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Twitter Updater for Wordpress
Posted by admin in General, Twitter Marketing on December 4th, 2009
I finally updated my Twitter updater Plugin for Wordpress. Hope post test doesn’t generate 49 thousands tweets. Was So annyoing. I do a lot of posts and then edit a lot – dumb I know. Probably due to too much caffeine.
UPDATE: OK, worked great. All posts are perfect. If you want the Twitter Updater Go Here
New Tool to Stop Twitter Spam – TrueTwit.com
Posted by admin in Business Tools, General, Twitter Marketing on July 19th, 2009
Every day, reports highlight the growing problem of Twitter spam. If you’ve been on Twitter for more than a day, you know it too – separating spammers from true followers can be almost unmanageable.
TrueTwit is a Twitter validation service that verifies the humanity of those who follow you. Here’s how it works:
- You sign up for a free account a TrueTwit.com
- Any new followers receive a Direct Message (DM) requesting validatin through a unique link
- The follower then must fillout a CAPTCHA form showing they are human, not a bot
- When they validate, you receive an email that a human has followed you
Any new follower that is already registered with TrueTwit.com is authoirzed immediately. This may cause some problems as the spammer may just sign up and then spam.
The only failing the site is still in BETA and some features are not available, like removing the automatic follow other TrueTwits. If you plan to sign up at TrueTwit.com – don’t choose automatic approval [a checkmark in your signup]. There may be followers you just don’t want to follow back.
UPDATE: just DM’d with Chad Brandt, A consultant and software engineer working for Kettle River Consulting as Developer on TrueTwit.com, and he informed me that the feature for changing the auto follows “will be in the admin area today or tomorrow.” [as of July 18, 2009]. You can follow Chad on Twitter or visit their blog at http://www.truetwit.com/blog/.
If you are looking for a great way to stop Twitter Spammers, then I suggest you check out this free and powerful tool. TrueTwit.com
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UPDATE: I personally stopped using TrueTwit as it seemed to hinder more than help – at least for my account. My account seemed to stall – getting only 3 new followers in a month, so I have decided to manually monitor my account. I believe TruTwit is still a good choice for many, and highly recommend it as a deterrant from spam follows.
Starting a Business
This economy has everyone watching their income. Many have turned to the internet to earn a residual income. Why Not? It’s a media source that reaches the world for very little investment.
To begin, I will offer e-courses in two areas – those with a product to sell and those without. I will show where you can get started selling other peoples products, or how you can find and develop your own.
I will also show you step-by-step how to setup a template, install helpful scripts and promote your site with little money outlay. The idea is to teach you how to build a successful business.
My tutorials will be informal and based on the assumption you are new to the affiliate, online marketing and business building arenas. Recommendations of sources will be from areas I have personally used and approve. You are under no obligation to use any of these suggestions.
Feel free at any time to ask questions.
Thank you,
Suzanne
How to Start a Christian Home Based Business
Welcome to OneWay Advertising’s Business Blog. We will take you through the frustrations of attempting to get your business online, using web templates, SEO, and much more.
I have over 25 years advertising and graphic design experience. When I started on the web in 1996, I made a lot of mistakes. I learned quickly. With this new knowledge, I was able to help my clients move to the internet. I also realized I will never know everything about the internet – nor would I claim to. No one person could know it all. And beware of anyone who claims to do so.
I want to address questions all of my clients expressed when we expanded their marketing and advertising to the web. It was a low cost advertising forum. They learned quickly that a website presence does not equate to sales and traffic. it takes a lot of work and dedication to do it right. I showed how to start their marketing on a shoestring budget, increasing their online marketing when their budgets allowed.
Now, I want to share this same Ground Zero knowledge with you.
If you have questions or frustrations, please let me know
God Bless,
Suzanne Fyhrie Parrott