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10 Video Tips For Getting More Out Of Tweetdeck

Niall Harbison — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:18:03 +0000

If you are not using Tweetdeck for you Twitter activity already then you really need to read this post. Tweetdeck is essentially a client for Twitter which means it takes the Twitter website and adds features and makes it a lot easier to use. I am not going to go into the technical side of things here as this is a post aimed at people who don’t know much about Tweetdeck at all. Your best bet is to go to Tweetdeck and download the service and start playing around with it using a few of the tips in the videos below. Users who have been using Tweetdeck for some time now might even pick up a few tips here that improve the experience and decrease the noise…

Filtering Out TV Shows, Conferences And Sports Events

This is something that people complain all the time about saying that Twitter gets too noisy when events are on but it really couldn’t be much simpler to cut all the noise out. Imagine there is a big rugby game on and you hate rugby…Just filter every single tweet out that subject out and concentrate on the rest of the conversation…

How To Get Business And Traffic

For many people the main aim of using twitter and services like Tweetdeck is to drive traffic to their websites or to get business leads. We can’t get away from that, it is a fact. I wanted to use the example of Lookandtaste my food website to illustrate how simple it is to find people in your niche and to help them with the questions they have to increase traffic and people coming to your site…

Searching For People Through Tweetdeck

Most people find people on Twitter by using the web or search and adding them that way. There is though a very good search functionality built in to Tweetdeck that not many people know about and that can help you to find and follow the right people in an instant.

Sorting People In To Groups

As you start to find more people to follow and interact with it can seem like you are getting a barrage of information through Tweetdeck which can be very hard to follow and make sense out of but if you follow this video and use the group functions you’ll be able to manage your account far more effectively.

Monitoring Your Brand Or Business

This works best for big brands and businesses but there is no reason why small businesses shouldn’t be getting involved with this as well and finding information that is relevant to their own niche or area. You should know what people are saying about you and your business and defending yourself wherever appropriate.

Managing Multiple Accounts

Not everybody will have more than one account but as soon as you do have more than one twitter account you will need to use TWeetdeck to monitor what is going on over multiple channels as it beats logging in and out of different accounts online. As I say in the video though be careful as it can be very easy to confuse different accounts and send out the wrong information.

Finding The Good Content

There can be an awful lot of noise and chatter on Tweetdeck and if you are like me and you use Tweetdeck for the main purpose of finding good content then you might want to follow a couple of these simple tips that will help you find all the great content that people are sharing.

Adjusting The Frequency

If you start following a lot of people you may find that your API count starts to run out and that you can’t do anything with Twitter for large periods of time through Tweetdeck so we show you a couple of ways of tinkering with your API settings to make sure you get the most out of Tweetdeck.

Making Tweetdeck Look Beautiful

This may seem trivial but you can change the look and feel of Tweetdeck and if it is something that you are going to be using for large periods of time you may want to consider having a little tinker around with some of the colours.

Seeing Where Your Clicks Come From

If you are using twitter to build traffic and are interested in seeing where your links go to and who clicks on them you will want to make sure that you are set up with a bit.ly account and that it is linked to your tweetdeck as we show you in the video.

How To Start A YouTube Video Diary

Niall Harbison — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:20:53 +0000

Create Your Own Video Blog On Youtube

You should start a YouTube diary. It’s great for branding. It doesn’t need any fancy equipment and all you need is a web cam which are built in to nearly every computer these days and a little imagination. It will add a whole new element to your online marketing mix and show a new personal side to your business. It would be one of the first things I would recommend to people trying to get ahead in social media and their business could be anything from an undertaker to a sky diver, everybody has a story to tell.

We just started our own daily video diary and it took us about 20 minutes to set it all up and takes exactly 2 minutes out of myself and Lauren’s days. It is a tiny amount of time and effort to do something that will differentiate you massively from your competitors and make you stand out from the crowd. If you want to go ahead and take the plunge here are our tips for setting up your very own YouTube video diary…

Get A Youtube Account

You have probably browsed countless Youtube videos without actually creating an account but you will have to sign up and create an account if you want to upload videos and engage with the community. Choose a name that suits your brand or if that is not available something as close as possible. You will also be able to log in with your Google account if you have one.

