TwitAd.com - Sell ads on Twitter

I just came across the TechCrunch post about Twittad. As you know, I am a sellout…sorry, but I am old and need to save for my golden years, and this type of advertising really appeals to me. If you spend time on Twitter, you might as well make some dinero while doing it, right?

So I went right over and signed up to sell advertising on my Twitter. Sign up was pretty easy. They will pay you when your account reaches $20 per month and you must have a minimum number of followers. You can also set your ad price, duration(days, weeks, or up to 3 months).

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Written by Pixelhead on September 2nd, 2008 with 25 comments.
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Problogger on Twitter

Problogger.com Darren Rowse’s latest Twitter posts I received in my email this morning 35 Twitter Tips from 35 Twitter Users, 9 Benefits of Twitter for Bloggers, and How to Use Twitter - Tips for Bloggers(yesterday). Well seeing all these great Twitter posts from Darren, made me realize, I had yet to add him to my Twitter. So I clicked on Darrens link, logged on and added him.

Skimming through all three of Darren’s posts, I realize there are a ton of mistakes that I have made while using Twitter. Probably my biggest mistake is not doing it enough. I had been on a regular daily Twitter schedule, but within the last several months, I have found myself tweeting less and less. Darren suggests scheduling several minutes in the morning and at night to tweet.

A few Problogger Suggestions:

• Use multiple Twitter profiles for different purposes such as one for different blogs you may have. I actually had been thinking about setting up one for family and friends in addition to my blogging profile.
• Use goals for your Twittering to get organized and more focused.
• Use Twitter for Research
• Promote Content- use TwitterFeed to publish your blog feed headlines. Did it,thanks for the reminder Darren.
• Use it for Speedlinking- find a cool blog post, tweet it.

Well any way, if you are looking for information about using Twitter to Network, be sure to check out all three of the Problogger posts mentioned above which are sure to be great Twitter resources for both new and experienced Twitter users.

Here are other Twitter Posts on Pixelheadonline and my Twitter profile if you’d care to add me is EmperorAnton.
Tags: Networking, Twitter, Micro-Blogging

Written by Pixelhead on January 25th, 2008 with 4 comments.
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Twitter Update: Have You Overheard?

Joel Comm just sent out an email inviting me to add him on Twitter . Joel’s post got me thinking about Twitter, and the developments that Twitter has undergone this year.

Looking at my Emperor Anton Twitter page, I notice it is a PR5. I am not sure how much if any “Google juice” it has, since tweets are only run 20 deep. So a link on there can only remain there as long as it is within the last twenty tweets. It may count for a little bit of Google juice, but probably not since any links in the tweet have a “no follow” tag. But I have seen tweets show up in the SERPS, so if you put a link to a desired site in a tweet and it shows up in the SERP’s, it could possibly result in a bit of traffic.

Twitter Update: Have You Overheard?

Overheard.it posts tweets on their site that are prefaced with “Overheard” or “OH”. Also, to be posted on the site tweets must be marked as “unprotected” or visible to the public.

After you post an OH tweet it will show up on Overheard within 15 to 20 minutes, unless you add them as a friend, then it should appear within 2 minutes.

Follow Overheard

Thanks Overheard

So your tweets can be published on yet another site. I know lots of people post their tweets on their Facebook page, blog, Myspace, and Mybloglog to name a few. And now you can add Overheard to the mix.

Brilliant Marketing

Overheard is part of the Sidebar Network, which is a network of sites being developed by the web design company, Sidebar Creative. From what I can tell the Sidebar Network consists of:

• SidebarCreative the web design company site.
• Snitter, which is a desktop application from web developer Jonathan Snook, that lets you view your Twitter account. I am a little foggy on what Snitter is, but hopefully Jonathan or someone else from Sidebar will comment and give me an update. Watch Snitter’s Twitter Updates.
• My Mile Marker, a site that lets you keep track of your gasoline consumption over a period of time and for numerous cars. Love the user agreement you must agree to when signing up for the service.

