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The power of the Retweet – how Stephen Fry helped me illustrate a point

March 18, 2009 By 26 Comments

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One of the things I cover in the TweetMentor course, and one of the most overlooked things on Twitter (in my opinion) is the power of the Retweet.

The Retweet is an all round good thing in so many ways – I’m not going to go into them all here, but just point you to Retweetist before giving you an example.

Last night I published a short blog about the fact that Twitter had banned @TweepMe and why I agreed. It was one of many such blogs out there. Don’t tell anyone, but it wasn’t even the best….

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Early adopter? Baby Tweets from womb….

December 15, 2008 By Leave a Comment

OK, I’m all for starting them young, but in the womb? :)

http://mashable.com/2008/12/14/baby-twitter/

Excerpt:

Expectant father Corey Menscher wanted to “create a device that would give me a chance to be aware of our baby’s movements”. He created a waistband for his wife which sends a Tweet everytime the baby kicks, naming the project “Kickbee”.

Read more here –>

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100 Greatest Twitter Secrets

October 10, 2008 By Leave a Comment

We’re loving this:

MORE TWITTIN’ SECRETS…

in the series of 100 Twitter Tips, visit:

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Do you Tweet the grade?

September 15, 2008 By Leave a Comment

The Twitter Grade measures the relative power of a Twitter user. It is calculated as a percentile score. Our grade of 88 means that we score higher than 88 percent of the other user profiles that have been graded.

Your grade is calculated using a combination of factors including:

* The number of followers you have
* The power of this network of followers
* The pace of your updates
* The completeness of your profile
* …a few others.

What’s your Twitter grade? Tweet us and let us know – http://www.twitter.com/NikkiPilkington

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20 Ways To Use Twitter From Your Mobile Phone

September 12, 2008 By Leave a Comment

Finally, A list of Twitter applications for business men and women on the go.

So now you can update your Twitter whenever you want, wherever you are, all from your mobile phone.

Ross McKillop has a review of 20 applications that you can use on your phones here http://www.simplehelp.net/2008/04/16/20-ways-to-use-twitter-on-your-cell-phone-or-mobile-internet-device/

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1 Golden Rule of Twitter Marketing

September 11, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Great article from Aaron brezell of Technosailor this morning pointing out what so many are missing out on when using Twitter for business. Be sure to read the full article but the basic premise, in his words is:
If I had to detail a Twitter Golden Rule it would:

Tweet about others at least as much as you Tweet about yourself.

Think about it Twitterpeeps, think about it….

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How did Twitter come about?

August 14, 2008 By Leave a Comment

Thanks to psfk for this:

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey shares one of the original drawings of the idea behind Twitter on his flickr and includes an interesting explanation of how the concept came about.

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Backup your Twitter followers with Tweetake!

August 10, 2008 By 3 Comments

The brainchild of Alfred Armstrong and Nikki Pilkington, Tweetake is here to allow you to back-up your followers, people you are following and Tweets with just one click.

Why bother to do this? Many reasons:

  • Twitter may lose followers again like it did in June / July
  • You may change your Twitter name and want to re-follow the people you were following, and contact the people who were following you
  • You may want to refer to a Tweet that you sent more than 90 days ago (the longest twitter keeps Tweets for)
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Pretty rabbit porn, the true meaning of Twitter and don’t forget your Twitterdex!

August 7, 2008 By Leave a Comment

A quick round up of morning Twitter news :)

Matthom got so fed up waiting for Twitter to create an archive facility that he created his own – you can read more about it on his blog. He says:

Rather than updating Twitter directly, I will update via a custom app which copies each update into a local database, as well as updating on Twitter. To my followers, nothing changes. My updates still come across in real-time as they are sent.

He still hasn’t figured out how to get his old Tweets back, but we have no doubt he’s working on it!

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Who says Twitter isn’t for Business and Marketing?

July 22, 2008 By Leave a Comment

I understand why people find it hard to see twitter as anything more than ‘fun’ and a ‘waste of time’ – and indeed it can be both of those things (separately and together in fact!).

But Twitter can also be a great business and marketing tool.

In the past 7 days I have:

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