Confused about Twitter? I don’t blame you. Such a simple thing, yet, there’s so much to learn and so little time. Recently, I gathered up my Twitter wisdom from almost a year of use and gave an hour or so consultation with a new client. Since I believe in the power of educating others, I thought I’d share a bit of Twitter info to you. Lucky for you, this info is free!
- Want to create your own hashtag # on Twitter, but not sure if someone’s already got it covered? Go to http://search.twitter.com/ and double-check first.
- Speaking of hashtags, see this great video for more info on the topic.
- Want to know how you size up in the Twitter world? Analyze your account with Twitalyzer. Then, watch this video to decipher what it means.
- To find top people in particular industries, go to TweetTop.com.
- Want to get people to follow you and find new Tweeple to follow? Add yourself to WeFollow.
- For more basic information on Twitter, read this post on how to build a Twitter community.
If you have any additional tips, feel free to share them below! You can follow me on Twitter here. Currently, I am doing social media for a website I work for and have about 453 followers on my own account. See you on Twitter!
great article!! didn’t know of a few of these things myself and I have been on twitter for almost a year now. 😉
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Thanks Beth! It’s funny how simple Twitter’s supposed to be-it’s just a few characters for example-yet, there’s still a lot of complicated pieces and much to learn.