Make Channel Design Unique

Youtube recently rolled out new channel designs and the beauty is that you will be able to brand your channel very easily to make it look unique. I don’t have any design experience myself but by simply uploading an image I had and changing the background colours to our own style I was able to create a unique looking channel. You will also get a simple URL like youtube.com/yourcompany which will be great for your branding.

Record Your Video Direct Through YouTube

Rather than messing around with fancy cameras that will costs you a lot of money and time extracting the footage from the camera and processing simply click the upload button on YouTube and once you have done so you will see a “record from web cam” option. Once you click that button your web cam should kick in to life and you are ready to record instantly. Once you have recorded your video simply hit publish and after you have added the title, description and tags your video will be live for the world to see.

Find Your Niche

Most people worry that they would be too camera shy and wouldn’t have the personality to be able to do video but just about anybody will be able to once they have done a few videos. Don’t expect your first video to be amazing. It takes time to get good at it but that is not a problem as hardly anybody will be watching you at the start anyway. Make your video diary about a subject which you are passionate about. It doesn’t matter how niche it is, there are people out there who are mad about pig farming so if that is where your knowledge is at then go with it.

Promote And Embed The Hell Our Of Your Content

Getting video views on Youtube from a standing start is tough. You are going to have to get very proactive with getting your content out to the masses. You should start by telling all your friends that you have started a video diary and the easiest way to do this is by linking to your videos on social sites like Facebook. If your content is good people will share it with others and your views will increase. If your videos are relevant you can add them to your blog or website and embed them in to relevant groups on sites like Ning and forums where you think they may be relevant. Don’t spam. You can also add links to things like your email signature like “watch my video diary“. Basically your job is now to promote the video diary and get the message out there.

This is all the simple and practical advice that you need to get out there and build yourself a YouTube video diary but from my experience the biggest stumbling block is people’s confidence and actually getting off the couch and doing it day after day. It really isn’t as hard as it looks and if anybody knows all about your chosen subject it is you! Do it today!

25 Tips For Getting More Out Of Gmail

Niall Harbison — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:17:04 +0000

All the talk in the last couple of weeks has been around Google Wave and how it is going to change the way we communicate but for most of us it is another Google product…Gmail, that we use for most of our online communications. Unlike Wave Gmail is incredibly easy to use and even a complete novice should be able to pick up the basics within a matter of minutes and greatly improve their overall productivity. It wouldn’t however be the lauded product that it is however if there weren’t 100s of great features that you could customize to make the service even better and we take a look at 50 of the best of those here…

How to block a sender in Gmail

There are some really great spam filters on Gmail but there are some emails that will inevitably slip through but you can easily block them by using this tip

Manage multipe accounts with firefox plugin

For one reason or another most of us have a couple of Gmail accounts and rather than getting in to a mess trying to forward them to each other just use this handy plugin to mange your accounts.

Become A gmail ninja with thanks to Google themselves

There is nobody better to teach you the best tips for Gmail than Google themselves, on this page they claim they will help you to become a Gmail ninja.

Back up your gmail messages offline

Gmail is clearly the greatest thing since sliced bread but what happens when it goes down like it did recently? You need to have your emails backed up offline and this will help you to do just that.

Offline Gmail

Add pictures and rich content to your gmail signature

Unlike most email services where you can easily add pictures and a fancy signature with links to your work this can be tricky on Gmail. Not any longer with this handy tip!

Search your gmail directly for the Firefox toolbar

You don’t always want to have to load up Gmail every single time you want to do something so use this handy tip for searching gmail from within Firefox.

Automatically adds title of your latest blog post at footer of your email

One of the most common ways of letting people know about your blog is to include a link in your signature but rather than having a static link why not use this tool to include your latest post automatically.

