Heather Villa

In this thirteenth and final post of TweetsIn10, I’m going to talk about Twitter lists, a relatively new development at Twitter. (In fact, when I was first writing the TweetsIn10 ebook, Twitter lists hadn’t even been publicly unveiled yet and now here we are; I feel I should mention them). Twitter lists are basically Twitter’s [...]

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This is the twelfth post of the TweetsIn10 series and although I’m writing about a specific topic – apps for your mobile – this post is really about something bigger: TweetsIn10 (both generally and this post specifically) is all about an efficient use of Twitter. It’s all about making Twitter an important part of your [...]

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In this eleventh post of the TweetsIn10 series, I’m going to talk about hashtags. Hashtags are those things you see in tweets with a number sign in front of them: #coffee #bookkeeping #TigerWoods #BusinessLunchClub #dogs #NYC #NASCAR #WSJ #Apple (etc., etc.) These tags are ways for people to label their tweets to give them some [...]

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In this tenth post of the TweetsIn10 series, I want to talk about the solution to a problem I first encountered when I started on Twitter a few years ago. The problem still persists today and this solution is as relevant now as it ever was. The Problem When you sign up, Twitter automatically recommends [...]

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When a non-Twitter user asks me why I have embraced Twitter as a communication method, I’m quick to point out that I think there are two reasons Twitter is MORE than a communication method; that it’s an entirely new way of engagement. To say that Twitter is just another communication method is to suggest that [...]

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Twitter is a powerful tool that allows users to connect with each other and to engage an audience. However, it’s not always possible to tweet. We lead busy lives and we can only tweet so much. Presumably, you’re reading this post for exactly this reason – you wanted to be a proficient Twitter user but [...]

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In the last Tweets in 10 post, you read about Tweetdeck, which is an app that allows you to tweet and sort tweets from others on your desktop or on your mobile device. I wanted to talk about that one first because it set the stage for what I’m about to tell you in this [...]

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