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We Did It! Did What? We Finally Broke 15,000 Followers On Twitter!

Karen — Sun, 13 May 2012 16:29:37 +0000

OK so this may not mean a lot to everyone, but it means a heck of a lot to me, over the last few months I was running a slight Twitter Contest, to finally break that 15,000 followers on Twitter that seemed to elude the @BlazingMinds Twitter for a while.

I tweeted out to my followers asking to RT a tweet about a draw which will be made when the Blazing Minds Twitter finally broke the 15,000 mark, quite a few followers ReTweeted the tweet and several ReTweeted it several times.

We Did It! Did What? We Finally Broke 15,000 Followers On Twitter!

So I’ve sorted out who has won an Exclusive Blazing Minds T-Shirt, which will be specially customized for the winner, the winner has been chosen from the 15,000 followers and it is someone who is still following and has done the most Tweets in promoting the contest and believe me it’s taken a while to sift through all the entries, but I’ve finally got down to a winner who has put in quite a lot of tweets and is a loyal follower.

I do have to thank everyone and all my Twitter Followers for following and Tweeting the contest and ReTweeting the blog posts here on the Blazing Minds Blog, without you the blog wouldn’t be as popular on Twitter as it is, cheers.

And The Winner Of The Blazing Minds 15,000 Twitter Follower Contest Is ….

Congratulations to …. @GemmaHaughton1, Gemma took the time to RT the contest the most and spread the word out to other followers, so a big thanks to Gemma and I’ll be in touch shortly for your prize.

An Announcement For Something Special For My Twitter Followers

To celebrate hitting the 15,000 follower count, I’ve decided to run another little giveaway to Tweeters everywhere, but this time I’m looking for sponsors to give away some prizes in the next contest, these can be cash prizes, advertisement slots on a blog/website, physical prizes such as books etc.

I will be using Rafflecopter for the new contest and each sponsor will have their Twitter or Facebook page listed in the entry options, so sponsors could build their followers or fans via this competition.

If you are interested in becoming a sponsor then, leave a comment or contact me via the contact me page (remember to select “sponsor a contest” in the subject box) letting me know what you would like to offer as a prize in the new Blazing Minds contest.

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HOW TO .. Fix The Twitter Replies Issue On Your iPhone

Karen — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 08:45:54 +0000

Over the last couple of days there have been many tweets flying around on Twitter about the issue with the @ Connect page on Twitter for iPhone with many users not getting any Twitter replies except in their timelines or lists.

All this is very frustrating and it still seems to be an ongoing issue that may be fix on the next update for Twitter for iPhone, but, I do have a solution, it’s not perfect, but it does work.

HOW TO .. Fix The Twitter Replies Issue On Your iPhone

First of all you will need to go in to your settings menu on your iPhone and select “Twitter”

Now that you are in your Twitter setting page, select your Twitter account, if you have a few, then select the one you are having the problem with, if you are having problems with all your twitter accounts then repeat the process for each Twitter account.

Now you have to delete the account that you are having the problems with the Twitter replies, don’t worry this won’t delete your Twitter account it will only remove it from your iPhone, so stop panicking!

Once you have deleted the account, simply re-add it and then the next time you use the Twitter for iPhone app, you should get your replies back. This is the method that I used to get them back and it’s worked, I hope it also works for you as well, but in the meantime, if you can’t wait for Twitter to issue an update for their app on the iPhone then try Hootsuite, that’s what I have used over the last couple of day and it didn’t have any problems with the Twitter replies.

So have you been having the problems with the @ Connect page on your iPhone? And what has been your solution to your Twitter replies not showing up?

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Grab A Bit Of Twitter @Fame In The Twitter Fame Game And Increase Your Twitter Followers

Karen — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 15:00:26 +0000

(Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife)

UPDATE: Since this post was originally written the Fame Game has sadly closed down

Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to get a slice of the pie when it comes to a bit of Fame of Twitter, well now you can with the “Fame Game“!

OK! So perhaps we won’t be able to get to the dizzy heights of @LadyGaGa and her massive following of little monsters, but it would be nice to have some kind of FAME even if it’s only for one day, so let me tell you how you can get a little slice of that fame pie with FAME.

