Yakezie.com - Topic: I finally have twitter, now what??? https://yakezie.com/forums/help-desk/i-finally-have-twitter-now-what/ Simple:Press Version 4.5.1 Jen @ Master the Art of Saving on I finally have twitter, now what??? https://yakezie.com/forums/help-desk/i-finally-have-twitter-now-what/#p46075 Help Desk https://yakezie.com/forums/help-desk/i-finally-have-twitter-now-what/#p46075 Thanks Andrea. Smile

]]> Thu, 06 Oct 2011 18:51:43 +0000 sooverthis on I finally have twitter, now what??? https://yakezie.com/forums/help-desk/i-finally-have-twitter-now-what/#p45881 Help Desk https://yakezie.com/forums/help-desk/i-finally-have-twitter-now-what/#p45881 Reply is for when you want to just respond to what someone said.

You: @sooverdebt How are you?

Me: @MasterTAOSaving I'm good, how are you?

 

Retweet is when you like something so much, you want to repeat it for your followers to read as well.

Me: Yakezie is AWESOME!

You: RT @sooverdebt Yakezie is AWESOME!

 

Hopefully that makes sense.

]]> Wed, 05 Oct 2011 19:32:37 +0000 Jen @ Master the Art of Saving on I finally have twitter, now what??? https://yakezie.com/forums/help-desk/i-finally-have-twitter-now-what/#p45861 Help Desk https://yakezie.com/forums/help-desk/i-finally-have-twitter-now-what/#p45861 Okay, I have the twitter button on my blog now and I ended up switching my RSS and email to the same buttons to make things go together better. I think it looks good.

 

I'm following all of you guys now, I hope that's okay. Wink

 

Also...what's the difference between 'reply' and 'retweet'?

]]> Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:40:57 +0000 Jen @ Master the Art of Saving on I finally have twitter, now what??? https://yakezie.com/forums/help-desk/i-finally-have-twitter-now-what/#p45859 Help Desk https://yakezie.com/forums/help-desk/i-finally-have-twitter-now-what/#p45859 Thanks Shannyn. I can't wait until I get the hang of it. Smile

]]> Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:37:50 +0000 Shannyn @FrugalBeautiful.com on I finally have twitter, now what??? https://yakezie.com/forums/help-desk/i-finally-have-twitter-now-what/#p45830 Help Desk https://yakezie.com/forums/help-desk/i-finally-have-twitter-now-what/#p45830 I'm glad you changed your Twitter handle to match your blog!  If you want to use Twitter to grow your blog and vice versa this makes it easier for others to find you and interact with you!

 

I didn't "get" Twitter until I started having conversations.  Sure, retweeting great articles and posting little tidbits or posts from my life/blog is great, but my best experience is silly, random convos where all kinds of people jump in, contribute and it's a big inside joke with 15 other bloggers... (you can see evidence of this for mustaches, #bewbs, stalkers between @sooverdebt, me and a whole bunch of others)

 

These conversations literally formed the connections that turned into friendships before the Financial Blogger Conference.  Commenting on blogs builds friendships, but there's something great about Twitter!

]]> Wed, 05 Oct 2011 15:55:39 +0000 Jen @ Master the Art of Saving on I finally have twitter, now what??? https://yakezie.com/forums/help-desk/i-finally-have-twitter-now-what/#p45822 Help Desk https://yakezie.com/forums/help-desk/i-finally-have-twitter-now-what/#p45822 Okay guys, I changed it to MasterTAOSaving. Thanks. I'm going to try to do the button on my blog now. Laugh

]]> Wed, 05 Oct 2011 15:21:22 +0000 Khaleef @ KNS Financial on I finally have twitter, now what??? https://yakezie.com/forums/help-desk/i-finally-have-twitter-now-what/#p45798 Help Desk https://yakezie.com/forums/help-desk/i-finally-have-twitter-now-what/#p45798 I definitely agree that you should set up an optimal user name from the start. You actually can change your name without losing any followers or history.

]]> Wed, 05 Oct 2011 13:05:07 +0000 Jeff @ Sustainable Life Blog on I finally have twitter, now what??? https://yakezie.com/forums/help-desk/i-finally-have-twitter-now-what/#p45742 Help Desk https://yakezie.com/forums/help-desk/i-finally-have-twitter-now-what/#p45742 definately get a twitter widget/button on your site, and start following fellow yakezies. easiest and fastest way to do that is hte yakezie list you can find on the yakezie twitter account. List has all current members.

