Clinton Skakun

Twitter Lists is going crazy right now. Since the launch countless lists have been created and even more users have been added. South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut dvd Twitter Lists offers a new and powerful method of getting the aggregated data you want, when you want it. And come to think of it, this is what Twitter is really all about.

You may be at a loss on how to use Twitter Lists or what kind of lists to create. To learn how to use Twitter Lists take a hike over to Mashable’s “HOW TO: Use Twitter Lists”. Josh Catone has written an awesome article on why would use Twitter Lists, creating & managing and blocking lists and where to find Twitter Lists other users have created.

Sarah Evans also wrote a post on “10 Ways You Can Use Twitter Lists”. I used a few of her ideas in this post, but preferred to add a few of my own.

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If you want to keep up with your industry news Twitter lists is a easy way to do just THAT. You can add anyone you consider an authority to your list. For example I chose to add Joel Comm to my Industry Leaders because I consider him an authority on Internet marketing and Twitter. Sure maybe he’s not what you’d consider a “Tycoon” or an “Industrialist”. He doesn’t post a lot of news, per se, but I know that if there’s any place to get valuable information about Twitter marketing it’s from Joel Comm, so I listen and watch what he’s talking about. Another person I consider an authority on social media, connecting with people, design and the new web is David Armano. I’ve followed his blog for well over a year now and respect his opinions on his blog and what he does for other people.

2. “Demographics and Personas”

Here’s a cool list you can create, demographics. If you’re a marketer and use Twitter for collecting marketing information you can group users by demographic or persona. Depending on what data your collecting you can sort users by sex, age, country, occupation, nationality, etc etc.

3. “People Near You, Region Wise”

It’s important to keep in mind the people who live in your area, especially if you use social media for your local business. If you need to know instantly who lives within, for example, driving range of you..you could add a People Nearby list. For instance, I live in High River Alberta. I could add a High Riverites or Albertans list so I can find out INSTANTLY who lives in my area.

4. “Your Evangelists, People you talk about you and Subscribers”

If you don’t have a large following on Twitter this one may not work for you. If you’ve “generated a buzz” and have people talking, FIND OUT who they are and add them to your Evangelists

list. Before Twitter Lists we had to write these people down on paper. Now we can add them to a list and see what they’re talking about. It’s much easier. This is also a great way to keep in front of and get to know your Subscribers.

5. “Your Friends and Regular Tweeters”

It’s hard to keep up with all your every day Twitter friends when they’re scattered amongst hundreds of other users. If you only follow 10 or 30 people this probably isn’t a big deal. However for you more action Tweeters, it’s a good idea to add your friends to a separate list. This will make them feel important and will let them know that you haven’t forgotten that they’re alive.

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Twitter Lists makes all the sense in the world. There’s such a thing as being too simple. I think this tiny new addition has made Twitter that much more easy to use, especially for busy Tweeters who don’t have time to write groups down on paper and visit them one by one. I hope this post will inspire you a little to play with the new Lists feature. These are just a few of my ideas. There’s countless others that you can come up with. Please feel free to leave a comment and tell me what uses you’ve found for the new Twitter Lists. download Puccini for Beginners

Today I made a decision. I’m saying good bye to Auto responders. I’m talking about the Auto responders that let you send an (impersonal) Direct Message to your new Twitter followers.

It’s doesn’t take effort to set up an Auto responder and it saves time. They’re also a piss off to new followers.

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The future of social networking is about people and personality. Not machines and automation. Slumdog Millionaire on dvd

Why do we need an Auto responder anyways? Are we pressed for time? Are we celebrities with an 30,000+ followers? Are we just too busy to take the time to appreciate new potential clients?
Hell it only takes 30-40 minute’s every day to send out a few nice personal messages to the people who thought you were worth following.

Is your time so important that you need to risk turning off people who could benefit YOU?

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Instead of your new followers feeling appreciated they get burnt when reading your “I’m too busy but here’s a nice little duplicated message(already read by my 721+ other followers), oh and BTW, please take the time out of YOUR BUSY SCHEDULE to click my junk:):):D”

People appreciate personality because, in the Information Age, automation is THE cheap and worthless way to say, THANK YOU!

Doing this you’ll have a better attitude toward your self.
Your new followers will have a better attitude toward you.

Everyone wins!

Feel Free to Tweet this if you think people need to hear it:)

I had another brainwave on this topic and decided to make a PART 2! If you haven’t read my first post, “Successfully Selling Yourself On Twitter”, you can read it here.

I’ve decided to share two more tips with you on how to promote your personal or company brand on Twitter. Here they are:

Continued Tip #1. STAY on topic. If you want people to stay(or become) interested in your brand you need to keep them reminded. Try to keep every tweet related to your bio(or your brand or occupation).

For example, tweets like,
“going to bed, good night everyone”
or
“I’m going to work in 10 minute’s”
or
“I’m hungry, going to find something to eat”.

These are all very good, but they don’t remind anyone about your brand.
If instead you made tweets like,
“Merry Christmas from everyone at [MY COMPANY]“
or
“Re-wrote a [CLIENT'S SITE] in PHP, going to bed good night.”
or
“[this and this technology related to my business] has just released version 2.5! – http://linklink.com”

It ensures that you’re getting the word out, to some extent. Combine your personal daily activities with promoting your brand.

Continued Tip #2. Follow people in YOUR field. Try to follow people, who mainly do what you do. This way you won’t be getting a bunch of uninteresting updates. Also, there’s more of a chance that the followers of extended networks will follow you. But don’t isolate your self, people from other fields are interesting to. Chances are they might be interested in your brand and, in turn, follow you back.

I hope this helps you build quality around your Twitter network. And of course if you enjoyed this post you can always follow me on Twitter!

@ClintonSkakun

Who won’t admit it. Twitter is addicting. The more you use it, refresh it and participate in it, the more addicted you become. Follow–uh–I mean consider these tree tips.

1. “Twitter is NOT a chat.”
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   Don’t use it as one. Twitter’s different from both chats and forums. It’s mircoblogging, not microchatting or microforuming. Don’t add a new tweet every 25 seconds.

2. Don’t check for updates constantly.
   
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   To break your addiction of constantly posting new tweets, only check your Twitter account 2-3 times daily. Having 5 second updates sent to your mobile phone is both nerve wrecking and counter productive.

3. Think of what you could be doing with the extra time you spend on Twitter. Life goes beyond twitter. You don’t NEED Hellmaster move to be on Twitter constantly or know what’s going on every 10 seconds.

Follow these three tips and hopefully you should be on the road to recovery.:)