Email directly from iPhoto

This is only for use on the mac and is perfect for those times when looking at a photo that you would love to share but can’t be bothered attaching to an email. Simply click the button and send directly.

Find out who gave you away to spammers

Your email address can end up in some funny places and usually ends up on spam lists but now you can track who and where the leak came from!

Change the sound you get for a new mail

I personally don’t have any sounds when I get new mail but it would appear people like to have a whole list of options and now thanks to this tool you can also pick and choose your Gmail sounds.

Open all email links from the web directly in Gmail

Don’t want to be leaving Gmail and coming in and out of it constantly? Then use this tool to get the most out of viewing links within Gmail itself.

How to forward a complete thread of messages in Gmail

To people new to Gmail the thread of messages can be fairly tricky to master but this tip will ensure you forward the whole thread rather than just the single message.

Gmail Attachment reminder

One of the most common mistakes people make this one…send the email saying “see attached’ but there is no attachment. Well you needn’t worry about that anymore!

Gmail on the iPhone

Get Gmail account of somebody who dies

Hopefully this is not something you are going to have to worry about in the near future but if somebody close to you dies you will at least be able to retrieve their personal information.

Hook Google Voice up to your Gmail account

You will be hearing more and more about Google Voice over the next couple of years and this tip allows you to listen to voice messages in Gmail.

Get coloured labels

The labels feature in Gmail is great for helping you to get organized but these tips to add some simple colors a step further will help with your COD.

Gmail shortcut page

Take the time to learn some of these simple shortcut keys and you will be thankful in the long run and save yourself bag fulls of time.

Encrypt your Gmail messages

This is for those of you who are conducting business that you would very much like to remain private. Encrypt your messages and sleep better at night with regards to you data.

How to contact Gmail support

The big sites can make it very difficult to get in touch with their support or customer service but this guide will show you all the official channels to go through to properly get an answer.

Change the look and feel of Gmail

It can feel a bit dull looking at the same page of text and emails every single day of the week so use these tips to change the look and feel of Gmail.

Add right click to Gmail

This simple function will save you tons of time when navigating around Gmail with the simple addition of a right click option that reveals more navigation choices.

Multiple account login

You may have many accounts that you want to manage and you want to be logged in at the same time to all accounts but Gmail will limit you to being in one account at a time so use this tip to get your way around that.

Block adverts in Gmail

Google places adverts around your content to help pay for the huge amount of effort they went to in building the service and keeping it running. The problem is that looking at the ads can be annoying so just use this tip to bin them!

Using Google Chat and Google Video

5 Best Online Presentation Tools

Niall Harbison — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:22:36 +0000

We have all sat through boring PowerPoint presentations at one stage or another of our lives with what seems like an endless barrage of slides aimed at boring us to death. Luckily there are alternatives and the good news is that a lot of them are free and available online and most are easy to use, can be learned in minutes and will wow the people you are presenting to no matter what your content is about. Pick the one presentation tool that suits you best from this list and give it a whirl…

Prezi

This is one of the easiest to use and most visually striking presentation tools around at the moment and we are seeing more and more presentations popping up built on Prezi. our presentation is built on a huge canvas that you can zoom in and out of and allows you to show perspective and links between different areas without being limited to a set of consecutive slides.

Google Docs

This is essentially an online version of PowerPoint but it does let you store and share you presentation online as well as the obvious features of Google docs including the ability to collaborate and embed videos from their sister site YouTube.

Animoto

This is a handy tool that can change photos and screen grabs into something far more exciting and enable you to put a story to your presentation. As they say themselves…Animoto automatically produces beautifully orchestrated, completely unique video pieces from your photos, video clips and music. Fast, free and shockingly easy.

Scribd

This is a great tool for the community around various types of documents. You can follow different people and comment on the work they publish be it presentations, documents, articles or even maps. Because of Scribd’s excellent SEO there are also over 10 million people who will possibly see your documents.
Antarctica & Melting Poles

Myplick

A simple tool that allows you to upload existing presentations and slide shows and edit them online. You can also add music to your presentations and a whole host of sharing options mean that your presentation has a good chance of being seen by lots of people online.

