Some you have to download and some cost money but what are the best free browser based Twitter tools out there?

Here are a list of four:

Twilert:

If you’re interested in who is tweeting about your product or website, or just want to know who is tweeting a specific word, Twilert is perfect for you.

This very simple but useful tool alerts you via email when that word or hashtag is used.

Twilert allows you to decide how often you want to receive these emails. So if you want to receive them every day at 5 pm, you will.

Twilert also has advanced options that allow you track by location, who sends/receives a tweet, and tweets containing a link.

TweetStats:

If you want to see stats about your tweets or someone else’s than TweetStats will provide them. All you have to do is type in a Twitter username, no login required!

This sites provide information such as: average tweets per day/month, what days and times the person tends to tweet, who they tend to reply to and retweet from, and what words they tweet the most.

If you’re trying to get in contact with someone on Twitter who gets a lot of @mentions than TweetStats can help you come up with a good time to try and contact them.

It’s also good to know if you’re tweeting too much on a certain day but not enough on another.

SocialOomph:

This site provides a lot of different features but my personal favourite is the ability to schedule tweets. Just type in your tweet and the date and time you want that tweet to be published and voilà, your tweets will be posted then.

You can also track keywords, view @mentions of multiple accounts in one place and delete all of your DM Inbox with one click.

SocialOomph has a lot of other interesting features such as: automatically following people who follow you, sending DMs to new followers, and the ability to filter out spammy twitter accounts. These features cost money but are definitely worth looking into if you don’t mind spending some cash.

Twitterfeed:

Keep your followers up-to-date by automatically tweeting about your latest blog post using Twitterfeed.

Options include: picking what site to shorten your link from, update frequency, and including a post prefix and subfix to your tweets.

Twitterfeed’s dashboard tells you how many times each link has been click. You can also automatically send blog updates to Linkedin and Facebook.

Conclusion:

What are some other good free Twitter tools out there? What are some tools that you wish existed but don’t?

Internet marketing services use Twitter tools because they help manage their Twitter accounts and play an important part in gaining followers and increasing interest in a business. By using these tools, you too can increase your Twitter presence.

Brittni Brown is an intern at WebpageFX, an Internet marketing company.

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Hootsuite is a social media promotion and management tool that allows you to manage many different social media accounts all in one place.

Let’s say you have accounts in Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. You run a growing business and have to monitor the buzz and social sphere regularly. Instead of having to log into each network separately, Hootsuite will aggregate all your feeds for you in one place.

In addition, you can also post messages to all these different social networks all at once. You can even schedule messages and updates to be posted at specific times.

Here are some of the main features of Hootsuite, as well as details on its pricing structure.

Note: These prices are valid as of September 2011, prices are subject to change.

Monitor Mentions

When people are talking about your brand, service or product, what are they saying? Are they recommending it or complaining?

With the “monitor mentions” feature, you can easily see who’s talking about you and what they’re saying.

Update Multiple Networks

Hootsuite allows you to update multiple social media networks all at the same time. No logging in and out or managing different tabs. The whole process of posting to 5 different social networks can take as little as 10 seconds.

?Comprehensive Mobile App

Hootsuite has a comprehensive mobile app that allows you to view streams for each of your social networks, as well as send messages while on the go.

Customizable Streams and Views

Want to view a stream of just Facebook photos? You can. Want to view just a stream of mentions on Twitter? You can.

Your panels and views are fully customizable. You can add streams to monitor or delete streams you’re monitoring with the click of a button.

Schedule Your Messages

You don’t have to be at the computer every time you want to send a message. In fact, you can batch upload all of the week or month’s updates all at once with the scheduling feature.

Track Statistics (Pro Subscription)

Want to know how many people are clicking through to your links? Hootsuite has its own analytics system and can also integrate with Google Analytics.

Team Member and Task Collaboration (Pro + $15 / Member)

If you have a social media team that needs to work together on product launches or brand management, Hootsuite can support that with its team tools.

?Hootsuite Pricing Structure

Hootsuite has two primarily price levels: Free and pro.

The free version gets basic analytics, 5 social profiles, two RSS feeds and has to view advertisements.

The pro version sees no ads, can connect to unlimited social media accounts, has unlimited RSS feeds and a much higher level of analytics.

Furthermore, Hootsuite also has an enterprise level solution, meant for large businesses with large brands they need to manage.

The enterprise solution includes 30 team members, high level of support and several other exclusive features. The enterprise solution is $1,499 a month.???

These are the main features of Hootsuite and its prices. Ready to get started?

Set Up Your Account and Add Your Various Profiles

The setup process for Hootsuite involves adding profiles for each of the sites you want to use with Hootsuite. Here’s how to sign up for and setup Hootsuite.

Step 1: Creating Your Account

Start by clicking on “Signup” in the home screen.

Then select which plan you want to sign up with.

Then create your account.

Step 2: Adding Your First Social Network 

Upon landing on your home screen, you’ll be asked whether you want to add a Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn account.

Hootsuite supports several more networks than these three, but the first time around Hootsuite assumes you’ll want to add an account from one of the bigger networks. You can also click “Add a different social network” at the bottom to add a different network.

Choose the network you want to add. For this tutorial, we’ll start with Twitter.

A box will popup asking for authorization. Click “Submit.”

Then enter your username and password to your Twitter account.

Upon authorizing the app, Hootsuite will then be able to connect your account to their system.

Step 3: Adding More Accounts

To add more accounts, click on the “Welcome” screen.

Select “Add a Social Network.”

Choose from the list of social networks.

Then follow that social network’s specific setup procedure.

Follow this procedure, you’ll be able to add just about every major social network to your Hootsuite.

How to Use Hootsuite: Reading Updates, Posting & Scheduling Updates and More

Hootsuite is essentially an improved way of viewing and posting to your social networks, all in one place.

Using Hootsuite, you can schedule messages to be posted at different intervals. That means that you don’t have to spend time every day posting messages if you want to post messages every day. Just set it up once and Hootsuite will do the rest of the work for you.

You can also monitor all your social media activity from one place. All your feeds, customer feedback, responses from your posts and so on can be monitored in one place.

Here’s how to use Hootsuite.

Step 1: Select Your Social Media Account

If you have multiple accounts setup, start by selecting which account you want to view.

Step 2: Viewing Streams

The first screen you’ll be presented with is your streams screen. Each panel consists of a different stream of information.

