Why You Should Use Twitter
March 23, 2009
Twitter has been the newest and biggest thing on the web for some time now, and yet still many people haven’t signed up, while others don’t even know what it is. For a quick summary, read the definition of Twitter as found on their support page:
Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent messages. People write short updates, often called “tweets” of 140 characters or fewer. These messages are posted to your profile or your blog, sent to your followers, and are searchable on Twitter search.
You can update and manage your Twitter account on the web, or even get an application for it to use on your phone or other portable device. This makes Twitter always available as a handy on-the-go resource, and you’re always able to keep in touch whenever needed.
Using Twitter, you can follow other users who you want to keep up with, as well as gather your own following. You can communicate with other users through private message or by @replies, which are done through the “tweet” messages themselves. As you see, Twitter is a great social networking site which can be used to do many different things. I will share some of the top reasons with you from a blogger’s point of view.
Promoting Your Blog/Site
Twitter can be used nearly better than any other social networking system to promote your visibility and reach on the web. Gathering a stream of followers is simple if you have people who are interested in what you have to say, and increasing your amount of followers is as easy as word of mouth and updating. Not only that, but putting yourself out there in front of all of these users is more simple than posting a 140 character message. If you’ve already got a blog, converting your current visitors to Twitter followers won’t be too hard.
After you have people who are keeping up with your Twitter account, you can share information about your blog and posts you have made by “tweeting” them, which in turn draws more visitors and pageviews to your site. And apart from that, it also increases the interactivity and closeness you have with your niche and your readers.
Twitter can also be used as a source to draw in new readers to your blog, not just as a way to provide interest for the old ones. As your presence on Twitter grows, so does the amount of traffic and new readership coming in to your site.
Getting to Know Your Readers
Twitter can be a fantastic way to develop relationships with other bloggers and your visitors. Don’t just make Twitter an extension of your blog, make it something a little more – bring your activity there down to a more personal level. Let your readers get to know another side of you there. And make sure you focus on your readers as well, and get to know them too. Ask questions where you value people’s honest opinions, and whenever you receive a message or a reply, take time to read it and respond if you can. Help as many of your followers as possible. Use any feedback you get to better your blog, your content, and what your site provides.
Learning New Things
And last but not least, use Twitter to broaden your knowledge and experiences. Keep up with and follow any person whose updates teach you about things you didn’t know before, and ask questions whenever you need to. If you have a following on Twitter and you need help with something or would like an opinion, just post an update discussing it. Twitter is one big caring, helping community. Give as much as you can to your followers and they’ll be happy to help you out whenever that time comes.
To learn more about how to use Twitter alongside your blog, read How I Use Twitter to Promote My Blog. And if you’d like to follow SuperBloggingTips.com on Twitter, you may do that here. Post your Twitter profiles in the comments box so we can follow you as well! And if you have any questions, feel free to ask. :)
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Betshopboy’s First Anniversary Blog Contest
August 13, 2008
Hey guys! One of my good friends, Betshopboy, is celebrating his blog’s first anniversary on August 24, 2008 this year and I thought I’d let you know about the cool contest he’s having to celebrate. Here’s the contest information:
Prizes
Prizes for 17 August draw
1st prize – a 4GB Sandisk Micro Cruzer skin flash drive
2nd & 3rd – a 125×125 ad book for 7 days (from 18 – 24 Aug) with PerformancingAds on my sidebarPrizes for 24 August draw
1st prize - 4GB Sandisk Micro Cruzer skin flash drive
2nd & 3rd – a 125×125 ad book for 7 days (from 25 – 31 Aug) with PerformancingAds on my sidebarPrizes for Grand draw on 31 August (one winner)
A 2GB Creative Zen MP3 player with 2.5″ TFT LCD for videos & audios & SD card expansion slot
A 125×125 ad book for entire month of September 2008 with PerformancingAds on my sidebar
Entering
* Registration and 1 point –> Subscribe to our RSS Feed via email (mandatory) and comment below that you are registered to win. You can use the subscribe option in the sidebar or at the end of this post.
* 1 point: Stumble or Stumble Review this contest
* 2 points –> Follow me on Twitter and Twitt about this contest with link to this contest page.
* 5 points –> Make a *New* blog post on a publicly accessible blog (cannot be on a password protected page such as myspace or facebook) and link to this page and the homepage. Additional 5 points given if you embed the above video(found in this post) in your post.
Rules
* This contest is all in good fun and is open to anywhere that snail mail goes.
* Participating blogs must be 90 days old and consist of at least 10 posts.
* Comment must contain link to twitter posts and blog posts, Twitter id and StumbleUpon id, so they can be verified.
* Winner must have an active subscription to Betshopboy.net when selected.
* Winners of ad spot must supply your own 125×125 image, which will run during the period stated above.
