Super Twitter Profile

This gentleman just followed me on Twitter. I must say, he has the most impressive Twitter profile I’ve seen. The only thing missing is “President” and “Medical Doctor”…

I’m not sure if Daniel is trying this for SEO, Internet marketing, or other optimization purposes. But I’m having a hard time pinpointing what exactly is his job, and I can’t help but to be skeptical of all he does.

I was surprised to see Daniel’s stats. He’s listed 340+ times as of today:

• 554 Tweets
• 35,404 Following
• 33,384 Followers
• 342 Listed

Typically you only get listed if you convince someone else you provide value of some kind. So I’ve got to hand it to Daniel’s Twitter following / optimization strategy. His profile might be somewhat sketchy, but he has been able to do quite a bit, regardless.

Daniel if you’re out there, feel free to comment on your strategy and results.

Changing Username #TwitterFail – Waiting For Fix

Something's wrong with Twitter.

I made the move and switched names. But little did I know that Twitter users are having problems switching account settings, usernames in particular.

Now I can only sign in with my email, but when I do the username reverts to the old one. If I click “home” to post an update it takes me to the new account with the old username.

This also means I can’t use Tweetdeck (desktop), or UberTwitter (mobile) – big problem. On top of that, when I sign in it reverts my changes (see bellow).

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Twitter @jose_u Is Now @joseuonline

Changed my Twitter Username to @joseuonline!

In Twitter, Jose Uzcategui was @jose_u until today. From now on you can find me on Twitter at @joseuonline.

I know, switching names is a last resort. This will definitely will make a dent in my Twitter history. But this change was coming sooner or later for me. Plus, in internet time no one will remember the change in a few months.

But I have my reasons, here are the main ones:

• My blog’s address is www.joseuonline.com
• In some places I’m “jose_u” and in some “joseu”; it’s a bit confusing.  I’m gradually switching most usernames to joseuonline.
• I now don’t have an “_” in my name.
• I have a company called, JoseUonline Communications.
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Popular Twitter Clients (List)

Today I came across this list of Popular Twitter Clients on my printed copy of websitemagazine.com. I thought you might find it interesting.

(Today is October 20th, 2009)

Rank – Client – % of Users

1. TweetDeck - 13.07%
2. Tweetie - 7.47%
3. HootSuite - 2.246%
4. Twhirl - 2.42%
5. Twitterfon - 1.98%
6. Seesmic - 1.82%
7. Ping.fm 1.75%
8. UberTwitter - 1.28%
9. Twitterrific - 1.2%
10. TwitterFox - 1.18%

Re: Selling Out on Youtube (Video)

I came across an article titled “Selling Out on YouTube: vloggers weigh in on brand integration online” by Xiaochang Li, where she mentions a great ongoing conversation on Youtube.

Here’s my take on it:

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Twitter: To Follow or Not To Follow (Video)

Here’s my take on following people on Twitter. Though this is what I usually do, lots of people share the same principles.

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Trivial Tweets are Okay – Sometimes

Really, sometimes it's okay... and refreshing.

We’ve all complained about it. We all have “that guy” who tweets about nothing valuable. And we all advise those coming onto Twitter to tweet with care.

Well, the other night at the The Vancouver Sales Performance Meetup, I had the all too familiar conversation about non-sense tweets.

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Groups on TweetDeck – what are yours?

'News' is one of my groups.

A common mistake most of us make when joining Twitter is using twitter.com. Then we discover applications like TweetDeck, go “aaaahhhh,” and start funneling tweets into groups.

I’ve thought of a few ways to organize these groups – numbered (1,2,3,4); US threat-style colours (green, orange, red); descriptive (close friends, news, hot bloggers) -  and wonder what people do out there. (more…)

Oh, the blog? I was busy…

I was busy like a bee - ha! I finally used the cliche.

The last 10 days were very, very hectic – I was a host for my mother who came to visit me from Venezuela, I kept up with my writing course, worked part time – and I didn’t follow my own advice: always schedule time for social media.

What happened? Now that my mom is back home and I have a little more time to figure things out, I can see what I did and didn’t do in this last week and a half.

Consider I was away from a computer most of the time and don’t have an i-Phone or Blackberry. The results: (more…)