FAME is on a mission to find a new tweeter to make more famous than GaGa, it’ll certainly be interesting to see if this bit of Twitter fun will be able to pull this off, now wouldn’t that be something for the celebrity news headlines

All you have to do is connect your Twitter account:

Connect your Twitter to play. Each day we randomly select one FAME winner at 12 noon EST.

Everyone playing FAME will automatically follow the winner’s Twitter account for 24 hours.

The next day, a new winner is selected and the previous winner is automatically unfollowed.

Now how easy is that!

When you connect with your Twitter, you will get one entry ticket, if you decide to tweet out that you have joined the Fame Game you will get an extra “10″ tickets, then for each person that joins up using your link will give you an extra 5 tickets. The more tickets you have the better your chances of winning.

FAME is a relatively new site, but the buzz is getting around quite quickly and more and more tweeters are joining in, so get on over there and get involved each day

But Wait!

Now there is a catch to become famous for 1 day, all those people who automatically followed you, because you won, will automatically unfollow you when the 24 hours is up, but, if you make those 24 hours something special and I know most of you do, then most of those tweeters will bookmark you and keep following you.

All you have to remember, is keep your good quality, funny, helpful and maybe interesting tweets flowing and those tweeters will think to themselves, “Hey this tweeter is really worth following!”

So good luck in the Twitter Fame Game and keep tweeting.

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A Twitter Face Off @BlazingMinds vs @Alyssa_Milano INFOGRAPHIC

Karen — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 17:28:34 +0000

So there I was reading through my stack of emails when I came across my Twitter stats for the week from @TheCounter, so as usual I started reading the email and came across something that caught my eye, a way of having your own Twitter infographic. Now this sounded like fun.

Thanks to this Infographic service that not only allows you to create an infographic from your Twitter as a form of face OFF with a random Twitter Celebrity but it also has a big collection of other themes for you to choose from, you can also make an infographic from your Facebook, now how cool is that

I went for the Twitterize Yourself, which for me is my overall favourite after trying the other themes, after tweeking the options for a more personal look of my character in the infographic, I hit the “Generate Infographic” button.

After the process was finished the Infographic was displayed and so I was up against @Alyssa_Milano, what a choice for a random celebrity, at least it was Bieber!!!

A Twitter Face Off @BlazingMinds vs @Alyssa_Milano INFOGRAPHIC

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Twitter Lists – How To Make The Most Out Of Them

Karen — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:00:25 +0000

If you use Twitter often then you have noticed the Twitter Lists, these can be more useful that you may think and are an ideal way of sorting out your favourite tweeters or your celebrities that you like to follow, so let’s have a look at them and find out how to make and use a Twitter list.

Those of you who do follow me on Twitter, @BlazingMinds, will have seen that I do have several list on my twitter account and I use these as a way of keeping in touch with the many followers that I have, it’s a great way of viewing a set of tweeters without trying to sift through an ever updating Twitter timeline.

How To Set Up A Twitter List

It’s really easy to set up a Twitter List, when you are viewing someone on Twitter simple click on the their profile and select the drop down menu to show several options including “Add or remove from lists”, this will also allow you to make a new lists. Then you simple create a new list or select a tick box to add the tweeter to one of your current Twitter Lists.

So What Can You Do Now You Have Lists Set Up?

There are several things you can do with your Twitter Lists, I use them to sort out those that I want to see and read their tweets without sifting through the masses of tweets in the Twitter Timeline, I have several lists, but the ones I use the most are:

Movie and TV World – Those in the industry that I talk to and they talk to me

Buddies – Those on twitter that I talk to on and off-line.

Friends and Faves – These are a list of tweeters, that are in my top list of tweeters

I do have more which you can find here in my Twitter List section on Twitter. Controlling your new lists is easy, you can view them in the majority of twitter clients, including the official Twitter App. For the best control over updating your Twitter Lists I always fall back to the Twitter website as I find that the easiest way.

But for viewing, use the App you may have on your phone or tablet, when you want to know what you closest friends are doing or even those that you have added in a certain filed or business, then it’s so much easier to use your Twitter Lists instead of trying to get through the masses on your Twitter Timeline.

