One Great Tool To Make Twitter Even Better

by Traci Tyne Hilton @TraciTyneHilton

There are so many tools and programs available to people who market on the internet that I would go right over my word count trying to talk about them all. So I’m going to focus this time on bit.ly.

A productive marketing tweet says something interesting to your followers, has hash tags so that it spreads around the twitter-verse, and has an address in it. Your marketing tweet ought to look something like this: “Still cheaper than Starbucks coffee! Foreclosed and Eminent Domain Mitzy Neuhuas Mysteries http://t.co/pnE4HIn http://t.co/GDrrvSs #ian1” To make a tweet like that happen short web addresses are essential.

Social Media Basics for Writers, Part X—10 Tips to Help Writers Get More Twitter Followers

by Edie Melson @EdieMelson

Once we see the value in Twitter, the next thing we need to know is how to get more followers. 

I haven’t run into many people who don’t want to increase their numbers, so today I’m going to share 10 tips to help writers get more Twitter followers. 

Why do I want more Twitter followers?

• It gives me credibility
• It increases my reach, and makes it easier to spread the word, no matter what my message.

ALL IN ONE—A Comprehensive List of Twitter Posts

by Edie Melson @EdieMelson 

I’m excited to introduce a new type of post here on The Write Conversation. I’m calling these my ALL IN ONE posts. 

I get a lot of emails asking for links to all the relevant posts on a specific subject. I'm hoping that these posts will answer a need. In these, I’ll share links to all the posts I’ve written on a specific topic.

Today’s ALL IN ONE is a comprehensive list of Twitter posts.