Geek's Guide Yourself or Business with Twitter

Geekpeneur has an e-book, A Geek's Guide to promoting Yourself and Your Online Business in 140 Characters or Less with Twitter. This 48 page e-book on Twitter is a good resource for businesses or individuals to get caught up on using Twitter.

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[Source: Twitter Tools, Reviews, & News - eINFO]

Microsoft Needs Email Marketing Help...Someone Rescue Them!

Jason Stewart, who writes the blog over at Demandbase (business leads and measurement for B2B companies), shared this lovely example of how not to create an email. It was so good I had to share with you. Jason, take it...

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[Source: VerticalResponse Email Marketing Blog for Small Business]

State of the Twittershpere by HubSpot

Hubspot released their Q4 report, "State of the Twittersphere". Hubspot first released this report in Q1 of 2008 so any comparative analysis will have to wait until Q1 2009. Some interesting data to note:

• 4-5 million users
• 70% of Twitter users joined in 2008
• 20% of Twitter users joined in the past 60 days
• 5-10K new accounts are created everyday
• 30% of Twitter users are relatively new or unengaged - do not post more then once a week and follow few people
• Traffic has grown by 600% over the last 12 months

The report also looked at what days were the most active to Tweet. They found that there is about 50% more activity on the weekday versus the weekend. People tend to tweet most often on Wednesday and Thursday. So it may be best to release a product or promote a blog during these two days.

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[Source: Twitter Tools, Reviews, & News - eINFO]

Twanslate - Translate

The Twanslate service provides translation services through direct messages on Twitter. The service can translate the direct message into 21 different languages. All you need to is to follow @twanslate and then send your direct message with the appropriate language code. Twanslate will respond with the tanslated text through a Twitter DM. Could be a handy tool to have when vacationing abroad.

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[Source: Twitter Tools, Reviews, & News - eINFO]

Are You Scared to Click the "Launch" Button for Your Email Campaigns?

Do you ever get that nervous feeling when you click to launch your email marketing campaign? You do it, but then you might quickly cancel it because you need to take just one more look at your content. It's ok,...

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[Source: VerticalResponse Email Marketing Blog for Small Business]

PollDaddy - Twitter Polls

Came across this nice little service to send out polls in your Twitter stream. The service, Twitter Polls, is offered by PollDaddy. It is pretty straight forward to use. They provide you 110 characters to ask your question and allow you to have up to 20 answers. The service is offered in 30 plus languages. You can see my test poll at http://poll.fm/psjp.

Tip: Each poll gets an unique landing page that pulls in your Twitter bio. The Twitter profile link and the bio link are both DoFollow links.

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[Source: Twitter Tools, Reviews, & News - eINFO]

PollDaddy - Twitter Polls

Came across this nice little service to send out polls in your Twitter stream. The service, Twitter Polls, is offered by PollDaddy. It is pretty straight forward to use. They provide you 110 characters to ask your question and allow you to have up to 20 answers. The service is offered in 30 plus languages. You can see my test poll at http://poll.fm/psjp.

Tip: Each poll gets an unique landing page that pulls in your Twitter bio. The Twitter profile link and the bio link are both DoFollow links.

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[Source: Twitter Tools, Reviews, & News - eINFO]

Tweeple - Twitter Group on LinkedIn

There is a pretty active group of Tweeple (aka people on Twitter) on LinkedIn. The group boast over 3000 members and provides some insightful information and discussions about Twitter. If you are on LinkedIn and are a fan of Twitter, you should consider joining this group.

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[Source: Twitter Tools, Reviews, & News - eINFO]

RESPECT - Find Out What it Means to Me

Well, it's the end of the year and you're not only sending a ton of email but you're getting it too, right? Retailers are going nuts trying to get as much as they can out of the short season. I'm...

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[Source: VerticalResponse Email Marketing Blog for Small Business]

Tweetwasters - Find How Much Time You Waste on Twitter

Want to find out how much time you spend on Twitter? Tweetwasters will just do that for you. Tweetwasters estimates that on average a user spends about 30 seconds on creating a Tweet. Multiply that by the number of Tweets you have produced and they provide you with the approximate number of days of your life you have spent on Twitter. The site provides a Hall of Fame of the Top 50 wasters on Twitter. Since this is a new service the Top 50 is changing often as more people come aware of the site. If you really want to promote how much time you waste on Twitter, just use the handy Wordpress plugin. You can see an example of the plugin in action on Sugarrae's blog.

