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10 Things I hate about Twitter and Tweeting

by R Kumar on January 19, 2010

There is nothing like Twitter in Social Media and I am awed by the scope it offers.

Facebook and Orkut are aged now and have now started giving way to Twitter. So the new fashion statement is being on Twitter.

Gone are the days when people asked, “Are you on Facebook”?

The question now is, “Are on on Twitter”?

So if Twitter is so amazing and offers so much of scope and when my entire blog concentrates on Twitter, why a post on “hating Twitter”, you might wonder!!

How much time do you spend at Twitter?

Like what I had mentioned in my earlier posts, spending too much of time at Twitter could be extremely harmful to your online business. At the same time it is also important to spend enough time interacting with your followers and increasing your followers count as well.

So how do your balance these activities?

The internet is full of bots that can do these things for you on an autopilot. But you have to be very cautious when you choose them because Twitter is very particular about automated tweeting and such other actions.

Personalization. It is the fashion of today.

Whatever product or, service you can think of, organizations are looking at providing a more personalized touch to everything. Doesn’t it give a soothing feeling to see a box of coffee mugs personalized with the name of everybody in your family? How encouraging does it feel when you get a certificate with your name mentioned in “BOLD” in it? T-Shirts, photographs, pens, mugs etc., everything is personalized these days.

Why are companies creating more and more of personalized products? It is because personalization gives its customers a more enriching experience.

TweetadderIt was in March 2008 that I had joined Twitter. I never knew Twitter will explode the way it did in the 7-8 months that followed, so I was almost inactive until the end of 2008. It was in the middle of March 2009, that I realized what was happening and jumped into the bandwagon. I regret that I was late into it. Nevertheless, I am still satisfied at the fact that I was not left out.

Twitter and twittering is never too late. Even if you are the latest to join the phenomenon, you will still gain from it, such is the power of Twitter. All that you need to do is the right things. Do not waste unnecessary energy and time at Twitter. Rather, follow a proven and established method and you will see the results.

How to tweet more often with actually tweeting?

by R Kumar on December 9, 2009

Automatic contentTwitter is all about tweets. Your publicity is based on your frequency of tweeting. Having said that in one of my posts earlier, I had professed that the time that you spend decides the profitability of your online business and that you should minimize the time that you spend on Twitter. So how will I balance the time that I spend on twitter? I am sure this is the question that you too have.

I was busy building my followers until a few months back. But eventually I found that my followers were dropping of my following list. I kept wondering why until I stumbled upon an eBook on twitter. It was then that I realized that only building your follower count is not enough. You need to give them valuable content as well.

The Thesis theme for WordPress – Version 1.6

by R Kumar on November 27, 2009

The thesis theme for WordPress.

If you have noticed, I have been running the Thesis theme for WordPress since the past 7-8 months. The current appearance of my blog will not give you a first hand account that it is thesis but, it actually is thesis 1.6.

I had very strictly maintained that I would not write about anything that is not relevant to the topic of my blog, but I couldn’t stop myself from writing about thesis. Yes, I am an affiliate of thesis and since I have been using it, I can proudly say that this is the best thing to have if you are running your blog on WordPress.

Twinfluence – Twitter stats at a glance

by R Kumar on November 20, 2009

Twinfluence - Influence on TwitterHave you ever checked what your influence is on the Social media network?

You have accounts on multiple social media websites including Facebook and Twitter and have quite a few fan following or, followers following your tweets. You followers also haveĀ  huge follower list and consequently you have a long list of indirect followers as well. But what is your influence on the social media?

This is a question that is difficult to answer.

TwaitterThe one application that most of the people who use Twitter are on the look out for is the one that can help them schedule tweets.

Spending too much of time on Twitter can be harmful to you and your business. So nobody would want to spend about 8 hours of the day tweeting. There are other important things to do. If you keep concentrating only on Twitter, you are sure to fail in your online business.

Twitter list – The new feature

by R Kumar on October 30, 2009

twitter ListsTwitter is amazing. They are always up-to-date. They keep innovating. And probably that is why they are so hot.

Check out the latest feature from Twitter – The Twitter Lists.

Wondering what Twitter List is all about. Just login to your account and see the details on your homepage.

This was a feature that was there is Friendfeed. Now that it has been added to Twitter, there are quite a few similarities between the two services now.