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Well … I finally did it! I changed my Twitter User Name and for some reason I was really stressed out about it. I’ve used wahmsuzanne (work at home mom Suzanne) for many years on forums and such so when I signed up for Twitter I used it out of habit.

I finally understand the importance of “personal branding” so I wanted to get @suzannefranco for Twitter. I did some searching and I couldn’t find a definitive answer to the question of how to change user names without any problems. I guess somewhere along the line I used my Gmail address to “reserve” @suzannefranco so when I went to switch one night it said it was already taken (Uhhhh …. Duh! LOL). So … now I have thousands of followers on @wahmsuzanne and I want to switch to @suzannefranco.

I thought I’d heard that there was a cooling off period if you let your user name go so I didn’t want to just cancel the @suzannefranco. I finally emailed Twitter. Their response was to change the @suzannefranco to something else, log out and log back into @wahmsuzanne, and then change it to @suzannefranco (you do this by clicking on “Settings”). So … I’ve done so and so far so good. Now … just in case there is some confusion at first I went back and changed the “old” @suzannefranco to @wahmsuzanne. OK … you can shoot me now!

If someone has me saved as @wahmsuzanne or I have a link out there somewhere I will still be notified and I can let the person know about my new user name.

So … if we’re not already following each other on Twitter let’s do so ok?

In fact, if everyone would like to post their Twitter ID in the comments we can all connect and network together. What do you think? *SmiLes* Suzanne

P.S. This would work best if you put the entire URL in the comments so it’s clickable i.e. http://www.twitter.com/suzannefranco

P.P.S. If you hold down the “Ctrl” button and then click the link it will open in a new window so you can make your way down the whole list easily.

P.P.P.S. Due to adding a link in the comments area your comment will most likely go into my spam … but I will stay on top of this post and approve them as quickly as possible … so please don’t repost over and over again LOL

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Twitter Ratio – Do you know how to control it?

So … are you starting to get the hang of Twitter … but you’re ready to learn some of the tips and tricks to using it effectively? Let’s look at one tip today … on how to keep your following/follower ratio where Twitter wants to see it.

When I did my last Twitter post about how to Use Twitter to Promote Your Niche Site I mentioned a 10 % ratio you need to watch out for … and what that means is that Twitter will only allow you to follow 10% more people than the number of people who are following you. So for instance if you have 1,000 followers you will only be able to follow 1,100 people. These don’t need to be the same people but if you go to follow your 1,101^st person … Twitter won’t let you follow them.

I had heard about this ratio but until shortly after making that post/video … I hadn’t actually seen it happen … but it did happen to me.

So … now I’m going to teach you one way to keep your ratio under control so you won’t be blocked from following more peeps.

I use Friend or Follow to unfollow people who I follow who aren’t following me back … and I’ll show you in this video how I do so and how I decide whether or not to unfollow someone.

How is your Twitter ratio doing? Are you following more than who are following you back? How do you decide if it’s time to unfollow someone? Do you have any other tips or ideas … or questions? Let us hear from you! *SmiLes* Suzanne

P.S. If you not already following me on Twitter please do and I’ll follow you back http://www.twitter.com/suzannefranco

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I’m going to show you how to search Twitter profiles and tweets by keyword … making it much easier to promote your niche site on Twitter.

Watch This Video Lesson

Twitter Do’s and Don’ts

Do’s

• Fill out your profile (with a link to your site)
• Change your background (go to “Settings”)
• Use Twellow and Twitter Search to search by keyword
• Follow a few people at a time (20-40 or so) and try to keep your follow to follower ratio at about 10% (UPDATE: I have no idea at what number they enforce this … but today I’ve confirmed that I’m following exactly 10% more than are following me back and I cannot follow anyone)
  
• Do tweet information that’s fun, entertaining, useful and that pertains to your niche
• Do retweet for those who you are following

Don’ts

• Don’t use the background that comes with the general set up
• Don’t leave the generic image on your profile
• Don’t just start following anyone and everyone
• Don’t tweet sales pitches when you’re getting started with your new account

Are you promoting on Twitter? Was this video helpful? Did you know you could search Twitter by keyword? Are you using Twitter to grow any of your businesses? Do you have any questions for me? Let us hear from you below! *SmiLes* Suzanne

P.S. Are we following each other on Twitter? Follow Me On Twitter!

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Add Your Tweets To Facebook (or MySpace, Blogger, etc.)

If you’re using Twitter (which you should be) and Facebook (which you should be LOL) you might want to use the setting on Twitter that will automatically change your status on Facebook by inserting your latest tweet.

Now … if you’re the type who tweets what you’re doing every two minutes or you’re very active on Twitter than you might annoy your Facebook friends with hundreds of updates a day so do keep that in mind.

Quick Steps: 

1. Go to Twitter
2. Click on Settings (at the top of the page)
3. Go to “More Info URL” and look below for the blue text in parentheses – “You can also add Twitter to your site here” and click on that blue text
4. Choose the site where you want to add your Twitter updates and then follow the instructions there 

Watch this video for some quick, easy instructions:

So … are you on Twitter? Are you following me there? Are you on Facebook? Are you following me there? Let’s here your comments. *SmiLes* Suzanne

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If you like Twitter you’re going to love Twhirl. It’s a desktop client (software download) that you put on your computer desktop and it makes Twitter even easier to use. It gives you a pop-up type of box where you can post tweets, read your incoming tweets and reply and it makes shortening your URLs super easy. My favorite feature is that if you keep it running in the “background” it will alert you when you have new tweets and/or messages.

It’s easy to download and to use so check it out today.

http://www.twhirl.org/

If you have it or have questions about it be sure to leave me a comment and let me know. *SmiLes* Suzanne

P.S. If we’re not already following each other on Twitter send me a follow and I’ll follow you back … wahmsuzanne on Twitter

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What Is Twitter?

According to Wikipedia:

“Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that allows users to send “updates” (or “tweets”; text-based posts, up to 140 characters long) to the Twitter web site, via the Twitter web site, short message service (SMS), instant messaging, or a third-party application such as Twitterific or Facebook.”

You can use it to share what you are doing right now (i.e. working on my blog, going out to lunch with girlfriends, etc.) and everyone who comes to your page can read it and everyone who “follows” you will get an update instantly.

So, first you go to Twitter.com and register as a user. You find people who you know (or who you don’t know yet) to “follow.” This is similar to making “friends” on other social networking sites like MySpace for instance. You can search by key words for things you are interested in too and that way you can follow people with your same interests. You do not have to be approved to follow someone and you do not have to approve others to allow them to follow you.

When you are logged in on Twitter’s site your “home” page will show all of your “tweets” (entries), as well as, all of the entries of anyone you are following. So what do people tweet about? Anything and everything. I like to follow other internet marketers and see what they are up to for the day. Sometimes they will tweet about a new blog post that I might want to go read. Some people tweet about where they are going on vacation, what they are eating, what they are reading … you just never know.

Once you get the hang of it you will find ways to use it for promoting your business. But, like any other type of social marketing you should be there to socialize and make connections. Then when you have a new blog post or something cool going on in your business you can tweet about it. If people are interested they will go check it out.

Remember you are only allowed 140 characters (not words – characters) so keep it short and to the point. You can however use a tool to shorten urls so that helps with driving traffic to your sites or articles.

To get an idea of what I’m talking about go to http://www.twitter.com/wahmsuzanne and look at my page. This will show you my most recent tweets. Unless you are registered and logged in you won’t be able to see the interaction between me and everyone I’m following but you’ll get some idea. Register and follow me and I’ll follow you back. See you on Twitter!

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