In Twitter, your Home Feed is the tweets of the people you’re following. You’ll also have panels of direct messages, mentions and sent tweets.

In Facebook, your News Feed is the main feed, followed by a photos feed, your wall posts and an events feed.

Each social network has a few different kinds of streams.

Step 3: Adding a Stream

Adding streams allows you to customize how your Hootsuite dashboard looks. To add a stream, click the “+Add Stream” button in the top navigation bar.

Then select which social network you want to add a stream for. Finally, select what kind of stream you want to add and click “Create Stream.”

Step 4: Posting a Message

To post a message, click “Compose Message.”

Type your message in the expanded message box.

To add a link to your posting, click “Add a Link.”

To schedule your message to be sent at a later time, click the scheduling button.

A scheduling menu box will appear. Schedule the time you want to send your message and click “Schedule.”

To choose which profile(s) to send your message out to, click the “Click to select profile” box.

Then choose one or more profiles that you want to send your messages to.

Congratulations! You now know how to view updates, view different streams, add streams, post messages, schedule messages and send messages to multiple social media accounts at once.

Demonstration of the Mobile App

Hootsuite has a mobile app that allows you to do just about everything you can do in the online version, on a phone. You can view feeds, post messages, schedule messages and even setup up new social media accounts.

Here’s how to use the Hootsuite mobile app.

Step 1: Login

The first thing you’ll be asked to do upon opening the app is to sign in.

Step 2: Select and View Feeds

The first thing you’ll see upon logging in is the feeds screen. You’ll be able to see all the various feeds you’re subscribed to

Click a specific stream to view its posts.

Step 3: Writing and Sending Messages

To send a message, first click the “compose” button in the upper right corner.

Write your message in the box that pops up.

To choose which account(s) to send the message to, just click one of the account icons. The message will be sent to all accounts that have a check mark.

To access more options, click the “More” button.

In this menu, you can schedule the post for a future time, add a photo, shrink links, add a location and more.

Step 4: Adding an Account

If you want to view streams from another account or send messages to another account, first click “Settings” in the bottom navigation bar.

Click “Social Networks.”

Then click “Add Social Networks.”

Choose what kind of account you want to add.

Finally, give Hootsuite the authorization it needs to connect with your account.

That’s how to view messages and streams, post a message, schedule a message and add a social media account all using the Hootsuite mobile app.

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One of the things we get asked the most is how to get Twitter followers. Over the years we’ve researched a number of ways to promote twitter accounts, and we want to share some of these ideas with you. Many users first start out by trying to buy Twitter followers, not realizing that this is against twitter’s rules. Buying followers is a zero sum game, as many of the operators that try and sell followers use unethical means to add followers to your account.

The good news is that there are a number of ways to promote your twitter account safely and ethically. Some are easy to do, some are little more complex, and some even give you ways to get more twitter followers for free. We’ve broken them up into methods you can use online, things you can do on Twitter itself, and real-world methods too.

Things you can do online

Advertise on Twitter

One of the most effective ways to promote yourself is on twitter itself. They offer solutions for promoting your profile, promoting your tweets, or promoting trends. Each method gives you a slightly different way to get your message across. This form of promotion is really powerful when used in combination with one of the other methods listed below, such as running a contest. Promoting your profile will help you grow your following directly, while promoting tweets and trends will allow you to drive other initiatives used to get exposure for yourself.

Run a contest

Running a contest is a great way to attract new followers. Offer a good prize and make sure you clearly communicate the rules of entry. If your prize is related to your brand then it can also help find targeted followers who are interested in your area of expertise.

Be creative! Try giving away an experience, a vacation, a meeting with a celebrity (maybe you?) Contests draw attention! Offer multiple prizes, including a grand prize, 3-5 mid-level prizes, and as many small prizes as you feel like. Set a hashtag for your contest like #mycontestisawesome or #winmystuff, and include it in every tweet about your contest.

Launch your contest through Twitter and any other mediums you are using. Blogs are great at driving contest traffic, because they can explain the prizes and rules in greater detail. Then just tweet about your contest as often as you feel like until you reach your milestone, and award prizes!

Directories

There are dozens of directories of Twitter users online, including Twiends, WeFollow, and Twellow. Add yourself to as many directories as you can find under the proper categories, and you will begin to see some users following you from these sites. When someone follows you through one of these directories you will receive a notification email from Twitter – if you have these turned on. In these notifications you can see which directory they followed you through.

Guest Blogging

Even if you don’t have a blog of your own, you can easily gain notoriety by writing posts for other blogs. Running a blog is hard work, and most people and companies welcome well written posts to give them a break. If you do score an opportunity to guest post, link to your blog if you like, but be sure to link to your Twitter account as well. Some people will follow you if they liked the post.

This strategy works very well if you can give readers an incentive to follow you. Will they hear about more posts like the one you wrote? Is it the only way to find all of your guest posts? Do you tweet the location of buried treasure on International Talk like a Pirate Day?

Give them a reason to follow you, and you will be amazed at how effective this strategy can be.

Blog about your Twitter account

On the same note, if you do have a blog, write a post about your Twitter account. Post about how you like Twitter, how you hate Twitter, different types of Twitter people and posts you like or dislike, who you follow… Anything, really. Make sure to mention your Twitter account (and suggest that people follow you) at least once in the article.

You can also write a post about what you would say with more than 140 characters to certain Twitter celebrities. Do you wish you could tell Shaq about your “random act of Shaqness”? Want to get @NotTinaFey to read your latest comedy script? Social media is all about being unique – find something that is memorable, and gently remind people that your tweets are memorable, too!

Do podcasts

Podcasting is a great way to get attention, it showcases your expertise, and helps gather an audience. A podcast is much like a blog, but it is recorded audio instead of written words.

Creating your own podcast is simple. All you have to do is download a program such as Audacity (or, if you’re on a Mac, GarageBand works well.) Record your audio, edit out long pauses or background noise, add in any music you like for an intro or outro, and at the very end, mention that people can follow you on Twitter “for more podcasts like these!” Now create an account at a podcast hosting service like PodStrike! or PodBlaze, upload your content, configure your settings, and you are good to go!

You can create your own podcast, or be featured or interviewed on a popular podcast. Either way, make sure you mention your Twitter account at least twice during your podcast – once right at the end – to get the most followers on Twitter from this method.

