If you’re looking for ways to hit your Twitter targets, this is the post for you. First of all, you should ask yourself, what are your Twitter targets? You want lots of followers? Sure, that might lead to some bragging rights, but what’s the point? Really what you’re after is community which translates into meaningful followers. How do you get meaningful followers? I queried some other successful Twitter-ites to learn about their favorite... 

If you’ve always dreamed of being published, but just didn’t have the time to finish a novel/novella/short story, Twitter may be your big chance at fame, fortune, and a spot on Oprah. Okay, okay, only fame. And only a little. For writers who like a challenge, there are a number of Twitter-based ezines that publish short (and …  Read More →

Qiana Mestrich is the Search Engine Marketing and Social Media Manager at Beliefnet , the largest inspiration and spirituality website. She manages their Twitter account @beliefnet . Many motivational leaders are harnessing the social power of Twitter to spread their philosophies – perhaps because when their speaking engagements are over, tweeting becomes a way to reinforce their message daily and reach their audience beyond the stage. The... 

On August 28th, Apple released its latest operating system Snow Leopard on the masses. The big news with Snow Leopard is that the focus isn’t on whizz-bang features, but on performance and stability improvements. As such, the price-point, just $29 for a single-user upgrade license (provided you already have Leopard on your Intel Mac) made it a no-brainer for me to immediately upgrade all the Macs in my house. According to analysts at NPD... 

This news should come as no surprise: Kanye West’s outburst at the VMAs resulted in all sorts of digital records over at MTV.com. The company shared some stats with us this afternoon: 2.7 million unique visitors hit MTV.com on Sunday – it’s highest VMA performance ever 5.5 million unique visitors hit MTV.com on Monday – the second best day in the site’s history There were a total of 17.9 million video streams watched on the site Monday,... 

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum , where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. Perhaps one of the most overlooked aspects of putting together a website or social media campaign is the copy.  Read More →

Technorati , once the leading place to find interesting blogs ranked by popularity and sorted by topic, has lacked a cohesive strategy over recent years. From a spin-off video show to a recent nod to Twitter’s popularity, the ideas have continued to trickle in but show no overarching vision  Read More →

This series is supported by Toyota Prius and presented by harmonytweets , a Twitter-based platform for filtering conversations around design, sustainability, eco technology and philanthropy. Leverage Twitter to communicate around ideals you care about at harmonytweets.com . We’ve taken a look at using your blog for good , how to do good on Twitter , and how to change the world in only 15 minutes a day , but what about using other platforms... 

Microsoft let everyone know about a forthcoming feature of their new search engine today. Bing and Ping, as they’ve lovingly dubbed it, will let you easily share search results with your friends on Facebook and Twitter as well as by email.  Read More →

Last week I asked TwiTip readers to share their primary reason for using Twitter , and the results weren’t all that surprising: I’m personally a little disheartened here, with the number one result being “Promoting my company/blog (as opposed to networking).” Granted, networking and learning are close behind, but it seems to me that people are more out for getting their business in front of others’ eyes as a number... 

On January 23, 2008, a 20 year old man forced his way into a child day care center in Dendermonde, a small town in Belgium, Europe.  Read More →

There are no official figures of the number of Twitter users. Estimations go up to 8 million  Read More →

Hitwise has published over the last days three posts with interesting information on traffic to the Twitter website. They analysed traffic to twitter.com in three countries : UK, USA and Australia. Let’s start with the UK .  Read More →