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		<title>Developing an Twitter Internet Marketing Plan</title>
		<link>http://twitterfreetools.com/developing-an-twitter-internet-marketing-plan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 09:24:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TwitterFreeTools.com</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once we get struck up with the business on making a routine schedule there is none to look back at the development phase of the business to focus on the long term development. The same old business process proceeds with regular orders, bill payment, sales and other such routine marketing activities. The decisive moment of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p id="internal-source-marker_0.6835948578256653">Once  we get struck up with the business on making a routine schedule there  is none to look back at the development phase of the business to focus  on the long term development. The same old business process proceeds  with regular orders, bill payment, sales and other such routine  marketing activities. The decisive moment of a business at any point of  time need a revival on the development path with newly designed twitter <a href="http://www.marketmyproducts.com/">online marketing</a> plan to move towards profit track.</p>
<p>TWITTER INTERNET MARKETING PLANS</p>
<p>Choosing right money making internet business<br />
How  to make money online effectively via twitter? This is the main question  on raises at the beginning stage. One must start with a business that  interest them the most and at which they are good at.</p>
<p>Setting realistic goals<br />
Goals  or objective gives big picture on the future status that is to be  achieved over time. Some of the goals include increasing the product  trade movement, enhancing customer service, building site popularity,  inviting more clients on business and many more. Each business decides  on the particular objective over time to find its way towards  improvement.
<p>Planning right strategic plan<br />
Every  business starts with the analysis stage proceeding with the future  business dealings with standard strategic issues. Following a standard  strategic plan is more essential that keeps up the fulfillment of the  objectives at the right time.</p><p style="float: left;margin: 4px;"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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<ul>
<li>Focus on target customers.</li>
<li>Enhancing product’s quality on client’s expectation.</li>
<li>Following standard procedure in product development.</li>
<li>Troubleshooting and fault elimination on time.</li>
<li>Handling quick and easy marketing tactics.</li>
</ul>
<p>The  above are few of the strategic plans that can be followed while  analysis at every level keeps track of the check over development  stages.</p>
<p>Product manufacture and quality enhancement<br />
To make your product reach the clients at the first stage need a quick fix on…</p>
<ul>
<li>Who will be your target customers?</li>
<li>What will be the expectation of the clients on products?</li>
<li>How to enhance product quality to meet the requirement of the customer?</li>
</ul>
<p>Final  stage includes the analysis on the factors on end product, client  requirement and customer satisfaction as a whole at the end of the  business day. This analysis adds up to the development phase from the  next business dealing.</p>
<p>Internet promotion and Product distribution<br />
Twitter  Online Marketing techniques and advertisement are more essential that  enhances the product distribution with various levels of <a href="http://www.marketingarchive.com/articles/email-marketing-tips.html">email marketing packages</a> and other such product promotion features. Customer satisfaction and  target analysis are more important once the product reaches the  customers. Look out for the product to fit the client’s requirements and  follow up for the feedback on the services, this helps in finding the  drawback to rectify over time.</p>
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		<title>How-to get Twitter widget in Blogger</title>
		<link>http://twitterfreetools.com/how-to-get-twitter-widget-in-blogger/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Feb 2011 10:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TwitterFreeTools.com</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Displaying the messages through twitter is essentially on page apart like Kang Rohman’s, which addressed at http://twitter.com/rohman24. Nevertheless, besides on its original page, the messages can be displayed on your blog.There are two options to place the twitter widget in to blogger, that is automatically (special for those who use new blogger layout) and manually [...]]]></description>
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<p>Displaying the messages through twitter is essentially on page apart like Kang Rohman’s, which addressed at http://twitter.com/rohman24. Nevertheless, besides on its original page, the messages can be displayed on your blog.There are two options to place the twitter widget in to blogger, that is automatically (special for those who use new blogger layout) and manually (for new blogger layout and classic blogger layout).</p>
<p><a href="http://www.blogspottutorial.com/2009/01/how-to-install-twitter-widget-in.html" target="_blank">Here are the steps</a></p>
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		<title>Twitter can support your PR efforts</title>