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The ultimate guide to Wordpress

Niall Harbison and Lauren Fisher — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:06:38 +0000

The blogging platform that we nearly always advise people to go with is Wordpress as it has so many different great features, plugins and simple tools to tailor it to your every need. With that in mind we decided to bring together this huge list of tips and tricks for Wordpress that will help you get started if you are a beginner or help you tinker your blog to perfection if you are a little further down the track. Whatever your needs are you can be pretty sure that there is a Wordpress solution out there so there really is no excuse now to go out there and get your blog started!

The Basics of wordpress

1.Some simple tips from Wordpress themselves

2.9 simple steps to starting your blog

3.How to host your own Wordpress blog

4.Choose a nice theme for your Wordpress blog

5.How to install Wordpress on your own server

6.30 Wordpress video Tutorials

7.How to add video to your Wordpress blog

8.Wordpress forums and support

9.Installing Google Analytics on your blog

10.50 Tips To UnClutter Your Blog

SEO Tips for Wordpress

1.Use the wordpress all in one SEO pack

2.Tips for optimising title tags

3.Optimising your images for SEO

4.Permalinks explained

5.SEO tips for Wordpress

6.Optimising category names

7.Online copywriting tips

8.Pingbacks explained

9.Video tutorial – using the wordpress plugin

10.Ten SEO tips

Some great Wordpress design tips

2.100 free Wordpress themes

3.How to add a favicon

4.Wordpress threaded comments – the easy way

5.Using images in your post

6.Basic site usability tips – video

7. 10 blog design tips

8.Using Wordpress widgets

9.Premium Wordpress themes

10. Do a 5 second test on your site design

Wordpress Extras

1.Adding RSS feeds

2.Using your API key

3.Setting up a new author

4.How to write a simple wordpress plugin

5.Using wordpress to grow your business

6.Scheduling posts

7.Mastering Wordpress shortcodes

8.50 ways to improve your Wordpress blog

9.How to implement Facebook Connect

10.Wordpress community blog

Top 10 Wordpress Plugins

1.Wordpress database backup

2.Subscribe to comments

3.Block all comment spam

4.5.Plugins to promote your social profiles

5.10 Best Twitter plugins for Wordpress

6.Show top comments

7.Add advanced advertising to your blog

8.Add Podcasting to your blog

9.Add creative commons photos without leaving Wordpress

10.Display your Wordpress Stats

The Ultimate Guide To Facebook

Lauren Fisher — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:41:45 +0000

There is probably very little chance that you use the internet and don’t have a Facebook profile so with that in mind we thought it would be a good idea to complete the ultimate guide to Facebook. We had a good look around and covered everything from all you need to know about apps to how to leverage Facebook to help your business. With over 250 million users there is no doubt that Facebook is the ultimate social network and with their new platforms like Facebook Lite and Facebook connect they have plans to become an even greater part of the fabric of the web. The website’s name stems from the colloquial name of books given at the start of the academic year by university administrations with the intention of helping students get to know each other better. So sit back and learn everything about Facebook…

Places to learn all about using Facebook

1.Series of videos showing you how to get started on facebook
2.10 step video guide to getting started on Facebook
3.20 Facebook Tips/Tricks You Might Not Know
4.How to market your business on Facebook
5.How to build your personal brand on facebook
6.Facebook help center
7.Mahalo Explains nearly all the basics
8.12 Ways to use Facebook professionally
9.Facebook for small business the ins and outs
10.Facebook for business the super guide

All the resources for Facebook Apps

1.How to build Facebook Apps
2.FBML tags directory
3.Facebook Apps ebook
4.Facebook developer forum
5.Write a Facebook application in 10 minutes
6.30 Apps for doing business on Facebook
7.How to distribute your App
8.Create a Facebook App using a template
9.How to sell your App
10.Video – building your first App