It’s a web site… it won’t destroy your computer. We’ll take your data and store it, but if we lose it, we’re sorry. We’ll probably sell aggregate data (but not your name or email address) to advertisers. We reserve the right to charge for this at some point. These terms might change in the future, but if they do, we’ll let you know. Cool?

This reminds me so much of all the Facebook apps that companies are developing in hopes of getting other Facebook user to use and become loyal customers. Give away something free and get some advertising in exchange.

If I were using Myspace, I would give Kudos to SidebarCreative for developing the Overheard site and further developing the Twitter advertising model, which even Joel Comm is starting to use.

What do you think about Twitter and Overheard?

Written by Pixelhead on December 18th, 2007 with 9 comments.
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2 Twitter Apps

The first app, really is just a third party site, but it is kind of cool if it were to work as envisioned.
Twittergram updates your Twitter profile when you post new pics to your Flickr account. It has an option that allows you to upload specific pictures that you tag. When signing up, you can put in certain tags to include, or you can leave the field black to include all of your pics. So in the tag field, I put in “twitter”, and then when I upload pics, any pics that I want to post a tweet to my Twitter profile, I need to tag with “twitter”.

Well I signed up for the program, but have not had much success with it. I figured I must have put in the wrong names or something, since I uploaded a pic and tagged it “twitter”, but I failed to get a tweet. I then posted a comment on the sites blog, which was posted, but was not responded to. So I am thinking the site may not be operational any longer. If I find info otherwise, or if a you know different, please let me know, and I will update this post.

2nd Twitter App - TwitterBlocks

I then clicked on the explore Twitter button, and checked out the Twitter blocks. That is a pretty cool looking app that uses flash to show you a 3d replica of all the people that are in your network. You are able to click on the profiles that are in your network, and see who they are tweeting.
My profile is pretty small compared to a lot of people. I must admit, I have been slacking a bit lately with Twitter, and may only get on 2-3 times a week, and might send a tweet from my cell one or two times a week. I will have to make a goal to add more people to myTwitter network.

Got any other cool Twitter sites, let me know.

Here are two other Twitter Posts:

• Does Twitter have any Google Juice?
• Micro Blogging with Twitter

Written by Pixelhead on September 25th, 2007 with 6 comments.
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Peopleized Interview with the Creator of BAFAB

This is the second short interview I am doing in a series of interviews related to the post about Peopleized.

For this interview, Debra of the The-Deblog.com answered some questions I had about one of her projects, Buy A Friend A Book.com or BAFAB. As an entrepreneur, I really like the idea behind BAFAB, and as a former teacher, I love the idea of giving books as gifts.

Below is the interview I did with Debra. If you have any comments about the interview, please feel free to leave them here, or on either of Debra’s sites The BAFAB Blog or The-Deblog.com, as well as on the interview page on Peopleized.

EmperorAnton: Debra, this is the first general question. Who is Debra?

debra_hamel: Debra is…. The mother of two little girls, a fallen ancient historian, an author (www.tryingneaira.com), a blogger (www.the-deblog.com), an amateur book reviewer (www.book-blog.com), and, I worry, a dilettante.

EmperorAnton: What is your educational background?

debra_hamel: I majored in classics as an undergraduate at Johns Hopkins (B.A. 1989). And I went to graduate school at Yale, also in the classics department, but with a focus on ancient history (Ph.D. 1996).

EmperorAnton: I have seen the Buy A Friend A Book(BAFAB )logo around the Web. How long has it been around(online)?

debra_hamel: I created BAFAB in the summer of 2005, and got a web site up and running for it (www.buyafriendabook.com) in time for the first BAFAB Week, which began on July 1st of 2005. BAFAB–”Buy a Friend a Book”–is a simple idea: I propose that people celebrate four Buy a Friend a Book Weeks per year, in the first weeks of January, April, July, and October. And you celebrate by, simply, surprising someone with a book.