		<link>http://twitterfreetools.com/twitter-can-support-your-pr-efforts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 17:11:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TwitterFreeTools.com</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Broadcast your PR pieces. As a publicity tool, Twitter can get the word out about something new and can link to online news releases. More often than not, a release posted online is ignored. But what if your release actually contains some really interesting information and not mere fluff? How do you get it noticed? [...]]]></description>
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<li><strong>Broadcast your PR pieces.</strong> As a publicity tool, Twitter can  get the word out about something new and can link to online news  releases. More often than not, a release posted online is ignored. But  what if your release actually contains some really interesting  information and not mere fluff? How do you get it noticed? Tweet about  it to get those online thought leaders to see it.</li>
<li><strong>Get more mileage out of publicity. </strong> If a  favorable article appears in small media market or obscure publication,  how can you get it seen all over the country? With Twitter you can  spotlight such an article and keep giving it exposure long after it’s  news cycle has passed.</li>
<li><strong>Find out immediately when your company or product is in news.</strong> if you don’t find out about a news piece right away, your opportunity  to maximize exposure from it can be lost. Twitter enables you to find  out about these favorable mentions early by having a pre-set keyword  search in place.</li>
<li><strong>Offset bad publicity</strong>.  Get your side of the  story out quickly. Because Twitter gives you an early warning whenever  someone tweets about your company, you can rebut or present offsetting  information about the bad stories before they gain traction.</li>
<li><strong>Humanize your executives.</strong> The more your audience can relate to your top people as humans, the better.For example, Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks uses his blog  and Twitter account to talk about his ideas and opinions. Cuban is  loved by some and hated by others, but no one doubts that his humanity  and passion. He puts himself out there gives his voice and views on a  wide range of topics When he puts out a new blog post, he sends a tweet  out about it as well to bring visitors to read it.<br />
As a result, people all over the U.S. relate to Cuban not as a corporate suit, but as a person.</li>
<li><strong>Humanize your company.</strong> Highlight individuals who  work hard to create great products and deliver great service. Don&#8217;t  just claim that your company is different, show it.</li>
<li><strong>Showcase customer service “heroes.”</strong> What  happens in most companies when an employee delivers exceptional service  for a customer? Usually they are given a pat on the back and a lame  “attaboy.”Nothing will convince people that your company has a culture of  caring for customers more than showcasing individual employees who go  the extra mile for a customer. Not only does this build loyalty from  outside the company, it also builds it from within.<br />
Create a piece that features what one of your “hero – employees”  did for a customer that went the extra mile, and then use Twitter to  send people to that piece.</li>
<li><strong>Highlight your high standards.</strong> It’s one  thing to claim that you have high quality, it is another thing  completely to show your quality control standards in practice. Do you  have procedures that demonstrate your fanaticism for producing quality  products or insuring great service? Again, create a piece to show the  world how your company goes the extra mile, and then send out a tweet  with a link to the piece.</li>
<li>Use Twitter to do good.   Support causes, talk about the needs these causes address and show how  others can help. Use Twitter to create buzz about needs, issues and  concerns you feel are being overlooked. If you know of certain people  suffering dire plights, you can champion their cause as a corporate  white knight.</li>
<li>Preview launches and rollouts.   Get pre-orders in advance of your product hitting the stores. Build  excitement and anticipation for the product before it can be bought.  Offer beta versions or advance copies to some key people on Twitter to  help build buzz.</li>
<li>Create buzz for upcoming events.  Twitter can help make sure an event is well attended and gains the maximum exposure.</li>
<li>Spotlight commercials.   Let’s face it, your most creative and expensive commercials are  probably going to be ignored. Use Twitter to make sure they get more  attention than it otherwise might receive.<br />
Create a video of the commercial&#8217;s production. Give some insights  into how the spot was made, who made it, why the message was worded as  it was. As a result, a few more people may stay and watch it instead of  making a refrigerator run.</li>
<li>Get more out of trade shows and conferences.   When members of your team will be attending a conference, trade show  or forum, tweet about it beforehand. Invite attendees to visit your  company booth, attend breakout groups in which your people will be  presenting, or just look them up as individuals going to the same event.</li>
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<a href="http://webmarketingcoach.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Original source</a></p>
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		<title>How to make money from Twitter?</title>