Tip: The site provides an individual link to each profile that they calculate. While they nofollow the website link from your Twitter profile, they dofollow the Twitter profile link. So another easy way to build back links to your Twitter profile.

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[Source: Twitter Tools, Reviews, & News - eINFO]

TrackThis - Track Packages Via Twitter

Need to track you Christmas package? Well the TrackThis program can help. TrackThis allows you to track packages from FedEx, UPS, USPS, and DHL right from your Twitter account. Just follow @trackthis and they will automatically follow you back. Then just send a direct message with the tracking number at the beginning of the message, followed by your nickname for the package. Every time there is a change in the location of the package TrackThis will send you a direct message. Another cool Twitter program!

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[Source: Twitter Tools, Reviews, & News - eINFO]

TwellowHood - Find People in Your Hood

If your familiar with Twellow (a Twitter user directory) then you must check out their new addition, TwellowHood. TwellowHood allows one to search by state and by city to find neighboring Twits. It is pretty simple to find other interesting people within just two clicks. I searched Orlando and found over 1100 people from Orlando on Twitter. They rank the users by the number of followers and I come in at #78. This may be a great tool to use if you want to start a TweetUp in your area.

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[Source: Twitter Tools, Reviews, & News - eINFO]

Diary of Mad Email Marketing Woman

You know the feeling, that great feeling you get after you send your email marketing campaign out? POOF! Stuff happens instantly. Whether it starts your phone ringing, or it gets people to your site, it's a great feeling. Let me...

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[Source: VerticalResponse Email Marketing Blog for Small Business]

Webinar: Twitter for Business

Duct Tape Marketing will be providing a FREE webinar, Twitter for Business. The webinar will feature guest host, Chris Brogan, a community and social media expert. The webinar start at 12noon CST on December 11. Register here.

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[Source: Twitter Tools, Reviews, & News - eINFO]

Quick Holiday Idea From a Local Salon

I ran across this nice idea from a local salon that any services business could really use. On my way out the door, I was given two business cards that had offers printed on them with a Happy Holidays message....

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[Source: VerticalResponse Email Marketing Blog for Small Business]

5 Things To Focus On For This Short Holiday Season

Since Thanksgiving came a week later than last year, it's got both businesses and consumers flustered. Not only is there a week of less sellin' there's a week of less buyin'! For those of you who aren't retailers this might...

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[Source: VerticalResponse Email Marketing Blog for Small Business]

How Much $ Did Your Email Campaign Make You Today?

When you send out an email marketing campaign, you probably get a spike in sales, so you think it worked right? Right! BUT, wouldn't it be great to track the sale directly from those who clicked on your links in...

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[Source: VerticalResponse Email Marketing Blog for Small Business]

Brand Yourself on Twitter

When setting up your personal or corporate Twitter profile, there are several things you should keep in mind.

If the Twitter account is to extend your personal brand always use the combination of your first and last name when setting up the account (note you only have 15 characters for the Username and 20 for the Name fields). If it will not fit you may even consider adding your profession (i.e GaryK_Lawyer). This may even help gain additional followers that maybe looking for people in a certain profession. If your name does not fit within the allowed number of characters you may want to include your full name at the beginning of your One Line Bio.

I have found that the character limitations prohibit some companies from using their branded name within the Username field. This can be a challenge, but there always seems to be a way to provide a meaningful Username that conveys the corporate name. I would also recommend adding "The official account of COMPANY NAME." to the beginning of the One Line Bio. This can help separate your real company account from a "fake" one. Jeremiah Owyang, of Forrester Research, even goes as far as to recommend cross linking your Twitter account from your corporate website to bring additional credibility to the Twitter account.

Well what happens if your company name is already taken? There has been some companies that have successfully gained control by contacting Twitter support and pleading their case. Darren Rowse, of Problogger, suggests following the account name and then @reply to them to see if they are willing to transfer the account over.

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[Source: Twitter Tools, Reviews, & News - eINFO]