Is Twitter’s Popularity Hurting Your Business?

failwhaleAccording to an article on CNN  today, Twitter’s incredible 1300% growth in the last month has caused tweeting bottlenecks, traffic jams and grumbling among the site’s early adopters.  But can Twitter’s rapid growth actually be harmful to your business or should you look at this onslaught of new, fresh faces as more opportunities to connect with like-minded people?

On one side, with massive growth comes the more difficult task of getting your tweets heard among the public.  Much like the early years of blogging, where a few blogs spread to the point where nearly everyone and his dog has one, Twitter is quickly becoming yet another marketing, collaboration and conversation tool in our never-ending quest to reach out from behind the screen. 

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Convert Customers Like Crazy – How to Really Get Inside Your Audience’s Head

convert-more-customersSure, you can use an SEO tool like Google Analytics to view the raw numbers and statistics about your customers.  How many came in on this keyword or that, how many clicked through, how quickly did they leave, and so on. 

But sheer number crunching alone won’t make the sale.  Getting to know your customer better is what ultimately separates the high performers from the wanna-be sellers. 

So how do you become a high performer and truly “get inside” your customer’s head?  It may sound simple, and even childish – but this strategy works, and it works extremely well.

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Send Twitter Tweets Directly from Your Browser with Tweet All About It!

tweetallaboutitSay you’re browsing the web and come across a terrific quote or snippet of news that you’d love to show to your followers on Twitter.  What do you do?

a. Highlight and copy it, go to Twitter or your preferred Twitter software, wait for it to load then paste it in and send it out to your friends and followers.

b. Highlight it, right click and choose Tweet All About It! to tweet directly from your browser.

We’ve written a brand new plugin for Twitter that works with Internet Explorer 7 and 8 as well as Firefox 2 and 3 which lets you send any piece of information 140 characters or less, directly to your Twitter account from your browser.  Forget copying and pasting, starting up software and waiting!  Tweet while you browse!

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20 Must-Have Twitter Tools for Online Business

twitter toolsLately I’ve written a few very popular articles on Darren Rowse’s TwiTip featuring not just one – but TWO Top 10 lists of popular Twitter applications and plugins.  Many of them are tailored specifically to Twitter “power users” but some of them are simply handy to have and others are just plain fun.

For example, do you have a particularly annoying follower that you don’t want to block, but don’t want to see fill up your screen with tweets either?  Then you’ll want to check out TweetSnooze.  Using Twitter and want to be reminded to do something in 10 minutes?  Twitter Timer can help.  You’ll also find a handful of solid applications you can use to schedule, track and follow-up with your tweets easily. 

Add any or all of these tools to your Twitter arsenal and see how much more productive you become!

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4 Must See Feedburner Alternatives for Your Blog

feedburner-alternativeSince Feedburner has been bought up by Google, many aspiring coders wonder if it’s even worth the effort to try and create an alternative.  Fortunately, that hasn’t kept them from trying to create some unique plugins and services that do what Feedburner can’t (or isn’t any good at). If you’re tired of Feedburner’s limitations and would like to look into other solutions, check out these four Feedburner alternatives.

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