Add a Twitter Widget

Did you know that you can add a Twitter widget on LinkedIn that will display your recent tweets? How about on your blog? There are many places online that will allow you to display a list of your latest tweets, and these widgets are a great source of new followers!

Few people integrate their Twitter account with LinkedIn, but if you are well networked on LinkedIn, it can help you encourage colleagues and friends to follow you. Placing a link to Twitter on your blog is obvious, but actually listing your tweets is an even more effective way to gain new followers. You can even get a customized widget from Twitter itself that works on any site, from static HTML sites to Tumblr, Blogger, WordPress, and anywhere that will allow you to add custom code!

Webinars

Webinars are essentially online seminars, so the exposure is similar to an offline seminar. The advantage of webinars is that they are typically for mixed online/offline audiences, and in addition to online and/or telephone audio, you can also display on screen slideshows and links with the appropriate software or service. This is a perfect medium to get Twitter followers, since you can link directly to your Twitter account during and after the webinar for attendees. You can begin by creating a template for your slideshow that includes your Twitter information in the bottom right hand corner. Many attendees will automatically look in that corner of the presentation last, while listening to your information. It is the perfect place to put information that you would like them to act on, as they will be available to follow you during the presentation.

Encourage Twitter users to follow you throughout the presentation, offering more tips, tricks, reports, discounts, and offers via Twitter. Another seldom used strategy is to actually offer to interact with webinar goers via Twitter during the event. If you plan on hosting a Q&A session, rather than asking participants to submit their questions via email, tell them to follow you on Twitter and tweet their questions. Not only will this get you immediate followers from the participants, but their followers will see the questions being posed to you as well, and may follow if you can offer expert advice.

Do support through Twitter

Now, we’re not suggesting you throw away your helpdesk, but add Twitter as a support channel. You may find that users are already tweeting questions at you. Most good helpdesk software already offers Twitter integration.

Some people like posting support questions via Twitter, as they feel the public nature of it will lead to a faster response. Some prefer using private channels and may not use Twitter, but adding it will win you some new followers providing you offer good timely support through it.

Video tutorial

People love to watch video’s. For many it’s their preferred route for learning something new. Some people have difficulty learning from written guides, and prefer to learn from content that is easier to absorb. Creating video tutorials for your area of expertise is a great way to get ‘relevant’ exposure for yourself.

Place your Twitter username in various places in the video, including the end, and if people feel they have learnt something from you then they may be inclined to follow you. There are also plenty of places to upload your videos, including YouTube and other specialist tutorial sites.

Become a forum moderator

Consider becoming a forum moderator in a forum you’re knowledgeable about. You can usually include a link to your Twitter in your forum bio, and by being active in the forum you can position yourself as an expert in your field. By being helpful to others you can easily win over some loyal supporters.

Things you can do in the real world

Speaking at conferences

While most people already know that the exposure you can gain from speaking at conferences is great for business, few people bother promoting their social media accounts through these mediums. The next time you’re giving a presentation at a seminar or conference, mention your Twitter account. If you are using presentation software or an on-screen image during your speech, display your username on screen.

If your audience likes what you have to say, they may just follow you later! You can even host the conference yourself, including your Twitter information on conference tickets and tweet the events as they happen. When it comes to live events, the sky is the limit!

Hosting tweetups

Most of the time, offline strategies involve people finding you offline and connecting with you online afterwards. Tweetups are exactly the opposite – they allow you the opportunity to connect with Twitter users in person, even if you have never met before. Because the group of Twitter users that meet is often diverse (and often inviting their own followers and friends,) you will likely gain at least a few new followers from a tweetup.

You can start a tweetup simply by asking around your circle of twitter followers. Offer to host the event at a coffee shop, conference, restaurant, or even your offices. Create a dedicated web page or blog post for the event, a hash tag (for example, #mytweetup) so that users can follow the event, and encourage tweeters to share with their friends and followers as well. You can gain large amounts of exposure from something this simple!

Radio interviews

Much like speaking at conferences, radio interviews are a great way to get attention. Whether you’re through AM/FM, satellite, internet, or even Blog Talk Radio, the interviews can be used to gain some positive and wildly popular PR. To be interviewed on the radio, you need to make yourself available as an expert. Watch your local stations for requests (they often publish them via social media,) list yourself in expert directories, and even contact the station directly and ask if they have any upcoming opportunities for experts.

While you won’t have a visual medium to display your Twitter account, repeating your Twitter username a few times during your interview can help you gain new followers. You can also use your interview time to promote contests and upcoming events through your Twitter feed, which is sure to get you some new followers in no time at all!

Host a debate

In junior high, debate class was the space for aspiring politicians and others with a need for extra-curricular activities. In the adult world, debates are an essential forum for communication on key issues like the environment, finance, politics, and more. If you work in an industry with many insightful leaders and a “hot topic” worthy of debate, hosting a debate yourself can be very lucrative and offer high levels of exposure.

Aside from the attendees, debates often gain media exposure through both traditional outlets and trade publications. Quotes and footage from debates can even go viral through social media sites, gaining further attention.

Publicizing your Twitter account as you host the event and broadcasting the key points of the debate via Twitter for those who may not be present are both great ways to gain new followers. If you are lucky enough, some quotes from the event may go viral on Twitter, and yes – they will have your username attached to the “retweet”. Do not underestimate the power of offline events in the online world!

Newspaper interviews and articles

If you can somehow tie your business or industry to a current event, it can be easy to get an article in the traditional press that includes your information. You can distribute your own article via press release, or make yourself available for expert interviews through directories and by approaching the media directly.

If you have the resources, hiring a public relations firm can be a great help with this. They can get you expert interviews in many newspapers and national publications, and because of their existing relationship with the editor, you will often be allowed to include a bit more company information than the average submission.

If you don’t have the resources (or just prefer DIY methods), write a compelling press release that ties your business to a current event. Distribute it to the local media, and call to follow up. Create a media kit or press kit for distribution when someone asks for information about you and your business. Getting interviews in traditional press isn’t difficult for a small business owner, but it does take an investment of time and some persistence.

When you do gain some media exposure, while most companies are just now beginning to include links to their website in the article, you can include links to social media accounts like Twitter to get new followers and exposure for your expertise.

Networking events

If you run a business, you likely have a local networking event that you do or can attend. Publicizing your Twitter profile at events like these through your business cards, stickers, and stamps can gain you a large number of targeted Twitter followers very quickly! Be sure to offer an incentive for following you, such as free reports, discounts, or updates.

