Twitter management can be a daunting task. There are a lot of articles telling you the do’s and don’ts of Twitter, however it can still be difficult to pin down exactly what you should be doing each day step by step. If you are having a hard time getting organized and keeping up with everything you should be doing on Twitter here is the list that is going to let you discover and hammer out your personal routine.

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When was the last time you thought about your site beyond adding content? It is probably time to take a look at how things are organized. When you started the site you had certain goals, ideas and experiences, now as time has passed it is a good idea to take another look at those goals [...]

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Every day millions of searches are performed on the internet and all of those search terms are saved and provided to us to peruse at our discretion. Unfortunately, on the other hand, there are millions of searches performed every day on the internet and ALL that data is saved and provided to us to peruse at our discretion. So how can you go about tapping into this resource without getting bogged down and lost in all that information? In this guide you will find out how to choose keywords, research and test them and read the results.

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So you took the first step and signed yourself up for some social media sites and started marketing yourself and now you’re waiting for the traffic to start rolling in. You’ve done your research about social media marketing and everyone tells you to find followers, engage them and turn them into customers. Why isn’t it working for you then?

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Twitter recently made claims that they had reached 100 million users. A fairly impressive feat to be sure, and that is reflected in the pull people give to twitter as a social media outlet. Great tweets can make you a star as fast bad ones can kill your image.

Most of the time tweets just pass through the world, generally ignored, floating on into oblivion. With over 200 million tweets a day it’s easy to get flooded and have your tweets sink out of sight. It’s even easier to fall into bad habits like self-promoting too much without engaging or talking to others, appearing like you’re just there to sell, sell, sell. Spend some time following one and you will find that nothing is more boring than a spammer, which is what you can quickly turn into if what you post isn’t interesting.

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This topic might not be 100% focused on social media or marketing but its important to remember these ideals and incorporate them into your day. These tips will be especially helpful for bloggers, designers, social media managers and people with a lot on their plate each day to get more done.

Start Working Early

Starting on your work when you have a whole day ahead of you can be a huge psychological boost. You may find that you are less stressed when you give yourself lots of time to get your work done and have a brighter outlook on the day. Whereas starting later can leave you feeling out of time and behind on your work, leaving you frazzled.

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Brands bring something recognizable to the table that readers or customers can see and immediately identify with to get a picture of what the brand stands for. If you are making yourself into a personal brand your goal can be to make yourself, your image and your name instantly recognizable as a trustworthy, high quality performer in whatever area you are working in and eventually beyond that.

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Finding ways to increase traffic to your blog can be a challenge for anyone in every niche. If you’re releasing good content at a steady rate then check out these tips for using social media outlets to get the traffic you want.

Use Social Media Sites to Your Advantage

Why should you use social media sites? Firing off a Google search on a topic will probably get you millions of results, most of them not what you are looking for. What if there was a way to find the best sites and news on that topic in one place? That would be pretty great. Well that is what niche social media sites do. Say you are looking for information on web design, you could check out sites like Design Newz, The Web Blend, Design Bump and Design Float to get more targeted searches in the design niche.

Use Email to Reach Followers

It’s important to be able to reach the membership you have. Many bloggers offer subscriptions via RSS, but you should be using email subscriptions as well. Many people may not be interested in new ways of keeping up to date with your blog, but would have no problem getting updates via email which is still one of the biggest forms of online communication. There are some great tools available to help you create and maintain an email list such as MailChimp, Aweber, and ConstantContact. Add email subscriptions now if you haven’t already and look for a bump in traffic.

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Rebecca Chelsey’s recent post on ways to spark our creativity got me thinking about the next step: how to take that creativity and turn it into meaningful sentences on the page. In other words, what we do with that spark of inspiration will determine the success or setbacks we face when we blog.

I’m a firm believer in the importance of pre-writing as a great way to take advantage of our inspiration. Pre-writing helps us bloggers to get down onto paper the ideas in our head. It helps us use language to explain our ideas. Through pre-writing, we can figure out exactly what it is we are trying to say. We can think of pre-writing as the laboratory in which we can test out and refine our ideas before we share them with an audience.

What follows, then, are a few of my favorite pre-writing exercises that help me figure out what exactly I’m trying to say. I hope they are useful to you as well, and if you can think of others, please share them in the comments section.

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As a creative person, I’ve noticed that creativity and creative ideas tend to present themselves whenever they see fit, and rarely otherwise. This is an especially unfortunate habit for my creativity to have because I am in the field of design. Over the years I’ve researched and stumbled upon eight nearly sure-fire ways to spark my imagination and creativity and I figured I would share them. Keep in mind, however, every imagination is unique and all of my methods may not strike a chord with you the same way they do with me. Hopefully at least one will bring you some inspiration to keep your blogs unique and intriguing or any situation you may need some outside-the-box thinking for.

As a general rule, when I find myself stuck on an idea for a long time, the best way to go about it is to stop trying so hard. Stop thinking so hard about your work when trying these activities and just let your brain do its thing. In other words, stop looking for the answer and let the answer find you.

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