How WordPress and Twitter Work Together

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WordPress and Twitter, Tips, Plugins, Ideas

I love WordPress, but I almost didn't Tweet. So many new social media applications show up on a regular basis. I went into Twitter to save my name, and it just pulled me in.

One thing I loved about Twitter is that I could feed my blog posts to Twitter, which also feed them to my FaceBook account. I love tools that make my job easier.

Wordpress has many plugins, more cool ones added regularly. So I went hunting for twitter plugins for WordPress. Sharing my resources here.

Note: I'm using WordPress.org not the free wordpress.com. WordPress uploaded to your own hosting service, my top recommended way to blog.

WordPress Twitter Related Plugins

Twitter Plugins for Wordpress

TweetBacks
First twitter plugin I tried on my blog was TweetBacks. I used it I had a few thousand twitter spam/error comments added to my blogs comments. So if you tweet about one of my blog posts, once approved, it will show up in my blog's comment section. To get this plugin to work, I had to edit my comments.php. So keep that in mind if you wish to do this. You can find great post about Tweetbacks at /www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/01/09/tweetbacks-plugin-for-wordpress/:>Tweetbacks Plugin for Wordpress

Tweet This
This wordpress plugins makes it easy for your readers tweet your posts. If they see an post they like and would like to share with their twitter followers, they just have to click the button.
You can test it out by visiting my blog, finding a post you like and twitting about it.

Connect Simply And once approved, your tweet and a link back will appear in the comments section.

WT Twitip-ID
Another cool plugin, adds twitter id to the comment form. When your readers visit your blog and comment, they will now have a link back to their twitter account. If you like someone's comment, I suggest you follow their link back and add them to your follow list, because if you like their comments, you will love their tweets.. WP Twitip-ID I have no idea why they called it easily, without the video I'd have been lost.

Video tutorial. I have no idea why they called it easily.

Twollowers
Another plugin I found but haven't used yet, puts a little birdie on your sidebar with the number of followers. Twollowers

TweetSuite
After I'd added those first few pllugins, I bumped into a few more, TweetSuite combines Tweetbacks and several other twitter tools in one package.

Other Wordpress Twitter Plugins
I've not had a chance to check these out yet and compare them.
Twitter sharts
Twitt Twoo
Twitter Tools
Twitter Updater
Twittar
Twitter Search

Quote from Twitter Tools

"What happens if I have both my tweets posting to my blog as posts and my posts sent to Twitter? Will it cause the world to end in a spinning fireball of death?"

Viral Tweets

Viral Tweet Generator is a way to get more traffic to your blog, by encouraging your readers to tweet your blog posts to their followers, etc. This works best by giving something away to those how tweet your post.

I will have to look into this more. Some told me he got 50 new blog visitors in just one hour by using this technique.

I welcome any comments from my readers, pros and cons of using viral tweet generator vs tweet this.

To learn more about the viral tweet generator, visit
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Twitter Tips

from Connect Simply

I almost didn't Tweet
I really wasn't going to use twitter, not one more tool I said. . .
Twitter Newbies Quick Tips
Twitter 101 and links twitter resources
Hello Ike
How Twitter can be used during emergencies such as Ike. Also when I first sighted the cool # sign on twitter.
Auto-Tweet Your Posts
Great way to have twitter automatically update your blog posts.
Twitter Plugins for WordPress
Cool WordPress Plugins with examples, plugins that use twitter.

WordPress and Twitter Videos

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