WordPress is the standard and most popular choice as a blogging platform that can be found on the Internet. Twitter has rapidly turned into the newest micro-blogging function. So can you visualize what happens when they both get together and wed? A wonderful relationship is the result.

Well, maybe it isn’t wonderful, but it really depends on your perception. With careful and effective use of plug-ins, you may be able to create your own fantastic social networking tool because both Twitter and WordPress are strong entities in online social media. Twitter has plug-ins you can use along with your WordPress blog to create the possibility of finding that match made in heaven.

People can send Twitter messages about your blog post by using the TwitThis button. To create a short URL of a web page, your visitors would just click on the TwitThis button. In this way they will be accessing the TinyURL tool. After that, visitors can send a description of the chosen web page and a shortened version of the URL to all of their Twitter friends. What a way to spread the word! You can add the TwitThis button to the end of all of your blog posts. This makes it very easy for your readers to check out the information after they have read your post.

TweetMyBlog is an application that notifies your Twitter followers of new blog posts, including a direct link to the entries. This plug-in includes a sidebar widget that allows you to pull your latest tweets and link them to your profile page. The people who made this plug in offer an affiliate program that everyone who is a TweetMyBlog user can use.

TwitterFeed is a connectivity which permits you to just sponsor your blog to your twitter supporters. It is similar to TweetMyBlog, but not as extensive. You may modify the message into one which will announce your blog post to all your twitter mates. A direct URL is in the tweet, as always.

With the TwitterTools plugin for WordPress, you can link your Twitter account to your WordPress blog. You can use TwitterTools to put your tweets in your blog. You can also make new tweets in blog posts using this tool and using WordPress.

Twitterbadge is a tool that lets people know you use Twitter, or maybe are obsessed with it, but that’s a secret we will keep. Several badges are there, from the pretty small Twitter bird to the plain brooch that mainly says, “Hey, look at me!” When your friends see your badge that says, “I Twitter too!” they can click on it. This will take them to your profile on Twitter.

Simple conclusion – Twitter is where you should be on the net, but you may not be able to be there as much as you want to be. Connect with your tweeps! Use the plug-ins listed above to automate your WordPress blog as well as Twitter. This will give you a terrific traffic generator that will connect you with all your Twitter friends.

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