Ideas For Your New Twitter List

You could make a list for:

Those that you want to see and maybe don’t want to follow.

Celebrities

Musicians

Shops

Tweeters that run competitions

Friends and family

So if you are looking in to controlling how you view those that you follow on Twitter and just want to keep everything in an organized way then give your Twitter Lists a try to see how easier it is to view those tweeters that are more important to you.

Now It’s Over To You!

Do you use Twitter Lists and do you make the most of them? What’s the best use you have found for Twitter Lists?

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10 Simple Ways To Increase Your Twitter Followers

Allina — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 08:49:14 +0000

Getting a significant number of twitter followers can work as a conduit for achieving prominent recognition and marketing conquest. Further, it symbolizes your statistical volume of visibility and outreach. 10 ideas that can concretize your dream follower list are:

Go for Power tweeters: You should always target the big guns of a particular arena. Interacting with eminent personalities makes you a social figure and you can easily build up your social relationships. This way you can expand your social network and others would like to listen to you. People would naturally want to follow you and pay more attention to your tweets.

Knock at the right time: Use application like Tweet O’clock that can help you in knowing the best possible time for contacting a tweeter. You can get their active timeframes on your screen and it would help you in forming vital social relationships and increase your tweet count.

Get your timing right: The time of tweeting can benefit you in leaps and bounds as far as your follower list is concerned. If you target the peak times wherein the rush of tweeters is maximum, you can surely make the most out of your tweets. 10:00 onwards up till 16:00 is a good time to enhance your visibility and ensure that there is a large crowd to checkout your feed. Another popular time frame for getting a good response is late night between 1-2p.m.

Using applications: If you cannot manage tweeting in the active hours like 10:00-16:00 or between 1-2p.m., then you can make use of apps like Twaitter. This application lets you customize the time of your tweet and so you can make most of the feeds at the peak time.

Say it Right: Be firm with your research and follow the trends. Do not just imitate a past popular tweet but try to know what people like to follow. Getting inspirations from successful people and forming a good network can help you in knowing more about the right feed.

Interact positively: Interacting with your followers through some effective status updates is a prudent idea. This would definitely result in an increase in your follower listing.

Become Resourceful: Become a source of discussion. Try to foster tweeting habits that initiate a discussion and make people talk about the resources you offer. Using applications like Twit-Doc would help you in uploading a resource like document, video or image across twitter.

Find tweeters with similar interests: Using apps such as Twiterrel would aid you in finding people having common interests. This way your feeds would get a justified audience and you can aggrandize your follower list accordingly.

Use Synchronization: Using apt apps would let you sync your tweets with Facebook activities. Thus, by adding a #FB as a suffix to your tweet, you can get more people to know about your updates.

Use Hash Tags: You can categorize your feed using a hash tag. This would help to make your post visible to those people who search for the tagged keyword. Besides, you can learn about contemporary and buzzing keywords using various apps like twit-scoop.

Allina Carroll is an Entrepreneur who designs and develops solutions for a business. She also writes as a freelancer for a number of online communities and is writing this post for http://www.markkia.com

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Twitter Celebrities And The Big Question Why Do They Bother?

Karen — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:18:25 +0000

I remember those early days when Twitter first came to light in around 2006 and though I wasn’t sure about it, I left it for a little while, but then finally bit the bullet and joined in with the “tweeting” madness.

Though at first I didn’t really get it and I don’t think many people did what it was all about, I stuck with it, then years down the line when I started my blog I dropped my, little followed, account and Started up @BlazingMinds, though it has had a name change to fit in the branding of the blog.

Twitter Celebrities And The Big Question Why Do They Bother?

So those of us who have been using Twitter for years were then overwhelmed with the celebrities discovering this “new” application for them to promote the hell out of themselves and their works, TV Shows, Films etc.

But as with most celebrities they are a one-way street, with the majority of them sticking together in close groups of fellow Twitter Celebrities and only communicating with each other and totally ignoring their loyal fans and followers, with the exception of a few Twitter Celebrities such as @LadyGaGa and @GunnerGale most Twitter Celebrities just don’t bother!

