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Twimbow, Twimpretty

Firebelly

While TweetDeck and HootSuite allow you to create lists and columns to sort tweets, they don’t allow you to do any actual in-column sorting. They’ve also got fun graphics to go along with a few hashtags. before I even knew what it did. Seriously, so pretty, right? But it’s more than just a pretty face.

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What Twitter’s Rate Limit Changes Mean to You

Janet Fouts

When an application like Hootsuite, Tweetdeck or a mobile Twitter app like Tweetbot checks your account on Twitter, it’s what is called an “API Call” This does NOT include the number of messages you send through these tools, only the number of times the tool hits the Twitter server to check for more. So who cares?

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Tips on how to use Twitter if you're a business

Freelance Social Media

Hashtags are used to organize and spread information on Twitter. When tweeting this promotion it would be good to use a popular Kansas basketball hashtag like #kubball and #lawrence. Set up texting under your Twitter settings or add a Twitter application to your phone. Look into using something Seesmic or Tweetdeck.

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How to Use Twitter to Generate Writing Ideas

Kikolani

Keeping an eye on current trends on Twitter can help you not only find out when your niche is the talk of the town and what people are talking about, but if you write your article based on whatever the trend is quickly enough, you can give it exposure beyond your followers by adding the trending #hashtag. Use the Advanced Search.

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2010 Social Media Wishlist – New Features for Facebook, StumbleUpon, & Twitter

Kikolani

Applications cannot leave messages on your wall without approval – period. Or one setting that I can check set to approve or deny applications posting to your wall. Suggested #hashtags for your tweets, or a list of your most used #hashtags. Facebook Applications Adding Embarrassing Content to Your Profile.

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We Interrupt This Lifecast: Syndication Overload (Part 1)

Firebelly

So here it is (and its easy): If you really insist on, or enjoy the convenience of, linking your tweets to Facebook, use the Selective Tweets application on Facebook. It allows you to update your Facebook status from Twitter, but you can choose which tweets you want to syndicate by ending the tweet with the hashtag #fb.

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Seven Key Categories of Social Media Marketing Tools

Webbiquity SMM

Some of these tools also provide sentiment analysis plus the ability to respond to posts or schedule updates right from within the application. for finding the best hashtags to use, Sentiment140 for tweet sentiment analysis, MentionMapp for finding connections between users, and Packtati.us content performance reporting.

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