Get More from Twitter – Twitter Marketing eBook Review

This post was written by Mike from HTS Tech Tips – Computer Tech Tips, News & Computer Support for non-geeks.

The meteoric rise in popularity of Twitter has spawned a rapid growth in media coverage, Twitter books and numerous Twitter-related applications and tools. The best hands-on book about Twitter, the social media platform, that I have come across is an e-Book written by well known blogger Marko Saric entitled Twitter Marketing: How to Go Viral On Twitter. Mr. Saric developed much of his material through substantial experience in acquiring over 20,000 Twitter followers and through his successful blog, Howtomakemyblog.com. His understanding of social media is evident in the practical nature of his explanations and advice.

Tactical Twitter Marketing

As Twitter’s popularity continues to grow many people are looking for methods to use Twitter and other social media more effectively. Mr. Saric’s 55-page eBook is focused on the tactical, hands-on use of Twitter for marketing and promotion, from growing an online audience, presence and reputation to driving more traffic to a web site or blog to growing product sales to lowering customer acquisition costs and more. Twitter Marketing provides tips, tactics, explanations, examples and graphics to help flatten the Twitter learning curve for readers. Mr. Saric also draws on his extensive experience to cite real world examples of what not to do on Twitter and how to avoid the potholes on the Twitter Highway. Sometimes knowing what not to do can be as evaluable as knowing what to do.

 


Fetching Friday – Resources, #FollowFriday, Personal News & PageRank (Again)

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the resources mashup, #FollowFriday recommendations, some personal news, another PageRank update, previews and reviews, and an engaging music video.

The Resources Mashup

Here are some of the best articles I have stumbledupon this week.

Blogging / Design

 


Alternatives to Checking Statistics

This post was written by Trevor from Striking Towards the Top – Striking Up.

I struggled with the concept of not checking things repeatedly. In fact, you could say I checked things so frequent that I was wasting my life away doing it! The people that mentored me always told me, “Stop checking! It doesn’t do you any good.” And its true! It doesn’t do you any good.

Why isn’t it good?

1. You’re wasting time.

You’ll be astonished at how much time you can waste just checking ANYTHING repeatedly. Lets take for example, your blog! I find myself amazed after I calculate how much time I spend looking at statistics for my blog. Statistics like traffic, amount of time spent, bounce rate, etc. They are all fun to look at and looking at those stats rise definitely make me happier but what is it really doing? Its just giving me an illusion of making me happy! That’s it! My stats won’t raise if I check it more often and if I check it at the end of the day its not like the stats will be lowered.

 


Fetching Friday – Resources, #FollowFriday, Facebook Usernames & A New Logo

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the resources mashup, #FollowFriday recommendations, Facebook usernames, Kikolani’s new logo, week in review, previews for next week’s posts on kikolani.com and cat yodeling.

The Resources Mashup

Here are some of the best articles I have stumbledupon this week.

Blogging / Design

 


Southwest Critters

Here is a sampling of some of the critters I see around Arizona. These were taken around my office, apartment, the Desert Botanical Gardens, and on a recent trip to Mt. Lemmon.
QuailHere Lizard LizardFrog or Toad?Ground SquirrelSquirrel at Mt. Lemmon

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