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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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Tagged account, advanced, app, application, blog, community, content, coverage, data, events, howto, ideas, information, journalist, locals, news, search, sharing, Tricks, Tweeps, Twitterm tips, website, writer, writing
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By
Beirut
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Published
June 8, 2011
Twitter search is very important. If you do use it, you probably noticed that not all tweets show up in your search. The reason for this is that Twitter filters out certain tweets from Twitter search.
Your tweets not showing up in the search results is not a good thing, especially if you are using Twitter for business. Being filtered out is not good for your social presence either.
Therefore, today we will present you with 5 ways to avoid being filtered from Twitter search:
 A Snap Shot from Twitter Search of beiruta
- Don’t spam: We all know by now that spam could devastate your presence on Twitter, so please don’t do it!
- Don’t post duplicate tweets: If you want to promote your website, blog, product, etc, better do it over a couple of hours. It’s very annoying to see your service or blog linked five times in a row. Continue reading »
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Tagged blog, check, filtering, howto, link, mix, product, profile, search, service, spam, time, tips, Tweepi, tweet, Twitter, website
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By
Beirut
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Published
June 3, 2011
Whether you are designing a website, a logo or an idea, it is essential to understand the ins and outs of design and understand where and how you could go wrong!
Therefore, today’s post is about best and worst practices related to different aspects of design in a list of 10 great tips and tricks:
 Design: A Behavior, Not A Department 1. @mpanzarino 15 incredible sites to visit for design inspiration http://tnw.to/18Ozq
2. @webdesignledger: 21 Examples of Parallax Scrolling in Web Design http://goo.gl/3ZIUY
3. @Isadoradlmmo: Self Help: Invention Help for Beginners. How to design, patent, and market a new idea. http://bit.ly/kGHWTk
4. @DesignNewz: New: 26 Logo Design Tips for Newbie Logo Designers http://bit.ly/jHGLYy
5. @Jankovitch Do You Commit These Design Mistakes? | Naldz Graphics http://bit.ly/j3MduP
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Tagged Adobe, beginners, brochures, company, design, evaluate, examples, flyers, fun, howto, inspiration, lightroom, logo, market, mistakes, newbies, parallex, patent, Photoshop, portfolio, scrolling, tips, top, Tricks, Tweeps, Twitter, web, website
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