* Winners will be selected by random draw and will be contacted by email and you have 7 days to response. If there’s no response, a new winner will be drawn
* Contest ends on August 30th at 11.59pm (GMT +8).
* The organizer (that’s me!) reserve the right to reject any entries from websites that are generally offensive or pornographic, and any websites that can be classified as spam.
* The organizer (me again) reserves the right, at my sole discretion, to modify or replace any part of this contest, e.g., depending on the participation rate, additional prizes and/or early bird bonus may be thrown in if my subscription target is hit.
Those are some great prizes you definitely don’t wanna miss out on, and even cooler, if you enter early you not only get counted for the weekly prize draws as well as the grand prize, but your points are doubled as a special early bird bonus! So head on over right now and check out Betshopboy’s first anniversary blog contest, enter for some great prizes, and congratulate and celebrate with him. A year is a big milestone to reach! But before you do, one last thing - check out the following video from Betshopboy himself.
Betshopboy’s blog: click here.
Betshopboy’s contest: click here.
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April Fools Blogging Pranks 2008
April 2, 2008
Yesterday was the first of April, which meant plenty of jokes around the blogosphere and all over. Many of them are pretty funny to read, and some of the comments of those who fell for the trickery are even funnier. Here are some of yesterday’s foolish pranks that might make you laugh.
Google - Virgle: The Adventure of Many Lifetimes
Google - Gmail Custom Time
Google - Google Calendar Wake Up
Google - gDay with MATE - Search Tomorrow’s Web Today
The Sun - UFO Spotted on Google Earth
TechCrunch - Why We’re Suing Facebook For $25 Million In Statutory Damages
ReadWriteWeb - Exclusive: Sneak Peek at Google DreamAds!
Times Online - The Facebook Tool Which Turns Your Mobile Into a Snoop
CNET News - TechCrunch Acquires Tiger Beat, will rename it Crunch Kids
John Chow - John Chow Cola - The Official Blogger Drink
ProBlogger - ProBlogger Launches PayPerTweet
DailyBlogTips - DailyBlogTips Has Been Acquired For $168,000
Winning The Web - Hummer H2 Added To Contest Prize Pool
Zac Johnson - ZacJohnson.com Blog Affiliate Program Now Live
Search Engine Land - Microsoft’s $1 Million Guarantee Program To Win Searchers
Garry Conn- I Got Banned From Google Adsense!
Blogging Fingers - Blogging Fingers Finally Breaks the 23k RSS Subscriber Barrier
MeAndMyDrum - Google Announces the G-String iPhone Accessory
The WWW Observer - I Guess It’s Time…
Where To Advertise - Digg to Buy Microsoft as Shares Fall
Darn Good Reviews - Frog Soap That Washes Away Fat?
ProBloggers Matrix - I Don’t Like Blogging
If you know of any other April Fools pranks on other blogs or websites, or even a joke you posted on your own site, drop a comment to let me know and I’ll add it to the list. I’ll also continue to update this list if I find anymore, so keep checking back and enjoy.
I hope you all had a fantastic April Fools Day 2008! :)
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The Ultimate Blog Contest: Huge Prizes!
March 9, 2008
The University Kid has always been one of my favorite and one of the coolest blogs out there. Not only can you learn a lot there, but you can also have a good time doing so. Recently Jason has launched the ultimate blog contest, and calling it ultimate definitely isn’t an exaggeration - in fact, it might even be an understatement. This is one competition you’re not going to want to miss. If you don’t believe me, take a look at all the amazing prizes:
Contest Prizes
Wordpress Themes
- Two licenses for the Revolution Theme ($160)
- Two licenses for the Premium News Theme ($200)
- Two licenses for the Purple Fever Theme ($100)
- One hundred accounts to the Themes Club ($500)
Blog Tools
- Three licenses by FruitfulTime.com ($90)
Blog Analysis
- Full Video Review By Marcus Hochstadt ($700)
eBooks
- SEO Book Donated By The Net Fool
Blog Advertising
One Month
- Two 125 x 125 on Wayne Liew ($30)
- One 125 x 125 On Blogger Noob ($25)
- One 125 x 125 on EZ Money Online ($25)
- One 125 x 125 on Affiliate Gossip ($15)
- One 125 x 125 on Rhyan ($10)
- One 125 x 125 on Jim Karter ($30)
- One 125 x 125 on Neotrepreneur ($10)
- One 125 x 125 on Life is Colourful ($30)
- One 125 x 125 on BLJConsultant ($5)
- One 125 x 125 on Resell Rights World ($5)
- One 125 x 125 on Viking Blogger ($25)
- One 125 x 125 on Dot Com Mogul ($10)
- One 468 x 60 on Blogging 4 Cash ($10)
- Five 16 x 16 on Blogging 4 Cash ($10)
- One 150 x 150 on Blogging 4 Cash ($5)
- One Text Link On Mr Javo ($7)
Three Months
- One 125 x 125 on The WWW Observer ($75)
Blog Reviews
- One Review By The University Kid ($60)
- One Review By Yimto ($20)