		<link>http://twitterfreetools.com/how-to-make-money-from-twitter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Jan 2011 16:14:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TwitterFreeTools.com</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Make a twitter account at www.twitter.com. It is very easy to signup using an active email, after that don&#8217;t forget to add a photo and some short info in your profile. What&#8217;s next: Once you have your twitter account, Click here http://revtwt.com/index.php and signup. This service provides advertisements that can be automatically distributed through your [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Make a twitter account at <span style="color: #0000ff;">www.twitter.com</span>.  It is very easy to signup using an active email, after that don&#8217;t forget to add a  photo and some short info in your profile.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://twitterfreetools.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/TwitterMoney.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-133 aligncenter" title="TwitterMoney" src="http://twitterfreetools.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/TwitterMoney-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a></p>
<p>What&#8217;s next:</p>
<p>Once you have your twitter account, Click here <a href="http://revtwt.com/index.php" target="_blank"><strong>http://revtwt.com/index.php</strong></a> and signup. This service provides advertisements that can be  automatically distributed through your Twitter account. People who are  waiting for your Tweets will click on these advertisements and you will  get handsome money. The more clicks on your broadcasted advertisements, the  more you get revenue. The referral program also help you to make  excellent revenue.</p>
<p>Things you should remember while signup on this program:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<div>Give  your Twitter account name and Password so that advertisements are  automatically broadcasted in Twitter. You can schedule these broadcasts  also.</div>
</li>
<li>
<div>Don&#8217;t forget to give your PayPal email so that your revenue will reach your PayPal account safely.</div>
</li>
<li>
<div>Don&#8217;t  forget to grab a banner for your blog so that the visitors in your blog  can signup using that.</div>
</li>
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		<title>Facebook like Twitter followers widget for WordPress</title>
		<link>http://twitterfreetools.com/facebook-like-twitter-followers-widget-for-wordpress/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 19:57:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TwitterFreeTools.com</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have already seen Facebook fans and like widget. You can see an example of Facebook fans widget in the sidebar of this blog. This Facebook fans widget help you to get some more fans for your blog. Facebook fans widget is an old thing. In this post you will learn how to add a [...]]]></description>
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<p>We have already seen Facebook fans and like widget. You can see an example of Facebook fans widget in the sidebar of this blog. This Facebook fans widget help you to get some more fans for your blog. Facebook fans widget is an old thing. In this post you will learn how to add a similar widget for your twitter fans to your WordPress blog.</p>
<p>Adding a twitter fans widget is really easy with the help of a WordPress plugin. <strong>Twitter Fans</strong> is a WordPress plugin which let you add a twitter fans widget to your WordPress blog. This twitter widget displays link to your twitter profile, follow me on twitter button and also number of your twitter followers along with their avatars.</p>
<p>This widget is customizable with the help of available settings. You can customize the border color, heading color, body BG color etc.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/twitter-fans/" target="_blank">Download</a></p>
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		<title>Twitter marketing</title>
		<link>http://twitterfreetools.com/twitter-marketing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 22:23:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TwitterFreeTools.com</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Twitter is a free social network that gives users the ability to send messages to each other. Messages are up to 140 characters long, as everyone chooses access to the message that gives ie one to be seen. The limitation in the characters has been imposed by the idea that social network to be compatible [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Twitter</strong> is a free <strong>social network</strong> that gives users the ability to send messages to each other. Messages are up to 140 characters long, as everyone chooses access to the message that gives ie one to be seen. The limitation in the characters has been imposed by the idea that social network to be compatible with sending sms messages. Sometimes Twitter (Twitter) is spoken as &#8220;SMS and the Internet. <strong>Twitter</strong> ranks in the top 50 list of most popular sites on the web.</p>
<p>Initially <strong>Twitter</strong> begins to exist as a system for writing small blogs, but then gradually grew to something much more. The most exact definition of Twitter is that it is a social network. Reasons to become such an important tool for communication are few &#8211; the ability to watch users as receive information on recent developments, the network can use your mobile phone or share information with a group of people.<br />
Twitter  is a tool for publishing news &#8211; latest news from various media are published in <strong>Twitter</strong>. This is a great way to inform large groups of people for the latest news, and fast. Imperceptibly Twitter  is covered by the media space and has become a tool for media.<br />
