Unique features like avatar mouse-overs that give more details about that user’s relevant tweets make Twazzup a surprisingly powerful and valuable social media monitoring tool. Twitturly : Twitturly tracks the URLs flying around the Twitterverse and provides a quick, real-time view of what people are talking about on Twitter. Each time someone tweets a URL to their followers, Twitturly takes note of it and applies it as a vote for that URL. The more votes a URL has in the last 24 hours, the higher it ranks on Twitturly’s Top100. Share URLs? Wide reach. MORE >>

Have a unique avatar, preferably one that is a photo of you. 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. Bonus tip: Use your background to display  link URLs to your other social networks, your web or blog site, and your email and other contact information. And the more qualified followers you have, the better your results. Your Twitter account needs to have a good presence in order to attract followers. Fill out your bio and link. MORE >>

You could also add your social media profile URLs on your business cards, in your catalogues, on your flyers, etc. Another way you can integrate is using your social profile URLs as your website when leaving comments. If you are AT&T and your avatar was the face of your CEO, you’re doing it wrong. If you are building your *personal* brand, by all means, use your avatar (and face!). Follow him on Twitter. If you look around the social web a lot like me, you will agree that most social media campaigns suck. Some people think social media is just fun. Kwame. MORE >>

From there, change your ‘Name’ Do not change your ‘Username’ What to do with your website URL… Make sure not to use a link that has been shortened by using a shortner like bit.ly. You can even SEO your Twitter pic (avatar)… Yes, you can even SEO your profile picture! You can’t add tags but, you can rename the photo before you upload it that way when it shows up in the URL it will have the keywords that you named. Next go to the top of the page and copy the URL. also like to use url shortners that can track links. and bit.ly MORE >>

Amy-Mae Elliott offers guidance on writing a great bio, selecting a Twitter picture, making the best use of your URL link and using lists to optimize your Twitter profile. in Twitter, track URL mentions, create feeds from searches and more. David McClellan presents an outstanding to optimizing all of the elements of your Twitter profile (name, bio, avatar, URL and feed) for search. While a dwindling number of business executives still dismiss Twitter as a waste of time, recent research suggests it is one of the most valuable social networks for business. Crabs. MORE >>