Online Marketing - Twitter

An edited compendium of the best Twitter resources that I know of — and there's a lot!

Best Resources about Twitter & Social Media

GETTING STARTED IN TWITTER

Twitter

Ready to take the plunge and create your first Tweet? Create your account here!

TweetMeme

You may not recognize the name, but there's no doubt you'll recognize this ubiquitous retweet button. This is the official page for the popular button that appears on many websites and blogs. You may download your very own button here.

Tweet Button

Show the popularity of your Tweets by using a retweet button which includes a counter.

 

Twitter Lists

One helpful way to organize your Twitter account is to create Twitter lists to follow or include yourself among noteworthy people or topics. This site is packed full of preexisting lists. Select and enjoy! Not familiar with Twitter lists? Read more about them here.

Twitter for Business

Someone at HQ shifted through the massive amount of important information about Twitter, condensed it into easy to digest chucks of information and organized it in this tidy little web site. Explore the site and you'll see brief, straight-forward explainations, helpful graphics, tips, Best Practices, case studies and more.

Best Ways to Get Help from Other Twitter Users

Best Twitter Online/Video Training

Lynda.com's Twitter Lessons:
We're featuring lynda.com's videos because it has a collection of tutorials on social media. Members have the option of viewing each of the series mentioned below and exploring the other 57,000 tutorials in the library. A basic subscription costs $25 a month, but you may cancel it at almost any time.

Lynda has expanded its library to include Social Media titles. Twitter Essential Training provides three hours of tutorials on all aspects of Twitter. You'll go beyond the essentials How-tos found on many web sites, to learn critical information such as etiquette, location tagging and using Twitter with mobile devices such as the iPhone.

 

 

Social Media Marketing with Facebook and Twitter

Weighing in at four hours, this tutorial will help you market your business with social media. I provide step-by-step instructions beginning with the basics that everyone assumes that everyone knows—how to create your business account and set up an attractive Twitter pages. You'll learn the secret methods to help you attract followers who will hang on your every. . .Tweet. Finally, I show you how to measure the success of all your efforts. Check out this sample video in which I delve into the Facebooks vs. Twitter debate.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Twitter-centric Web Pages with Good Stuff

Mashable

A great site for current trends, ideas and tips about social media. You'll find a variety of articles from "how-tos," to updates on business activities and legislative actions.