What else is Twitter ? &#8211; Social Networking has become a favorite target for advertising and marketing of celebrities and big companies have found that this is a direct way to connect with their audience, fans, clients, friends and others.</p>
<p>Twitter is a universal tool that is used by different users with different purposes. You want to use Twitter for the benefit of your business? When you begin marketing campaign, people are limited by a budget. And these rules apply online. Everyone knows that in order to ensure a successful online presence, it is necessary to generate more traffic on your site. How to generate traffic and minimize their business costs of advertising? The answer is: free social networks like Twitter and Facebook.</p>
<p>If used properly, these mini-sites can be a source of traffic to your website to your business.<br />
Seven tips for successful Internet marketing through Twitter.</p>
<p>1. In your profile picture and put information about yourself so that others know that you actually existing people, not some fake profile.<br />
2. When dealing with other Twitter users, participate in discussions that interest you or those which have nothing to offer.<br />
3. Never change the topic in order to generate sales. Even if it is justified, share business information randomly and always give contact information.<br />
4. Not be imposed in a conversation and start to advertise your product or service because they will not be assessed, but will leave an unpleasant memory for you.<br />
5. Do not send personal messages only to consumers. Depending on the job, write and those to be seen by all so as to attract new fans.<br />
6. Write meaningful and entertaining comments provoke discussion, be active, so you can feel your presence. This will help you become closer with your friends, clients and people from groups which participate.<br />
7. Share useful information about your business but do not try to sell directly and forcefully. Be innovative, surprisingly, seek communication with others.</p>
<p>Internet marketing can be very lucrative business, but the typical start-up businesses need to monitor closely the expenditure in this regard. So you can increase your chances of winning quickly, you should be able to generate traffic to itself. Social networks are one way this happens very quickly, provided you follow these few simple rules and find out which ones are most successful for you to be able to proceed forward in the branding of your successful business.</p>
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		<title>Six ways Twitter can make money</title>
		<link>http://twitterfreetools.com/six-ways-twitter-can-make-money/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2010 22:25:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TwitterFreeTools.com</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A web 2.0-sized boatload of buzz has surrounded Twitter, the addictive service that allows its users to answer one simple question: what are you doing? The service has made appearances in everything from your friend&#8217;s blog to the New York Times, and everyone seems jazzed about how fun tweeting is. While we&#8217;re all having a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A web 2.0-sized boatload of buzz has surrounded <a href="http://twitter.com/">Twitter</a>, the addictive service that allows  its users to answer one simple question: what are you doing? The  service has made appearances in everything from your friend&#8217;s blog to  the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/22/business/yourmoney/22stream.html?ex=1334894400&amp;en=462a98652aaa1897&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss">New  York Times</a>, and everyone seems jazzed about how fun tweeting is.  While we&#8217;re all having a good time, however, its creators, <a href="http://obvious.com/">Obvious</a>, keep hinting at how many  practical uses they have up their sleeve for Twitter. Even though they  haven&#8217;t revealed any of their cards just yet, the rest of us are left  wondering: how is such a seemingly frivolous service going to make  money?</p>
<p>As a user who has taken the Twitter pill hook, line and  sinker, I&#8217;ve been mulling this question for some time now. I came up  with a few strategies, but then I figured: why not run them by the  Twitter crew themselves? The least they could say was &#8216;no comment,&#8217; but  fortunately <a href="http://www.evhead.com/">Evan Williams</a>, one of  Obvious and Twitter&#8217;s founders, responded with a few of his own. Read on  for my attempts at making Twitter some money (I&#8217;m waiting for my job  offer Ev), as well as some choice words and ideas of his own from Evan.</p>
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<li><strong>Twitter Pro</strong> &#8211; This is one obvious move. Twitter  Pro could be a paid service that offers more features, unlimited tweets  vs. a &#8216;standard&#8217; account that receive a daily/weekly limit. It could  also include a mobile phone/Windows Mobile/BlackBerry client with more  robust tweeting/following tools that use the web to transmit tweets,  avoiding those nasty SMS charges. It could also allow tweeting pics and  videos from around the web with a <a href="http://tumblr.com/">Tumblr</a>-like  <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KISS_principle">K.I.S.S.</a> philosophy.</li>