Mass Twitter Followers And Not Enough Time On Their Hands

Ok we know that the big Twitter Celebrities have millions of fans and it can be impossible to answer everyone that tweets them, but some don’t even bother at all, but do they care, I don’t think they do as long as their follower counts are on the increase, their album sales are still making them stacks of money and they can live in luxury, then why should they care.

It can be impossible for them to reply to those tweeting to them in the masses, but at least some should respond, even big businesses can find time to answer questions regarding services etc, even if it takes a while they do reply.

Do We Really Care?

Too be honest, no! But what annoys me is when you hear a lot of the celebrities banging on about that they are on Twitter, they are almost making out it’s something new and don’t tell your fans they can get in touch with you via Twitter if you aren’t even going to bother tweeting back.

Contrary to belief, Twitter is not a one-way street, it’s also about communication! The same is also starting to happen on FaceBook with celebrities saying “Yes you can get in touch with me on Facebook as well”, yes that may be true, but you do ignore your fans, so why bother!!!!

Over To You My Fellow Tweeters And Blog Readers

So what do you think? Do you follow any Twitter Celebrities? Do they follow you back? Do they communicate with you?

I’d love to hear your thoughts , so leave you comment and lets see what everyone thinks of the Twitter celebrities

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Taking the Twitter Plunge (If You Haven’t Already)

Deborah Anderson — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:55:33 +0000

Ok, I admit it. I haven’t tweeted. Take a couple parts guilt feelings, a part procrastination, a part “where-do-I-start” and a dash of OCD/perfectionism and you get a social media nut who isn’t tweeting. Why? Simply because I love people so much that I want to thank each and every one and realize the more days that pass, the more people there are that I haven’t thanked, and how far back do I go with the thanks and should I thank yesterday’s tweeps first, or a month ago?… Ok, do you get the picture? I told you it was crazy, so consider yourself having been fore-warned!

And, to top it off. While I sit back, chasing my tail, wondering where to start, my Klout score plummets, and plummets, and plummets… OK, don’t go looking, now. Seriously, I am embarrassed! So, I fell down on the playground and skinned my knee. Not like I can’t stand up, brush myself off, and go on skipping rope in the playground called “Life,” in the sandbox called “Twitter.”

Now, I really appreciate all of you gusto-grabbing people who are able to just pull out the stops and Tweet (or blog, or Facebook status, or whatever the case may be). I applaud you and I send you congratulatory warm virtual hugs. If you know me, you know that I am not patronizing you, I mean it!

For those of you who may have “issues,” whatever they may be (fear of people, momentary lapses of memory, spending too much time with your pets or your cars, etc.). Hey, join the club! I don’t think any of us is perfect. But, you know what, I am going to take the plunge. I am going to send out personal tweets starting today and realize that you can’t change the past. Not only that, but who said you have to be perfect?! Enjoy your humanity and make a few boo boos. We all do! So, what are you waiting for? You ready to take the plunge (or re-plunge) with me? If so, see you on Twitter!

P.S. To all of you who have “Thanks” coming, in appreciation for your mentions and shout outs, to you I send a special, global “Thank you.”

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Just Retweet Helps You Spread Your Tweets Even Further

Karen — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:50:27 +0000

Lets face it there are so many sites out there these days that offer you the chance to increase your followers and the majority of these sites can fall foul of the Twitter Spammers, but when I heard about Just Retweet, I had to check it out for myself, the title just made me think, “Now that sounds interesting”

First of all Just Retweet is quite basic and there isn’t any of all that pop and circumstance of promising you the world in the TwitterVerse, it’s just there to help spread your tweets to the ever-growing Twitter users.

JustRetweet is a Web site that drives a lot of traffic to your Twitter account and your blog when your tweet gets retweeted and goes viral. There’s no question that Twitter drives website traffic. This is particularly true when one of your updates blog post, Website, etc.is retweeted within the industry. And the effect is two-fold: You not only get a good dose of traffic to your site, but will also likely gain new Twitter followers as a result.