I have a great dislike of the obligatory gift-giving of Christmas (not to mention the crowds). To me it all seems very hollow. But I like very much the idea of just up and giving someone a more meaningful gift when you’re not obliged to. Hence, BAFAB. I say on the site that you’re giving a gift “for no good reason.” Of course, the “reason” is that it’s BAFAB Week. But still, you’re not obliged to participate and, importantly, if you do participate you do so (generally) by just giving one person a gift. In other words, even if all your friends and relatives know that you celebrate BAFAB, they still don’t know whether or not they might be getting a gift from you. it’ll still be a surprise.

EmperorAnton: Who will benefit or use the services of BAFAB?

debra_hamel: Anyone who participates! Whether as a giver or a giftee. Obviously it’s great to be on the receiving end of a BAFAB present, but also, there’s a certain fun in targeting a recipient and figuring out what one book they might like. And there’s so little pressure involved in the whole thing, unlike, again, Christmas, when people are so often scurrying around to get *anything* for someone because they have to.

EmperorAnton: What goals do you have for BAFAB?

debra_hamel: I would just like to see the idea continue to spread. Certainly it’s gained in popularity on the internet. Lit bloggers have embraced the idea. A lot of people throw BAFAB contests on their sites during BAFAB Week and give away books in drawings and so on. It would be nice to see the idea move out into the real world as well. I would think book stores would want to get behind a holiday that’s all about surprising friends with books.

END Peopleized Interview
In addition to BAFAB, Debra has numerous other projects that she is focusing her energies, several of which are:

1. Twitterlit, a cool little site that has been mentioned in USA Today, which sends the first line of a different book twice a day via Twitter.

2. BookBlog.com which is a quality book review site that is attached to an Amazon Affiliate store for the ease of making your online purchases.

Written by Pixelhead on July 25th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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Does Twitter have any Google Juice?

I was just doing a post on The Travels of Lizzie Bean, about one of our favorite sandwich shops, Eve’s Lunch from Norristown, PA, which is currently closed and due to reopen at another location sometime this summer.

I had been trying to look up the site by typing in the name of the restaurant, Eve’s Lunch, but was unable to find the site because they use the url of the site in the title tag, and not the actual name of the restaurant. Google Eveslunch.com and it does show up thankfully. I actually tried to get in touch with them to so see if they would trade SEO for Zeps(yes the sandwiches are that good) I tried calling the number listed on the site which directed me to a voice mailbox that was full. Emails resulted in bounced back messages. I have given them two links and a stumble, so maybe they will eventually be found for their name.

Anyway, back to Twitter. So I did a Google search for “Eve’s Lunch” without the quotes, for which there were 2,270,000 pages in the results. The Tweet “On way to Eve’s lunch for meeting” was at 8. I then used quotes and the Tweet was 7. Then what really shocked me was that when I used the phrase “allintitle:Eve’s Lunch”, I expected the Twitter Tweet to be nowhere in the SERP’s, but it was at 6.

It would seem that the home page of Twitter which has a current page rank of 7, is passing the juice on to individual tweets. However, the juice is not able to be passed on to links on a consistent basis because the url is frequently rewritten as a shorter url by the tinyurl.com url rewrite program that is being utilized.

So since it seems that the first twenty or so characters are being used in the title of the the Tweet. What came up in the title tag for this particular Tweet is “Twitter / Adam Donkus: On way to Eve’s lunch for m… ”

So Does Twitter Have Google Juice?

So if you are going to try and use Twitter for the purposes of SEO( I use it for its social aspects only) make sure that you put your keywords at the beginning of the Tweet, and in the first twenty to thirty characters. I counted 50 characters from the fist T in Twitter to last dot.

But in the end, it probably will not help out your individual sites SEO, but if it shows up in the SERP’s, it would be nice if the url of your site followed shortly there after, even if it is rewritten as a tinyurl, so that any Googlers who might click the link, might also then click the link to your site.

The answer to the question is yes, Twitter does have some Google Juice, but the more important question is, does it pass it on for purposes of SEO? I for one don’t think so, but I could be wrong.

What do you think? Do you think Twitter could play a role in your SEO or SEM?

Written by Pixelhead on July 16th, 2007 with 6 comments.
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