Posts About ‘Twitter’

Automating Twitter Content by Ralph Tegtmeier aka @fantomaster

We are closing our very successful Integration series with a bang. The last guest post is written by no other than Ralph Tegtmeier. He is more know as “Fantomaster” in the industry and not just one of the biggest expert when it comes to automation, also an allround nice guy who I consider to be a good friend in the industry. Ralph writes, what else, about automating Twitter.

Here’s a quick bare bones breakdown on how to automate content generation and distribution for Twitter. Yes, there are plenty of other viable solutions and approaches, tools and techniques. However, the purpose of this article is merely to demonstrate how easy it can actually be to run powerful Twitter campaigns in as efficient a manner as possible without having to pay through the nose. There’s no ambition to list and critique every option under the sun here. So if your favorite service or app isn’t mentioned, that’s not to imply it isn’t any good or something – go ahead and use whatever you’re comfortable with.

Also, please note that this is about specific, Twitter targeted content only. Hence, I’m not addressing the various tools and services that enable you to auto- or crosspost e.g. your blog feed, your YouTube favorites or your Facebook wall to Twitter. Obviously, this form of content recycling can easily be automated via a slew of great options, but that’s not our topic here. Also, if you’re looking for yet another intro on how to ramp up the number of your Twitter followers by spamming them on auto pilot with purportedly “relevant”, keyword driven promo messages, please check elsewhere. (more…)

Twitter Moves a Bit Towards Facebook

I always tell my students that one of the main differences between Twitter and Facebook is that Twitter is much more text focussed (the 140 characters), where Facebook is much more visual. Next to that Twitter is much more “newsy” and the updates are less permanent.

I can stop saying that now, if Twitter gets people to use the service the way they want to. Their redesign is very much focussed on sharing your status and less on news so it seems if you take a look at the introduction video they released. Besides that, I hardly use the web-version of Twitter, do you? Let us know what your thoughts are with the new Twitter design.

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5 simple-but-effective SEO/Social tactics I’ve seen over the last month..

Happy All-Hallow’s Day State of Searchers! Or All Saints Day for those that prefer. Let’s start this post with a little ‘Did You Know’ fact just to ensure it is educational from top to bottom. So, did you know…

“In Western Christian theology, All Saints Day commemorates all those who have attained the beatific vision in Heaven.” (Thank you wikipedia). That sounds pretty special to me, a vision of happiness, perfection and clarity. One can dream eh. But on that note, how about a little happiness and clarity closer to home? SEO heaven?

Yes that is my rather awkward seguing into the main event, some great examples of simple linkbait or visibility tactics that I’ve seen in the past few weeks. Rather than theorise or show amazing examples/ideas that are nearly impossible for the average company to implement, I thought I’d share some examples of marketing tactics that I’ve been impressed with recently simply because they were so very, well, simple. (more…)

How to Get the Most Retweets – Scientificly Proven (infographic)

There is a nice button next to each post on State of Search. It counts the number of retweets. And off course we want it as high as it can possibly get, so that as many people as possible can see our content.

But how to get those retweets? It is actually, not that difficult. This infographic shows you five scientificly proven ways to get as much retweets as possible. Oh, and while you are here, can you please retweet? (more…)

Clean Up Your Twitter Account: Spammers and Scammers are after You

I don’t know about you, but I’ve seen a huge increase in spam messages on Twitter in the past week. And the sad thing is, that it is not just bots doing it, but genuine accounts are being hacked. Twitter is mainstream now, which means that that is where the hackers go. I’ve had several spam messages from people I know in the past few days.

All I can tell people is to clean up their Twitter accounts, see who you follow, change your password if necessary and be sure to check the applications connected to your account. If there is one you don’t recognize or don’t trust: revoke the access!

Twitter spam is nothing new, but as said, things have increased very much. Impermium found that the percentage of social networking accounts which are fraudulent ranges from 5 percent to 40 percent. So they made this infographic which shows that scammers are becoming more sophisticated every day. (more…)

How to Twitter (101) (infographic)

We all know how to Twitter, right? Well those who don’t know or don’t get it can look at this infographic. For the others who do get it: here is a way to explain to your offline friends what the h** you are doing all day with that bird-thingy. (more…)

Remember Twitter? It’s Still Growing! (Infographic)

Remember Twitter? It’s that service we used a lot before Google+ came around. No, seriously, who had heard of Twitter before 2006? Almost nobody, because it was just starting, they didn’t even call it Twitter until 9 months after the first idea. 2007? A few more users. 2008 really was the first ‘bigger’ year for Twitter, but look now, 2011: over 200 million users and growing. Who would have thought. An overview. (more…)