Twitter has an enormous advantage over Facebook in one key area: while people on Facebook tend to friend their friends, people on Twitter tend to follow their interests. The following graph from Twitter is worth far more on a per-account basis because it is directly monetizable in a way that Facebook’s generally isn’t – you can show prophylactic advertisements to Twitter users based solely on the people they follow, and probably get a much higher rate of interest. Compared to other social display ads, Twitter ads, it is rumored, work extremely well.

Outside of the direct value from its graph, Twitter is in an extremely unusual position for a social service. While it is ostensibly a sharing service, it is actually a broadcasting medium. People use Twitter more like they use TV; they follow accounts they are interested in, namely celebrities and companies, and then they consume the content as a form of entertainment. Normal people have very little incentive to use Twitter except to communicate unidirectionally with their interests. This is why it has been shown that the vast majority of Twitter users who sign up never tweet, even though a huge number of those people view their feed often.

I suspect the reason that Twitter is cutting off apps from using its “friend finder” feature is because most people do not create content in Twitter and therefore have no incentive to use Twitter outside of the value of its graph. Unlike replicating or using the Facebook graph externally, relocating the Twitter graph can have disastrous consequences for Twitter. Lots of celebrities use Tumblr, and if you can instantly relocate your Twitter graph into Tumblr, then what value does Twitter have, other than a more restricted set of content? What about App.net? Twitter is in an even worse position than MySpace to fight off a disruptive competitor.

The solution Twitter has taken involves barricading the walled garden, keeping the valuable tweet data inside Twitter, and removing all incentives for people to move to other, similar platforms.

The problem with this solution is that Twitter was built on the backs of the very developers it is now blocking. It now expects those developers to continue supporting Twitter by syndicating content into its platform, but it no longer wants to provide any value to developers in return. This is an extremely dangerous position because it creates resentment in the minds of the people most likely to influence the future. When the disruptive competitor comes along – when, not if – who are the developers going to side with? And since Twitter has little value outside of its graph and contains only shortly-lived, ephemeral content, where the developers go, the users will follow.

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What is Twitter?

Twitter in Plain English
Entertaining and easy to follow, this video from Lee and Sachi LeFever of Common Craft show ways of understanding how Twitter works and fits into your daily workflow and lifestyle.

48 Ways to Explain Twitter to Skeptics
David Meerman Scott confronts the inevitable questions from the Twitter skeptics. His family asked him to explain Twitter, grilling him on Christmas. Instead of explaining himself, he tweeted the question and posted his replies.

Setting up your Twitter account
The Beginner’s Guide to Twitter
Michael Hyatt shares a tutorial on how to set up Twitter for your cell phone. He also goes over some basics on how to tweet with third-party tools.

Newbie’s Guide to Twitter
Rafe Needleman shares a step-by-step process of getting started on Twitter. His steps include basics like the initial account set up, getting started on your mobile phone, following and joining friends and even mindset ideas for new Twitter users.

Twitter and Personal Branding: The BIG Mistake I See People Make Every Single Day
David Meerman Scott shares secrets you can use to setup your Twitter profile with your personal brand.

Why You Need a Kick Ass Twitter Background
Marian Schembari shares a few profiles on Twitter and why they represent their brands so well.

It’s OK to Have Multiple Twitter Accounts
In fact, it’s necessary if you have multiple departments in your business. Christian Collard explains how he uses multiple accounts for his business to target followers and build relationships.
New twitter users start here
Social Media Workflows Part 1: Awareness and Capture
Setting goals before jumping on Twitter will get you farther than any other strategy. Chris Brogan discusses how you’re going to use Twitter for your company and how to put a plan in place.

How to Start On Twitter Without Looking Like a Newbie
Marian Schembari created a new Twitter account for sharing her experiences in her new town of Auckland, New Zealand. Instead of throwing any old thing up there and opening the doors for people to interact with her on that account, she walks through what she did before inviting followers.

7 Tips for New Twitter Users
Shel Israel’s evergreen post has some of the best tips for approaching Twitter when you’re a newbie.

Use Twitter for Your Business the Right Way
Aira Bongco’s tips give you a solid basic approach to Twitter. Also, find the one way you can use Twitter to set your business apart.

How to Twitter
Wall Street Journal’s Julia Angwin shares her first few Twitter experiences before she got the hang of it and gained followers. She writes about how to use Twitter’s greatest strength to your advantage.

Moving from Social Media Tactics To Your Social Business Plan
Instead of floundering on social media networks, being tossed from wave to wave, David Armano shares foundation-building steps. When your company is ready to tap social media, David’s post will help you find secure footing.