Write a book/eBook

Few things say “I’m an expert in my field” like being a published author. While print titles still have more clout with traditional audiences, eBooks like those for Kindle and other e-readers are gaining popularity. If you’re looking to establish yourself as an expert, traditional publishing houses may get you the most notoriety, but self-publishing with a good public relations agent can get you similar results today.

Being sure to include your social media links – including Twitter – is a great way to allow readers to connect with your expertise after reading your book. Start by offering your Twitter ID on the inside front cover, where many bookstore shoppers will look for your bio; then include your information on the back cover, in the introduction, and throughout the book.

If you are willing to think outside of the box, you can even include your Twitter ID in the footer of every page. Even if they don’t follow you immediately after reading the book, they will subconsciously recognize your account in the future and be more willing to follow you if they come across your name again.

Several prominent social media celebrities even use Twitter to launch subsequent titles, so don’t overlook the possibilities here. The opportunities are endless!

Research and publish a report

Reports and white papers are still an essential form of communication for industries and markets around the globe. If you have any data or research to share, or even just helpful ideas, publishing a report or whitepaper can successfully get you the attention of industry leaders, media, and yes – social media.

You can get your white papers and reports distributed by trade magazine distributors across North America, which will often give you the customers’ information. Offer the report or whitepaper on your own website, as well as on Twitter itself. You may find that the link to your report gets retweeted, getting you valuable exposure!

As with other forms of offline publishing, be sure to utilize your author’s bio and include links to Twitter and other profiles.

Tweeting and Retweeting

Tweet the “Right” Content

Take a look at what those in your market with the most followers are tweeting about. Do they consistently post a certain type of content? Do they discuss one particular topic a lot? Take notes. Obviously they have so many followers for a reason. Tweet as they tweet, but put across your own personality.

Some basic guidelines to follow include tweeting about the future – making predictions, talking about upcoming news, and other future-based topics make you more interesting than the Twitter user who only talks about things that happened last year. You should also tweet about anything that is a little bit unique, off beat, or relatively unheard of in your industry.

Tweets that apply current events to your industry are also engaging. For example, for someone in the financial services industry, a tweet that says “How will the upcoming summer affect your financial planning?” will start more conversations than “Come see me today for a report on your net savings allowance.” Be creative. Use Twitter as a medium to express your wit, personality, and let your fun side come out a little bit.

Use #Hashtags

Hashtags are more than just a trend; they are a unique way that Twitter allows users to track content. If someone wants to see everything happening on Twitter about the latest celebrity mishap, they’ll search for a hashtag like “#______rehab” or “#dui______”. The same holds true in your industry, and for your individual company. Tagging your posts with things like “#convention2011” or “#newproduct” can help people find and notice your tweets. Obviously you can be a bit more creative than the examples above, but they will get you started. Watch how the most popular users in your industry are using hashtags, and follow by their example.

Interact

This is something many new users miss on Twitter. To be perfectly clear, Twitter is not a medium to broadcast like television or radio – it is a medium to broadcast AND interact, like face to face meetings. You want to reply, retweet, comment, and mention others as much as you possibly can. When you start your account, spend most of your time replying, commenting, retweeting, and mentioning others. Even when you post content, recommend it to someone by including their username. Over time you can start including some broadcast style tweets, and eventually some sales messages. Just keep in mind that even if someone only has 50 followers, it only takes one to make a difference. Having your Twitter ID in front of their followers can make a big difference for you.

Retweet the right stuff

Industry leaders, celebrities, gurus, and others with large followings love getting retweets. Some of them will even occasionally thank you for your retweets by mentioning your name e.g. “Hey @awesomeco4444, thanks for the RT!”. The benefits, just like replying, are that your name gets out in front of everyone that follows them!

There are a few tricks to making this work for you. First, make sure to only retweet content that you feel would be interesting to your readers, as they may retweet as well (which sometimes broadcasts your name to their followers, too!) Second, avoid retweeting old content. Twitter is all about relevance and so the timeliness of your retweet is almost as important as the content.

Retweet important news

How many times have you seen news break on Twitter? How many times have you seen interesting stories related to your market being discussed via tweets? If you haven’t joined in yet, now is the time! Many people will follow the tweets of interesting news stories and articles, Tweets about current or upcoming events, or industry related gossip. Getting in your two cents could do more than just satisfy your inner need to be heard, it could get you some more Twitter followers!

For example, some Twitter users have gained followers by tweeting about space shuttle launches. Of course not everyone is interested in the content, but those who are were paying attention to anyone commenting about the final launch of the NASA program. In the weeks before the final launch, some users went from relative obscurity to thousands of followers just by piggybacking off of the popularity of the news they were tweeting about.

In Print

Print ads

Print ads are one of the more expensive forms of advertising available to small businesses today, so every time you invest in that type of advertising you need to maximize your return. A great way to do this is to include links to your social media accounts (like Twitter) in the ad.

Entice customers with offers of deals, discounts, and coupons via Twitter and they are sure to follow you. This allows you to get repeated contact with potential customers from just one investment in advertising, exponentially increasing the potential for return.

Magazine articles

Like newspaper articles, magazine articles can get you great attention from readers and potential customers. Unlike newspapers, however, they can be much longer in length, explain things in much more depth, and offer more opportunities for promotion.

Go to the website for your favorite industry magazine and look for a link to their publishing schedule. There, magazines will list topics that they are going to be covering in the coming months. If you feel you can contribute to one of these topics, contact the editor with a proposal for your article. Do not send the whole article! Editors need a quick glance to determine if your content will be worthy, before approving you to begin work.

The great thing about working with magazines is that in certain circumstances, you can even get paid for your submission. How many opportunities do you have that allow your advertising to pay you? Magazine editors will typically allow for a longer author’s bio, offer more opportunities for promotion, and may even extend offers for inexpensive advertising in exchange for your contribution.

Feature columns

Even more powerful than individual newspaper or magazine articles are feature columns. If you have the dedicated time, offering to write a feature column for a magazine or newspaper will not only assist the editor with their workload but give you more opportunities for promotion.

Often times, feature columnists will get their bio published with the column monthly as well as in the front of the magazine with the other staff writers. Including your Twitter link along with your other biographical information in the magazine can get you more followers while building expert status.

