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How to Connect With the Right Followers on Twitter

How to Connect With the Right Followers on Twitter

Jun 6, 2012

I have heard that there are really only two types of content on the Internet. The first one is content about a problem, and what we do is to offer the solution. And then there’s entertainment. Almost all published content will fall into one of these categories.   If we focus on problems and to offer the solution, social media becomes a customer...

RSS to Twitter and Facebook: Automate Yours and Your Readers’ Blog Tweets

RSS to Twitter and Facebook: Automate Yours and Your Readers’ Blog Tweets

Apr 25, 2012

As a blogger, anything that can save you time without compromising your integrity is a good idea. You can use your RSS feed to send updates to Twitter and Facebook, combining several actions with publishing.   Most bloggers rely on two primary traffic sources: search engine traffic and traffic that is referred from social networking sites such as Facebook...

Twitter Ethics: Lawsuits, Spam-Bots and You

Twitter Ethics: Lawsuits, Spam-Bots and You

Apr 13, 2012

Twitter announced last week that they planned to tighten restrictions on spamming and automation. Normally this is publicly considered good news by everyone affected, but there have been several bloggers and pundits denounce the move. Instead of increasing penalties or targeting the actual spammers, Twitter has filed lawsuits against five 3rd party developers...