A lot of people find themselves progressively moving away from Facebook, for various reasons, be it the privacy issue on Facebook or simply that the novelty of Zuck’s platform has worn off. This is when you consider finding your Facebook Friends on Twitter.

If you had a decent list of friends on Facebook (the average user has 140 friends), you will find that the transition to Twitter where most of your former friends are not might be painful. So read on if you want to learn how to add your Facebook friends to Twitter.

Add Facebook Friends to Twitter – The Easy Way

FB140 mades this really easy: it only takes three steps. You can get started by going to this app: FB140 on Facebook.

Then follow the instructions on screen (re-printed below):

Step 1: Sign into Facebook so that we know who you are, and can check your friends list
Step 2: Sign in to Twitter so that we can link it to your Facebook account
Step 3: See which friends have already linked their accounts and click to automatically follow them

This is by far the easiest and will get you going in no time.

Add Facebook Friends to Twitter – The Do-It-Yourself Way

The second method involves importing your Facebook friends email addresses and adding them to the Twitter Invite function. If you are on Yahoo Mail, you can easily find your Facebook friends email ids by following this video screencast by labnol:

Alternatively they are a number of application that allow you to import your Facebook friends email ids; we haven’t tested any of them, so try at your own risk. More on these applications here.

Once you got your friends email ids then just log in to Twitter, click on “Find People” and then “Invite by Email”. Paste your list and you are good to go!

We hope this article has helped you to add your facebook friends on Twitter. In another article, we will explore how to find your Twitter friends on Facebook. In the meantime, happy Tweeting!

If its your first time on Twitter, you might be wondering what to tweet about, and you will be pondering over this crucial step into the Twittersphere: what will be your first tweet.

First of all, if your twitting on behalf of your business, you might want to draw a line between your personal and business life, although it is often a blurry one, more so for self-employed entrepreneurs and work-at-home mums (and dads!). This is somehow the beauty of Twitter: it doesn’t requires you to be formal, just to be professional enough. You can let go and show your personality, but since this is still the online world, be careful about what information you share. One unlucky Twitter users tweeted about the fact that he was going on holidays, and tweeting burglars jumped on the occasion to break into his home while he was away (more info on how burglars use facebook and twitter to target victims here and here)

The best tweets are tweets that can provide value to your followers. Besides the random mundane tweeting (e.g. “just came back from the movies”), having a purpose on Twitter can help boost your reputation and your following. For instance, recently Dr Jennifer Parker, a British psychologist announced that she would help you understand your dreams by analyzing them in less than 140 characters. This clear sense of purpose gave her @dreamshrink profile a boost of press coverage and she amassed rapidly a substantial amount of following.

Talking about your products is fine too, companies such as Virgin Atlantics or Dell do so all the time. But remember to give your tweets a human touch, no one wants to follow a robot on Twitter.

Your first tweet should reflect your overall feelings with regards to Twitter, the world and the state of mind you are in at this very moment. After all, the question you are prompted to answer is “What’s happening?”. If you haven’s still developed a clear route for your Twitter profile, do not worry about it too much: things will come in due time and a thousand mile journey always starts with a single step. Simply empty your mind for a minute, close your eyes and connect to the Twitterverse, and your first tweet will be.

Note: Boasting about yourself or your company is not ok according to Twitter etiquette; if you do so, you might end up as one of those people who are Tweeting Too Hard. My personal favourite:

“i kid you not, i have a follower who is only following britney spears, russell brand, kim kardashian, gossip girl, and me.”
“this morning i passed what i thought was a calvin klein ad, but it was just a mirror…how WEIRD!”

Learn what not to do by example: check out babesmcphee on Tweeting Too Hard.

What was your first tweet about? Was it more like “Hello world!” or “Hell I will rock this place!”?

Andy Milonakis stormed the Twitterverse with this funny twitter video entitled “Let Me Twitter Dat”.

Haven’s seen it yet? Watch “Let Me Twitter Dat” above.

A few days ago, one of our Twitter Page Design customers, the WorldOfJah, was complaining about how frustrating it can be to integrate Facebook and Twitter: in fact there are over 10 different apps doing the same thing, but most of them are buggy or simply inappropriate for the simple task that is required from them: allowing to integrate Facebook and Twitter posts selectively. TweeterStar offered to connect the WorldOfJah Twitter and Facebook accounts, and the owners gracefully allowed us to take a few screenshots to produce this step by step tutorial.

If you have a presence on the two major social networks on the planet, Twitter and Facebook integration might be something you are contemplating, especially if you find yourself logging in from one to the other every time you need to post a status update. Thankfully, there are easy ways to allow Twitter to publish to Facebook and Facebook to publish to Twitter.

Even though I do not think that anyone should mirror every Tweets with every Posts, I will still show you how this can be implemented. The reason why I said that I wouldn’t recommend it is because I believe that your Twitter and Facebook page identity should be seen and managed as separate identities: generally speaking, the crowd on Twitter and Facebook is slightly different ; I know this is a poor image, but you wouldn’t talk the same way to your Granny as you would to your mates. For every context, there is an appropriate cap to wear. Anyway, this is not the point of this post, if you want to see why you shouldn’t integrate Twitter with Facebook, read on here.

But for now, let’s get back to the topic of the post, in this case how to integrate Twitter and Facebook.

How to let Facebook post to Twitter

First of all, you want to make sure that you are logged in to Facebook. Then head over to the facebook.com/twitter page as the admin of the Facebook page you want to link.

Spot the fan page you want to link to and click on “Link to Twitter”. You will immediately be taken to Twitter where you will be prompted by this message:

Click on “Allow” and you will be redirected to Facebook.

That’s all! As the nice box says, “you’re now sharing your page updates on Twitter”. Further down the page there are a couple of boxes where you will be able to customise (yes “customise” with an “s” – GMT time here!) which types of updates you want to share (Status updates, photos, links, notes and/or events). Make your selection and save your changes.

From now on all your status updates on your Facebook fan page will be posted to Twitter!

Now let’s say you want to do the opposite: that is to allow twitter to post to your Facebook fan page. Here is part two.

How to let Twitter post to Facebook

Now if you need to automatically post Tweets to your Facebook fan page, read on. To start with, make sure you are logged in as the admin of the Facebook fan page you want to link to Twitter.

There are several ways to achieve this, but none of them give you more control over the publishing from Twitter to Facebook then Selective Tweets for Twitter. In fact, it allows you to choose which tweets you want to post on your fan page by simply adding a #fb ashtag at the end of it.

Let’s get started: head over to Selective Tweets for Twitter, click on “Go to Application”, allow it and you will be presented with this page.

Enter your Twitter username next to the page you want to connect to and click “Grant Permission”. You will be prompted with yet an another “Request permission” dialog, here you have to make sure that you select and tick on the page you want to link to Twitter again.

Then click on “save changes” and you are done! Any tweets you post with a #fb ashtag will now be posted to your Facebook page!

Wrapping Up

If you look hard enough, you will find may different ways to post Twitter tweets to Facebook or to post Facebook updates to Twitter, but if you are looking for a quick fix, this tutorial should do the job.

Twitter is the current top “hot property” on the Web, but its popularity and how to use it has mystified many business owners. Many people think that they want to, or should be using Twitter, but simply do not understand the platform, its use, or its place in building web exposure. This article will demystify Twitter and help you to learn how to use it in the workplace and to promote your business.

First, I have to say that I had been confused on how to use Twitter to benefit my own business until I downloaded TweetDeck. TweetDeck is a desktop application that allows you to review and post status updates on Twitter and Facebook simultaneously. I consider it a “must have” application for anyone who wants to make sense of Twitter. TweetDeck allows you to sort the people you follow on Twitter into groups, allows you to limit the number of Tweets (Twitter micro posts) to be shown at any one time, and also allows you to remove all Tweets you have seen with one click. Additionally, using TweetDeck, finally a Twitter search on a topic makes sense.

Since using TweetDeck, I have had a much better Twitter experience. As a Twitter newbie, visiting your own Twitter home page is intimidating; it consists of post after post from people who you are following, who you may not know much about, and it just seems like a huge volume of content. To get started effectively first group the people who actually have something interesting to say on TweetDeck and voila, you have a powerful tool that keeps you at the forefront of what is happening in your industry and on the Web.

So how do you get started with Twitter? Well the first thing is to start on Twitter yourself to understand what you like to read, who you like to follow, and to clearly identify what you like about Twitter. For me, it boils down to this: I like to follow people in my industry who say something of value, who provide a link to a new application or point me to an interesting new article, video, or blog site that I should review but may have never have found myself. Based on what I like, and the people who I find interesting to read, I now write my Twitter posts using this same formula to grow my own Twitter audience.

What I also like about Twitter is that the people who I follow also know how to show their true personality in their Tweets. Ye,s I do like to know what Danny Sullivan (famous search engine marketing guru) ate for lunch, but better yet is the link to the video he thought was funny. I love following Ashton Kutcher (movie star married to Demi Moore who just hit 1 million Twitter followers in April). Man, that guy is really funny and is having a ball with Twitter. His posts are great and he has just earned the status of the user with the most followers. This is why you can’t hire someone to “Ghost Twitter” for you. It’s about showing the real you – you can’t fake that!

So how can you use Twitter for business? Twitter is an excellent tool for linking and this is the real value for businesses. By using Twitter to point people to content on your website, articles you have written either on or off your website, or by linking to a service you want to highlight, you drive traffic. On top of that, Google actually indexes Twitter and so your Twitter page can appear in the organic search results so make sure your bio is well thought out. Don’t waste time using Twitter to point to blog posts, use TwitterFeed to post your blog posts directly onto Twitter. If you have a blog or website, you’ll get new Twitter followers by posting your TwitterFeed right onto your web pages. People who may not have known your Twitter ID can simply click the bottom “follow me link” and start following you on Twitter.

What’s important to be successful in using Twitter is to identify what you personally like about this new media and then deliver the same type of things that you like back to your own followers – work to provide value not drivel! So you’ve got to play with Twitter and learn how to use it first before you can really become successful with it for your business.

So how do you get followers? Well, I started by following everyone (who I found by doing a Twitter search) who had the last name McCord. Then I searched for web design, search engine optimization, and pay per click. Any site profile that looked good, I clicked to follow the writer. It was that easy. Many times people who you follow yourself will choose to follow you. That’s how you initially build up your Twitter base. Over time you will start to identify your “Twitter voice” and refine the type of Twitter presence you want to have by changing your content style and the things that you Tweet about. As you refine your presence, you will build a following.

Another cool Twitter use is that you can reply to any of your followers by simply putting an @ in front of their Twitter ID. For example to send something to my attention use @mccordweb at the very front of your Twitter posting and click enter. Just remember that this post is seen by all followers on my site and on your Twitter site. If you need a more private exchange, go to the direct message link on the Twitter.com site and select a follower by Twitter ID name and send your message from there. This note will be private. If you are using TweetDeck you can click on a follower’s Twitter ID icon and then select to send a direct message or @reply to them. TweetDeck will automatically insert the correct syntax for you in the Tweet.

For many businesses the ability for users to communicate with top management using Twitter is an invaluable resource. This one-to-one exchange allows a company principal to keep tabs on customer viewpoints, concerns, and interests. As a Twitter reply or direct mail does not use email and does not require a response, this is a great way to tap into social networking to test new ideas and to ask for user feedback. For example, if you have a new software product ask your Twitter followers for feedback on a specific feature, or provide a link to your beta version for their testing.

How you use Twitter is all about your personal business needs. The best advice that I can offer to you is that you need to use Twitter a bit yourself first to understand the medium and to find out what you like to read best using Twitter. Then, create your own Twitter network sharing information that you find interesting and have some fun.

Currently I am following 204 people and 183 people are following me on Twitter. Personally I find Twitter great fun and a very cool way to find out first what’s happening in the world before you see it on TV, read it on the Web, or see it in the newspaper. That’s the real power of Twitter; you share, you find out, and you know, all by a person-to-person exchange of information.

For those of you clicking in from my e-newsletter the rest of the content on Twitter applications and uses follows.

Below are some of the Twitter applications that I like and use regularly for my business.

Twuffer – I love this one, it is a Twitter post scheduler. Some people feel that Twuffer defeats the immediacy of Twitter posts or Tweets, but I like it as I will schedule Tweets on days that I am not blogging to keep my followers advised of things I find important. It is easy to use, allows you to Tweet ahead, and lets you select a posting schedule by day and time. If you are pushing content on a service or product this is an excellent tool to use. Set your Tweets up one week or one month at a time and feed your content to readers in addition to your regular Tweets. Make sure to use www.TinyUrl.com to change any long URLs you point to in the Tweet to a Twitter-friendly short version to save space.

Twitter Feed – This is another one of my top favorites. TwitterFeed allows me to show my blog posts from “The Web Authority” directly onto Twitter. It also allows me to post my Tweets back on my blog (by installing a widget) in my blog template – very cool cross interaction! I pick up many Twitter followers with this technique. Readers come to visit my blog and then choose to follow me on Twitter.

Twitter Grader – This one is a vanity application that allows you to see where you stack up against other Twitter users. Twitter Grader measures the power of a Twitter user based on followers, number of updates, and posting frequency.

TweetBeep – With this application, you can manage your online Twitter reputation. Alerts will be emailed to you whenever a Twitter user Tweets about your business, name, or domain. You select the alert criteria and what to watch for using TweetBeep. This is great for a business that is concerned about branding and online identity. PR professionals should make sure to use this tool to watch for comments about their clients.

Twitoria – Clean up your Twitter followers by finding out which people never use Twitter or post infrequently so you can delete them right from the Twitoria interface.

Qwitter – If you want to know when someone stops following you, sign up for this service. Actually, this can be an excellent tool to find out what a reader hated that you posted about and caused them to “chop” you, so you can fine tune your message. If you get a flood of drops after a Tweet, it allows you to learn that people don’t like a certain type of Tweet – instant feedback at an anonymous level!

One big thing about Twitter that I have not even mentioned yet but is actually one of Twitter’s best features is the ability to text-in Tweets from your mobile phone. Although you can’t easily link to great content typically on the fly like this, the ability to connect with others without being tethered to a computer is an opportunity to show the “real you”. Maybe your followers do want to know what you are eating for lunch or about a seminar you just attended, just be kind and don’t vomit out Twitter spam using your Blackberry on meaningless drivel.

You can easily set up the ability to receive text messages from your Twitter account to your cell or Blackberry, but be careful as you may be inundated if you have a large following. I would recommend receiving Twitter updates via text message to your cell only from a small group. For example if you have a project team, set up a Twitter account for each member to allow them to post just to this small unique circle of team members. The value to track and interact with each other at anytime and anywhere using Twitter by computer or by cell phone adds real value for work groups and teams – particularly team managers. Twitter even allows you to make this type of group private.

Another feature of Twitter is the ability to add hashtags in front of keywords in your Tweets to help with sorting to allow others to find your important content. For example if you wanted to Tweet about a recent earthquake in LA you would use #laearthquake in the front of your Tweet. By using hashtags you enable Twitter to return your information for topic searches on newsworthy Tweets. You can visit Hashtags.org for more information on the current hot hashtags that are in use for today so you can follow, add to the topic, or create your own. For example in Twitter World, Fridays are the day you post with #followfriday and enter in the Twitter IDs you want to recommend to others. You would be amazed at the cool new people you can follow and interact with from recommendations of the people you follow.

In conclusion, Twitter is one of the hottest new mediums to arrive on the Internet scene since Facebook. Although it is not exactly “new”, Twitter has just recently become very high profile. If you are in business, Twitter definitely warrants your attention. Not only is it a very smart new tool to use in your marketing arsenal, but I think that the more you use it you will grow to love it and find it fun to use. The ways that you can use Twitter are endless: for teams, for family members, for business networking, to stay at the forefront of news, to promote yourself and your services, and to just have fun connecting with others online. Just remember you can’t really make sense of Twitter for business without using TweetDeck or another similar aggregating and sorting application. Thanks for reading, see you on Twitter, you can reach me at @mccordweb or visit me at www.Twitter.com/mccordweb.

About the Author

Nancy McCord is the founder and President of McCord Web Services LLC which provides search engine marketing, web design, blog writing, and webmaster services globally. Since 2001, Nancy McCord has developed a national reputation as an expert on search engines, blogging, and how businesses can harness the power of Web for profit. You can visit Nancy and her firm at www.McCordWeb.com.

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The simple fact of the matter is that Twitter is one of the fastest growing websites on the planet, so if you are not already using twitter, the odds are you will be using it sooner or later, so lets start off right with some quick tips make sure you get the most out of your titter experience.

This article is to teach new twitter users and show people who are new to twitter what what to do and what not to do while on twitter. The twitter network is very simple, yet to many it is a very confusing social network to be involved in. There are only a few things that can be done, but it seems like vast universe for such a simple one, over at twitter.

So we are going to get right into it and start talking about how to tweet better, for those newbies a “tweet” simply refers to a twitter message.

Tweet Tips – Quick Twitter Tips To Help You Tweet Right

Never Spam! Spam is just as much of a problem on twitter as it is in email, most people don’t think about it though. There has been more than one occasion that I have noticed a new follower of mine, followed them back and then went over to check out there profile to see what they are about, just to find the same message sent about a hundred times! This is not what twitter is about. If you are using twitter to promote a website or affiliate program and you would like to draw attention to it, there are other ways of doing it. So don’t be a twit, put your web address in your profile for all to see and mark a few choice tweets with your link in it as a favorite!
Add Value To Every Tweet! If you are only talking to a few friends on twitter, there is nothing wrong with sending tweets about what you are doing, or where you are at, or simple stuff. After all that is part of the fun of twitter, is staying in touch and up to date with all you friends. However many people are using twitter for business and in this case, nobody cares how many times you visited the john today or what you ate at McDonald’s. However, if you are using twitter to attract new customers and drive traffic to a web site, you must add value to each tweet to give you account a good presence. By this I mean, give folks messages with meat, give links to good quality content, resources and freebies. This will make you look like a professional and will draw people into looking into what you are doing more seriously.
Reply To All Direct Messages On Twitter! I have ran into a lot of people who didn’t even know that you can send direct messages on twitter and I think that this is one of the most exciting parts of the twitter network. You can send a message to anybody you want on twitter as long as you are mutually following each other, by adding the at symbol “@” right before there user name. You will find your direct messages on the right side of your twitter home page. So don’t be a jerk, take time to reply to all messages and keep in contact with your twitter followers.
Follow Back, It’s Easy and Has Twitter BenefitsTwitter changed the way many other social networks on the web function, by giving the option to follow somebody who does not follow you back. Historically everybody who wanted to be friends had to both accept each other as friends, but not on twitter. So once an a while check your followers and follow the ones back that are only following you. This will let people know that you are not a robot and you are actually interested in what they are doing on twitter and what they are talking about on twitter.
Share News Stories, Videos and Great Content! It doesn’t seem like I can think of a person who does not like to know news before it happens. You know that guy in the office who always says “yea I heard that yesterday” when you bring up some topical news? I am sure you do, so don’t be afraid to share popular news articles or breaking news links, people love it. This is a great way to keep the tweets coming and to keep all your tweeple up to date with whats going on in the world. I suggest checking digg or your favorite social bookmarking site for some new stories.Videos are also a great teaser on twitter, everybody loves videos or any other powerful content. Don’t send a tweet every time you update a page, but if you write a great article, make sure to share it too!

Well that’s all for now, we will be updating this hub on a regular basis so make sure to check back for updates. We hope our quick twitter tips help you have a better twitter experience.

To Success,

Nick Simpson

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