Twitter Success Blueprint

I had mentioned this on Your Online Go To Gal, but thought it might be worth while to post here as well.

A lot of people ask me about good books to read to help them get started with Twitter. There is a lot of content out there on the web, but you have to hunt and peck to get good material. As you know, I do have my Twitter Tips & Tricks blog where I post tools and tips a couple of times a week, but to get started, I usually do one-on-one or group coaching.

However, there are some people who like to read books. As a bookworm myself, I totally get that. With social media, I always caution people to look at the publishing date to make sure they are getting the most current information as things change quickly (such as interfaces and tools). One way to avoid this is to use ebooks which come out all the time and are usually far more up-to-date than any published book.

Sarah Prout, the publisher of the e-book that I am currently featured in, has just released an e-book on Twitter that I think does a decent job of explaining the fundamentals. While there are a few things that I don't completely support in the book, the majority of it is very educational for persons who are more DIY types.

If you want to build your brand and attract more followers then the Twitter Success Blueprint contains all of the information you need to enrich your business with social media. Award-winning entrepreneur, author and online socialite, Sarah Prout shares her buzz building, eye-catching strategies that will make Twitter time better for business.

The ebook contains:

- How you can attract thousands of targeted followers FAST!
- Setting up your Twitter page for success
- How to automate your social media time
- Connection strategies
- A new twist on #followfriday
- How to attract attention with your tweets
- Dealing with spammers, stalkers and porn-bots
- And more

Twitalyzer

Twitalyzer is a tool that allows you to evaluate the activity of any Twitter use. You can get a report on: influence, signal, generosity, velocity, and clout. There are definitions for these terms on the site. You just enter a Twitter id and after it calculates you can view trends, historical information etc.

It is an interesting tool. I like the definitions for each of the 5 aspects. I have to say they are grading on a very aggressive scale, my rankings aren't that impressive - but that gives me room to work on!

How did you do?

Twitter Ribbons

Twitter Ribbons brought to you by Twitter Know How is a cool little widget that allows you to create a ribbon for your website or blog.

To create one, simply:
- Go to their website
- Type in your Twitter name
- Select the color scheme and version you want
- If you tweet about Twitter Ribbons you get access to 60 more templates
- Click submit
- They will create code that you need to add into the HTML of your site
- You are done and you have a cool way to attract new followers!

Check out the one I added to Twitter Go To Gal!

Tweet Blocker

Spammed by oily salesman or porn? Tweet Blocker can help stop spammers by reporting them. This tool is a listing that keeps track of spammers on Twitter.

Similar to TwitChuck, TweetBlocker this tool, you can:

- Report spammers

- Check a username in their database to see a ranking

Is Twitter Down?

Were you jonesing for a Twitter fix last week when Twitter was struck with the denial-of-service attack? If you are a total twitter addict this simple website will let you know if Twitter is really down and not that your corporate IT has blocked it out!

It allows you to find out if twitter is down for everyone else or just for you. The page displays a simple answer “Yes” or “No

Geo Chirp

Geo Chirp is a new Twitter application that lets you search tweets based on geographic results. It is an essential tool when trying to find contacts in your area. You can search on any key word you like to hone into to people in your niche, people who share your passions or target customers.

Looking to sell a particular type of product into a certain sales region? Geo Chirp will help you find people having conversations about it.

Traveling to new city and looking for like-minded tweeters, search in the area you choose, by topic that you choose and plan a meet-up/tweet-up or whatever.

Twittonary

Trying to figure what some people are communicating on Twitter? DM? RT? Look it up in Twittonary! That's right, an online dictionary of Twitter terms!

You can search for a specific word or just browse letter - believe that makes for fun reading!

Follow Twittonary on Twitter also.

TwitDone

Twitdone is great productivity tool that creates personal to-do lists which you can enter from their web-based tool on their website or by sending them a DM on twitter (dtwitdone) on Twitter or any Twitter publishing tool (like Tweetdeck).

As you plow through your list (on their site), you can archive them, e-mail them or post them to Twitter.

The interface is clean and simple and easy to use.