Twitter Lists

by admin on October 29, 2009

What are Twitter Lists and Why Don’t you Have Them Yet?

lists Twitter ListsTwitter is currently beta testing LISTS. It is a way for you to be able to separate your time lines by sorting out people you follow.  So you could make lists for:

  • Friends
  • News
  • Sports
  • Shopping
  • Family

Only a small group of Twitter users have lists right now and during the beta testing, the lists are actually going away for people that have already made lists.  I hope when they come back Twitter will have saved all of the lists becasue it is time consuming to make up.

Once you have lists you can also see what other Twitter users have lists and then you can also copy or follow their whole lists with one click.  That is pretty convenient. :)

Soon everyone will have them, so don’t worry just be patient.

Want to know if you are on a list?

Type this in to your toolbar but replace “yournamehere” with your twitter name.

http://twitter.com/yournamehere/lists/memberships

This link will only work if you are in the beta group.

 

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Sponsored Tweets

by admin on October 20, 2009

sponsored tweetsAre you making money on Twitter yet?

 

Many people are and you can too by signing up through Sponsored Tweets.  This is an EASY process that takes less than 10 minutes.  Here’s how it works.

Start by going to Sponsored Tweets.  You can log in there using your Twitter log in.  Once you are logged in you will have to set up your account by entering a few items.

  • How much do you want to charge per tweet? (Some people are charging hundreds and some a few dollars)
  • What are the keywords you want to tweet about? (travel, cooking, health, etc)
  • How do you want to disclose your tweet? (#ad, sponsored by, etc)
  • How do you want to be notified of your offers? (direct message, email)
  • Do you want to write your own tweet or use what the advertiser writes?

Once your account is set up you will begin to receive offers from advertisers.  You can approve or deny the offer.  You are not obligated to tweet anything you don’t want to.  If you set up to receive offers through direct message, what will happen is you will get notified that you have an offer.  Log in to your account and the offer will be there.  You will see the link and what they want you to tweet about.  You can then write your own tweet or accept what they have written.  Once you accept the tweet, the advertiser is notified and then your tweet is tweeted out about an hour or so later.

The money goes in to your account right away.

In addition, they have a referral program, so you can encourage your followers to get paid to tweet and get a little kick back if they sign up under you.

Join the hundreds of web celebs that are already getting paid to tweet.

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