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October 24, 2011
 Chirrup There’s no better time to start utilizing Twitter integration tools than right now. Here are 10 of the most useful ways to start turning your site readers into Twitter followers, and vice versa:
- Add Tweets: Allows you to make your own Twitter update widgets for your site or blog using javascript.
- Twitterfeed: A tool which enables you to post your blog to Twitter and Facebook through your RSS feed.
- Follow Me On Twitter Buttons: A blog post which offers multiple choices for “Follow me on Twitter” buttons.
- Loudtwitter: Ships your tweets to your blog and allows you to find all the tweets that contain a specific term or phrase – be it a person, a domain name, or any phrase in general.
- PingTwitter: Enables you to automatically update your Twitter account when you publish a new blog post. Continue reading »
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Beirut
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October 13, 2011
 Twitter Tips for Journalists It is very important to realize that Twitter can work for anyone when used in the right way. Whether you are a writer, a designer, a marketer or an ambitious journalist, there is always a specific path for you to follow on Twitter in order to promote your work and meet potential customers.
For today’s post, I will be sharing with you 5 great Twitter tips for journalists.
I will begin by stating the variety of purposes journalists can use Twitter for:
- Monitor activities and discussions of people in your community.
- Connect with people who will provide you with helpful tips and information.
- Connect with colleagues and share ideas with them or get ideas from them.
- Crowd source stories by asking the community for story ideas or information.
- Quickly find people who witnessed or experienced news worthy events.
- Break stories quickly.
- Provide live coverage of news events.
- Drive traffic to your website or blog.
- Report a story by text message using Twitter in disaster situations when you can’t transmit data.
- Improve your writing as you learn to make points directly in just 140 characters.
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Beirut
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October 6, 2011
 When thinking of posting any type of content or reading material on Twitter, the most important thing to consider is your headline and it value. Your headline is more of a promise than a “catch phrase” thus a good headline promises some kind of benefit or reward in exchange for attention. That reward could range from an amusing diversion to the solution to a pressing problem.
One of the best ways which you could utilize to guarantee that your headlines always offer a compelling “reward” is to use the 4-U approach:
Your headlines must:
- Be USEFUL to the reader,
- Provide him/her with a sense of URGENCY,
- Convey the idea that the main benefit is somehow UNIQUE; and
- Do all of the above in an ULTRA-SPECIFIC way.
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By
Beirut
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May 24, 2011
Social media has become a very essential tool in all our marketing and advertising activities. However, as we all know, not all social media efforts are successful.
Therefore, for today’s post, I present you with 10 great social media tips and links that will help you better utilize social media, its tools and its use.
 Utilizing Social Media 1. @TechnoBuffalo: What’s The Real Cost Of Social Media (Infographic) http://bit.ly/jo9emq
2. @baekdal: Social media is a significant traffic source for 78% of travel sites: http://j.mp/iQITg4
3. @Sendible: 5 Productivity Tools for the Busy Social Media Manager – http://sendto.fm/iKrRlt
4. @jaybaer A New Way to Calculate What Facebook Is Worth to Your Business: http://bit.ly/kTBXu5
5. @soshableweb: Using Social Media To Establish Your Brand Online http://bit.ly/kGbfQS
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Beirut
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May 20, 2011
Some people think that it is easy to get retweets on Twitter. Trust me when I tell you: it’s NOT! More often than not, unless you are famous – a celebrity, singer, company, actor, politician and so on – your tweets might get lost in the tide!
So, from my experience on Twitter, here are 10 valuable tips which can help you increase the number of retweets you get on Twitter:
1. Make Your Tweets Count!
First and most importantly, you should always invest in your tweets. Your tweets are a reflection of who you are on Twitter so you should make them valuable and interesting enough to RT.
2. Choose Your Followers Carefully:
In case you haven’t realized it yet, you may have thousands of followers yet get a few retweets on your blog posts or in your mentions. If you are wondering why, remember that quality always comes before quantity. So, make sure the tweeps you want to follow are active on Twitter.
 Check out the klout score & recent tweets to measure activity 3. Don’t Be Selfish!
It is only natural that you should treat others like you want to be treated, this applies to Twitter as well. If you want others to retweet you, make sure you retweet others as well!
4. Tweet Your Gratitude:
I found it very useful to tweet my gratitude for the retweets I get every now and then. Showing your appreciation make a lot of difference and encourages tweeps to support you by retweeting you more often.
 Nothing beats "thank you" tweets! Continue reading »
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10 Great Twitter Integration Tools
Chirrup
There’s no better time to start utilizing Twitter integration tools than right now. Here are 10 of the most useful ways to start turning your site readers into Twitter followers, and vice versa: