Tag: Twitter

4 Reasons Why Your Business Is Failing On Twitter (And How To Fix It)
While most business owners know they should be on Twitter, they often don’t know what to do with the account once it's set up. This leads to a number of Twitter faux pas that are likely doing your brand more harm than good compared to not having a Twitter account at all. Is your brand struggling on ...
![The Way You Tweet Pictures Drastically Affects Your Retweets [Chart] The Way You Tweet Pictures Drastically Affects Your Retweets [Chart]](https://bitrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/more-retweets-on-twitter-1-optimized.jpg)
The Way You Tweet Pictures Drastically Affects Your Retweets [Chart]
If you are a social media manager, you know the important role that sharing visual content plays in social media success. If you want a real-life example, you don't have to look any further than the Bit Rebels Facebook page where Richard has become a master of sharing the kind of visual content (pic ...
![History Of Twitter From Twttr To IPO Is Full Of Memories [Infographic] History Of Twitter From Twttr To IPO Is Full Of Memories [Infographic]](https://bitrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/history-of-twitter-twttr-ipo-optimized.jpg)
History Of Twitter From Twttr To IPO Is Full Of Memories [Infographic]
So many people are quick to bag on Twitter these days. They go on and on about how it's not profitable, how the number of new users is dropping, and how investors are pouring millions of dollars into a social media site that is on the decline. I'm not so quick to pass judgment and count Twitter out ...
What The Social Media Smiley Face Emoticon Really Means [Infographic]
I remember several years ago I wrote an article about the LOL On Twitter. Back then, LOLs were rampant in social media, and I always wondered if they were genuine or bogus. I mean, everyone couldn't be sitting at their desks laughing out loud all the time (although I do it a lot). These days, the LO ...
![5 Basic Steps To Social Media Success That Are Easy To Forget [Chart] 5 Basic Steps To Social Media Success That Are Easy To Forget [Chart]](https://bitrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/5-steps-social-media-success-optimized.jpg)
5 Basic Steps To Social Media Success That Are Easy To Forget [Chart]
Sometimes the simplest, most important things in life are the easiest to forget. For example, it's easy to forget to brush your teeth, charge your smartphone and take the emergency brake off before driving. But if you forget to do those things, there are consequences. For brands, the same applies to ...

Techi Keeps You Up-To-Date On Tech Related News Every Day
There is so much content on the web today that finding ways to locate the best stuff is getting more challenging than ever. Readers, RSS feeds, standard email lists and Facebook EdgeRank are all missing an ingredient. I can't put my finger on exactly what it is, but I don't use any of those anymore ...
![Reckless Internet Habits That Make You Almost Unemployable [Checklist] Reckless Internet Habits That Make You Almost Unemployable [Checklist]](https://bitrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/bad-internet-online-habits-job-optimized.jpg)
Reckless Internet Habits That Make You Almost Unemployable [Checklist]
Earlier this month, Jobvite released the results of their 2013 Social Recruiting Survey. When I read the report, it was really just a confirmation of what everyone already knows - social recruiting is more powerful than ever before. If you have recently been in talks with a company about a job, don' ...
![10 Super Powers All Great Social Media Marketers Have [Infographic] 10 Super Powers All Great Social Media Marketers Have [Infographic]](https://bitrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/superpowers-social-media-marketers-infographic-optimized.jpg)
10 Super Powers All Great Social Media Marketers Have [Infographic]
There are good and bad social media marketers. When I follow a brand on Twitter, and I immediately get a DM from that brand telling me to follow them on Facebook, I cringe. When I follow a brand on Twitter, and I get a tweet from them introducing themselves, I smile. You know what I'm talking about. ...
![Drunk Tweeting: Dangers Of Tweeting Under The Influence [Infographic] Drunk Tweeting: Dangers Of Tweeting Under The Influence [Infographic]](https://bitrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dangers-of-tweeting-drunk-infographic-optimized.jpg)
Drunk Tweeting: Dangers Of Tweeting Under The Influence [Infographic]
If you've gotten on Twitter or Facebook after having a bottle of wine at dinner or one too many beers at a picnic, you are not alone. You know it's happening when suddenly it becomes a great idea to start taking selfies and tweeting them to your ex or trash-talking your boss to all your followers. S ...
![How Social Media Customer Service Could Evolve By 2015 [Infographic] How Social Media Customer Service Could Evolve By 2015 [Infographic]](https://bitrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/modern-customer-service-social-media-optimized.jpg)
How Social Media Customer Service Could Evolve By 2015 [Infographic]
As social media customer service continues to evolve, the debate over whether or not customer service belongs on social media in the first place goes on. Some people say social media is just making bad customer service worse. Other people (65% according to recent surveys) say customer service via so ...
![5 Social Media Lessons You Learned Back In Kindergarten [Infographic] 5 Social Media Lessons You Learned Back In Kindergarten [Infographic]](https://bitrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/social-media-lessons-learned-infographic-optimized.jpg)
5 Social Media Lessons You Learned Back In Kindergarten [Infographic]
Learning how to hang in the social media community is not hard. Some people make it out to be harder than it is, and there are entire blogs devoted to explaining how to do it. For some of us, it's second nature. I'm not sure why that is, but it's probably just because we don't over think it. As Leon ...
![How To Get Maximum Results From Your Content Curation [Infographic] How To Get Maximum Results From Your Content Curation [Infographic]](https://bitrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/how-to-content-curation-infographic-optimized.jpg)
How To Get Maximum Results From Your Content Curation [Infographic]
Content curation has been popular for a while, and most of the influential marketers in social media have become content curation masters. You may think being a content curator is easier than being a content creator, but that is not necessarily true. With all the social media noise, it takes work to ...
![These First World Problems On Twitter Will Make You Giggle [12 Pics] These First World Problems On Twitter Will Make You Giggle [12 Pics]](https://bitrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/people-tweet-their-problems-1-optimized.jpg)
These First World Problems On Twitter Will Make You Giggle [12 Pics]
Sometimes the stuff we get upset over is silly. I'm the first to admit I get all puffed up over stupid things every so often. I don't know why we do that, but hopefully when we look back we can giggle about it. Most of the time I do. Everything in the world is relative, and although your car might n ...
![The Modern Bathroom Routine Includes Using Smartphones [Infographic] The Modern Bathroom Routine Includes Using Smartphones [Infographic]](https://bitrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/texting-on-the-toilet-infographic-optimized.jpg)
The Modern Bathroom Routine Includes Using Smartphones [Infographic]
The fact that 19% of people have dropped their smartphones in the toilet is proof enough that we like using smartphones in the bathroom. It seems things have come full circle because I've written about this topic before. I have never dropped my iPhone in the toilet before, but I did drop it in the b ...

Loneliness: Most Common Ailment In Our Tech & Social Media World
There is definitely a connection between social media and loneliness. I've experienced it myself. Over the past year, I've cut back on my social media use, but before that, I was definitely a Twitter addict. I had accumulated over 100,000 Twitter followers, yet it was a very lonely time in my life. ...