Making the best use of rich media on Facebook

1.How To Use Videos To Boost Your Facebook Page Traffic And Engagement
2.Facebook photo badge
3.Share your podcast on Facebook
4.Firefox addon to convert Facebook videos
5.The 30 Standard Facebook Profile Photo Styles
6.Slideshare Facebook App
7.Download Facebook photo albums
8.Facebook polls App
9.Tips to promote your music on Facebook
10.Post photo and video using Posterous

Resources for using Facebook for business

1.How to build Facebook adverts
2.Create visibility for your business on Facebook
3.How to build a facebook page that attracts millions of fans
4.How to improve the SEO of your Facebook page so as you get more fans
5.Top 10 ways to create buzz with facebook events
6.How To Use Facebook Applications To Boost Your Fan Base
7.Killer Facebook Fan Pages: 5 Inspiring Case Studies
8.How To Create A Powerful And Engaging Facebook Page
9.How to use Facebook for professional networking
10.12 Ways to use facebook professionally

Places to hear all the latest news about Facebook

1.The Facebook Blog

2.The unofficial Facebook blog with all the latest breaking news

3.Inside facebook has braeaking Facebook news

4.Social networking on Facebook for fun and profits

5.Randi Zuckerberg on Twitter

6.News for Facebook developers

7.All the latest from Mashable about Facebook.

8.Read write web brings you all the latest about Facebook

9.Wikipedia page about Facebook
10.Facebook on Mahalo

To finish off this post here are a couple of great videos about Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg in particular showing a very simply overview of what the site is and does and how he is going to live with being one of the richest and most famous people on the internet…

The ultimate guide to LinkedIn

Lauren Fisher — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 08:52:54 +0000

Many people set up a profile on LinkedIn but don’t use it regularly, only returning when prompted by an email telling you someone is looking to connect. There are many great features in LinkedIn that you should be using, whether you’re job-hunting, looking for business or simply want to network online.

It’s worth investing your time in LinkedIn – as with any social network you need to build up a community and following in order to maximise the benefits to you. Having used LinkedIn regularly, it can seem particularly daunting and the features that make it such a great business tool can be hard to find. We’ve put together top tips for using LinkedIn that will help you get the most out of the site.

The basics of LinkedIn

Linkedin can take a while to master and even for more advanced users there are some great tips here that you are going to be able to use to expand your network. Take time to fill in your profile correctly and follow the tips below to hit the ground running as fast as possible…

1.Video demonstration of how to set up a personal profile
2.Tips on building up your profile
3.How to find and add contacts
4.Setting up a company profile
5.Finding colleagues on LinkedIn
6.Asking for recommendations
7.Guide to writing recommendations
8.Tips on writing a top profile
9.Optimise your profile for SEO
10.Embedding your profile on a webpage

How to use LinkedIn to find a job

The way that people are looking for jobs has changed dramatically in the last couple of years with the advent of social media and one of the tools that has left recruitment companies and agencies worried the most is Linkedin. Use these tips to get into your profile and start networking if you need employment…

1.Changing your status
2.Avoid these common mistakes
3.Make the most of your email signature
4.Research company profiles
5.Slideshow on LinkedIn job search
6.Using groups to search job postings
7.Create a personal slideshow
8.Use the LinkedIn browser toolbar
9.Handy video on using LinkedIn for your job search
10.Guy Kawasaki’s ten tips to using LinkedIn for your job search

Using LinkedIn to promote your business

Linkedin is normally seen as a tool for personal networking but there are also many ways in which you can help promote your own business as a whole and the following tips will give you a quick overview of the best ones to get you started.

