Google just released Google Buzz.
Google Buzz is a new way to connect with your friends on line and
Lets you see Twitter updates right in your email account.

Just go to Google Buzz and click the big blue button try Buzz in Gmail.

It is pretty cool!

Leave me a comment and let me know what you think about Google Buzz.

Subscribe the the RSS feed and get updates to the site in your RSS reader.

Google Buzz for Twitter and Social Networking is a post from: Twitter For Newbies

Free Twitter Tools

Here are my favorite free Twitter tools.

Great Twitter Backgrounds

This article show you the dimensions to use when building your Twitter bakground. It also has some of the best looking Twitter Backgrounds to use as examples.

Twitter Special Characters to use in Tweets

This site has pictures of special characters you can use in your Tweets. I like the hearts best, yet take a look and see what you like. Another feature of this site is that you can add a please retweet link automatically to your Tweet. ♫♪♬♥♡❥☺☹✩★ Find a lot more when you get there.

Tweet Effect to see who followed you or unfollowed you

Fun tool to see who followed you or unfollowed you based on your latest Tweeets.

Socialoomph – Free Twitter tool to set up auto follow and to schedule future Tweets

This is one of my favorite Twitter Tools. I do not auto follow on my personal account, yet I do for my business account. This free Twitter tool will auto follow for you, it will delete auto DM’s automatically, it will even allow you to schedule future Tweets. It is a big time saver and improves twitter ease of use.

Best Twitter Search Tool on the Internet

This tool is not that easy to use, yet it is so very powerful. It is the very best tool I have found to search Twitter or the internet for any keyword or phrase. This is a very powerful Yahoo tool called Yahoo Pipes.

Twitpic

Twitpic is a picture sharing site that hosts your pictures for free and will tweet your picture for you automatically when you upload your picture. A picture says a thousand words so using TwitPic with TwitterTwitter helps tell your story.

Best Free Twitter Tools is a post from: Twitter For Newbies

How to Twitter more effectivley is a question I often get asked. I used to tweet a lot about what I was eating or doing. Then I realized that to be more effective at Tweeting it was important to Tweet something of value for your followers. You can get Re-tweeted more and gain more followers by Tweeting interesting or trend setting Tweets.

1) Be Re-Tweetable

- Tweet interesting, inspirational, or valuable information. Only use up about 110 of the available characters in the tweet so there is room for others to Re-Tweet you.

2) Re-Tweet interesting Tweets

that you think your followers will value. If you Re-Tweet other peoples Tweets, they are more likely to Re-Tweet you Tweets. When you Re-Tweet, add a short comment in front of the RT to show who you are and what you think.

3) Use Twitter to meet people, then direct them to your blog

to continue the conversation. Be sure to use your blog as your Twitter URL for people to find out more about you. Once they are on your blog, you can direct them to your sales page or product page. Do not use a sales page as your Twitter URL because Twitter is about the conversation not just sales.

4) Twitter is a great sales tool for affiliates and businesses.

It is important to give away great value before you try to sell something. Provide at least 7 tweets of value inbetween tweets that offer to sell something or send people to a sales page. On the sales page offer something of value in exchange for their email address.

5) Tweet a story and use Twitpic.com to show a picture that continues the story.

Do not tweet a lot of pictures of food. Cars, Birds, Animals Flowers, Famous places are more interesting that a picture of food. These types of Tweets help people get to know you or your business.

6) Be sure to thank people when they Re-Tweet your tweets,

it shows appreciation and that you care. It builds the relationship with your followers and they will be more likely to Re-Tweet you in the future. It helps them feel appreciated for Re-Tweeting your tweet.

7) Quality Tweets move you up in respect in the eyes of your followers.

Followers will pay more attention to you because you provide value instead of just sales pitches or boring things like “I am tired”.

8) Follow back only the people that you find interesting.

You can look at your new followers by clicking followers and look at the last tweet. If it is interesting, you can go to their page and see if the Tweet Stream looks interesting to you. Only follow them back if they tweet interesting, funny, usefull things or they are someone you wnat to get to know or they are a friend.

9) Use Twitter as chat instead of status updates.

Join the conversation instead of just putting in status updates of “what are you doing right now”.

10) Talk to just one person in your tweet.

Do not say “what is everybody doing”. Say I something like “Reading a realy great article on “put your topic here” ” and provide a link to the article. Bit.ly is a great free tool to shorten links and you can see how many people clicked on it. If you wrtite tweets like newspaper or magazine headlines they will capture attention and be interesting to followers.

If twitter is taking too long for you to manage, you can sign up for a free account for a twitter management tool that will let you auto follow and you can exclude certain words in who they folllow. You can also set it up to delete all automatic Direct Messages from new followers.

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Tweetups are good for business. Meet interesting Social Media mavens and make connections that could last a lifetime.
Silicon Valley Tweetup Video illustrates why you should go to Tweetups in your area. Meet other Social Media Marketing and technologists and possibly find your next customer.

Tweetups are Good for Business is a post from: Twitter For Newbies