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Free Twitter Badges For Your Website or Blog

by Diana Urban on December 12, 2010

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Want to encourage your visitors to follow you on Twitter? Here is a large selection of Twitter buttons to choose from, with a variety of colors, button styles, and sizes. To add a Twitter button to your website or blog, just copy the code below the Twitter badge of your choice, paste the code into the HTML of your site, and replace USER in the code with your Twitter name.

If you have any suggestions, or requests for color or a different Twitter button size, please comment below and I will add them as soon as I can. Each Twitter button size and color comes in a “Follow Me” and “Follow Us” version.
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The 9 Worst Ways to Use Twitter for Business

by Diana Urban on December 6, 2010

Twitter for Business

I originally posted this article to the HubSpot blog, where I work as an Inbound Marketing Consultant.

Twitter is a fantastic network for businesses. You can monitor your brand to garner valuable feedback, keep tabs on the competition, engage your customers in conversation, or even choose to use Twitter as a customer service channel. But there are several common mistakes that companies make on Twitter.

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Official Tweet Button

Say goodbye to Tweetmeme! Twitter has just released an official Tweet button for people to install on their websites and blogs. This Tweet button allows users to easily share content on Twitter and see how many times the content has been retweeted.

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4 Easy Ways to Eliminate Twitter Spam

by Diana Urban on July 27, 2010

Twitter Spam

Twitter can be a very powerful networking tool. While you want to increase your amount of followers and have your Twitter profile stand out, you’ll also want to follow individuals who will comprise a useful Twitter stream of information and knowledge. Direct messages are especially useful so that you can do some of your networking behind the scenes.

But with all the spammers and self-promoters, your direct message inbox can quickly fill up with garbage links, and your Twitter stream bombarded by promises of increasing your Twitter count by 10,000 overnight.

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Top 10 Signs Not to Follow Back on Twitter

March 23, 2010
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Get a lot of Twitter followers, but don’t know who to follow back? With all the spammers on Twitter, here are 10 signs someone isn’t worth following.

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How to Find Out Who Stops Following You on Twitter

March 22, 2010
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Qwitter is a Twitter tool that notifies you via email when someone stops following you on Twitter. Learn why people unfollow you on Twitter.

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15 Ways You Can Use Twitter Lists

March 1, 2010
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Use Twitter lists can be used to further professional goals, get followers on Twitter, or as an online branding tool. Learn to use this Twitter tool.

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Twitter Language Guide: The Only Terms You Need To Know

February 12, 2010
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Learn all the Twitter terms you need to know to make sense of how to use Twitter. Use Twitter to build your online branding & social media presence.

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Free Twitter Backgrounds – Office Theme

February 5, 2010
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Want to customize your Twitter profile? Get a free twitter background at U Stand Out, a social media blog. A unique page will get you more followers.

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Free Twitter Backgrounds – Holiday Theme

November 29, 2009
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Customize your Twitter page for the holidays! Get free holiday, Christmas, Hanukkah, & winter-themed Twitter backgrounds at U Stand Out: Social Media.

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