Book contributor

Even if you do not have a book “in you”, there are many ways to get your biographical information into print. One way is to contribute to a book that is being published in your field. Many times, when someone wishes to publish a book, they may not have the required expertise to complete the information by themselves. If you can contribute information to this book, your information (including your Twitter account) can be included as a contributor or co-author.

Look for authors in your industry, and watch what industry leaders are doing. See if there are any books currently on the market in your niche with multiple contributors, and follow up with the publisher or author. Perhaps you could even be the primary author of your own book, and allow others to contribute.

If there are multiple contributors you may not get as much attention as if you were the only author, but if the information you contribute is valuable, you can get a fair amount of new followers from just a small amount of information shared.

Other bits and pieces

Put Your Twitter Link Everywhere

This means online and offline, everywhere you can put it. Link to Twitter from Facebook, from your blog, from your guest posts, from your videos, in your email signature, and anywhere else you can think of. Include your Twitter ID on your offline materials as well, from business cards to brochures, signs, flyers, or even on your shirt. By putting an “@” sign in front of your username (like this – “@yourusername”), most people will understand that you are listing your Twitter name.

Use a Quick Response (QR) Code

There are several services online that allow you to create quick response or QR codes. These codes are simple square barcodes that are gaining massive popularity with smartphone users, as they can be used to direct any phone to a specific web address just by taking a picture.

Create a QR code that links to your Twitter profile, and put it up everywhere – on your website, on your business cards, on any signage outside of your office or store, or anywhere else you can think of that might attract enough attention to be worth a snapshot.

Add Twitter to your packaging

Do you ship products? Is your Twitter link or QR code on your packaging somewhere? If not, it should be! What better way to encourage people to follow and tweet about you than to announce your presence on Twitter right as they receive your product? For example, some companies have not only mentioned their own Twitter ID, but have printed a random tweet from a customer on the outside of their package. By leaving the “@ourcompany” in the tweet, they can gain new followers. By including a testimonial on the outside of the packaging, they are making a more memorable experience for their customers that will likely mean more purchases in the future. This strategy can help your business in more ways than one!

Address labels

Did you realize that your address label is an advertising and branding opportunity? While typical address labels will include the company name and address, and perhaps a logo, some emerging companies are beginning to include their URL as well. Be ahead of the pack, and include your Twitter information right on the outside of your packages and envelopes! When your customers or suppliers receive mail for you, they will look at the address label to see where the letter or parcel came from. You can also put your Twitter ID on the back of the envelope, on or just below the flap. This is a perfect opportunity to stay in touch, long after the final invoice is sent!

Company Cheques

Another often overlook branding opportunity is the company cheque. While most banks will limit the amount of information you can have printed, custom cheque companies and cheque printers will allow you to include more information – from your URL, to your phone number, address, and yes – even your Twitter account. When your suppliers receive a cheque from you, or your customers receive a referral bonus, they will look to see who has sent them a payment. What better way to say “I value our relationship and want to stay in touch” than to offer your social media information directly on the cheque?

Pens, notebooks, letter openers, etc. (aka swag)

Whether you call it promotional items, promos, gifts, or even swag, getting custom printed office supplies like pens and letter openers is no small investment. While it is important to include your logo, business name, phone number, and URL, if you have the space you should include your Twitter name as well. The point of these types of promotions is to have your contact information handy any time they use your item. Imagine seeing your Twitter ID every time they sign their receipt!

Company vehicles

Your logo, your company name, your phone number, and your website address. These are the typical things you may include on the decals for your company vehicles. Something you may not have considered was to include your social media information, like your Twitter account, right on your company vehicle. Imagine how many new followers you can gain by driving your Twitter username around town, arriving at clients’ homes with your social media information displayed clearly for all to see.

Phone book

While many companies are beginning to reduce the size, cost, reach, and frequency of their phone book advertising, it is still a large percentage of the advertising spend for small businesses. Stretch your dollar even further by including your Twitter account information right in the phone book ad. Directing potential customers to follow you on Twitter right in the phone book can be a powerful strategy. While most customers looking in the phone book will be seeking an immediate solution.

Stickers

A great alternative to the rubber stamp is the sticker. Stickers are fun, easy to use, inexpensive, and can be stuck virtually anywhere! Try getting your Twitter ID made into a sticker, and putting it on everything from the backs of chairs to cash registers, the bumpers on company vehicles, receipts, packaging, shopping bags, and more. Even more creatively, try giving the stickers out to customers with the backing still attached. Tell them to feel free to put it anywhere they like. Be sure not to stick them in places that will annoy people though..

Offer discounts and deals in store to followers

While many of these methods are about print advertising and getting in front of large amounts of people, never underestimate the power of your office or retail location if you have one. Especially for retail and food service businesses, your physical location is an ideal place to publicize your social media links. Imagine walking into a store, and seeing their Twitter ID posted on the counter? Or walking into a restaurant and seeing their Twitter ID or QR code on the menu?

You can’t simply post your Twitter account everywhere, however. You’re going to need to entice your customers with something. Offer daily deals, specials, coupons, or discounts to customers who follow you on Twitter. An inexpensive way to do this is to get a rubber stamp customized with your Twitter ID on it, and simply stamp your ID on everything. No new printing costs, no need to change the receipt printer – just stamp, stamp, stamp away!

As you can see, offline methods for finding Twitter followers are only limited by your imagination. Pubs and restaurants can publish their ID on coasters and napkins. Magnets with your Twitter ID are a great “leave behind” for moving companies, and custom Twitter signs inserted into baked goods are a great way for a local bakery to get their information in front of consumers. Don’t be shy with your Twitter account; if you really want to gain a large, targeted following, you have to go after it!

That should give you a good base of Twitter followers to begin with. Remember to tweet content more often than you try to sell, especially as a newer Twitter user. The longer you have been established and the better your relationship with your followers, the more you can promote, but never promote more than 50% of the time. Over-promoting can lead to a loss of Twitter followers and sabotage all of your hard work.

Remember that quality is more important than quantity. 1000 unengaged, irrelevant followers will be less useful to you than 10 followers that regularly talk with you, reply to and retweet your content, and encourage others to follow you.

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At this crazy figure I found that sharing your Tweets when it makes most sense is crucial. Often I am reading news at times when my followers aren’t interested in reading themselves.

So instead of Tweeting then, I switched to a new form of sharing my Tweets.