Twitter Experiment Results — Swapping Person To Brand
Adam Singer makes a case for creating content that is community focused. Find out why creating great content drives traffic from social media networks to your “hub.”
What’s up with the whole #hashtag thing?

The Twitter Hash Tag: What Is It and How Do You Use It?
Tech for Luddites gives a great clarification on what a hashtag is, and how to create one.

Twitter vocabulary
The Ultimate Glossary: 101 Social Media Marketing Terms Explained
Every definition and term you needed to know around social media in one place. How convenient is that?

Can Social Media Buzz-Words Kill Your Profits?
J.P. Micek shares his impressions about buzzwords in new media marketing. In this article, he gives you a different way of looking at the mindset for using social media to gain the most from words like authenticity and transparency.

Ten Things You Must Know Before Using Twitter
Ten must-know terms and tools.

25 Social Media Buzzwords … Explained
Jim Tobin put together the top social media buzzwords with thorough definitions so you won’t be in the dark when someone says “social graph” or “mash-ups.”
Why you need to be on Twitter

12 Reasons to Start Twittering
Start with the 12 reasons to start Twittering. Michael Hyatt’s insights are spot on.

How Twitter Will Change the Way We Live
Robyn Twomey of Time Magazine discusses Twitter and conversation. The fact that a conversation in your head can lead to real-life conversations and connections is changing the world. This post brings up questions surrounding the standards of interacting with others — instead of staying in your head or continuing a one-way conversation plan.

Social Media Marketing: 2011 Trends Report
Is Twitter just “too six months ago” for you? Michael Brenner goes over the 2011 Trends Report with his own thoughts about what’s coming next in social media.

5 Reasons I use Twitter – (and you should too)
Jeff Delp, a K-12 administrator, says using Twitter can help you as a personal learning tool in five areas of communication. Using Twitter can improve your current work style and future learning.

Do You Tweet? 3 Reasons Why You Should
This one’s a favorite of mine because Sprike tells you straight up that you shouldn’t expect to land deals or millions of dollars in the first three minutes of being on Twitter. Instead, Sprike shares with you: 1) who you should try to get to follow you, and 2) exactly why.

7 Surprising Statistics About Twitter in America
Jay Baer, co-author of The NOW Revolution, shares the side of Twitter you don’t know, according to an Edison Research Survey. Although this is a 2010 blog post, it still has relevance as to why Twitter is a significant player in social media and still growing like crazy.

35 Ways Social Media Can Make Your Life Easier
Alli from BlogWorld shares how Twitter makes it convenient for you to find valuable, real-time information. Besides using it for business, you’ll get insights into thirty-five other uses for Twitter, making it perfect for the pursuit of #winning.

The Future of Community
Chris Brogan gives an excellent point about the ever-changing nature of web-based community. He shares the evolution of community online, and why Twitter is necessary.

How a Few Tweets Led to a 370% Increase In My Traffic
Tom Meitner shares his Twitter experience with Chris Brogan on Problogger. He says anything is possible if you take action.

Twitter User Statistics Show Stunning Growth
Catharine Smith from The Huffington Post illustrates how much Twitter has grown over the past five years since its launch.

The Ten Ways Twitter Will Permanently Change American Business
Douglas McIntyre from 24/7 Wall Street wrote this evergreen post about how Twitter is evolving into a major marketing tool in ten different areas of media and marketing.
Big companies are doing it …

Coca-Cola VP Talks About the Keys to Social Media Success
Cynthia Boris interviewed Wendy Clark about Coca-Cola’s strategy with Twitter. The tips from this post at Marketing Pilgrim are incredible.

40 of the Best Twitter Brands and the People Behind Them
Jennifer Van Grove interviewed forty major brands on Twitter for Mashable. She came up with the best reasons to be on Twitter and how to create your company’s strategy based on these interviews.
The government is doing it too …

Cornyn: Lawmakers Having to Conquer Fear of Social Media
Michael O’Brien of The Hill’s Twitter Room reports about how Sen. John Cornyn uses social media. In this post, find out the number one reason using Twitter will help your business efforts.

Barack Obama on Twitter
He follows back, or so I’ve heard. I haven’t seen him accept my follow yet
What you need to know

An Insider’s Guide to Social Media Etiquette
Chris Brogan has plenty of etiquette tips for keeping the conversation going, disclosure, promotion, content production, and sharing.

Twitter Etiquette For Agencies/Freelancers
Tony Bloomberg from Diva Marketing Blog shares more than just a few tips for etiquette and Twitter behavior.

