When I heard about Twitter and started using it I though it was stupid. I didn’t understand it and I was ignorant towards it. Since then my bias has swung the other way drastically. I think Twitter is one of the greatest Social Media outlets available. It’s so freaking simple.

I currently operate two Twitter accounts, one for this site (and for me) and one for Swim University. If you use Twitter feel free to follow me (@swimuniversity.com – @overnightsite)

What is Twitter?

The way I explain Twitter to folks is, it’s like microblogging mixed with AIM. It’s an instant messaging system that you can talk directly to people or just say anything you want, like a blog. But instead of writing really long post, you write mini ones. Twitter only allows you to type 140 characters at a time. Sometimes I post a link to a website I’m looking at or what I’m doing or writing about. Sometimes I just post jokes or say dumb things to get a rise out of people, but mostly I use it for promotion.

Auto Tweet

There are two websites that I currently use to post Tweets with. I use TwitterFeed.com and TweetLater.com.
What TwitterFeed.com does is allow me to submit my RSS feeds so that every time I update my blog it sends out a tweet on my Twitter account with a link to my new post AUTOMATICALLY!

With Tweetlater.com I can type a bunch of tweets and time them to go out at different times of the day. I can also automatically follow anyone who decides to follow me and send all my new followers a welcome message.

These are great tools but it doesn’t mean that’s all you should do. Some people hate broadcasters, you know people who just self promote on twitter. You need to engage in conversations with others, be personal. So I mix the two together. I auto-tweet and manual-tweet all damn day. And now it’s my 3 highest referer site to TheOvernightSite.com and SwimUniversity.com’s Blog.

What next?

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I read these blogs everyday and they help me in making my decisions and giving me new ideas as to what I should do with my own blog and websites.

Problogger

This is a blog run by Darren Rowse and I consider him the authority of bloggers around the world. He is a full time blogger that writes about how to blog and how to drive traffic to your blog and more.

CopyBlogger

Brian Clark is a blogger who writes about writing. I have been reading this blog for about a year and before that anytime I would search Google on how to write a blog post, Copyblogger would come up.

Seth’s Blog

If you think Online Marketing, you must know Seth Godin. He has written books and has one of the most popular blogs about internet marketing. This blog is a must read, I highly recommend it.

Smashing Magazine

This is a great blog that is dedicated to website design and development. They will often post freebies like, fonts, wordpress themes and icons. Infact I got the wordpress theme I used to make this site from Smashing Magazine. They have only been around for about two years but are in the top 100 blogs on Technorati.

SEO Book

The SEO Master himself Aaron Wall runs this blog. The great thing about this blog is that it is updated everyday with about 3 long posts which is a lot of content. He also has plenty of SEO tools on his site as well as free informative videos.

SEO Hosting Blog

This is a blog that is run by Hostgater which provides hosting but their blog is awesome. It’s updated about twice a day will quick relevant content. It’s fast becoming my new favorite blog.

Website Magazine

There is a free magazine I get in the mail every month that is full of rich content. Well this is blog of the website of the magazine I receive. So basically its a blog about websites in general and it’s mostly breaking news about internet sites and for web designers and developers.

HubSpot Inbound Marketing Blog

Hubspot is a company that specializing in providing internet marketing. They also have a fantastic blog about inbound marketing. You should also use thier Website Grader Tool, which I use to try and make my websites better. Oh and I almost forgot, they a great video podcast too you should check out.

Shoemoney

This dude has been around for a while now. He is an internet celeb. Jeremy Shoemaker has been helping bloggers and webmaster with internet marketing for years. He has that famous picture where he holds that Adsense check up. See below

Knowtebook

I’m not really sure how I feel about this one yet. Not to say it isn’t a good site but I haven’t been reading it too often. It’s fairly new to me, but check it out anyway and let me know what you think.

Bonus Blog – Gary Vaynerchuk

This dude is nuts but you gotta love him. I have always said, if you have ever seen “It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia” he sounds just like Charlie. He is an internet celeb with lots of funny and smart videos about making money online. This blog is really well designed. I suggest you check it out just for some inspariation if not anything else.

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