Tuesday, April 14, 2009

How I Maximise My Twitter Potential

I am not into digging or stumbling blogs, and I've neglected Facebook for quite some time now, but I love Twitter. I am no expert in IT, computers, social networks or blogging for that matter. I just want to share a little bit of my experience of using Twitter.

One thing I dislike about Twitter is having to log on to the website to tweet. I have TwitterFox and Twhirl on my computer. TwitterFox is a Firefox add-on, while Twhirl is a social software client that can be used for Twitter, Friendfeed, identi.ca, or seesmic. Twhirl works on both Windows and Mac. I must say I love Twhirl more than TwitterFox. Both programs will notify you whenever the people you follow tweets, but I find that TwitterFox works even on slow connection days.

Twhirl in action

However, on fast connection days, Twhirl receives pings quicker than TwitterFox. I've signed up to Twitterfeed, a website which sends notifications to Twitter, Hellotxt, identi.ca or Ping.fm whenever you update your blog. Whenever I update my blogs, Twitterfeed will check my blogs' rss feeds every 30 minutes and send the title and/or description of my new blog posts to Twitter automatically. You can change the time to every 1 hour or more.

TwitterFox in action

Okay, keeping this post at a reasonable length now, let me recap. Basically if you have Twitter, it is easier to tweet if you have either TwitterFox or Twhirl. If you have a Blackberry, Twitterberry would work for you. Don't forget to sign-up to Twitterfeed and get your latest blog posts tweeted for you automatically, which means more exposure and traffic for your blog! Happy Tweeting!

p/s. Look out for my next post about how I make money through Twitter. :)



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  1. shemahApril 14, 2009 4:35 PM

    :( :(

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  2. shemahApril 14, 2009 4:35 PM

    =-O =-O =-O please say it's me!!

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  3. MariucaApril 14, 2009 4:37 PM

    :'( :'(

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  4. MariucaApril 14, 2009 4:38 PM

    TW doesn work on my laptop Debbs, it keeps on logging me out for no reason so uninstalled and am back with TF. :)

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  5. MariucaApril 14, 2009 4:38 PM

    First ec drop today here Debbs! :)

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  6. shemahApril 14, 2009 4:38 PM

    Yay! it's me!! I'm using TF only Debbs! I wanted to get twhirl but that day the d/l for it was down. So I'm stuck with TF! LOL!

    And hey, I see my tweet there debbs! LOL!

    p/s: I really do want a blackberry debbs. The new blackberry curve! I want i want i want! :) :)

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  7. MariucaApril 14, 2009 4:38 PM

    Congrats Shemah! :* :*

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  8. PhatelaraApril 14, 2009 4:39 PM

    Wah you SSG ya nowadays, Shem! It is you! :):) Which link today, dearie?

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  9. PhatelaraApril 14, 2009 4:39 PM

    Oh no, don't cry GP! Hugsy!! :* :*

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  10. LadyJavaApril 14, 2009 4:41 PM

    You run both Debbs.. tak slow ke system and tak confuse ke??lol!!

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  11. PhatelaraApril 14, 2009 4:47 PM

    Eh I wonder why, Marzie? Hmm TF is cool too! :)

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  12. PhatelaraApril 14, 2009 4:47 PM

    Yay! Thanks Marzie! :)

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  13. PhatelaraApril 14, 2009 4:49 PM

    Mcm syok jer Blackberry, yes? How much la the price now kan? Hehehe...baru the other day I saw promotion for Maxis-iPhone at Midvalley. Ramai org! *DONT_KNOW* *DONT_KNOW*

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  14. PhatelaraApril 14, 2009 4:50 PM

    LJ! I don't run both at the same time, LJ. Most of the time I use TW. But sometimes I use TF if my connection is slow like tortoise lol!! 8-) 8-)

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  15. shemahApril 14, 2009 5:14 PM

    I've fiddled with my friend's iPhone.. it's nice and all but I don't minat
    lah touch screen debbs. I love blackberry.. :-) :-) I don't know how much..
    syura told me the other day but I forgot. . Skrg.. everywhere I go I see
    people on iPhone. :-)
    _____

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  16. PhatelaraApril 14, 2009 5:56 PM

    Oh mesti mahal tu. Lol! I am still stuck with a non-3G, no-cam handphone, you know. Lol!!

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  17. AneApril 14, 2009 6:24 PM

    :-$ :-$ :-$ for Debbs! :) Woot woot on TF and TW! :)

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  18. AneApril 14, 2009 6:25 PM

    I love TF because it works on slow connection days, but I still have TW in the background just incase.. :-D

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  19. PhatelaraApril 14, 2009 6:30 PM

    :-$ :-$ :-$ for you too, Ane! Yay!!

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  20. PhatelaraApril 14, 2009 6:30 PM

    Oh yay, same here Ane! :):)

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  21. shemahApril 14, 2009 6:36 PM

    Hahaha marzie.. you remind me of Nessa saying how she still uses her alcatel
    phone. No color no nothing.. LOL! As long as can call in or out! :-)
    _____

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  22. @mattstrattonApril 16, 2009 4:28 AM

    I don't use Twhirl, but when I'm on my computer I live for Tweetdeck (which is very similar). Twitterberry is good on the BlackBerry, but my preference is for TinyTwitter. I actually did a blog post where I did a shoot-out of the popular BlackBerry Twitter apps, which can be found at http://mattstratton.com/2009/02/19/blackberry-twitter-client-shoot-out/

    I'm having an iPhone user write a guest blog for me (hopefully very soon!) that compares all the iPhone Twitter apps too.

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  23. PhatelaraApril 16, 2009 4:41 AM

    Hi Mattstratton! Thanks for dropping by. I would love to try Tweetdeck, but Twhirl and TwitterFox are doing the job for me. I'll check out your post. :) Thanks!

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  24. AneApril 20, 2009 5:38 PM

    Hey Debbs, dropping ec and clicking some adgi's.. :-D

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  25. PhatelaraApril 20, 2009 5:54 PM

    Hey Ane! Will be dropping ECs and clicking Adgi at your blogs too later. :)

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  26. AneApril 20, 2009 6:38 PM

    Thanks Debbs! :)

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  27. SamanthaMay 01, 2009 2:15 AM

    Wonderful posts ma'am.. thanks for this wonderful content..

    I have been at you blog a number of times previously also.... like the atmosphere and your way of writing a lot...

    Samantha...
    smartappsportal.com

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  28. PhatelaraMay 01, 2009 8:22 AM

    Hi Samantha. Thanks for dropping by!

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