. Ever since the social...
Social Search Engine Topsy Has Indexed All Tweets in Existence
It’s hard to believe that Twitter has only been around since 2006, especially because it is now such a huge part of many of our...
The Watercooler of the Web: Twitter Acquires Trenderr; Updates Conversation View
From the look of it, Twitter is focusing on continuing to improve its interface through acquisitions and interface updates. Today, it was announced that Twitter...
Twitter Adds Related News on Tweet Permalink Pages
Twitter is attempting to add more background information to popular tweets by adding a Related News section on individual permalink pages. The related news links...
Why You Don’t Need to be a Great Writer to Develop a Strong Personal Brand
Best practices and the dogma that has spread throughout the web from the gurus, thought leaders, and usual suspects might have you believe that you...
Vine Videos Are A New Way of Marketing Your eCommerce Business
Since its inception, the Vine application has grasped the attention of various people worldwide as this mobile application enables them to record six second videos that...
Tips For Creating A Strong, SEO-Friendly Twitter Community From Nestivity CEO Henry Min
Nestivity is an innovative tool that enhances a brand, business or individual’s Twitter conversations. Rather than having one-off, short-lived exchanges of information, Nestivity enables users...
Protecting Your Social Media Accounts From Phishing
The Onion was recently hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army and it made me re-evaluate the security of my personal social media accounts and, more...
How is Social Media Changing Search Marketing?
In this month’s video segment I decided to compile several 30 second soundbytes from the recent Social Media Marketing World Conference. I asked several content...
How to Increase Engagement with Your Audience
At its core engagement boils down to one key idea. You have to remember that there is a human being on the other end...
Twitter’s Vine App Will Make Social SEO Campaigns More Awesome
On January 24th 2012, the world’s fastest growing social media platform, Twitter, released a new mobile application that allows for the transference of short, precise...
Guide to Super Bowl 47 on Twitter
Okay, football fans, this is it! You’ve confirmed the gang is coming over. You’ve laid in a serious supply of buffalo wing and beer. Some...
Pope Benedict XVI Joins Twitter as @Pontifex; First Tweet a Blessing
It may not be doomsday, but 12/12/12 is an important date in social networking history. The Pope joined Twitter and reportedly, he had trouble sending...
With Instagram out of the Picture, Rumors of Twitter’s Own Photo Filtering Feature Reemerge
Twitter’s rumored own photo filtering feature is already being described as an Instagram killer, despite the fact that there is no official Twitter announcement in...
TweetLevel: Making Sense of Twitter Influence Beyond SEO
For Twitter users with narcissistic tendencies, TweetLevel is, just like Klout, a pat on the back. Because it only analyzes Twitter, TweetLevel may seem a...
It’s Cyber Monday – Time for a Monday Meme
Black Friday seems to have brought its fair share of shopping glee, according to Comscore online retail spending jumped 26% to something over $1.04 Billion this...
At 25,000 Tweets: My Thoughts About Twitter, Its Users, Business Impact, Advertising Obstacles, and Future
I remember the day I decided to sign up for Twitter. Like many other people at the time, I wondered why anyone would want to...
#SocialChat Discusses Facebook Offers
On Monday evening, Oct. 1, the #SocialChat community on Twitter gathered for an open forum discussion of the new Facebook “Offers” post now available to...
6 Tips to Get Retweeted More Often
Maybe it is just me, but I find that getting a notification that someone has retweeted my content is really exciting. It could just be...
Tweet Chat Checklist for Business
The Whole Brain Group has put together a handy “Tweet Chat Checklist for Businesses” in infographic style which should provide you all the basic information...
Discussion of Personal Privacy and Facebook on #SocialChat
#SocialChat is a weekly discussion of the best practices in Social Media Marketing hosted every Monday night at 9:00 p.m. Eastern by Alan K’necht (@aknecht)...
Interview with Liz Wilson, Community Editor at Paper.li
Content curation is hot nowadays, and there are quite a few content curating tools to help you organize and re-use user-generated content that is spreading...
Does the Follower / Following Ratio Matter in Terms of True Influence on Twitter? [POLL]
There are Twitter users that have 25,000 followers, but they follow 24,870. Do they have true influence or does the person that has 5000 followers...
Twitter Direct Messages vs. Thank You For Your Comment Emails
There’s always a huge debate going on about the value vs. authenticity of automation in Internet marketing, but some strategies are considered ok when others...
How Twitter Works To Impact Search Results
Twitter is incredible for so many reasons. For some, Twitter is a platform for promotion. For others, it’s a market research tool. The great thing...
3 Ways to Find Tweets Around Any Domain
I have once shared a few ways to check Twitter comments about any page but what if we need to keep an eye on all...
Counting Tweets: An Easy Way to Find the Most Tweeted Links on Any Page
Putting together a decent, well informed look at what’s currently trending can be a cumbersome and irritating task. For many online marketers or webmasters who...
iDumb: Why You Should Stop Giving Away iPads on Twitter and Facebook
The following conversation is happening in at least 25 offices right now: Executive: “We need more fans and followers!” Social Media Person: “Ok, let’s run...