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Chris AndrewsTwitter is that you don't have to commit to it; no one expects you to read all the tweets rolling in. As a result, Twitter makes for very good people watching -- even if you don't go home with anyone you meet there.
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Matt HeinrichKey: Tweet to gain followers
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I discovered that a better way to get followers was to tweet. Every time I tweeted, I got a surge of followers.
Where were they coming from? The likely answer illuminates Twitter's greatest strength: It's easily searchable.
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Pangoo ZhangIt's not about chatting with your friends -- it's about promoting yourself.
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It's not about chatting with your friends -- it's about promoting yourself.
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I discovered that a better way to get followers was to tweet. Every time I tweeted, I got a surge of followers.
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When I first joined Twitter, I felt like I was in a noisy bar where everyone was shouting and nobody was listening.
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(Not Quite) Earning a Living on TwitterActress Fran Drescher's Take on TwitterTwitter Applications
There are thousands of third-party applications built to enhance the Twitter experience -- these are just a few of the popular ones.
Twitpic: Post a photo on Twitpic, and then share the Twitpic link via Twitter.
Twhirl: Desktop software to help you manage your Twitter account, find your @replies and shorten URLs so they can be shared on Twitter.
Tipjoy: A service that lets you send small amounts of cash across Twitter, and then tweet about your donation.
Twibs: A list of businesses on Twitter with links to their Twitter accounts.
TweetDeck: Desktop software that lets people split their tweets into columns, such as @replies, direct messages, groups and keyword searches.
Twitterholic: Ranks Twitter users by number of followers.
Twitturly: Tracks which URLs are most popular on Twitter, based on how many times they've been shared by Twitter users.
Monitter: An easy way to keep tabs on multiple searches on Twitter at the same time.Soon, I began to decode its many mysteries: how to find a flock of followers, how to talk to them in a medium that blasts to lots of people at once and how to be witty in very tiny doses.
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Donna Baumbach- WSJ.com
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Andrea ChristmanJulia Angwin on Twitter's social rules, tips for gaining
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Ben PhillipsThe social rules and tips for gaining 'followers'; why opinionated people win
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