<li><strong>Merchandise</strong> &#8211; A while back (though I admittedly  can&#8217;t find a link right now), Evan said merch was a big revenue  generator for Blogger, and Twitter has worlds more buzz surrounding it  right now. Heck, they even rolled out a <a href="http://twitter.com/blog/2007/03/twitter-shirt.html">small batch of  shirts</a> for SXSW, over which users seemed to be pretty excited. As  ready as we may be to plunk down some cash for the privilege of using a  t-shirt to tell people where we waste most of our time, Ev directly  replied to this one: &#8220;<em>RE: merchandise &#8211; It was, at one time, a  noticeable part of Blogger&#8217;s revenue, but that&#8217;s when Blogger was just  me, scraping by; my guess is it wouldn&#8217;t make a blip in Twitter&#8217;s costs  today. Unless we figured out how to be a trendy new apparel brand</em>.&#8221;  Sorry everyone, but it sounds like apparel isn&#8217;t exactly on their list  of features to roll out in the next update.</li>
<li><strong>Twitter for <a title="business" href="http://lazybusiness.net/">Business</a> a l? Google Apps</strong> &#8211;  Customized, secure software that businesses can run on their own  intranet. BlackBerry and WinMo clients are a more apparent option here.  Obviously, this could become tremendously useful if Twitter built in  some hooks that work like Stikkit and Google Calendar, allowing  employees to easily tweet appointments and tasks to a centralized PIM  system, and automatically be subscribed to their team&#8217;s tweets without  any extra effort on their part.</li>
<li><strong>Twitter Forums, ad-supported</strong> &#8211; Finally, an  innovation brought to the aging discussion forum format. Sort of a  Twitter approach to Yahoo! Answers, allowing users to post questions and  follow threads they&#8217;re interested in, with the Twitter format forcing  everyone to keep things simple and on-topic. Instead of ads, this could  also possibly be just for Pro customers. One of the catches here is that  Twitter users only see tweets from people they are following. When  submitting a question to a Twitter Forum, you would be able to see all  replies to the question, even the ones from users you&#8217;ve never met and  aren&#8217;t following.</li>
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<p>Evan didn&#8217;t let me have all the fun with brainstorming, however, and he  offered two of his own ideas which I would assume are a good bet the  company is working on, since he shared them with this lowly blogger:</p>
<blockquote><p>Two  more-straightforward ideas: 1) Ads on the site. We have a little  AdSense on there now, but we haven&#8217;t really tried. As the traffic grows,  some tasteful sponsorships might be sellable. 2) Charging companies who  are using it for marketing or other commercial purposes. If an  organization finds Twitter to be a valuable communication tool with  their customers/constituents/etc &#8212; especially if we&#8217;re sending lots of  SMS&#8217;s for them, which cost us money &#8212; it seems viable to make an  offering around that.</p></blockquote>
<p>So there you have it: six ways Twitter  can make money, two of which are straight from the lion&#8217;s mouth.  Judging from the sheer magnitude of buzz surrounding the  recently-incorporated company, I wouldn&#8217;t be surprised if these six are  but a drop in the bucket. There&#8217;s good news for those who fear change,  however: no matter which way Twitter decides to start paying their  exponentially growing bandwidth bills, Evan assured me that: &#8220;Our top  concern when it comes to monetization will be to do so in a way that  does not negatively impact users.&#8221; Good show guys; your users will  appreciate being able to spend their time tweeting about how they&#8217;re  spending their time, with the least amount of distraction.</p>
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		<title>Twitter Phishing Attack in Progress – Do Not Click Unknown Links</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:25:12 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>If you get a direct message on Twitter looking like this:</p>
<p>Lol. this you?? http://divinelink.net/?rid=http://twitter.verify.bzpharma.net/login</p>
<p><strong>Do not click on the link!</strong></p>
<p>The attack appears to be utilizing the SmartName domain parking service, which allows redirects to third-party sites. The DMs appear in the form of a legit URL, followed by something to the effect of <em>?rid=http://twitter.verify.bzpharma.net/login</em> in the URL.  Those URLs redirect to the latter URL, which is a phished site that looks like the Twitter login page.</p>
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		<title>How Much Time Do You Spend on Twitter?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:25:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s time for another poll. This time I would like to know how much time do you spend on Twitter each day. Did you ever check how much time did you spend tweeting and reading tweets, checking all these links people post and reading your new follower&#8217;s profiles? Time goes by really fast when you [...]]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://twittertips.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/time.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-481" title="time" src="http://twittertips.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/time.jpg" alt="time" width="150" height="150" /></a>It&#8217;s time for another poll. This time I would like to know how much time do you spend on Twitter each day. Did you ever check how much time did you spend tweeting and reading tweets, checking all these links people post and reading your new follower&#8217;s profiles? Time goes by really fast when you do something fun.<span></span></p>
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