The Most Important Twitter Rule of 2011
Diana Adams says down with the “dictatorship mentality” on Twitter. Discover the reigning Twitter rule for 2011 that trumps everything else.

Twitter, Facebook, Groupon, and Social Media – What Online Advertisers Need to Know
Hollis Thomases delivers the real deal on social media. She goes over the cold, hard facts based on research and reports so you don’t have to.

The Easy Button
Tom Webster of Brand Savant shares the “easy button” of the Internet.

What  is a retweet and how do I do it?

How to Get More Retweet Action on Twitter
The magic on Twitter happens in the retweets. David Cantone will get you started with several simple but important strategies.

How to Increase Your Retweets, Twitter Followers & Klout
Kristi Hines gives you a few easy steps to getting more retweets now. You want more retweets, right?

How to Get Retweeted
Getting retweeted is one of the ultimate goals for marketers using Twitter. Guy Kawasaki’s plan for ultimate retweet domination is on the other side of this link.

5 Steps to Going Viral on Twitter
Dan Zarrella analyzes the specific language and techniques that create more retweets for your Twitter content.

7 Ways to Thank Someone for a Retweet
Angie Schottmuller shares a simple way to thank those followers who retweet your stuff. This goes beyond the basic, “Thanks for the RT!” and to thanking your followers the right way.
The Twitter mindset

1,000 True Fans
The mindset behind any sustainable business. You can gain popularity, coolness and style, but without 1,000 true fans on your side, all the rest fades. BONUS: We all want an audience, here’s how you can learn to earn yours.

The Four Stages of “Getting” Twitter — Infographic
See, everyone goes through these stages. Cool infographic from The Chris Voss Show.

The Six Twitter Types
Guy Kawasaki posted on the American Express Open Forum about the different types of people that use Twitter and which ones are the most effective. Check out which one resembles you and what each of them do. I’m a Mensch, by the way. If you were wondering.

New Media as Community Theater — All the World’s a Stage
I loved this post by Ann Handley because she explains how new media gives everyone a platform for getting their message out.

An Open Letter to the Social Business Industry
I love Amber Naslund’s message on Brass Tack Thinking. She shares how even though social media is a collective entity, there’s several approaches people take towards it. Not all are the same, but all are part of the same purpose.

My Recommendation About Your Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn
Tim Berry shares the one recommendation every business needs to know about using social media. You don’t have to take it, but it could be a deciding factor for whether you close a sale or not.

How to get Twitter followers

Looking for Mr. Goodtweet: How to Pick Up Followers on Twitter
Guy Kawasaki’s post offers insights on getting more Twitter followers. He uses these strategies himself.

Who You Gonna Follow Now?
Guy Kawasaki shares three sources that will help you decide who to follow.

Writing Killer Content in 140 Characters or Less
Killer content on your blog can get people to stick around. Twitter only has 140 characters. How do you create killer content in 140 characters? Marly shares a complete list on crafting a message in 140 characters or less.

Why 150 Followers is All You Really Need
Do the number of followers really matter? Find out the number one reason why it doesn’t matter according to Srinivas Rao and get tips on building your base to 150 in just a few steps.

10 Reasons Why I Follow You on Twitter
Brittany Rubinstein shares why she and a million other people on Twitter might follow you.

How To: Expand Your Twitter Tribe
Seth Godin wrote the book on tribes for businesses.  In this post, your business gains a list of ways to expand your reach on Twitter from Aaron Lee.

Brand management on Twitter

The Evolution of Brands on Twitter
Jeremiah Owyang shows you exactly how to get up and running on social media.

Twitter, Customer Service, and Good Brand Management
So many marketing gurus are predicting social media as the future. Valerie Maltoni shares a list of tools and ways to monitor your brand and respond to conversation in a matter of minutes. By doing this, you increase web presence and provide excellent customer service.

Lean, mean Twitter marketing strategies

62 Ways to Use Twitter for Business
If you think you know everything about Twitter, I challenge you to read this post by Meryl Evans. Even the most die hard Twitter users will find at least one action step in this list to use immediately.

How to Use Twitter as a Twool
Cut through monkey talk running around in your head about Twitter. Go read Guy Kawasaki’s post and get clear on a Twitter strategy you can put in place now. It’s a few years old, but still applies.

TweetWhen: The Science of Timing
Dan Zarella shares three years of research and a free tool that’ll show you exactly when to tweet. Watch his webinar to see customized graphs for getting the most retweets.

