Category Archives: Twitter Tips

Jan 15 Comments comments
Sean Malarkey, Twitter Basics, Twitter Fun, Twitter Tips

TWITTER TIP – HAVE A WEIRD NAME? HOW TO CAPTURE THAT TRAFFIC

Do you have a weird  name, or one that is commonly misspelled?   Here is an important tip to make sure everyone who is looking for you – finds you.

There isn’t a week that goes by where someone does not forget the “e” in my last name. My last name is “Malarkey” not “Malarky”.  I used to search my name that way to see if people were misspelling my name, and sure enough they were. I can only imagine if  my name were more complicated.

So I registered that handle and now I capture all of that traffic.  I tweeted one tweet from the misspelled account to re-direct the traffic. See the photo below.

twitter mis-spelling

Jun 23 Comments comments
Twitter Fun, Twitter Tips

Twitter History ILLUSTRATED

Twitter History ILLUSTRATED

Here you have it – Complete Twitter History in art form!
From the early days of  UNIX all the way to Twicopalypse.

I want a poster of this!
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Jun 19 Comments comments
The Twitter Show, Things I found on Twitter, Twitter Applications & Tools, Twitter Basics, Twitter For Marketing, Twitter Fun, Twitter Tips, Twitter Tools, Websites for Twitter

What, you want to interview me @SeanMalarkey?

Recently with the release of Twixplode I have been getting a lot of requests for interviews.

Two recent ones that standout to me are one I did with Sharifah Hardie & Ryan Yee.

Sharifah Hardie is Google’s #1 Ranked “Professional Business Consultant,” she hosts a very successful Blog Talk Radio Show “Ask Sharifah”. So when she contacted me through Facebook and wanted to interview me – I was floored! We ended up doing an awesome interview where I discuss – my background, how I found Twitter, how I make money with Twitter, and a lot of ninja tactics and principles from Twixplode -  Tons of good free advice for optimizing your Twitter Experience.

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Jun 03 Comments comments
Twitter Basics, Twitter Tips

The most simple way to send a DM (Direct Message) from your twitter Home page

beach_biggerMay 14th | by Sean Malarkey
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The most simple way to send a DM (Direct Message) from your twitter Home page.

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May 14 Comments comments
Twitter For Marketing, Twitter Tips

Twitter Tip -A Simple Yet Effective Way To Increase Your Followback %

beach_biggerMay 14th | by Sean Malarkey
****This was an email I just sent to my V.I.P. list. If you’re not on it – go here and get on it now, I provide good information for those on my list!


For those of you who are using HUMMINGBIRD – Or manually adding a lot of followers on a daily basis -this tip has increased my follow back rate to almost 70%.

What I used to do - I would go to profiles of people in my niche and click on their follower’s link and click the button for hummingbird to follow all – and it would run for an hour or so, clicking away till I reached my limit.

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May 11 Comments comments
Twitter Basics, Twitter For Marketing, Twitter Tips

To Tweet or Not to Tweet – 5 effective ways to use Twitter

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May 8th | by Mike Frizzi (The Curmudgeonly Ad guy )

A lot of people who join Twitter follow this 3 step pattern:

1) Begin following people and hope that somehow people will begin following them

2) Realize that Twitter is not the equivalent to the holy grail or an uncashed lottery ticket

3)  Not only cease using the service, but become vocal detractors of it

The problem is that many people simply don’t get Twitter or understand the elegant simplicity of it. Twitter, more than most social media outlets, really does give back what you put in. With that in mind, I have put together this guide:

5 ways to use Twitter - What to talk about, how to talk about it, and who to talk about it with.

1) Use Twitter to try to make yourself some money - There are several services available that, with minimal investment, will generate you tens of thousand of followers. These followers then receive every message you send down the TwitStream. If you send out some links to say, your blog, and your blog has ad content on it…that’s money generated for you. In my case, my blog does not have any ads. Still, my whole blog is an advertisement, it advertises me – my thoughts, in my words on my site. Many things may come of this traffic, including: guest columns on sites like this one, more eyes on your words,  paying gigs writing for publications, even full- time job offers.

Still, we have only scratched the surface.

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Apr 29 Comments comments
Twitter Basics, Twitter Tips

Top 5 ways to get RT ‘d (Re-Tweeted) on Twitter

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April 28th | by Landon Fears

5 Easy Ways To Get @Replies and Retweets on Twitter

Most of you familiar with Twitter know that the lifeblood of the service is the ability to grow relationships with others by communicating and sharing information.  This is best accomplished with @replies and Retweets (also known as RT) that include your Twitter username.  Not only are @replies and RTs the best way to build a following quickly, but they are also the only way to develop a personal connection with the people who use Twitter.

Here are 5 very easy things you can do that will get your username in @replies and RTs:

1. Make “What are you doing?” interesting

The original intent of Twitter was to answer the question, “What are you doing?” in 140 characters or less.  While people still answer this question, Twitter has evolved to the point where there are more engaging and interesting ways to express that you’re eating lunch or driving to work.

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