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How to avoid some of the Twitter phishing scams

Recently, there has been a new phishing attack on Twitter..It all starts when you get a message saying.. Is this You? or this is funny? with a link in it.. You click on that link to see what the message is all about..
You arrive on what looks like your Twitter log in page… wrong…You then give [...]

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Twitter search 101

Twitter search 101

On my travels, at talks, during training and wherever else I can, I ask people if they have heard of Twitter search. At present and in most cases, they have not. This is really scary and worrying.

Twitter search folks is the gold mine, that is where all the action is, and that is where you should be spending [...]

Twitter idea for Car Park Operators

I attended a social media conference recently. It was the #140conf organised by top guy Bernie Mitchell aka @berniejmitchell It was held at the lovely offices of Ablestoke Insurance in Clerkenwell London. Also there were a whole host of top social media peeps including Jeff Pulver aka @jeffpulver who travels the world talking about Twitter….
Anyway, whilst at [...]

Mark Shaw meets Kriss Akabusi through Twitter

Mark Shaw meets Kriss Akabusi through Twitter

Mark Shaw meets Kriss Akabusi through Twitter
Tues 2nd Feb 2010, I had the great pleasure to meet Kriss Akabusi.

Kriss is famous for his achievements in athletics where his greatest individual triumph was his Gold Medal in the 1990 European Championships when he also beat David Hemery’s 22 year old British Record.
He began his international athletic career [...]

Twitter helping you to find Customers

How can Twitter help you to find new customers?
Recently I was asked, which is better, Google search or Twitter search? I usually dont like to give ‘that depends’ type answers, but in this case, it was appropriate.
If you are a consumer or a customer, and you want to search for a business or a solution [...]

Twitter search in Plain English

I came across this great video, which explains Twitter search in plain English. As I keep saying, Twitter search is really where the action is, and that is where you should be spending the vast majority of your time..

Here is your 20 mins per day Twitter Workout

So here is the 2o min per day Twitter Workout to help you become more effective with your time on Twitter.
Most people tell me that part of the reason they don’t want to get involved with Twitter, is that it takes too long, and that they have far more important things to do. Well, as [...]

How to be successful with Twitter

How can Twitter help Home Businesses?

Top tips on how Twitter can help the Home Business….
Home Business people face many particular challenges in the business environment, from juggling work and family commitments, to establishing authority in the world. Online social networking technology can be a great way to overcome many of these challenges, and probably the most important network at the [...]

Using the same email address to add more Twitter accounts

How can you set up a new Twitter account, but use the same email address? I have set up at least 3 other Twitter accounts, using the same email address.
This may well be a loophole that Twitter may close – who knows?
I used Googlemail
I have a gmail email account, and what is really clever by the folks [...]

Changing your Twitter username without losing your Followers

I have been asked many times, can you change your Twitter username without losing any of your followers? and if you can, how would you go about doing it.
The answer is yes, and here is how you do it…
For this example, I have an account called markstestacc, and I want to rename it markstestacc2, and [...]

Twitter followers & following..2 separate groups

Twitter followers & following..2 separate groups

When people join Twitter, most of them are caught up in the ‘must get thousands of followers’ syndrome. So they start following anyone, hoping that they will simply follow them back. Approx 30 – 40% will follow you back, but what have you actually achieved?
Follow those that add value to you, based on your criteria
When [...]

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 [...]