Author Archives: Barbara

Twitter 101 – A Business Guide

Posted on July 23, 2009 by Barbara

Imagine being able to communicate with your customers at any hour of the day on your time or their time? If you have a business that cares about your customer service and their overall experience then there is no better … Continue reading →

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Twitter Spammers

Posted on July 22, 2009 by Barbara

As with all good things on the web, people want to make money from it.  On Twitter, usually people want to get you to click on a link that will either take you to their affiliate site (A site that … Continue reading →

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Why Do People Color Their Twitter Avatar?

Posted on July 1, 2009 by Barbara

Occasionally you will log in to Twitter and see a rainbow of color across the faces of all the people you follow.  The most common reason for this is they are uniting for a cause.  Solidarity is very popular on … Continue reading →

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Twitterverse

Posted on May 24, 2009 by Barbara

The Twitterverse is simply Twitter.  It can be on the computer, your phone, news media, etc.  The use and discussions going on on Twitter are often referred to as the Twitterverse (hence the universe). It is everything Twitter related, from … Continue reading →

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Twittermoms

Posted on May 1, 2009 by Barbara

The Twitterverse is LOADED with moms who tweet.  There are thousands and thousands.  Mom bloggers spend their days sharing some useless and some not so useless information on Twitter and loving every moment of it. To take it a step … Continue reading →

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Locking Your Twitter Account

Posted on April 12, 2009 by Barbara

When you register for Twitter there is an option for you to “protect” your account. What that means is that people will have to send a request to follow you and you will have to approve them.  This is great … Continue reading →

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Am I Too Old to Twitter?

Posted on April 9, 2009 by Barbara

Heck NO! In fact the oldest Twitter user on record in 104 years old and she has over 23,ooo followers!  That’s right.  Her name is Ivy. Are you too old to Twitter?  That’s like saying you are too old to … Continue reading →

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How Do You Tweeter?

Posted on April 5, 2009 by Barbara

You don’t. You can be a “tweeter” by using twitter, but you can’t “tweeter”. The act of sending a message through Twitter is called a “tweet” or a “twitter”. Some people do make the mistake of going to tweeter.com, as … Continue reading →

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Twitpic

Posted on April 2, 2009 by Barbara

A picture says a thousand words. On Twitter, you only have 140 characters, so to share a picture you have to use on outside source like Twitpic.  If you have a Twitter account then you automatically have a Twitpic account.  … Continue reading →

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Do Celebrities Tweet?

Posted on March 5, 2009 by Barbara

Yes. Celebrities are tweeting. In many cases it’s not really the celebrity themselves, but probably their assistant. None the less, they are on there. Since June 2009 Twitter has added the “Verified Accounts” certification to high profile Twitter users.  This … Continue reading →

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