1.Join groups
2.Create groups
3.Ask & answer questions
4.Use LinkedIn to promote your blog
5.Add a button to your website
6.Customise your URL
7.Build your network
8.Use the discussion feature in groups
9.Increase your network
10.5 Top Tips

Some LinkedIn extras

It can take time to find the little extras that make a really good service into an incredibly useful and amazing service so instead of you having to go and hoke around for them we have gathered up the best of the best here in an easy collection of lists that will give some of the juicy extras that Linkedin has to offer…

1.Video demo of LinkedIn events
2.Run direct ads
3.How to post a job ad
4.How to get the most out of LinkedIn
5.How to export your connections
6.Add video to your profile
7.Install the Outlook toolbar
8.Make your profile public
9.How to send introductions
10.LinkedIn Advanced Tips

The Ultimate Guide To Twitter

Niall Harbison — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:19:21 +0000

So something that has become very popular in the last year has been making huge lists of different subjects around twitter but as with all things some are better than others. We did a quick search and found thousands of these lists so we decided to make a central resource of all the best lists so as all the hard work was already done for you. We will be adding to this post as time goes on so as we can keep our own list up to date so if you have anything that you think is relevant and should be included then you should add it to the comments or email it to us and we will get it added on. Enjoy the list…

Interesting groups of people to follow on Twitter

There are tons of great people to follow on Twitter but the simple fact is that there is so much noise these days that they are impossible to find. We bring some of the best resources on the web that people have compiled online so as you don’t have to worry about the noise and can just follow the best people…

1.The top 100 twitter users by amount of followers all time

2.Top 50 Wineries on Twitter

3.The 100 most mentioned brands on Twitter

4.Top 100 Educators to follow Twitter

5.Top 100 UK tech people to follow

6.50 Designers to follow on Twitter

7.48 Cyclists on twitter who are not Lance Armstong

8.50 Irish Influencers To Follow On Twitter

9.50+ Semantic Web Pros to Follow on Twitter

10.The top 100 Authors

11.50 Uber geeks orth following on Twitter

12.55 Foodies to follow on Twitter

13.50 PR professionals on Twitter

14.50 People on Twitter Job Seekers Should Follow

15.Top 50 business entrepreneurs

16.85 comedians who will make you LOL

17.50+ Pro Logo Designers to Follow on Twitter

18.Top 100 personal finance bloggers on Twitter

19.Top 50 most popular celebs

20.50 Funny people you should follow on Twitter from The Huffington Post

Tips for using Twitter

Twitter is still a relatively new service and for somebody giving it a spin for the first time there can be a lot of new conventions and rules to learn and it can all seem rather daunting. We bring together some of the best lists and tips on how to get started on twitter as well as some tips that even the seasoned Twitter user will appreciate…

1.How to use Twitter-Tips for bloggers

2.6 Ways to Maximize the Use of Your 140 Characters

3.17 Ways you can use twitter: A guide for beginners

4.Kevin Rose: 10 Ways To Increase Your Twitter Followers

5.Twitter 101: Clarifying The Rules For Newbies

6.Your guide to microblogging and twitter

7.Ten top twitter Tips

8.The big juicy Twitter guide

9.How to use Twitter for journalism

10.50 ways for business to benefit from twitter

Tips to help you not annoy people on Twitter

A huge amount of Twitter content is consumed on the go with many people around the world updating their status using mobile devices. We decided to have a look and find some great tips for using Twitter on mobiles…

1.8 Sure-Fire Ways To Tick Off the Twitterverse

2.Tips given with a little pinch of salt

3.Top 10 reasons your company should not tweet

4.How to use twitter and not be a douchebag

5.Simple 5 ways not to use Twitter

6.15 most annoying types of Twitter users

7.10 Most annoying tweets

8.How not to build your Twitter community

9.7 Mistakes that everybody makes on Twitter

10.How not to get Twitter followers

Tips for using Twitter on Mobiles

A huge amount of Twitter content is consumed on the go with many people around the world updating their status using mobile devices. We decided to have a look at all the different devices (most focus online has been on the iPhone) so as you can take your pick of apps and be able to update from the supermarket aisle or pub in the future…

1.52 Twitter clients for your mobile phone

2.29 Twitter Apps for the iPhone Compared

3.Top 10 Twitter Apps for blackberry

4.35+ Resources for your mobile phone

5.59 Twitter mobile apps

Find the best twitter Apps

The majority of people will access Twitter through a third party app or Twitter client so we thought we would round up a list of all the best of the best. There are also 100s of handy little apps based on the twitter API that will let you do anything from finding the latest weather to playing games and competitions and with the number increasing massively by the day we share some resources that will help you find the best ones…