With Buffer, you are able to put your Tweets into a Buffer. The App will post them for you well spaced out over the day at times your followers are more likely to read them.

Here are 4 tips to make the most of it by creating a more customized form of posting Tweets.

1. Add Tweets from any website

Never get distracted again from your Twitter stream if you are reading news. By installing one of the browser extensions you are able add any article with just one click on the Buffer icon.

Automatically shortened link and title of the page will appear and you can add it to your Buffer.

2. Buffering right from Twitter.com

With Buffer I am also able to engage a lot more with followers by retweeting them, without doing too many RTs at a time. If your browser extension is installed, simply go to Twitter.com and retweet others in old school RT style.

If you click the Buffer icon the Buffer box will come up:

3. Buffering Tweets from inside Google Reader

To tie in even more conveniently with your reading habits, Buffer works inside Google Reader too. If you are reading an article, simply use the browser extension and a new Tweet will be added to your Buffer.

4. Create Buffering Patterns for more customized timing

I naturally found that I Tweet less on weekends.. or I Tweet more on a Wednesday.

Here is where the new Buffering patterns come in.

You can create a different daily posting time for different days under “settings” and so create a more personalized Tweeting pattern:

5. Use built in analytics to optimize Tweeting

What I find very helpful are the built in analytics from Buffer. Whenever you send a Tweet, you will automatically know how many clicks, retweets and reach it received.

Give it one click on “analytics” and that’s it:

Why is Buffer useful?

By using Buffer, I feel to have created a more consistent and regular presence on Twitter. No matter when I am reading my news, I will have the best pieces Tweeted out via Buffer at great times for my followers.

You can give Buffer a go here: Buffer

What are your thoughts on Buffer?

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TweetAdder gives you the ability to reach hundreds and thousands of potential customers and clients that are already interested in what you are marketing.

The simple fact is that it would not be as possible to reach the amount of people you want to market to if not for Twitter marketing software like TweetAdder.

It has a massive amount of features, all there to help you with the process in the simplest way possible so that you can concentrate on your campaigns and making money.

How can you find people on Twitter who might be interested in what you’re offering?

Simple!

TweetAdder can help you out with this.

The current version of TweetAdder has the ability to search and find members of Twitter by their location, bio data and tweet subject.. this is what made it the Twitter marketing software of choice for serious internet marketers.

By simply specifying what you want it to target, time-frames (whether it be the last week or the last year), it will find those users and you can select whether you would like TweetAdder to add of the found members to a database saved onto your computer or you can handpick them yourself.

It’s as easy as can be and you can have a database of keen Twitter buyers that are targeted in around…20 seconds.

Example Scenario

Firstly set your latest Tweet as a mention of your website.

Then using TweetAdder automatically follow 1,000 people.

On average several hundred will then visit your profile and a few hundred will most likely click on your tweet or your profile URL.

Drive hundreds.. no.. thousands of visitors to your website.

Now imagine repeating the above scenario with multiple Twitter accounts – fully automated!

Using TweetAdder you can target very specific people.. WordPress users in London, people talking about football in Spain, social media in Sydney, coffee in New York, etc

Those who don’t follow you back, you can automatically remove after 3 days.

The Power of TweetAdder

Powerful Automation

• Auto Follow Highly Targeted Profiles
• Schedule Tweets and Direct Messages
• Automate Multiple Profiles

Boost Site Traffic

• Promote Your Website, Band, Charity, Company or Event
• Send Thousands of Visitors to Your Site
• Instantly Grow Your List of Followers

Incredible Search Filters

• Keyword
• Location
• Recency
• Language spoken
• Ability to remove profiles with default picture
• Ability to remove profiles with URLs in tweets or biography

Automated Tweet Search

• Locates users to follow who tweeted a matching filter or keyword
• Containing a word – eg Twitter
• Containing multiple words – eg, Twitter marketing
• Negation – eg Twitter -marketing
• Exact phrase – eg “twitter marketing”
• OR – eg twitter OR tweets
• Hashtags – eg #twitter
• Not from a user – eg -from:username
• To a user – eg to:username
• Mentioning a user – @username

Profile Data Search

• Search Twitter bios

Location Search

• Search by geographic location around the world

Twitter List Search

• Imports another users Twitter list

Followers of a User

• Obtains a list of profiles following a particular user

Followed by a User

• Obtains a list of profiles a user is following

Multiple Twitter Accounts

• You can manage more than one Twitter profile
• You can manage advertising and public relations client’s profiles as a Twitter service
• Unlimited Twitter profiles
• Run multiple profiles concurrently

Automated Following Features

• Never follow the same person twice
• Blacklist to block following to specific people
• Auto follow Twitter users – control Twitter following with Follower Ratio, maximum number of follows per day
• Auto follow stop feature – automatically stops when Twitter follow limits are reached
• Random time delay settings – choose what time intervals between follows, unfollows, tweets and direct messages

Automated Unfollowing Features

• Ability to unfollow all except your personal whitelist
• Auto unfollow Twitter users – unfollow by number, follower to follow ratios, users who do not follow back with time frames
• Safe white list – create a list of Twitter users to never unfollow

Full Twitter Stats and Graphical Historical Viewing

• View your Twitter stats for each profile instantly
• Graphical display showing who you followed, unfollowed and much more on a daily basis
• Shows exact search you did that the successful follows resulted from so you can pin point your success

Automated Tweet Features

• Automated tweet posts throughout the day
• Post tweets to Facebook, LinkedIn and MySpace
• Unique tweet generator – create unique tweets automatically
• RSS Tweets – tweets any RSS feed whether from your blog updates or any other source
• @reply tweets – post a random tweet @someone who posts a tweet directed @you
• Re-tweets – automatically retweet another user
• URL shortener – shorten long URLs automatically
• MP3 poster – bands and artists can upload Mp3s to www.mp3twit.com and share on Twitter
• Symbols - access to special UTF8 characters like stars, arrows, and smileys
• Link history - easy access to previously shortened URLs and Mp3s
• Post tweets with random time delay

Automate Direct Messages

• Thank you Direct Messaging – sends messages to your new followers
• Standard Direct Messaging – sends messages to your followers

Trends

• This tool searches the twitter trends and brings you the current hot topics, daily, and weekly

Free Automated Working Proxy List Imports

• Clicking the import button, fresh, working, proxies will automatically be imported into the program
• Proxies are not needed, but they are fully supported for power users who want them

FREE Demo

Before we get started you will need to download TweetAdder – don’t worry it is a FREE demo!

