What is Twitter
Twitter is a service for friends, family, co–workers, and networkers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers that can be up 140 characters at one time, but you can have multiple updates each day. You may use Twitter to say whats on your mind, promote your blog, Website, or a great product.
The key to using Twitter is to follow people you are interested in reading about what they have to say and most importantly have as many people as possible follow you back because you have something interesting to say.
Visualize all these followers you have and think about how every time they log into their Twitter, they can read your updates. Think about what your followers would like to read about, make yourself interesting.
*A tip to keep in mind is when someone follows you, they usually expect you to follow them back or they may unfollow you, unless you are a celebrity on Twitter.
So, ready to get addicted yet if not already? Join now or sign in and start following me.
Some Popular FREE Twitter Tools
SocialOomph-(Formerly known as "Tweet Later")Auto follow people who follow you back and send messages to people who follow you and allows you to "schedule" your tweets over time.
TweetDeck-Personal browser connecting you with your contacts across Twitter, Facebook, and more. Allows you to stay up to date with people and topics you care about by tweeting, sharing photos, videos, or links directly from your TweetDeck.
Twollo-Service to help you find and follow people with similar interest to you.
FriendOrFollow-Allows you to see if the people you are following are following you back and shows you people who follow you that you are not following back.
Huitter-Easy and fast way to unfollow those who don't follow you back and follow those who follow you, all at once.
Buzzom-Allows you to "flush" those who don't follow you, follow your followers, and find new people who will most likely follow you back.
Twitter100-Lets you see your followers at a glance, up to 100.
Other Interesting Twitter Tools
DoesFollow-See who follows whom on Twitter.
Mr. Tweet-Helps you find great people and followers relevant to your interests.
Twalala-Filter tweets by keywords and phrases or mute individuals who get a bit chatty.
Twimailer-Delivers information of the people who follow you directly to your e-mail inbox and from there you can decide whether or not you would like to follow that person back.
My Cleenr-Sort your friends by their last tweets and clean out all the inactive and useless Twitter accounts you are following.
Twitoria-Finds people you are following who have not tweeted in long time so you can give them the boot if you would like.
TweepDiff-Compare Twitter friends and followers.
TweetEffect-Find out which of your Twitter updates made people follow or leave you by just entering your Twitter ID.
TweepMe-100% opt-in group of Twitter users who all choose to follow each other on Twitter. Membership is a one time fee of $12.95, but they have specials often and will go lower than that.
TwitterLess-Tells you who stops following you and graphs your followers history over time, making info available in a variety of useful views.
Follow Lists-Create and share lists of your Twitter friends.
Foller Me-Provides you with the most detailed information about a specific Twitter user in the least amount of time.
iFollowBack-Follow members of iFollowBack.com who follow you.
Tweepler-Easy, more enjoyable way to process your new Twitter followers.
TwitHive-Create channels to monitor multiple Twitter accounts, no download.
Tweeter Tags-Declare your interests and find new, like-minded friends.
TweetSum-Shows you at a glance who is following you and gives you the tools you need to decide whether you should follow them back or not.
TFFRatio-TFF (Twitter Follower-Friend Ratio) is the ratio of your followers to friends, or people you follow.
TwtrFrnd-For new followers who want to find out if they have common followings with them, and which people you follow that follow them.
FlashTweet-Mass follow tool that simplifies the process of adding your Twitter friends and allows you to manage multiple Twitter accounts.
How to Tell if Someone is Following You Back
You can tell if someone is following you back if you can "Direct Message" them. If you cant, then they are not following you. As I mentioned above, easier ways to see if someone you are following is following you back is with: FriendOrFollow, Huitter, or Buzzom.
How I Make Money on Twitter
RevTwt
Twitter updates and now on Facebook too, they pay you every time someone clicks on those ads. You can also make money with every URL you post on your Twitter or anywhere else by having RevTwt shorten it.
You can have up to 10 Twitter accounts and they have to have at least 50 followers each. RevTwt is a very simply way to make money on the side. If you have many followers, RevTwt could be your main source of monthy income.
BeAMagpie
BeAMagpie rewards you cash every time a campaign is aired on your account. You get to decide after how many tweets you want an ad to show up on your account and which ads. You can even personalize them as well to sound like you. BeAMagpie tells you instanly how much money you could earn just by entering your screen name on their site.
Twittad
On Twittad you pick your own price and duration to have advertisers place their ads on your profile. Very simple and unique way to make money on Twitter.
