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Twitter success stories - All the top Bananas

Twitter success stories – All the top Bananas

Twitter Success Story  - All the Top Bananas
Twitter is Bananas!
Over the last 12 months we have all watched Twitter grow with the acceleration of an F1 car. Social media is a channel that always provides great potential to the recruitment industry, and at Allthetopbananas.com we watched closely; balancing Twitter popularity against our schedule for new [...]

Twitter success stories - Steve McComish

Twitter success stories – Steve McComish

Twitter success story – Steve McComish
Hi I’m Steve McComish, 41 year old dad of two, international air guitarist and MD at The London PR Agency, based in Soho in the centre of London.
I love all things net and would happily blog all day if I had the time, which I don’t, so Twitter is perfect [...]

Twitter success stories - Linda Mellor

Twitter success stories – Linda Mellor

Twitter Success Story   - Linda Mellor
I’m Linda Mellor, a 44 year old Professional Photographer living near Penrith, Cumbria (www.lindamellorphotography.co.uk). I wanted to use Twitter to network with others, make new contacts and promote my Photography Services.
Twitter appealed to me because of its punchy 140 character limit and its straightforward functionality. I signed up on [...]

Get more Twitter followers, be more interesting & more interested

A lot of people ask me, how can I get more followers on Twitter? I dont subscribe to systems that promise to deliver thousands of followers in a matter of days etc, as people that simply auto follow back. as you followed them, is  by and large a total waste of everyone’s time.
What you really [...]

Tweepsearch - A great Twitter tool

Tweepsearch – A great Twitter tool

Tweepsearch allows you to search for people based on the keywords in their Bios. That is why it is crucial that you add keywords to your Twitter Bio, so that you can easily be found.
But you can also type in some other commands to get even better or more focussed results:-
If you type into the search [...]

What can you use Twitter for?

The key to success on Twitter is to understand how to use it within accepted guidelines and unwritten rules, but also how to adapt to how Twitter is utilised for specific goals.
Some of the main reasons why you may want to be on Twitter Include:
Being able to reach and engage with a targeted audience
Building a [...]

Mark Shaw Twitter training at the St Georges Hotel

Mark Shaw Twitter training at the St Georges Hotel

On the 16th Aug, I delivered  1 day Twitter training course on behalf of Inspired Entrepreneur. An organisation run by Nick Williams and Niki Hignett. The photo was taken by Robert Fenton

Don’t do these things on Twitter

Everyone is entitled to use Twitter  how they want, but here is a list of my top Don’ts on Twitter. By avoiding these common mistakes, I think it will lead to you getting more from Twitter.
I am sure there are more. What others would you add. Please add them in the comments section.
Don’t
Publically welcome all your new [...]

Is there any point to follow friday on Twitter?

Is there any point to follow friday on Twitter?

Every Friday, it starts the #followfriday tweets. If you are not sure what #followfriday is, then this article that I wrote called-  what is #followfriday will help you.
My question though is.. does it work? is it of any value?
Recently Scott Stratten aka @unmarketing did a video about what he thinks of #followfriday and how he is now [...]

What you need to know about Twitter retweets

Excellent presentation from Dan Zarella,who has really studied the whole retweet thing on Twitter, he also gives some top tips on how to get more retweets. There is also included in this presentation, a video interview with Dan, that is also worth checking out….
The Science Of ReTweets
View more presentations from Dan Zarrella.

20 things to do to get more twitter followers

When you join Twitter, everyone wants to get thousands of followers. So here are my 20 top tips on getting loads of followers:-
1. Add a good photo to your profile. It is the first thing that people will see. If you are not sure what a good photo looks like,then follow John Cassidy He is an expert [...]

Getting heard in a sea of Twitter noise

A common question that I get asked, is how do I get my message across to people, how do I make sure that they are listening to me and not to the other thousands of people that they are following. How do I get heard above the Twitter noise? 
There is no easy answer to this, [...]

Why I am mass unfollowing everyone on Twitter

I have been on Twitter for approx 16 months and in that time, I have learnt an awful lot about Twitter, and how to get the most from it. One of the biggest things that I have learnt, is that we should all use Twitter how we want to. Yes take advice, yes listen to [...]

Twitter top tools - Twitvideo

Twitter top tools – Twitvideo

There may well be times, when you want to share a video with someone on Twitter. There are quite a few services out there on Twitter, I am simply going to highlight the one that I use, and  it is totally Free – Twitvidio 
What is Twitvidio? – It is the easiest way to share videos [...]

Mark Shaw - Free Twitter Training

Mark Shaw – Free Twitter Training

Hi Guys, for the month of August, I am offering each day 1 free 1hour Twitter training session with me. To qualify for this free 1 hour of Twitter training, all you need to do is send me a @message to @markshaw telling me that you would like to win a 1hour free Twitter training [...]