How To Get Yourself Started Using Just Retweet

It’s really easy, just stop by Just ReTweet and do the following:

Log in with your Twitter account via Twitter Oauth, you’ll get 100 tasty credits for doing that.

Go in to your settings in Just Retweet and update your details, that’s another 25 credits.

Enter a Tweet that you want others to ReTweet and use your credits to pay for it.

Add your website.

Add your websites RSS feed.

Go and ReTweet some of the great articles and visit some of the websites, all of which will gain you credits.

So now your listed now what?

What I personally like to do is find some blog posts on my blog, that could may be do with a little viral retweeting and I add those to the section for my ReTweets, simply add the tweet with the URL shortened by your favourite URL shortner and your away, don;t add the RT USERNAME as this will automatically done for you.

You can also visit the Exchange ReTweets section where you can also earn credits for ReTweeting fellow tweeters tweets, but don’t just RT everything, tweet out what you think your followers will find interesting and valuable, you don’t want to be deemed a spammer for ReTweeting just for the sake of it, do you!

Don’t Just ReTweet, Visit The Blogs!

If you do see a ReTweet that is offering a few credits, then don’t just ReTweet it! I usually take the time to visit the link to the post as well, mainly when I see it’s from a Tweeter I trust,comment on the blog while you are there as well, this shows that you have some appreciation for the work that the blogger has put in to their post

Making Twitter Friends

You will also see that there are options to follow other Tweeters, such as the section on the main page for “Featured Users”

Ideal for finding new like-minded Tweeters and following them will earn you credits, you will also find a “Twitter Followers” section to earn credits for follows. But always remember the golden rules when following anyone:

Check out the Twitter profile first before following.

Don’t follow just for the sake of credits

Never, never CHURN on Twitter (following and dropping in quick succession, it’s the right way to get banned from Twitter!)

If you follow these simple rules, then you shouldn’t (hopefully) get those annoying spammers etc in your Twitter DMs.

My Thoughts On Just Retweet

I’ve used Just ReTweet for a while now and I can honestly say that so far I’m impressed, there seems to be a better bunch of tweeters using it compared to the likes of Twiends. But where Just Retweet excels is the viral power of getting your tweets ReTweeted and for me, since using Just ReTweet, my RTs have gone a lot further than they previously did.

But don’t take my word for it, give it a go yourself, it’s free, so how can you go wrong!

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Why I Choose Not To Auto #FollowBack On Twitter

Karen — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:20:14 +0000

It’s a dilemma that a lot of Twitter users seem to have these days, should they follow everyone back that follows them or should they just follow those that they like, or should they just not bother with following anyone back at all!

A lot of Tweeter do opt for auto following everyone back that follows them and for me this is something that I don’t do and really don’t believe in, yes there are those that say it helps with your follower numbers, but surely the amount of followers and those that you follow shouldn’t really matter or should it?

Why I Choose Not To Auto FollowBack On Twitter

From past experience in the early days of my account, I did follow everyone back, but this did lead to those many accounts that will follow you and as soon as you do they unfollow, just to increase their numbers, also you have no end of SPAM coming through on your DMs via the majority of the “TeamFollowBack” tweeters and when you have the option to Tweet on your smart phone, it can be a complete annoyance.

So after learning from this I chose to not auto follow and by doing this my experience of twitter has improved with more interesting tweets coming through in my timeline and being able to communicate better with my followers, it’s also shown that you do not have to follow everyone to gain followers!

You Should Still Follow Other Interesting Tweeters

Now I’m not saying you should never follow back anyone on Twitter, I’m just saying drop the auto follow systems, as you will most probably get stacks of followers that only want to spam you, my advice is to check your Twitter Connect Timelime to see who has recently followed you then check them out, read their Twitter Bio , view their tweets and see if they are interesting for you to follow.

It’s not a written Twitter rule that you have to follow everyone back and you will find that the genuine Tweeters that enjoy your tweets and do find them interesting will keep following you even if you don’t follow back and if you want to show them you appreciation you can either follow them back or add them to a special Twitter List, so you can keep an eye on their tweets without over filling your timeline.

But What About Those That Follow And Unfollow So Quickly?