- One Review By The WWW Observer ($35)
- One Review By Bloggeries ($25)
- One Review By Neotrepreneur ($10)
- One Review By Life Is Colourful ($40)
- One Review By DaBlogger
Consulting
One hour consulation with The University Kid
Thirty minutes consulation with Neotrepreneur
Design
- One Custom Done 125 x 125 Ad By Affiliate Gossip
- One Custom Done Sketch By The Pencil Sketch And Art Blog
Entrecard Credits
- 2000 Entrecard Credits By Xavier Media
- 1750 Entrecard Credits By Mixed Market Arts
- 1000 Entrecard Credits By Toast & Egg & Me
- 1000 Entrecard Credits By Affiliate Confession
- 1000 Entrecard Credits By Yimto
- 1000 Entrecard Credits By Site Hoppin’
- 1000 Entrecard Credits By Neotrepreneur
- 1000 Entrecard Credits By Affiliate Gossip
- 1000 Entrecard Credits By BLJ Consultant
- 1000 Entrecard Credits By Resell Rights World
- 1000 Entrecard Credits By Happier Life
- 1000 Entrecard Credits By Article Snatch
- 800 Entrecard Credits By Kirushanth
- 750 Entrecard Credits By Money Making Student
- 500 Entrecard Credits By Bud Calabrese
- 500 Entrecard Credits By Mr Javo
- 500 Entrecard Credits By ImpNerd
- 500 Entrecard Credits By Life Is Colourful
- 500 Entrecard Credits By Money Making Blogs
Total: 15,800
Cash
$100 Paypal by The Profit Hustler
$30 Paypal by Viking Blogger
$15 Paypal by Final Fantasy Fan
$10 Paypal by The WWW Observer
$5 Paypal by Affiliate Gossip
Miscellaneous
300 Stumbles + 300 Reviews from Niklas
$50.00 In Stumble Upon Advertising By Mixed Market Arts
Twenty Pages By One Buck Wiki
Domain Monetization Package By Domains Earn 4U
One featured, three regular links from The SEOTree Directory
The prize that I think I would want the most is all of the advertising: 125×125 banners, full blog reviews, and more. All of that advertising would definitely boost a blog and give it some great exposure. I also think the hour long video review would be an amazing prize, because it’s very unique and could also really help to get a proper understanding of how others view your site.
But either way, like I said - you’ve got to check out this contest. You’ve got nothing to lose and everything to gain by entering!
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Miscellaneous Blogging for January 23, 2008
January 22, 2008
Photo credits: twoblueday.
There’s a lot that’s been going on here at Super Blogging lately (and still a lot more planned), as well as elsewhere around the blogosphere. So I thought I’d fill you in, just in case anything has been missed.
First off, there has recently been a Super Blogging group writing project underway where you can submit up to three of your articles that relate to blogging in some way. Then, I will take all of the quality articles and link to them in a resource that’ll be helpful for all bloggers - which also helps you by getting a free backlink and traffic. The group writing project’s deadline was yesterday, January 22, but if you’ve written an exceptional article that you think would help others that read the resource, you can still submit it to be considered until the resource itself is published.
The second thing going on here at this moment is actually quite an important question - what is your favorite social media site? I am quite interested in what sites other bloggers use to promote the content they write or enjoy, or how interesting content is found. After all, we all have different opinions. So share those well thought out opinions, because I will take my favorite comment and link to the author’s site.
There are also a couple other things I am planning for Super Blogging sometime in the near future, so if you don’t want to miss out please subscribe to the RSS feed via a reader or through email, so you’ll always be updated.
But there are even more exciting things going on in the blogosphere! If you haven’t heard of Caroline Middlebrook’s free eBook yet, titled How to Develop Money-Making Niche Sites with Wordpress, you’re definitely losing out on some great information. This eBook shows you how to use Wordpress, create your niche site, and how to make money online with it. Caroline is a popular blogger and has worked extremely hard making this eBook fit top quality standards, so if you don’t have your copy of this gem yet, I’d suggest you download it now.
Last but not least, check out MeAndMyDrum’s redesign. Mark’s blog is one of my favorites, and now he’s made it look spectacular using one of the Revolution Wordpress themes designed by Brian Gardner, with plenty of extra tweaking. I have to say that this theme makes me pretty jealous. Congratulations to you Mark for your redesign, it looks fantastic!
I hope you all have a fantastic day - if you need a bit more to read, check out Super Blogging’s top posts, or Caroline’s or Mark’s blogs that were mentioned above. :)
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