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Hi Everyone!

(Quick note: Its been a very rough few months for me and my family.  I apologize for not getting my blog site updated.  I do have materials and particularly some training I did recently for churches, ministries and non-profit orgs that I think you will like.  It will also apply to any business or person.  I will finish that up soon after I've finished the video portions of that.)



I have found a really cool Twitter tool that I stumbled on while searching for a different tool.  It's called TweetBrand and allows you to create your own application interface to have your brand at the bottom instead of those like TweetDeck or HootSuite (and many, many more).

Whenever you send a tweet that is not directly from the twitter.com web page (which shows "from web" below the tweet) using another application or web site, they have the right to show a link to their web site.  For examples, see the image below.  This means, they get free advertising (or you may even pay someone for your application) because you are using their application.  This is only fair, in my eyes, since there are so many great applications and tools for Twitter that don't charge a thing for their use.

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="537" caption="Twitter Example on Bill Watkins Blog Site"][/caption]

To get started with TweetBrand, just go to MarketMeTweet's Website.   There you can watch an introductory video.  Enter your first name and your email address.  Once that is done, you will have to confirm your email address by checking your email that TweetBrand send you. If you don't see the email, be sure to check your junkmail folder.

Next, be sure to watch the short training video that explains how to setup your new TweetBrand application.  Click the link to setup your application with Twitter.com (opens a popup window). That is where you will enter your information like the name you want to use for your application (I used "Bill Watkins) and the web site of your business, blog or organization.  You will have the opportunity to make changes later if needed.

Once this is done on the Twitter, you will be assigned two number/letter strings called Consumer key and Consumer secret that you will have to copy and paste into your TweetBrand setup.  Then you will be able to download your new application.  Once its setup per the instructions, you will have your own application that will allow you to post your tweets to as many Twitter accounts as you want to add to your application.

Have fun with this and if you need any help, don't forget that I am for hire... (shameless plug).

~ Bill