10 Ways Brands Can Target Moms by Fusing Online Advertising and Social Media
Hollis Thomases put together a list for businesses to get over the wondering of what to do on Twitter and other social media platforms. Print her list and go do it.

The Only Twitter List a Business User Needs
Mario Sundar shares how to use Twitter and LinkedIn together to maximize and keep track of contacts for your business.

4 Ways Companies Use Twitter for Business
Want to see a new media marketing strategy that big companies use? Here are four from Sarah Perez.

Are Twitter Chats Part of Your Social Media Strategy?
Angela Maiers talks about using Twitter chats to grow your business. Don’t know what a Twitter chat is or how to find one? Angela has your back.

Opportunity for Better B2B Marketing with Social Media & SEO
Lee Odden makes a strong case for B2B marketing using social search and SEO. He backs it up with statistics and the right way to implement a plan.

Stop Trying to Engage Your Audience
Gahlord Dewald shares an extremely useful tip after helping a fellow entrepreneur. Find out the one thing to look for when scanning Twitter feeds.

Social Media, Generosity and the Hockey Stick
Find out how karma can come back to your business through the eyes of Jeff Gibbard. One question will determine whether you’re spinning your wheels in social media, or investing in the future.

How To (Successfully) Break The First Rule of Social Media
Just like grammar, copywriters break the rules (and have fun doing it). So find out the number one rule that will skyrocket your social media experience and send raving fans flocking to you.
Prospecting on Twitter

How to Use Twitter for Sales Prospecting
Use this post as your prospecting tool and mindset helper in one. Short and sweet, it has real value for getting to prospecting on Twitter right away.

Actively Prospecting with Twitter
Geared toward real estate professionals, the Rainmaker Masters Circle blog shares the benefits you’ll receive from prospecting on Twitter and the value you’ll add to potential clients’s lives by providing a needed solution.

Two-Minute Social Media Tips: Local Prospecting with Twitter
(Video) Troy Janisch from Social Meteor shares some quick and easy tips for prospecting locally. Since it’s predicted that all businesses are going to get left behind if they aren’t active in social media, check out these tips to see what you can do right now.

Craft eye-catching Twitter headlines

The Art of Writing Great Twitter Headlines
Brian Clark gives you a must-read recipe for writing headlines that get clicks and retweets.
Managing Twitter

Manage Multiple Accounts Without Medication
If you have quite a few social media accounts to keep up with, Erika Napoletano gives you the full disclosure on how to manage it all.

Top Ten Social Media Tools for Daily Use
Mari Smith shares her faves for making social media manageable across multiple platforms. Besides Twitter, Mari’s website features plenty of posts on Facebook as well.

50 Ideas on Using Twitter for Business
Chris Brogan’s ways to use Twitter for business. It’s a printable list of fifty of the sharpest ways to use Twitter today. If you’re stumped on getting started, read through this list and get to it.

Why There’s Nothing Wrong with Social Media Automation
Twitter purists beware! Danny Brown gives excellent reasons why it’s perfectly fine to use automation tools for Twitter. I mean, geez, you can’t grow eight arms so why not automate where you can? With Danny’s tips, you’re set..

4 Ways to Track Tweets
Patrick Garmoe shares the best tools to track your tweets. Since tracking your online presence is necessary, find out the exact tools you need to do it well.

3 Steps to a Productive Life on Twitter as a Blogger Using Buffer
You may have already seen Leo Widrich or spoke to him on Twitter about Buffer App. Here’s a behind the scenes glance at what it does and how it can help your business.

Top 5 Twitter app alternatives for iPhone
Of course where would we be without Twitter for iPhone. Actually I’m still stuck in the stone age and don’t have a smart phone yet, but for all of you who do, these apps can help you manage Twitter on the go.

How Much Time Does Twittering Really Take?
Do you have to spend 14 hours a day working Twitter like Gary Vaynerchuk? Could you tweet and be effective on Twitter for 20 minutes a day? Find out from Michael Hyatt.

A Review of Triberr and the Spin Sucks Analytics
Gini Dietrich shares why Spin Sucks uses Triberr and how it will help your business with social media. You’ve got to see her hard fact analytics over a two-month span, amazing.

Twitter security

How To Setup HTTPS Better Security on Your Twitter Account
Chris Voss shares how a hacker got into the Twitter accounts of several people in the same coffee shop. He also shares how you can ensure this doesn’t happen to you while tweeting when out and about.

Twitter social proof

What Your Twitter Numbers Say About You, part 1
Marian tells it like it is regarding your Twitter stats. You can get more followers or let people find you, but if you read her post, you’ll find out why she recommends going out and getting more.

