Twitter Twenius Twitter Tips

Invest some forethought into your Twitter username (15 characters or less); short, memorable, relevant, personable, and easy to spell are good guidelines. You will also be able to associate a 20 character (max) REAL NAME with your username. If you are a local business or if you use an 800# free recorded message service, it may be possible to incorporate that phone number in the real name. You could also categorize what you do as part of your real name. This is a very visible part of the Twitter system, chose wisely.

          EXAMPLE, I could use the following:

             Username  = dhollings

             Real name = Dan H (800) 633-9638

             -or-

             Real name = Dan (Mr. Universe)

             -or-

             Real name = Dan (Web Strategy)

             -or-

             Real name = Dan (Marketing Help) 

             -or-

             Real name = DanHollings.com 

TWENIUS INSIGHT:  in mind that your USERNAME steals away character spaces when others want to reTweet you, thus a 10 character or less username is better, even though you are allowed a 15 characters max.

TWENIUS INSIGHT:  Keep in mind that your REAL NAME is used in search results, thus it has SEO value (need you think “keywords”):

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TWENIUS INSIGHT:  ✔ Twitter “Characters” can be added to your REAL NAME for eye-catching effects. Very effective in some cases, a bit silly or over the top in others. 

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Imagine if you did a lot of local Twittering (Twitter does allow you to target geographical areas) and your real name was: Joe (Great Plumber) - no, not "Joe THE Plumber." That would stick in the often underused "Tweet-lobe" within the brain of many people as they saw your name in the Twitter timeline daily. One day, someone's hot water heater starts leaking and guess who they are looking for? 

TWENIUS INSIGHT:  Secure a common username across multiple social networks (even if you can't set them all up right away). Use this Username tool  to help you achieve this.

Before we begin:

If you are a Twitter newbie and do not really understand what Twitter or micro-blogging is about, read my published articles below (in fact, even if you’re NOT a newbie, you’ll still gain a lot from these resources):

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Attack of The Twitter Zombies and 

Microblogging Superhumans

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Twitter be Nimble, Twitter be Quick, if you don't know Jack, try these Twitter Tricks.

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Dan Hollings is an internet marketing, social media (twitter) and mobile marketing strategist. Dan has consulted for celebrities, talk show hosts, NY Times best selling authors, world renowned entrepreneurs, and companies both large and small . Dan is well known as the internet strategist behind the smash hit movie "The Secret," considered by many as the most successful internet launch of its kind. Because of Dan’s broad scope of knowledge across all mediums of marketing, he is often referred to at the “Mr. Universe” of internet marketing. Dan's greatest love next to family, the environment, and worthy animal causes, is teaching and helping others with internet marketing marketing strategies.

Dan is also the creator of numerous other social media (Twitter) systems and tools, including:

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• Twitter Twenius
• MyTwitter Toolbar
• TwitterSplit
• CalendarTwirl

Dan's "100 Twittin Secrets" are the result of exhaustive observation, implementation, research, testing and just having a little Twittin' fun. Never one to settle for the obvious, Dan's Twittin' Secrets exemplifies thinking out of the box and pushing the envelop, just enough, to get you thinking far more creatively about Twitter than perhaps you were before.