5 Negative Consequences Of Following 1000+ On Twitter

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We all live in our own little world in which more always means better. In Tiger Woods' world, the more partners in a relationship the better. In Lady Gaga's world, the more Halloween costumes in a music video the better. In Twitter world, the more people one follows the better?

In reality, less is way better than more. For men, the less clothes on Megan Fox the better. For women, the less clothes on George Clooney the better. For both men and women, the less clothes on both of these celebrities the better the outrageous fantasy. Point is, more is never better - unless it's an orgy.

Reasons Why You Shouldn't Follow More Than 1000

  1. Reason - You should only follow people for very good reasons. Don't just follow the crowd. Follow individuals. It's better to follow people based on merit. Based on interest. Based on real reasons.

  2. Spam - The closer you get to that thousand mark, the more you appear as a spambot. The more you appear as a spambot, the closer you get to people's block button. 1000, spam, blocked. That's how its perceived.

  3. Reciprocation - People are more likely to follow you back if they notice you're following a low number of people. Spammers systematically follow large volume of people. Distinguish yourself by doing the opposite.

  4. Connection - Ironically, following 1000+ depicts complete lack of interest in Twitter. Indicating disengagement with the community. It's impossible to sincerely connect with that many people. Or realistically desire it.

  5. Followers - Following that many people repels your current followers from wanting to communicate with you. It makes engaging with you seem difficult, pointless and drowned out. They'll eventually unfollow you.

5 Popular Ways How To Make Money Online Blogging

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Most bloggers make some money online. But only some bloggers make the most money online. Don't be discouraged by this idea. It's just there to encourage you not to quit blogging when you fail to make your first trillion in the first day of monetizing your blog. It usually takes two days.

In showbiz, it's not what you know, it's who you know. In Blogbiz, it's neither. What-you-know is also being published by thousand other bloggers in your niche. Who-you-know also knows hundred other link-baiting bloggers in your field. The only important aspect that sets you apart from the rest is your readers. Loyal readers.

Ways To Make Money Online From Blogging

  1. Adsense - Google Adsense is how bloggers make money online initially. It's easy to set up. Highly rated. Widely used. Also, a good encouragement as you can see your blog earning money in real-time.

  2. Advertising - Directly selling space on your blog in form of advertising banners. As the popularity of your blog grows, so does the interest to advertise on your blog. Bloggers mostly earn money online this way.

  3. Affiliate - Affiliate marketing is a hit-and-miss way of making money online. Because it depends on the subject of your blog. It can make serious money on a right blog. But fail miserably on most others.

  4. Donation - Another way to make money online is by accepting donations on your blog. It won't make you a millionaire, but you'll still earn some money. It's also another form of positive feedback for your work.

  5. Reviewing - Getting paid to review stuff on your blog; such websites, products, and services. You can earn a significant amount of money this way, depending on the popularity of your blog.

5 Bad Things You Need To Know About URL Shortners

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URL shortners are annoying because they are cryptic. They seem fishy. No one likes fishy unless it's a goldfish. Everyone likes a goldfish. A Goldfish doesn't disguise links from you to trick you. When was the last time a goldfish redirected you to a porn site on Twitter? Exactly. Goldfishes aren't fishy. They're fishy fishy. But not phishy fishy.

So what's the solution? You don't need your URL shortened. It already does get shortened - somewhat. Just copy and paste the original URL into your tweet. Twitter then automatically will only show the first 30 characters of that URL - done! And it works perfectly fine. It's much quicker too.

Reasons Why URL Shorteners Are Not Useful

  1. Unsafe - A disguised link is every phisher's hook to catch a tuna. A big meaty tuna. You're the tuna. We all are. Online, everyone's in an ocean filled with malicious activities circling around you like hungry sharks.

  2. Meaning - Short URLs have no meaning. No originality. It's generic. They're just random letters. Random numbers. It's not even useful. It's not even short. It's 20 characters long. That's not short.

  3. Integrity - Hidden URLs are an internet marketer's wet dream. They get off on spamming you with hidden affiliate links. Then they smoke a cigarette afterward. While your left feeling used and abused.

  4. Transparency - People should be able to know destination of URLs. URL shorteners prevent this. There's no transparency. Just gibberish in a form of a URL. Where does it lead to? Spam.

  5. Branding - Bloggers take months to come up with a brandable domain. URL shorteners disguise it. URL shorteners are the equivalent of putting a Homer Simpson mask on Megan Fox for a Miss Universe contest.