You're right, that's the key module in your lens.
We'll see, I still haven't joined Twitter yet.
I challenge you to give me more reasons to join.

I am also a Twitter member and it brings me some traffic here and then. It is useful website and tool for friends.

jeffwend wrote:

I started my guide to twitter today.  I still plan on adding more info to it, but I believe that lensmasters should read and consider the module I wrote called "Make Your Tweets Your Own". 
http://www.squidoo.com/twitter-for-social-marketing

Amen!  I just requested a solution to all those junk tweets.

Cinetech wrote:

You're right, that's the key module in your lens.
We'll see, I haven't joined Twitter yet.
I challenge you to give me more reasons to join.

Jeff,

I have a few thoughts about how lensmasters can leverage twitter:

1. Squidoo has built a Tweet feature when you update your lens. The automatic Twitter after an update is nice, but need enhancement. The tweet wording is basically static. Instead there should be an option to edit the tweet before it is sent. This would allow the addition of hash tags or other details or keywords that would add value to the tweet. Until the twitter update feature is enhanced, I'd recommend that people use the message box that pops up after a lens update simply as a reminder to manually create a customized tweet about the update.

2. The real value of Twitter to lensmasters is not outgoing tweets, in my opinion, but the value of Twitter feeds within Lenses. Content is king, and a Twitter feed can add detail and value to many lenses that are focused on specific subjects. That's where the three Twitter modules can best be used:

Twitter Follow module is pretty straight forward. It's like an RSS feed of a particluar individual's blog. Only in this case it follows one user. It would be nice if there could be multiple follows rolled into one Squid Twitter follow module (another enhancement idea!). This would be sorta like rolled several RSS feeds into another feed. This way trusted tweets from people that post on a similar subject or from the same organization could appear in the same feed. Less spam, more value. Who is currently using Twitter Follow module? It would be interesting to see a direct link to their module as a reply here.

Twitter Search module is what I've made most use of on my lenses. You can use a keyword, but may get (somewhat) less spam if you enter a hash code for your search term (for example, #greatlakesloons or #hcmktg). These are some examples that I've implemented, and I think it would be great if someone created a directory of people effectively using such modules in their lenses:

All a Twitter about the Loons
Following Healthcare Marketing on Twitter
Humble Detective Subject of Twitter Tweets


Twitter Storm module - I must admit that it sound interesting: "ask your twitter followers a question and gather responses in one handy place." But I'd like to see some implementations of how this can be used. This might be most useful if people have Twitter accounts that are business or subject focused since if your followers are a hodgepodge, it might not be as effective. Or maybe not. Again, who is using this module that we all could study?

3.  There is hidden value in Twitter as a reserch tool for lensmasters. Following tweets related to the subject of your lens can turn up new and interesting tidbits to incorporate into your lens. This is a great idea because it's content-focused. For example, as I was building my Charlie Chan lens, I found a tweet about a website running a contest where the prize was recent reprinting of one of the early Charlie Chan novels by Earl Derr Biggers. Now, what I should do is go back and create a quick text module about that contest and tweet, facebook and squidcast about that valuable information, as appropriate. Twitter, like stumbleupon, is filled with cool interesting stuff and could really waste my time if I didn't have the excuse that it was related to my Squidoo lens building!

Warren Allan Johnson
http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/WarrenAllanJohnson

I honestly wish I could get into the whole Twitter thing, but it just ain't happening   However, I do regularly receive emails letting me know that so and so is now following me.  I have no idea who they are and no idea why they are following someone that never tweets!  By the time I finally 'get it',  the Twitter  phase will have passed and it will no longer be thing to do.

Janet21 wrote:

I honestly wish I could get into the whole Twitter thing, but it just ain't happening   However, I do regularly receive emails letting me know that so and so is now following me.  I have no idea who they are and no idea why they are following someone that never tweets!  By the time I finally 'get it',  the Twitter  phase will have passed and it will no longer be thing to do.

I'd guess that most people who follow you are either fellow Squids or spammers whose accounts will have been deleted before you even get the e-mail!  I get complete strangers following me who are musicians or fellow music bloggers, but sometimes I get a gung-ho marketer whose page of tweets are boring and irrelevant to me.  Those I simply don't follow.  Often, I click the link in the e-mail only to get a notice that the account has been closed for suspicious activity.

KimberlyDawnWells wrote:

The great thing about Twitter is you can choose not to follow people you think are spamming.  And if they ask why, well...they asked!

That made me smile just a bit.

I really like twitter ...for the simple fact i can post about me and give information on what I like.. and I sometimes use it a vent. My employees get on my nerves sometimes. You can also find other people who have the same interests and desires.

I know some affiliates who are making $100 per day from twitter but, I'm to lazy to follow it.