As long as you aren’t Auto Following on Twitter these shouldn’t really be a problem as they really won’t make much of a difference to you, but if you do want to know who has unfollowed you then you could use a Twitter Tool such as, Who UnFollowed Me, to check them out. This is quite a handy Twitter Tool and one I’ve used on many occasions, you could also try UnTweeps and ManageFlitter to organize your unfollowers.

So How Do I Get Twitter Followers?

Ah, the ultimate question! For me, I follow like-minded tweeters who have interesting or funny tweets and friends, such as bloggers and friends that I meet in the “real world”. Reply and RT tweets that you find interesting or funny and join in Twitter conversations, let people know you are in the Twitterverse, add your Twitter to your emails, website or even mention it to people.

Tweet some thing interesting to the world, use hash tags (but don’t over do them), all this helps to improve your Twitter followers outlook on your Tweets.

Add your Twitter to some of the Twitter Directories such as WeFollow or Twello, this will open you up to other Tweeters that are looking for fellow local and/or like-minded tweeters to follow and make friends with.

So Now It’s Over To You!

That’s it for me on this article, so now it’s your turn, what’s your opinion on Auto Follow Back on Twitter? Do you do it? Have you done it in the past? Let me know I’d love to hear your thoughts

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How To Write a Twitter Bio That Gains You More Followers

Karen — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 13:00:37 +0000

I’ve written so many articles about using Twitter for Social Networking and I have mentioned briefly about the bio on your Twitter profile, so now, I thought it was about time I went into this a bit more.

Your Twitter bio is possible one of the most important things that people will check when they view your Twitter page and leaving this blank is a complete No No! And yet again filling it with spammy words just to get followers is another NO NO, as most tweeters will know what your doing it..

Since originally writing this article I have updated it and extended it a little with some more useful tips

So what should you put in your Twitter bio, well, make it informative, but not personal, as an example mine reads:

Owner and Famous Blogger of Blazing Minds, lover of tech, life & people who make her laugh. A Twitter celebrity in the making. http://blazingminds.co.uk

As you can see, it says what I do and a few of the things I like, you may of noticed that I’ve also added my URL into the bio, this helps when your Twitter bio is listed on other sites that may not mention your URL. What you shouldn’t be putting is things like:

Website seo, blogging tips, thesis, blogs, blog design

This is just spammy and it shows that the tweeter knows that people will search through the bio looking for those keywords to follow them, yes it is OK to add a few keywords, but add them in a sentence, not just a list of words!

Example: I’m a blogger that writes about blogging tips, blog design, thesis and many more interesting blog related articles

If you want people to follow you on twitter show them that you are worth their time and let them see from your bio that you are not just another one of those bots that is only there for the numbers. By showing that you’re a human being with a well formed and interesting Twitter Bio people will have an inkling of your Twitter streams content.

Try the following tips in your Twitter Bio:

Tell Tweeters what you do

Show a side of your personality

Add something a little personal, but not something no one should know!

Never include politics, religion or sexuality

Have fun, but be informative and most of all be HUMAN

So there you have it a few little tips, that I hope will help.

If you have any Twitter tips on what you think your should add in the bio then let us all know, also if you have found this article about your Twitter Bio, then please ReTweet it to your friends and followers

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Here We Go Again with a Twitter Redesign

Business.com — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 09:52:15 +0000

Remember the old adage “If it Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix It?” that so many of us grew up with and carry to this day?

It seems social networking site Twitter, which has been on the social networking scene for around six years, is giving that saying a run for its money these days, having recently announced its second major change in less than a year.

According to a spokesperson with the company, “It’s not just a visual redesign but a conceptual redesign to make Twitter more accessible to the next billion users.”

With Twitter reportedly presently having anywhere from 100 million to 300 million users, plans are to continue growing the company, which still trails rival Facebook by a wide margin in terms of users and mass appeal.

Slated to be dispersed globally over the coming weeks, the changes will include a new section for everyone’s Twitter account known as “Stories,” allowing users access to Twitter content they may find useful.

Up to now, Twitter has been mainly viewed as a short chat platform for friends, individuals wanting to share their daily travails with others, and a place to go and obtain news updates.

