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Friday Fast Five Plus Five – The Twitter Edition

By Benét J. Wilson, DJTF co-chair, Online Managing Editor-Business Aviation, Aviation Week Group

The fun continues this week with 10 great tips for using Twitter, whether you are a novice or an expert.  And yes, my streak of including a tip from the 10000 Words blog continues!

  1. 10000 Words – 10 Ways to track what people are saying about you on Twitter (and don’t forget to pick up your copy of  his new book, “The Digital Journalist’s Handbook”)
  2. Twittercism – Targeted Following (Because Twitter Simply Doesn’t Work If You Follow Everybody Back)
  3. Social Media Today – 5 Twitter Management Tools You Can’t Live Without (I am a HUGE fan of Hoot Suite and Tweetdeck)
  4. Blogging Tips – Filter out the Tweets that Matter Most to You with Filttr
  5. TwiTips – To Schedule Tweets or No? Two Reasons You Should (and I use Hoot Suite to schedule my Tweets)
  6. AppsStorm – 10 Sites to Get a Custom Twitter Design
  7. AMEX Open Forum – 6 Do’s and Don’ts for Your Company’s Twitter Account
  8. Smedio – Seven Reasons People Will Retweet You
  9. Multimedia training and visual journalism – 5 power tips for using Twitter for research
  10. Mashable – 140 Reasons We Love Twitter

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