- Here is my understanding. If you know otherwise let me know so
I can correct this data:
Twitter is a time stream. I like to compare it to a ticker tape or a
telegraph. The messages posted are called "Tweets" and are
limited to a maximum of 140 characters including the spaces
etc. Just below on the left is a live view of my Twitter account!
(Instructions on setting up a Twitter account are here or if you are
very new on Twitter, click here. )
As a note "RT" means retweet which means you are passing on
someone else's tweet. It doesn't mean "right" (smile).
"Each RT is more valuable than the last. RT please!
#Quote #AwesomeTeam" Carl Watts.
The power of the internet is the spreading of information. Each
RT spreads information, knowledge, further and further and
potentially can circle the globe and change mankind. This is
done by a simple RT by you, helping mankind. In advance,
thanks for helping!*
People that I am following can post something and it appears on
my time stream. I look and where I choose, I can communicate to
them or go to the sites they list. I've done this many times. So it
works.
- There are some general
practices that will help
you get followers.
Post a picture and a bio! This
makes you more real. People are
much more likely to follow you!
Also, some software will exclude
following you because of no
picture. Further, with a bio, people
can locate you and follow you
based on the key words in your
bio. So post one!
#FollowFriday is a game.
- Another point on Friday, when you Tweet someone, insert
#FF*. This point is tracked and statistics are kept on how
much a person is supported. #FF is Follow Friday. Use a
lot on Thursday through Saturday. It may help you expand!
See How To Play #FollowFriday.
- Following Back!
Next is that you need to follow people back that follow you.
Communication is not a one way flow of information. If you
only outflow at people, you will find them unfollowing you. I
saw an example of that. Same with RTing. If you want
people to RT your post, RT theirs! See Following Back.
I suggest you start with one account and learn the ropes.
The number of Twitter accounts you can have is not limited
except you can't post duplicate messages. Twitter will shut
you down.
Tweet Adder*
The software sold by various companies such as Tweet
Adder* is sold for a single user, 5, 10 and an unlimited
number of accounts! I use this and it works very well & cuts
the work down that is required to obtain followers.
Twitter rules on multiple accounts seem to be contradict
themselves. But the main point is not to post ANY
duplicate Postings on several accounts or even on one!
To get a lot of followers, without spending money, is a
huge amount of work but you can do it. If you want to do it
yourself, click here. I've been working on my account since
May 2009. To get Followers faster at a very small cost, I
have a page that might give you some tip: Twitter
Advanced!
passing out data, I feel it is a super method of doing so.
The more often you post on Twitter, the more people are likely to see your message. But the message
must not be a duplicate of earlier messages.
If I post something more than once, with some variation, I believe a new batch of people will probably view
the data. I don't feel it would be the same people viewing though it could be. I have of thousands of
followers on Twitter, Plaxo and other social sites. The number is growing daily so it is difficult to say how
many people will view or how many will follow the link. By varying the posting at different times of the day,
hopefully I get many more viewers. Often, I vary the wording, as different things catch different peoples
attention!
You can have your Twitter postings show up on Plaxo, MySpace, Linkedin, Facebook, your own site and
etc. I have many contacts on the above social networks. Plaxo limits you to 1000 connections but some
got through beyond that. So I opened a second account and have started to grow that!
Want to know how to post your Tweets to all your social networks? Click here for some more no cost
advice about Ping.fm!
Tweet Adder* allows to search for key words and you can set it up to automatically follow that group of
people. So this qualifies who you follow to a small degree and thus qualifies who will possibly follow you
back. Tweet Adder* will save you tons of labor and can follow and unfollow for you while you sleep.
Aggressive Following
A word of caution, do not be too aggressive. You might ask what's "aggressive" and I can't answer that
question. But that is the way Twitter has the rules. Just keep your following and unfollowing at a low rate.
Twitter currently suspends without warning.
By the way, if interested in using Twitter in a big way Tweet Adder* create a huge advantage and save
you tons of labor! I consider them extremely valuable! Click on these links to take you to my affiliate
pages! If you do purchase either of these, I recommend you sign up as an affiliate (no cost to be an
affiliate). That way, you can make commission to if you promote and someone signs up based on your
promotion.
I can tell you, I purchased based on someone's promotion and they made money! So should you!
Also, do take some time and read Twitter's rules and policies. They suspend without warning or
explanation. Please refer to Twitters rules here: http://help.twitter.com/forums/26257/entries/18311.
I've just started a page for the advanced Twitter. Click here to see the data I've posted so far.
If you have more questions or need more data, contact me on the above form.
If you made it this far, I'll give you a couple more tips and suggestions: Putting the @ symbol in front of a
followers name and adding that to a tweet send it directly to them. @Poet_Carl_Watts tweets go to all
your followers and to me directly.
I pay attention to these. You can also visit Twitter Advanced for more info! Full list of Twitter page to the
right.
ReTweeting
If you want to get your data known fast, if you have a Tweet you feel is important, sent it with an
@Poet_Carl_Watts. I will ReTweet all of your messages if I can. I may get behind or I may simple
disagree and not be willing to retweet. But normally, I'm there to pass on your communications. Please
don't abuse my willingness to help. It's completely based on me wanting to help mankind. Exception to
this is on Friday. I play #FollowFriday. My volume of tweets are very high on that day, I do not RT a lot of
tweets because it pushes me over the Tweeting limits. So just understand on Friday, I may not RT your
tweets.
If you like to put your site URL in front of thousands potential viewers or have me grow a following for you
or manage posting to your existing social networks (MySpace, Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter, etc) contact
me!
If you have found this helpful, don't be shy, hit the donate button.
Follow me on Twitter at Poet_Carl_Watts. Please follow @MaryHWatts as
a back up to my account!
#FollowFriday, How To Play.
How I use Twitter & Why
New Civilization
Advanced Twittering.
Tweet Adder*" most recommended software! Carl
*The use of a hash mark "#"
In front of a word is tracking method. It is used to establish trends and allows a subject to be located
easier. Don't over use #s. "A hash tag is similar to other web tags- it helps add tweets to a category" per
Twitter.
See full data: http://help.twitter.com/entries/49309-what-are-hashtags-the-symbol. On Fridays, if you
mention someone else or do a "shout out" where your recommending or commending your followers, add
#FF as the of these are tracked.
* URL Shortening.
If you are preparing your tweets in advance, you may want to set up a shortening service that will take your
URL and shrink it down. This allows you to get more text in the message.
I recommend is.dg. Very fast. You simply drag their logo to your book mark bar. When you're on a bage,
click and it will shorten it. Or www.ow.ly. On Owly uou can enter your URL and the Captcha or login with
Twitter. I recommend logging in. Once logged in, you enter URL and hit "Shrink It" or hit enter on you
keyboard and you get a shortened URL! You can also put their logo on your book mark bar.
Live Links!
When Tweeting a URL, ensure the full http etc is present. That way the link with be live.
http://.www.carlwattsartist.com would be live on Twitter. carlwattsartist.com would not be live and would
require people to copy and paste to visit page!
Key to all this is an internet not controlled by government or a few corporations. Support www.
SaveTheInternet.com and Electronic Frontier Foundation https://www.eff.org
Man survives best when man is helping man survive! A person is only as
valuable as he helps or assist others! Need some help in life without being
told what to do, what to think, contact me.
Have a great day! Carl
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That way, you can make commission to if you promote and someone signs up. I can tell you, I purchased form someone's promotion
and they made money! So should you!
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