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18 Tweetable Twitter Tips for Newbies

Waxing UnLyrical

Use a real photo of yourself for your avatar. (I Make sure your avatar is “SFW” (safe for work… and yes, you’d be surprised again). < If nothing else, use your LinkedIn profile; else your personal website or blog or, if a business account, to your company’s preferred URL. And happy Monday!

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5 Must-Do Twitter Style Tips

Harp Interactive

Have a unique avatar, preferably one that is a photo of you. A default avatar on Twitter screams … “Don’t follow me! A default avatar on Twitter screams … “Don’t follow me!&#. Bonus tip: Use the same avatar to represent you or your business/brand across the social universe.

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Hootsuite Hacks: 19 Tricks and Features You Probably Didn’t Know About

Hootsuite

Polish your posts with vanity URLs. Hootsuite’s free link shortener, Owly , makes any URL you post look sweet, short, and a lot more trustworthy. Ok, I’ll bite: what are URL shorteners? ). That said, if you want to put in the elbow grease and level up your branding, Hootsuite also supports vanity URLs.

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February’s Featured Resource: Amplify.com

Harp Interactive

And if you simply cannot choose highlights from the post and want to share the entire article, Amplify gives you the option to “amplify” an entire URL. To Clip or Not to Clip: Viewers always have the option of clicking through to the original post to read the entire article. A Unique Social Community. Amplify is also a social media platform.

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Creating Google Plus Business Pages

Janet Fouts

People are creating topic pages where they will share information that they used to share with circles. CJ Brasiel created a page for questions about San Jose real estate and she plans to use it as a Q&A channel as well as a place to post news and information about real estate in the south bay. How do I create a page?

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How to create a YouTube channel for your brand in 5 steps

Sprout Social

Click on the avatar icon in the top right corner of the screen. Let’s go through each piece of basic channel information you can adjust: Name: This should represent your channel, brand or you. This will also appear in your public URL. Channel URL: Your channel’s web address as it displays with your user ID.

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20+ LinkedIn Profile Tips (Guaranteed Ways to Stand Out)

Buffer Social

I’ve always written posts using informal, simple, easy language. ” Take my LinkedIn profile example below , you’ll see my avatar plus Eddie Van Halen cover photo — this is by design, as it reflects the impression I want to share with my network.

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