What’s the Plan?

With the hashtag #letsfly, Twitter announced on its company blog some of the planned enhancements. They include:

A more simplified design;

An update to TweetDeck to be in tandem with the new Twitter version;

Updated versions of the enhancements on mobile.twitter.com, Twitter for iPhone and Twitter for Android.

As the blog noted, “What we’re announcing today is just the beginning. We now have a framework in place that we will quickly build and iterate upon to help users connect with whatever is meaningful to them.”

Maybe most importantly of all from a financial standpoint is the fact that Twitter will now permit advertisers to have much great access on the social site. Brand pages already noticeable on Facebook, and those recently showing up on Google+, are slated to become a regular feature on Twitter in the months ahead.

According to Twitter, those businesses seeking branded pages will have the ability to “control the message” visitors view when initially arriving on one’s profile page by promoting a Tweet to the top of one’s page timeline.

Twitter pointed out that the page and promoted tweet come at no charge and will be publicly accessible. Businesses will also have the option of customizing those pages, providing their own logo, colors and whatever message they look to provide to the service.

Lastly, developers will have the ability to embed tweets on various Web sites through copying and pasting a line of code.

Bridging Gap of Awareness and Engagement

According to Twitter’s CEO, Dick Costolo, the changes are in essence a move to “Bridge the gap between the awareness of Twitter and the engagement on Twitter.”

For those who visit Twitter but may have found it hard to use, perhaps these changes will in fact make things easier.

Then again, too much redesigning and doing it too often may lead some to look elsewhere for conversing with friends, family, co-workers, business associates and more.

In the words of Costolo, “We are going to offer simplicity in a world of complexity.”

Time will tell if those words are agreed upon by Twitter users worldwide.

Photo credit: blog.blogsthatfollow.com

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Why I am using Tweetdeck for my Tweeting

Techwork — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 06:47:08 +0000

First let me introduce you to Tweetdeck

If you are a blogger you properly also have a Twitter account where you promote yourself or maybe even multiple accounts. After a while it can be a lot of work to keep up with those accounts and tweets and the default www.twitter.com solution does not add much support for multiple accounts and a lot more than that. That is where Tweet Deck comes to the rescue. It is a little application you install on your PC. When it is installed you can configure multiple Twitter accounts and configure different kind of views for your twitter stream.

Get the full picture with Tweetdeck

On the picture below you can see I have configured 3 columns in my Tweetdeck.
The first one is called All Friends and simply just shows tweet from all people I follow. The second column is showing tweets only from bloggers that are on my customized list called “Favorites-Bloggers”.

This is a great way to see what the people I admire the most are tweeting and still have the possibility to follow all the people I follow in the left column. The last column I have configured is “Mentions”. This column shows every time someone has mentioned my Tweetname in a tweet. I is the same you can see on your normal twitter account but here you can see it without moving away from your normal twitter stream.

Support for other social networks

Not only does Tweetdeck support multiple Twitter accounts it does also support other social networks. It makes it possible to add e.g. your Facebook account to Tweetdeck as well.

Tweetdeck for smartphones

Tweetdeck is also available for iPhone and Android smartphone, but it is not a part of this review. Tweetdeck is also available as an extension for the Google Chrome browser I you prefer that.

Additional configuration:

Another great thing about Tweetdeck is that it gives you some extra configuration options. Here are my 3 favorite tweaks for Tweetdeck:

Show the numbers of followers on all users below their picture.

Use Autocomplete for usernames when you write a tweet.

Play an alert sound notification when someone mentions you in a tweet.

All the above is available under settings and can add extra value to your TweetDeck experience.

That was all for me today. Now I would like to activate your guys a bit. Let me hear how you Tweet? Do you use Tweetdeck or another program for your Tweets? If you have not yet tried TweetDeck you should go ahead and download it.

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Introducing The New Blazing Minds Logo Designed By TheraisaK

Karen — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 16:56:56 +0000

Ok folks you may have seen the new logo already, specially on my Twitter (@BlazingMinds), but I thought it was time to introduce you all to the new Blazing Minds logo that has been designed by TheraisaK.