This free trial enables you to,

• Add Follows – 250 free auto follows
• UnFollow Users – 250 free auto unfollows
• Send Auto Tweets – send up to 25 free automated tweet
• Send Auto DM’s – send up to 25 free automated direct messages
• Automation – free usage of the automated features

Once you have installed TweetAdder I would highly recommend watching these three videos.

These videos produced by the guys at TweetAdder show you how to get started, the functions and features and finish off with the powerful automation capability.

You need to have Tweet Adder installed and running to follow along.

Getting Started with TweetAdder

This first video shows you the basics of getting started with Tweet Adder, the Twitter Friend Adder.

Functions and Features of TweetAdder

This second video shows you the rest of the features of Tweet Adder.

TweetAdder Automation

This third video shows you the ins and outs of the automation features in Tweet Adder.

TweetAdder Manual

Download the free 13 page PDF TweetAdder manual.

Twitter TFF Ratio

The Twitter TFF Ratio is the Follower to Friend Ratio – OR – the ratio of people following you to the number of people you are following.

Who cares right?

If you plan on building a massive followers list then your TFF ratio is something you will have to pay attention to and work with. While Twitter won’t tell you the exact formula, here is what is commonly known:

You can follow up to 2000 profiles without any issues. But to go past the 2000 follows mark, your followers have to be at a 1.1 to 1 TFF ratio. Or to put it another way, you can follow 1x + 10% of the number of followers you have. Example: If I have 2000 followers, I can follow 2200 profiles. If I have 4000 followers, I can follow 4400 profiles and so on.

One of the best features of Tweet Adder is that it helps your attain the optimal ratios to build a MASSIVE follower list.

All through Tweet Adder you will find options that help you maintain and optimize your TFF ratio.

Benefits Of Using TweetAdder

Set and forget software, it runs on autopilot. You could be on holiday in Spain and it will keep getting you more followers and keep sending out messages which in turn, will get you more traffic.

Auto message new followers something about your website or business.

Automatically send out Tweets, this is great for making sure people in different time zones see what you have to say.

Automatically follow people talking about topics related to your business, for example, I would automatically follow people saying “setting up a website” in a sentence as I know that would be highly targeted to what I have to say.

Automatically update your Twitter when you publish a new blog post on any of your blogs. TweetAdder will see it and tweet about it.

Unfollow features, you can unfollow everyone, or automatically set it to unfollow people who don’t follow you back in a set amount of days.

You can manage dozens of Twitter accounts all at the same time, I highly recommend you go for a multi account license so that you can do this.

If you use other social networking sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Myspace, you can automatically update those at the same time as your Twitter account. For me, this tool is a huge time saver being able to do so much with one little program, all on autopilot!

To your success!

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Before I started to write this post I had about 9,000 followers.. and I was following roughly the same amount of people.

A lot of this following was due to the fact that I had auto-follow turned on for at least 2 years. So whenever someone followed me I would automatically follow them back.

This also rang true with all those automated bots whose aim is to get as many followers as possible. Whenever one of those would follow me, I would automatically follow back.

After a while my Twitter stream became more and more polluted.

It would have been about a year ago when things really started to feel different..

Every time I went on Twitter it felt as though I was in a big room with thousands of other people all shouting very loudly – all at the same time.

Not to mention all the direct message spam and automated bots.. and all those accounts re-hashing Mashable’s and Techcrunch’s content using Twitterfeed.

I was becoming more and more frustrated and wanted to get some control and order back.

I wanted no spam, less shouting and more talking.

Less broadcasting and more engaging.

So taking a lead from Robert Scoble (who famously unfollowed 106,000 people in a single day).. I also decided to unfollow EVERYONE.

How I Did It

Since Twitter changed the rules around mass unfollowing people, I couldn’t find a way to unfollow everyone in a single sweep.

I even asked @support but didn’t hear back from them.

There are many unfollow tools out there but the tool I used to unfollow everyone was ManageFlitter.

ManageFlitter is a very simple to use tool with a clean interface, enabling you to easily unfollow people based on a variety of different factors.

Twitter only allows you to unfollow 1,000 people in a 24 hours period.. so every day for about a week I unfollowed as many people as I could until I wasn’t following anyone.

I think Twitter was out by two.. as it said I was following 2 people (although no-one displayed).. and it also said You aren’t following anyone yet,

I finally had a clean slate again.

And no more spam!

Within a few days the number of people following me dropped by about 300.. these were probably automated accounts.

For the first time in a long time, Twitter has become enjoyable again.

Moving Forward

This time around I think I will try to keep the amount of people I follow to a more manageable number.. maybe a hundred to two.

And definitely start to use lists more.

To get the ball rolling again I started to follow some top pro-bloggers and established social media gurus.

If you were one of the people I unfollowed please let me know and I will follow you back, or add you to a VIP list.

Would you do it?

Robert Scoble’s thread – New Twitter Movement: Unfollow Everyone – on FriendFeed has a good discussion on whether this is a good thing or not.. check it out.

Would you unfollow everyone and start again from scratch if your Twitter stream got out of control?

Please leave a comment below.

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Add Your Twitter Account

Click on Add/Edit Services > Add Services > Social.. scroll down to Twitter and click on <Add>,

Click on <Allow>,

After getting redirected back to The Social Media Guide, click on <Save Settings>,

Now click on Add/Edit Services > Streams.. scroll down to Twitter Stream and click on <Add>,

Just like above, click on <Allow>.. then click on <Save Settings>,

Twitter Auto Responder

Now that your Twitter account has been added to The Social Media Guide, you now need to configure your Twitter auto responder.

From Add/Edit Services click on the Automation tab.. then click on the <Add> button next to Auto Responder – Twitter,

Configure your Twitter auto responder settings as necessary.

You have the option to send a welcome as a direct message or as a tweet.

In the Message box you can add merge tags. Merge tags are replaced with actual values at the time the message is sent,

When you are done click <Save Settings>,

Welcome!

Whenever someone new follows you on Twitter, your welcome message will automatically be sent.

Direct Messages

If you set your auto responder to send out Direct Messages,

Any new follow on Twitter will automatically be sent a welcome Direct Message (as indicated by the “d“),

Tweets

If you set your auto responder to send out Tweets,

Any new follow on Twitter will automatically be sent a public @reply,

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Twitter.com, Tweetdeck, Hootsuite, CoTweet, Echofon?