]]> Wed, 05 Oct 2011 09:23:18 +0000 Eric - PersonalProfitability.com on I finally have twitter, now what??? https://yakezie.com/forums/help-desk/i-finally-have-twitter-now-what/#p45726 Help Desk https://yakezie.com/forums/help-desk/i-finally-have-twitter-now-what/#p45726 I would add a Twitter widget, follow me link, and auto-Tweet new posts. But only once, don't be spammy.

]]> Wed, 05 Oct 2011 08:39:20 +0000 SavingMentor on I finally have twitter, now what??? https://yakezie.com/forums/help-desk/i-finally-have-twitter-now-what/#p45702 Help Desk https://yakezie.com/forums/help-desk/i-finally-have-twitter-now-what/#p45702 Jen @ Master the Art of Saving said:

Thanks for making it much less scary, you guys are awesome. Do you know how I link it with my blog, so that people can follow me and so that it will show up in my stats?

 

Oh, and I did try to make it match my blog name but it was too long and everything I tried sounded soooooo stupid. So I figured I'd stick with gotmonkees, it's been my email and username other places for around 9 years now. I can always change it later if it really bugs people.

I would say don't wait until later, change it now! Did you try just "ArtOfSaving"? That's probably short enough. Even "MasterSaver" might be good.

There's so many different ways you can tie Twitter into your blog - what type of "link" are you trying to do exactly?

]]> Wed, 05 Oct 2011 06:22:08 +0000 Jen @ Master the Art of Saving on I finally have twitter, now what??? https://yakezie.com/forums/help-desk/i-finally-have-twitter-now-what/#p45606 Help Desk https://yakezie.com/forums/help-desk/i-finally-have-twitter-now-what/#p45606 Thanks for making it much less scary, you guys are awesome. Do you know how I link it with my blog, so that people can follow me and so that it will show up in my stats?

 

Oh, and I did try to make it match my blog name but it was too long and everything I tried sounded soooooo stupid. So I figured I'd stick with gotmonkees, it's been my email and username other places for around 9 years now. I can always change it later if it really bugs people.

]]> Tue, 04 Oct 2011 18:10:26 +0000 Briana @ How's Married Life? on I finally have twitter, now what??? https://yakezie.com/forums/help-desk/i-finally-have-twitter-now-what/#p45592 Help Desk https://yakezie.com/forums/help-desk/i-finally-have-twitter-now-what/#p45592 I agree with what everyone has said. Twitter isn't necessarily for tweeting what you had for lunch (but you can!) Make it an extension of your blog. Follow others in personal finance and participate in conversation. Ask questions. Provide answers. Participate in TweetChats (Money Crashers and WiseBread hold TweetChats weekly). If you're on Wordpress there's widgets that will allow you to show your latest tweets on your blog. I was a social media coordinator and I can honestly say Twitter is one of the best tools out there.

]]> Tue, 04 Oct 2011 17:09:49 +0000 Miss T @ Prairie Eco-Thrifter on I finally have twitter, now what??? https://yakezie.com/forums/help-desk/i-finally-have-twitter-now-what/#p45579 Help Desk https://yakezie.com/forums/help-desk/i-finally-have-twitter-now-what/#p45579 DebtFreeByThirty said:

MyJourneytoMillions said:

It took me a really long time to "get" twitter and it was this analogy that got me there.

Twitter is like being at a HUGE party.  You can listen into anyone's conversation (following someone) and if they want to listen in on your conversation they will follow you. 

 

Love this analogy!

Me too.

 

I would also suggest having your twitter name match your site. It might provide a bit more continuity and clarity for possible followers.

]]> Tue, 04 Oct 2011 16:28:35 +0000 DebtFreeByThirty on I finally have twitter, now what??? https://yakezie.com/forums/help-desk/i-finally-have-twitter-now-what/#p45489 Help Desk https://yakezie.com/forums/help-desk/i-finally-have-twitter-now-what/#p45489 MyJourneytoMillions said:

It took me a really long time to "get" twitter and it was this analogy that got me there.

Twitter is like being at a HUGE party.  You can listen into anyone's conversation (following someone) and if they want to listen in on your conversation they will follow you. 

 

Love this analogy!

]]> Tue, 04 Oct 2011 06:59:24 +0000 MyJourneytoMillions on I finally have twitter, now what??? https://yakezie.com/forums/help-desk/i-finally-have-twitter-now-what/#p45486 Help Desk https://yakezie.com/forums/help-desk/i-finally-have-twitter-now-what/#p45486 It took me a really long time to "get" twitter and it was this analogy that got me there.

 

Twitter is like being at a HUGE party.  You can listen into anyone's conversation (following someone) and if they want to listen in on your conversation they will follow you. 

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