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How You Can Use Twitter For Your Funeral Home

How You Can Use Twitter For Your Funeral Home

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Twitter is on fire. Oprah came on Twitter a few months back and it just went crazy. Lance Armstrong is really active on Twitter. People really get a sense of what he is up to. As a warning you can get lost in there so let yourself go in there in doses.

Many people are active on Twitter. Some people use Twitter more than they use their cell phones because that is the way they communicate within their network.

With the obit Twitter account there are some real advantages for exposure; especially for some of you who are near the Canadian/US border where there are tough winters and a lot of the people may snowbird and spend their winters down in Florida, California or Arizona. They may come to your website off and on to see who died over the winter and now the hip people can say, “I can follow the funeral home obituaries on Twitter? Awesome!”

You may think that you would rather have them visiting your website but really you want to communicate with them the way they want to be communicated with.

Don’t force them to do anything, instead make it easier for them because you are going to be driving people back to your website in that way.

Step by Step instructions

· First of all you want to claim you handle or your @. You want to make sure that you reserve your funeral home. You may also want to claim your towns name and obits.

· Go to Twitter.com and sign up for your 2 accounts

You have to use 2 different email addresses
Once you sign up you are going to Claim your Twitter handle: @YourFuneralHome & @[YourTown]Obits
Remember that it must be no more than 15 characters

· Customize your settings

· Seek & follow local community members with the “Find People” feature in Twitter itself.

All the media people will be there like reporters.

You now have a direct link with them so you want to follow those people and then they might be following you back again. Do the same with other business and other people in your network. It shows that you are up with the times.

More people will probably follow the funeral home account than the obituary account but it is just another way to convey that information out to your community.

There is also website called “Twellow.com”. You can go there and sign up for a free account. Login using your Twitter account and you can find people in your hobbies and your area. It is just a little easier to use than Twitter.

It is important to have a personal account too because in the long run we always have the facade of business but when it comes down to it people are making arrangements with people so it’s great to have the business out there but it is also great to show that you are human.

In order to manage these accounts you want to go and register at http://ping.fm/” rel=nofollow target=_new jQuery1301220952000=”14″>http://Ping.fm. It saves you time by allowing you to ping a message to any of your social media profiles across the web, such as Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and many more.Ping.fm automatically shortens URLs for easier posting to Twitter because for Twitter you are allowed only 140 Characters.

To get started go to Ping and create a user account and set up your various social networking accounts within your Ping account.

Start saving time and broadening your reach through your social media.. Go to where those people are at and don`t drag them to where you want them to be.

[Reason #1] You can easily have over 5,000 targeted followers on your  twitter account.

Twitter pics: 2012 NBA playoffs haircuts

Here are some of the best, from Twitter: Apparently my new haircut is creating quite the stir in the newsroom. #spurs twitter.com/StreetsCorner/… S/O to my friend Jared for getting his hair shaved into the OKC Thunder logo!
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how to delete a picture posted in posterous via destroy twitter.?

Question by mixeeplikstick: how to delete a picture posted in posterous via destroy twitter.?
Hi I just want to ask if anyone here knows how to delete a posted picture in www.posterous.com uploaded via DestroyTwitter desktop application. I’ve been trying to find a way to delete the uploaded photo but non that I have tried seem to work. I tried using my twitter username/email-ad and password on posterous but its not working either.

Need your help guys, thanks for the advice in advance.

Best answer:

Answer by ÐḁṅŽḝḺ
Check what service is selected here.

It uploads to the service which is selected here.

Posterous I believe allows you to login using your Twitter account. The same process applies to most other services.

Know better? Leave your own answer in the comments!

How To Schedule Tweets With Twitter Tools

How To Schedule Tweets With Twitter Tools
Do you get bogged down in the mundane tasks that go with writing a blog or tweeting as part of your business strategy? One of the easiest things you can do is schedule tweets to post automatically, allowing you to focus on the more profitable aspects of social marketing. There are many desktop clients that can handle scheduling one tweet at a time, but what if you could schedule many posts in advance, and send them to multiple social networks? Here are six top Twitter tools to schedule your tweets.

Twuffer operates as a simple Twitter buffer, allowing you to compile tweets and arrange for them to be posted at the time of your choosing. There are a number of uses for this service, such as pre-planned announcements, reminders for appointments, or notification of upcoming events.

Garious is an effective scheduling tool that will send your message to over 30 social networks. You can create custom posts, and schedule when they will go out. A Ping.fm account is required. It offers both a free and premium version. The free version includes ads after 50 messages, but all messages are free to send.

PostLater is designed for users with multiple blogs or micro-blogging accounts, and blogs that dont allow future-dating. You simply write your blog, then schedule the date and time you want to publish at. PostLater takes care of the rest. 4 of the most popular blogging platforms are supported, so its unlikely that PostLater wont work for you. You can test your blog for compatibility on the site. This is a premium site, so there is no advertising attached to your blog posts.

Social Oomph is more than a social media dashboard; it is one of the most powerful scheduling tools available. You can save and reuse drafts, schedule them, plus track keywords and take advantage of scheduled @replies and DMs. Learn more by watching this video. Social Oomph has both a free and Professional version; a 7 day free trial is available.

Timely analyzes your recent tweets to determine what time of day you have the most impact, then schedules your tweets to go out in that time period. By maximizing your exposure, Timely helps inspire more retweets. You can also invite collaborators to your account, to add more posts to your queue. You can check out Timely by going to their site and inputting your user name. Timely will analyze the time frame for retweets, and provide tips on augmenting your impact.

Ping.fm is possibly the best known scheduling application. This service is free, yet powerful. Post to any of 23 social networks including Google Buzz, which has recently been added. There are more than 10 ways to post your message, including email, Skype, and apps for various mobile phones. Ping.fm integrates with more that 50 apps.There is even a bookmarklet available, allowing your readers to ping for you.

With the volume of tweets streaming daily, posts get buried quickly. If youre trying to grow your business, you have far more important things to focus on than getting your tweets out when your followers are most likely to be looking. You no longer need to be tied to your computer to post updates. You can schedule tweets and you can do it from anywhere.

CJ. Watson Gets Death Threat On Twitter After Bulls' Loss To 76ers

Washington Capitals winger Joel Ward has twice been the subject of racist Twitter outbursts during the 2012 NHL postseason. Before that Kyle Williams of the San Francisco 49ers faced death threats after making a mistake late in a playoff loss.
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Obama backs gay marriage: Reader reactions on Twitter

This immediately set off a flurry of reactions on Twitter. See below for a quick take on how people are reacting. By Ryan Kellett and Mark Luckie | 04:11 PM ET, 05/09/2012 SuperFan badge holders consistently post smart, timely comments about Washington …
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