What Your Twitter Numbers Say About You, part 2
Marian shares her strategy for managing Twitter through Hootsuite. She makes it look easy!

How do you increase social influence? Don’t think about the score
Not into self-promotion? Brian Solis gives you tangible advice on building a community the human way.

Measuring Social Business Success
Want to know the return on investment (ROI) for social media? Well, Erin Traudt has a few insights on social media gains and social business costs.
Avoid being an annoying twit

Ten Things You Need to Stop Tweeting About
The Oatmeal shares his hilariously true views about what you need to stop tweeting. Don’t say you haven’t done at least one of these if you’re on Twitter. Remember, we can all look up your tweets

The Twitter Test
Mitch Joel cracks me up in this post. Find out how your tweets stack up by taking his Twitter Test.

Don’t Be That Guy
Are you that guy? Shannon Paul can help.

12 Twitter Mistakes You Should Avoid
We all make mistakes. If you can admit them, you’re on your way to improvement. John Paul Aguiar will teach you to avoid some of the biggest Twitter mistakes around.

8 Reasons for Brand Failure on Social Media (Twitter)
Admit it, you’ve wondered … is your brand failing like a whale on Twitter? Charles Mburugu can help you find them and avoid them.

How to Avoid Twitter Cluelessness
Did you see the movie Clueless? Don’t roll with other clueless homies. Get your head on right with these 11 tips from Guy Kawasaki so you can take some action.

Train Wreck! The 3 Types of Self-Destructive Corporate Tweets
Ooh ouch. A few big companies do have some twits at the controls. Check out the tweets Jay Baer listed in this post and what each company did to reconcile with their followers.
Don’t stop there

Twitter Guide Book – How To, Tips and Instructions
Mashable’s HUGE Twitter Guide Book covers the basics as well as more advanced topics. There are also some video tutorials in there.

I Love Marketing – Episode 013: The one with Tim Ferriss
I can’t help it. I love Tim Ferriss. Get into his mindset for Twitter and other social media campaigns through this podcast.

Social Media Cheat Sheet 2011
Drew McLellan put together this great social media cheat sheet. Someone had to create it, right?

Top 20 Twitip Twitter Tips of All Time!
Get all the best Twitips from Lara Kulpa in a single post. If you need action steps to get your business started on Twitter, read, print and follow.

3 Ways to Use Twitter Favorites
It seems many Twitter users don’t understand what favorites on Twitter are or represent. Get the scoop from Ryan Barton so you can use them to your follower’s benefit.

Thanks to my guest blogging coach, Jon Morrow, who kept me on the straight and narrow while working on this post.

Now that you have the knowledge, get out there and market your business on Twitter!

Oh, and please add your best Twitter marketing tips and links in the comments …
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Twitter Support Tickets
Twitter Support grabs incoming tweets to your account and organises them based their status, such as ‘Active’, ‘On Hold’, ‘Spam’ and ‘Closed.’ This app is primary for those who run a Twitter support account for their business and offers a simple method of management, so that it ensures everyone gets a speedy response. When you reply to a customer’s tweet it automatically marks it as been dealt with, so you won’t have to sift through masses of tweets to make sure you’ve replied to them all.

Features:

• Secure, password protected single user log in
• Active tweets are refreshed every 60 seconds in the background and are added to the list, so need to to manually refresh.
• Counters displaying how many tweets are in each category
• Settings control. Ability to edit admin username and password, Twitter username and password without editing configuration files.
• Settings control to choose to ignore ReTweets (ie: RT @twittername)
• Ability to post a custom status to Twitter (without it being a reply to a customer)
• Automatic link generation – Displays click-able links in each tweet.
• Logout feature

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Advanced Search

Use this form to automatically construct your query. Alternatively, you can type search operators directly into the search box.

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5 Reasons Why Twitter’s Growth Cannot Be Stopped

1. Consistent growth

2. Gaining approval from big companies

3. Twitter is the number one most social brand

4. Twitter receives millions in free media coverage

5. Continued growth internationally

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Will Users Click on Twitter Ads?

It’s official: Twitter’s advertising platform launches in the next 24 hours. The much-anticipated Twitter business model will begin appearing in search results in the afternoon, with ads on Twitter.com and within third-party apps to follow.

The launch of the new ad platform, known as Promoted Tweets, isn’t a surprise — like any other company, Twitter () has to make money from somewhere, plus the existence of Twitter’s ad platform has been known for some time.

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