Twitter

How to get more retweets for your post

Jan 3rd

Twitter is a rage nowadays, and it is used by a lot of online users. It is the second most popular social media website next only to facebook. Twitter users include people from different nations and having varied interests. But other than being a really good platform to interact with people online, twitter is a really good marketing tool for bloggers. Twitter is so powerful that it can get you traffic even if the blog is not very old.

The effectiveness of the marketing strategy determines the amount of traffic you get from it. In twitter it is important to get More >

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Twitter Etiquette | Do you have any?

Oct 18th

Posted by Gautam in social media

42 comments

Are you doing your bit at Twitter, or you don’t have any twitter manners?. Twitter Etiquette is a very subjective term, it may have different interpretations by different tweeple. So i asked my twitter followers at my facebook fan page, that what according to them is Twitter Etiquette. The response was really good and i would like to summarize the discussion to you in this post.

Twitter Etiquette

Good Habits to inculcate:

Always bring something to the party (good content). Share something unique and interesting. Something which you think will be liked by others and would be worth getting retweets.
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36 Quality Tweeps to Follow

Sep 11th

Posted by Gautam in social media

54 comments

I have been on twitter for a while. At first everybody thinks that number of followers determines how good twitter user one is. But once you gain some experience you get to know that the answer is not quantity but Quality. And what I have done is, I have compiles a list of quality people you would like to follow, much like my previous list. This list includes an interesting mix of engagers, web marketers, social media enthusiasts, web designers and bloggers. They have the best content to share with their followers and they do not spam your inbox. They More >

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How to add a Backtype retweet button to Blogger

Sep 1st

Posted by Gautam in blogger

10 comments

Backtype is a service which tracks comments made by people on blogs and websites. Backtype also tracks tweets via Backtweets. Like Tweetmeme, Backtype also has a retweet button for websites.

Backtype Retweet Button

Backtype button has the following advantages over tweetmeme: 1. The design is customizable (You can easily change the color and border of the button). 2. Backtype tracks retweets via twitter search and it’s tracking is more reliable than tweetmeme. 3. The starting text of each retweet is editable, i.e you can use text other than Rt @virtuosoblogger like #coffeeclub, via @virtuosoblogger etc.

The Advantages of Backtype button make it More >

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