1.Top 10 Twitter Apps

2.The Top 21 Twitter Applications (According to Compete)

3.Top 10+ Twitter App for Bloggers

4.50 Web 2.0 Twitter Applications & Sites

5.7 Great Databases for Twitter Applications

6.The best twitter applications

7.Ten Exciting Twitter Apps

8.Top 5: Best Twitter applications for Windows Mobile

9.Top Twitter Applications for Fun/ Business

10.105 Twitter Applications for PR Professionals

Twitter E Books

1.Mashable Complete guide to Twitter

2.Twitter Tips, Tricks, and Tweets

3.Geekpreneur

4.How to go viral on Twitter

5.Become a Twitter expert in 24 hours

Designing your Twitter page and blending with other sites

One of the most important things that you will ever have to do is decide what your Twitter page looks like and how to design it so we share some of the best resources here. We also look at ways in which you can add widgets and badges to your profile and blog pages to increase the amount of people who see your tweets…

1.13 Tutorials & Resources for a Perfect Twitter Background

2.Integrate Twitter with facebook

3.Free Twitter designer

4.20 Creative Twitter Designs and what makes them cool?

5.10 Best Twitter Tools, Plugins, Widgets for Wordpress Blogs

6.10 Awesome ways to add twitter to your website

7.Adding Twitter widgets to your own site

8.50 Twitter Tools and Tutorials For Designers and Developers

9.20+ best Twitter profile designs

10.20 Twitter badges to show off your tweets

The Ultimate Guide To Delicious

Niall Harbison — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 23:48:40 +0000

The chances are that you will have spotted the logo on the left many times on your travels and you have probably also heard about Delicious but you might not be familiar with what it is and what it does but I am urging you now that you should sit up and start using it. At it’s most basic level Delicious is an incredibly simple way of storing your bookmarks online which can then be accessed from any computer once you log in. With most of our working lives revolving around online content Delicious is a ridiculously useful tool but the benefits far exceed simply organizing your own content and we try to explain them here and give you as many resources as possible for you to understand it and start using it yourself.

As always with these sorts of services that people have trouble understanding I think it is always best to start with a video that explains the service and the guys from Common Craft do a great job of explaining Delicious in simple English…

Some of the delicious basics

1.Searching on Delicious

2.The popular stories on Delicious, this is where you want to be

3.Delicious explained on Wikipedia

4.How to use delicious like a pro

5.Some simple ways to get the most out of delicious

Resources for using delicious on your website or blog

1Add Delicious and other social sharing buttons to your site.

2.Add link rolls to your website to show off content that you think is valuable to your readers

3.Get a nifty little delicious widget

4.Wordpress plugin for customizing Delicious on your blog

5.Purpose built delicious pages

Spread the word about great content using Delicious

1.Share links using Twitter and Email

2.5 Tips to get traffic using Delicious

3.Add delicious to Facebook

4.Tips on creating bookmarkable content

5.A Marketers Guide to Delicious

6.2 Part video series on how to get targeted traffic to your site

7.Some easy ways to get listed on Delicious homepage

8.See when users bookmark your site with delicious

9.The several habits of a wildly successful delicious user

10.Become a Delicious power user

Some Delicious Extras

1.Stories with over 50 saves to delicious

2.How to Use Delicious, a simple guide

3.10 great people you should be following on delicious

4.8 Tips for better bookmarking on Delicious

5.How to get more bookmarks and better links

6.3rd Party tools for delicious

7.A selection of great hacks for Delicious

8.Convert Twitter links to Delicious bookmarks automatically

9.Using delicious on your iPhone

10.Be careful what you save!

All in all I think you can see that Delicious is a great tool to use and although it will take a bit of time to get used to it and to get the best out of it you can clearly see that there are some great tips and tricks in this list. Be sure to add any other tips that you have in the comments and get bookmarking today!