Why Get A New Logo?

Since starting Blazing Minds over three years ago, I have used the same image and thought it was about time that I had my own custom logo that everyone will see and hopefully come to love.

So I got in touch with TheraisaK, who also designed the new @SlappyBear logo as well, asked her to design a logo for Blazing Minds, that kept in the spirit of the red-haired avatar that everyone was used to and the result is something that I personally think is brilliant.

I must say a big, big thanks to Theraisa for the brilliant work that she has done on not only the Blazing Minds, but also on the Slappy Bear Logo as well. I think both look far better than what I originally had

Introducing The New Blazing Minds Logo

What Has Been Said About The New Blazing Minds Logo On Twitter

@BlazingMinds liking the New Blazing Logo! ;-)
October 14, 2011 12:22 am via Twitter for iPhone ReplyRetweetFavorite
@limey59music
limey59music

@BlazingMinds love your new avatar!
October 14, 2011 4:49 pm via TweetDeck ReplyRetweetFavorite
@CommentLuv
Andy Bailey

@BlazingMinds Karen so cute your new avatar! :)
October 14, 2011 7:33 pm via TweetDeck ReplyRetweetFavorite
@sweetsfoods
sweetsfoods

@BlazingMinds wow karen, new twitter avatar? nice! blog redesign next?
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@ronniedare
ronleyba

So what do you think of the new Blazing Minds Logo? Please let me know as I would love to hear what you think

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Easy Retweet – Gaining More ReTweets, Followers and More

Karen — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:16:40 +0000

Most of you who read my blog will have read several of the Twitter Tips that I post every now and again, such as gaining followers, finding who unfollowed you and even ways of helping your influence by getting more ReTweets.

Recently I stumbled across the website Easy Retweet, which not only allows you to get other to ReTweet your tweets, but it also help in gaining Twitter Followers as well!

Using Easy Retweet To Gain ReTweets And Followers Is So Easy

Simply sign up with your Twitter account via Twitter Oauth and then fill in your bio and then you are away, you will get free credits for signing up with EasyRetweet and you can use these in several ways to promote your tweets, Twitter and even your website!

Your RT Messages

In this section you can add your own messages that you want to be ReTweeted, remember to add the links with your favourite URL shortener, select how many credits you are offering for your RT, how many credits you wish the ReTweets to run for and what the least amount of followers a tweeter should have to be able to RT your tweets . These can all be edited again later.

Now your Message will go in to the list of tweets that members can tweets for you.

Browse ReTweets

Simply put, this is where you can earn credits for tweeting other members Tweets, my advice here is, don’t just tweet everything, select those tweets that you think your followers would be interested in or are in the niche that your Twitter followers may be in.

Blog ReTweets

Nice little touch this, you can add your blogs RSS feed to Easy Retweet and then when new posts are published, members can have the option of tweeting your blog post for the amount of credits that you have on offer for each blog post ReTweeted.

Browse Websites

Another methods of earning credits for your account, click on the websites and a window will open with the website, wait a while and you will then be told that you have earned credits and you can close the window, a great way for you to earn credits and good for getting a few more hits to your website.

Get Twitter Followers

This is the section where you can not only follower others for credits, but you can also set up how many credits you will offer to new followers of your Twitter, but also where your earned credits are stored, either in your RT account or your Follow account. So if one is running low you can switch to gain more credits in that specific account.

Don’t just follow everyone, check out the tweeters first and see if you like what they are tweeting, then follow them through Easy Retweet to gain yourself some credits

You can also buy credits via PayPal if you so wish.

Overall Thoughts Of Easy Retweet

I have noticed an increase in website traffic since using this handy Twitter tool and followers have increased, of cause you will still get those follow and then unfollow you in a matter of minutes or hours, but this is inevitable with this sort of system.

But for gaining ReTweets from some new tweeters is really handy and I have noticed that there has been an increase of blog views coming in from Twitter.

So Easy Retweet is a handy Twitter Tool and if used wisely it can help in several ways, but as with all Twitter Tools like this, you should not over do following as this can cause Twitter to get a little unhappy with you

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