This is a post about Twitter. If you're all "What's Twitter?", you can read this, or this, and come out slowly into the sun blinking. I kid. There's a lot to know about Twitter, but it sure is fun. Don't be scared.
Kelly, you know I'm a Twitter addict. It's not just me, you know. There are one or two other people doing it.
I see lots of tweets from people complaining that after they tweeted something, people promptly unfollowed them. I have more than 250 followers and I've never been able to figure out how to know if someone unfollows me, until now.
I came across a blog post on Blogging Tips about Qwitter. All you do is sign up with your Twitter username and e-mail address. Qwitter periodically checks your followers and sends you an e-mail you if someone unfollows you. They even tell you what tweet led to you being dumped.
I had my first and only unfollower the other day after an automatic Alltop twitterfeed item, something I do to help Alltop.com, was posted. I didn't think it was that bad.
In addition to being a great marketing tool, Twitter is so much fun, which I guess is more the point. It is a social media tool. There is a lot of advice out there on what to do and what not to do on Twitter.
Remarkablogger recently had an interesting post on Twitter mistakes, which could all be boiled down to "act like a normal person." That's pretty good advice. A normal person is hopefully achieving a balance between socializing and making friends and promotion, and their tweets should reflect that.
Beyond that, you are supposed to be answering the question "What are you doing?", so deal with the dumb stuff, haters. Please to enjoy some of my dumb stuff.
There are so many tools out there to make Twitter more fun and usable. I happen to like the Twitter homepage for reading, but I also use Twhirl.
Just look at this list of apps for Twitter. It's the most comprehensive I have seen. You can find like-minded new Twitter friends with Twubble, search for keywords or certain usernames with Summize - Twitter Search, find your "grade" with Twitter Grader, automatically update Twitter when you post with Twitter Feed, find who is tweeting within a mile or more of you with Twitter Local (love it), and more.
I'm @LaurinandKelly. Do you guys Twitter? If you do, which tools do you like? Be sure and leave my your username. I will totally follow you.