Or maybe one of the hundreds of other clients out there?

What if I told you that every single one of your tweets is promoting someone else’s business.. and you probably don’t even know it!

The Problem

When you post your messages to Twitter, no matter which of the popular applications you use, did you realise that you’re giving away valuable real estate and backlinks to someone else?

Want proof?

I have just sent out three tweets promoting my blog.. using three different Twitter clients,

• Seesmic
• CoTweet
• HootSuite

Each of these tweets has been branded with the Twitter client I used to send out that tweet,

Did you know these are actually hyperlinks pointing back to these company’s websites?

So every time you send out a tweet you are advertising this company’s product.. with link back to their website.

You are promoting them for free.

The Solution

MarketMeSuite one of the world’s leading, small business social media marketing solutions, enables you to brand ALL of your tweets.. generating thousands of backlinks to your site!

All it takes is 5 minutes and you will be able to:

1. Brand your tweets with your own name
2. Insert a link back to your own website
3. Show the world that you mean business!

Register a New Twitter Application

To be able to brand your tweets, you need to get some special keys from Twitter. These keys will then need to be entered into MarketMeSuite.

First of all you need to sign in to Twitter > then browse to twitter.com/apps

Click on Register a new application,

Fill out the form (like this),

Once you have successfully registered an application you will be given your,

1. Consumer key
2. Consumer secret

Make a note of the consumer key AND consumer secret!!

Add Your Brand to MarketMeSuite

To add your brand login to MarketMeSuite.. then click on the green Add a Brand icon,

Enter the name of your business or brand.. then click on <Next>,

Now enter your consumer key and consumer secret that you generated earlier in Twitter.. then click on <Next>,

Login with your Twitter account.. then click on <Allow>,

You will now be given a PIN number.. make a note of this.. then click on <Next>,

Enter your PIN number then click <Finish>,

Now logout of MarketMeSuite.. then log back in..

Twitter Branding

Your Twitter branding has now been setup!

When sending a tweet from MarketMeSuite, make sure you select your brand from the drop down list,

As you can see here, all your tweets will now be branded with your website’s URL,

Moving forward.. as your tweets (and retweets) disseminate throughout the twitterverse.. can you image how many thousands of backlinks will be generated, all pointing back to your website?

Countless!

MarketMeSuite is a very powerful tool, and highly recommended if you are serious about your business.

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Pay with a Tweet is the first social payment system, where people pay with the value of their social network.

It’s simple, every time somebody pays with a tweet, he or she tells all their friends about the product – either on Twitter or Facebook.

Sell Your Product for a Tweet

Before you start selling your product for a tweet, you need to make sure that the file you want to sell is in a location that people can easily download from.

There are plenty of free and secure storage services.. I recommend using,

• Dropbox

To sell your product for a tweet, you first need to fill out this form,

After clicking on <Create my Button>, the code of the download button is generated.

Just copy the code (or URL) and paste it where ever you want people to download your product.. and pay for it with a tweet,

Social Payment

After someone clicks on your <Pay with a Tweet> button (or URL), they will be given the option to pay by either,

• sending out a tweet
• posting on their Facebook wall

Paying with Twitter

If someone selects the Twitter payment option, they will need to allow Pay with a Tweet access to Twitter,

The tweet can be edited (but not the URL),

After they click on the <Post tweet and download now> button.. a confirmation will appear,

When they confirm by clicking on the <OK> button.. the tweet gets tweeted,

Finally, they get to download your file for free.. by clicking on the <Get it Now> button,

Paying with Facebook

If someone selects the Facebook payment option, they will need to sign in with Facebook,

Then allow Pay with a Tweet access to Facebook,

After they click on <Post on Facebook and download now> button.. a confirmation will appear,

When they confirm by clicking on the <OK> button.. this gets posted on their Facebook wall,

Finally, they get to download your file for free.. by clicking on the <Get it Now> button,

For Sale –> Test it Out!

Please find below a couple of awesome files,

• The Best Facebook Cheat Sheet in the World
• The Best Twitter Cheat Sheet in the World

How much you ask?

Nothing.

Just pay with a tweet or pay with a post!

Facebook Cheat Sheet

Twitter Cheat Sheet

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Since stopping most of my Direct Message spam recently, I found that managing my DM inbox has become a lot easier.

In saying that, one of the main limitations of your Twitter inbox is that there is no way you can search your Direct Messages.

Twitter only stores DMs for the last two months.

This can be a real problem if you are wanting to search DMs sent to months ago.

I stumbled across this today when trying to search for a particular Direct Message. I just couldn’t do it.

Which got me thinking - ”How can I search Twitter direct messages?”

After a bit of investigation I found a work around.

It involves archiving your Direct Messages and using your email client to search.. and is only valid going forward (can’t search on existing DMs).

Here’s how..

Direct Text Emails

Login to your Twitter account.. click on your username > then click on Settings,

Select the Notices tab > then check Email when I receive a new direct message.. click <Save> when you are done,

Everytime someone sends you a Direct Message on Twitter, you will now be emailed.

Email

To test this out I have logged into another Twitter account (@MatthewTommasi) and sent a Direct Message to myself (@SocialGuide),

This DM has been successfully received via email,

Filtering

All good email clients have filtering.

This enables you to filter messages, based on a certain condition, into folders.. helping to manage your daily influx of mail.

Since I am using Gmail I am going to setup a filter for all Direct Messages coming from Twitter (this filtering process is very similar across all good email clients).

Open up the email then click on More actions > Filter messages like these,

In the From: field enter - twitter-dm.

In the Has the words: field enter - Direct message.

Then click on <Next Step>,

Check Apply the label:.

Then select New Label,

Enter the name of your new label.. then click <OK>,

Click on <Create Filter> and check Also apply filter to messages below,

Searching Direct Messages

When anyone DMs you on Twitter you will now receive an email notifying you.

These Direct Message emails will also be filtered as they come in.

To search your DMs in Gmail click on the label you have just created,

This will display all your received Twitter DMs,

Now that everything has been setup, you can easily and quickly search your Twitter Direct Messages.

Just enter the word you want to search for.. then click on <Search Mail>,

If the search term exists in a DM it will display,

When this email is opened up.. it will contain the word you are searching for,

Done!

You can now search Twitter Direct Messages.

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