Twitter to the Left of Me, Twitter to the Right

by Jason Stewart

Twitter has been all over the place lately, and it is one of those things I think I understand the basics - build up a network of friends or like-minded individuals who will tolerate the occasional bit of self-promotion as long as you share other interesting stuff too, and you don't become that insufferable clod at the party who does nothing but talk about himself. That's the easy part. I've always been sort of a wallflower anyway...but I still honestly feel like I must be missing something.

I'm on Twitter (@jasondemandbase) and posting occasionally, and replying and re-tweeting things of interest which is half the battle in and of itself, but I'm concerned that I should have a personal Twitter in addition to a work Twitter...which I don't. Demandbase has a "corporate" twitter account (@demandbase) but we only just set it up and I am sure we are not monitoring it closely enough. Can I monitor more than one Twitter account on a client like TweetDeck or twhirl? Which is better? What's the best Twitter tool for BlackBerry? iPhone? Have I been too indescriminate in who I follow? Is there a better way to stay on top of what's interesting and weed out the "I just ate a delicious sandwich" tweets? Why don't I love this as much as everyone tells me I should? Why does it seem so labor intensive to keep on top of it all, even if you are using RSS feeds to monitor the topics you are interested in?

It's not that I don't "get" it, because I think I do. I just don't know that I am doing all that I can to capitalize on everything Twitter has to offer. So, in an effort to better myself I have been diligently collecting articles on Twitter that I have every intention of reading, but that I simply haven't yet. Feedback welcome! Or add to the list....

• How to Measure Engagement on Twitter—and Savor the Tweet Smell of Success - MarketingProfs
• 5 Steps to Going Viral on Twitter - Copyblogger
• SEOptimise has been chock full of Twitter goodness in their "Twitter Friday" series
• • 15 Tools Lists, Twitter Business & Social Life Resources
  • Twitter SEO News
  • Spectacular Growth, Tools Proliferation and the Ethics of Tweeting
  • Twitter Search Craze

I really need to read the SEOptimise stuff, looks really good. Help me prioritize, people!

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Can I monitor more than one Twitter account on a client like TweetDeck or twhirl? Which is better? What's the best Twitter tool for BlackBerry? iPhone? Have I been too indescriminate in who I follow? Is there a better way to stay on top of what's interesting and weed out the "I just ate a delicious sandwich" tweets? Why don't I love this as much as everyone tells me I should
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[Frank]

I would not recommend having 2 twitter accounts..cause you'll burn up..seriously taking care of 2 accounts is more than a person should take...and as for the idea of separation of business and personal stuff I would also recommend against it..cause wheter it's work related or personal it's you--and you should tweet it in one account...