Wednesday’s Weekly Reader: Twitter Edition

I actually haven’t seen a lot in my feed-reader that I’ve been wanting to share lately. So I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to announce that I am now tweeting: you can follow me @LorraR. In honor of the occasion, I thought I’d share a few twitter-related links that I’ve been enjoying over the past month.

Who To Follow

• @aigakc — I’m a little biased, as this is the other account I tweet under. You may recall my announcement last month that our local AIGA chapter has a twitter account. As Social Networking Chair, I keep our twitter feed abuzz with industry news, local events, and AIGA information.
  
• @tweeples_guide — Sarah Jo Austin gives tips, hints, and links to help you become a better twitterer. I’m really excited for her and Linden (@xgravity23) to release their top-secret-twitter-related project. More details on that when it happens.
• @KrisColvin — I’ve really enjoyed reading Kris’ tweets on everything from Design/Web-design to American Idol. She’s also been a great help in getting my background up (along with @DustinTigner: thanks guys! Now to finally update @aigakc’s background…)
• @ilovetypography — If you love Johno’s blog, then you’ll love his twitter updates.

Tools to Use

• HootSuite — This little app does it all! Schedule tweets, manage multiple accounts, track click-throughs on links you post, search/retweet/reply/etc. Hootsuite seriously keeps @aigakc running, or I probably would have given up on twitter a month ago.
  
• Twitterfon — This iPhone app keeps me tweeting on the go since I’ve put it on m iPod. I love that it highlight unread messages: there’s no way I’d scroll through them on-line. I think I’ve outgrown it though because I need to be able to handle multiple accounts: ready to try Tweetie.

Twitter Articles to Read

• TwiTip — Linden sent me here when I first started twittering, and it’s got a wealth of information: from how to use hash tags to etiquette to tweeting on behalf of a company.
• 3 Must-Have Tools for Multiple-Account Management — Sarah has a great article about the web apps she uses to manage her multiple accounts.
• Twitter and the Law of Reciprocity — On her new blog, Twitterface, Kris breaks down the twitter popularity contest and explains how the Golden Rule applies to social media marketing.
  

Tags | AIGA, Twitter