Poor Twitter. It’s been called names (”useless!”), laughed at (”what the heck is a tweep?”), and derided by people who Just. Don’t. Understand.
But Twitter is powerful. It can single-handedly bring down a super-duper expensive ad campaign. It can cause an idea (or product, article, whatever) to spread like the chicken pox. It can help you discover how influential your brand REALLY is online. Most importantly, it’s a way to authentically connect with people of all sorts. Influential people. Blogger people. Customer people. Mommy people. Artsy people. PEOPLE, people.
And people are good.
Jeff Printy has written an article for the newly created (and awesome) TwiTip. 11 Ways to Use Twitter to Help Your Site Go Viral. Go read it. (Yes, I’m feeling bossy today. Now go follow me on twitter.)
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I clicked on your “follow me on twitter” and got a “that page doesn’t exist response” not sure if it is you or twitter but thought you should know.
trying to find a good follow me on twitter to use with blogger, they have plenty of premade gadgets but not sure how to tell if one is better than another?
Thanks for the heads up, Cailin! I changed my twitter name a few days ago and didn’t even think about changing my links. Of course. You’re a life saver.
And about the twitter badges/gadgets, I’m going to blog about this one. Basically, it depends on what you’re wanting to do. As far as badges go, there really isn’t one that’s better than another. The design is the only thing you’re looking for.