This is the first video in a series for the new site I just launched last week Twitter Signature Styles.
In this video we just take a quick walk through of how to generate your very own twitter signature style to use on blogs, forums, message boards, and just about anywhere on the web.
Everyone seems to be on Twitter these days, using a twitter signature style helps you connect and update from other places, your forum signature, your blog posts etc… I have mine displayed on the single post pages of my blogs right now, and made it clickable through to my profile as shown in the video. I’m happy to report that I’ve seen a noticeable increase in Twitter followers this week since doing that.
This was a spur of the moment project last week. I had an idea, I mentioned to Angela, and before I knew it she had written a script for me and I was buying a domain name. By the end of the day we had a website up! By the end of the next day we added a site design! It just sort of all happened.
Please have a look over the site, let me know what you think of the design, the idea, etc… anything you’d like to see added or any problems that you have.
We’re working an error that seems to happen with some message boards, the code is working on some and not on others. Hopefully that will be fixed by Monday. Other than that everything seems to be running smoothly.
So, grab a twitter signature block of your very own, and then tell a friend It’s free and it’s fun!
Hey there bloggy folks! I know I’ve been pretty busy lately and haven’t been doing very much gadget like blogging. It’s been a rocky few months here in our household.
My husband was admitted to the hospital back in November, and he was there for a few weeks. Then came the long road of recovery time at home. He was off work and on disability from mid November until last week. He was able to go back to work, but only for a short while.
He is scheduled for his first surgery on February 3rd. And then two weeks later he’ll have a second surgery. (These are both on his left foot.) I’ll spare you the gross details of everything they’re doing. The second surgery is the painful one, they’re fusing together the big toe to his foot because the main joint there is basically gone, deteriorated from damage. I told you this was gross -lol-
I know at this point you’re thinking, “Loretta, what on earth does that have to do with Twitter background?” and you’d be right to think so, because I know I ramble pretty frequently! With these surgeries coming up he is expected to be off work through February and March. So, I decided to get busy and add some new services to my business website, Easy Wahm Websites, in order to start saving up a financial cushion for that time that he is going to be off work. The first of those new services would be, you guessed it, Custom Twitter Backgrounds.
Shop is open and I’m taking orders now. You know you’ve been wanting a custom twitter background, so get in there and get yours now.
Here are a few examples of Twitter backgrounds that I’ve done so far. There are more on the twitter backgrounds order page, and I’m sure I’ll be adding more as I create them for clients.
Since we’re talking twitter …. I’d love it if you followed me @retta719 and we could tweet together! Happy tweeting!
I’m sure you’ve noticed already that I love Twitter and all things tweeted! When I saw this new Twitter app I thought it was pretty cool. I’m a forgetful being you see, and I do get and send quite a lot of packages. So, here goes nothing, going to give TrackThis a try.
Following the steps on their website:
1. Go to twitter.com/trackthis and click the Follow button
Since trackthis uses direct messages, you must follow it so it can send direct messages to you. trackthis will follow you back immediately so that you can send direct messages to it.
Done! And within less than a minute my Gmail popped that TrackThis was following me back Who knew auto following could me smile so easily -lol-
2. Send a Direct Message to trackthis like: 123456789123 New PC
Click here to send your message, with the FedEx/UPS/USPS/DHL tracking code first, followed by a nickname for the package.
Example: 123456789123 Macbook Air
I have a package full of bath and body goodies headed my way from The Scented Tub, so I figured I’d pop that tracking code in there.
3. Sit Back and Wait!
We’ll send you a direct message each time your package changes location. You should receive the first message within twenty minutes.
Sitting back ….. done, waiting…. boring! But, I’m hopeful that when it updates I’ll catch the tweet going by. I just did a quick check at USPS.com to see where the package was and it currently says:
Status: Processed
Your item was processed and left our RENO, NV 89510 facility on December 2, 2008. Information, if available, is updated every evening. Please check again later.
It would be nice to see an automated confirmation message letting you know your tracking ID has been received sucessfully at this stage since you’re not going to get an update right away. The sitting and waiting without confirmation can make a person wonder if they did everything correctly or not. I’ll come back and edit this post when TrackThis tweets at me and let’s me know something new!
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edit # 1 update received
About 10-15 minutes later I received two updates via direct message from TrackThis
The first message was a thank you message requesting donations to support the app. The second was the current status of my package that I entered the tracking number for.
Magpie is a unique advertising for Twitter users. If you tweet frequently, it might be a monetization option that you’re interested in looking into. If you’re an advertiser looking to spread the word about your new website or service and build links at the same time, then it might be something to try out for you too.
I decided to sign up with a twitter account to give it a try. Here’s an example of a magpie tweet that came through on that account.
I think that they are monitoring the adverts as they go through, I haven’t seen anything gross, offensive, or otherwise a turn off going through #magpie yet. If you want to get a feel for the type of advertisers that are using the service so far you can go to http://search.twitter.com and search for the hashtag #magpie.
As a twitterer I like that you can set the frequency of #magpie tweets in your account. You can set it to be every other tweet, every 3rd tweet, every 5th tweet, etc… However, it is only setup to have one Twitter account per magpie account. Now, that is both a blessing and a curse. It’s good because people can’t take advantage and have 50 Twitter accounts hogging up all of the ad que.
However, if you’ve got multiple twitter accounts, then I suppose it’s bad for you too because you have to pick just one to use with Magpie. Although, I suppose you could open additional Magpie accounts to match your Twitter accounts, I don’t know if anyone has tried that yet. As long as they all had unique email addresses (Which they’d have to for Twitter anyhow,) then you should be okay.
So far I find the Magpie service interesting and unique. But, to use it I think it depends on how you are using Twitter. If you’re using Twitter to be social, hang out with your friends and chit chat throughout the day, then having ads go by in your Twitter stream is probably not for you. Take some time and think about your Twitter goals and expectations before you sign up as a user.
I haven’t tested out the system as an advertiser yet, but I’m looking forward to doing so. Almost forgot, you can take the money you earn as a Magpie and set up your own ads and pay for them that way. Using it that way makes it more like a tweet swap than an ad platform, but it’s not a bad idea if you’re just sticking your toe in the water.
Who knew auto following could me smile so easily -lol-
