4 of my favorite TWEETS over the last few days:

Search Engine Optimization tips and guides here:
Really Simple SEO ‏ @ReallySimpleSEO
See all my SEO Twitter tips & Guides in one place. Very easy to find: http://goo.gl/qgAuJ

Who doesn't like PBJ sandwiches!
Big Dot of Happiness ‏ @BigDotHappiness What's better then pb&j sandwiches... Peanut Butter Jelly Bites #cookies http://blog.bigdotofhappiness.com/2012/04/birthday-party-fare-peanut-butter-jelly-bites/

OK - I threw some healthy fruit news in here, too:
Whole Foods Market ‏ @WholeFoods From a fruit smoothie to a grilled dessert, here are 12 of our favorite ways to enjoy pineapples! http://bit.ly/I9xq8O #WFMdish

Helpful tips for WordPress users:
TweetSmarter ‏ @TweetSmarter Yay! WordPress Begins AUTOMATICALLY Embedding Tweets http://bit.ly/JnZzYJ


Do you have a useful or unique tweet you would like to share? Feel free to post!
- Becky

A couple of weeks ago I decided to join the millions of people on Twitter. It has been an interesting journey, to say the least. When first joining, I thought it was crazy to add one more thing to my to-do list. 

Simply put, these are three things I've learned about Twitter (so far):
 
1.    Follow people similar to yourself
I read a lot of tweets from some very interesting people. "Why did I click here," or "Why do I want to follow this person," were thoughts I had when browsing Twitter. The folks I follow are the smart ones who know how to use this medium to drive traffic and gain customers. I thank all of those wonderful people who are sharing their information and expertise with me (and millions of others, of course). I look forward to finding even more great people out there in Twitter-land!

2.    Craft your tweets well
I like to comment and not simply retweet (RT). I comment first, paste the @name, make an additional comment, then past the link. I also add #hashtags when possible. I suggest one tries to write in 125 characters - NOT 140. This leaves room for someone else to comment and retweet your comment, if you are lucky! It's just my preference on how I think tweets "look" best. You may have another opinion, but I think it breaks things up nicely and makes for easy to read tweets.

See what you think of these tweets from me (@UnUBecky):

• Looks like heaven in a muffin! @whatmegansmakng please make more! :) http://www.whatmegansmaking.com/ #recipes #unique
• Positive, energetic and uplifting words you'll find here! @DrLauraHills Super tweets! I'm pumped for today! :) #Useful #inspiration
• The art of canning @foodinjars beautiful photos & a lovely blog! The jam, oh my! http://www.foodinjars.com/ #recipes
• Great... It's 3 am and NOW I'm hungry! @WhatsGabyCookin I find yummy stuff here! http://whatsgabycooking.com/ #recipes #Useful
  
  

3.    Be positive and helpful
We live in a world where a lot of bad things happen. Just click on any news site and see all the doom and gloom! No thanks! When I am on Twitter, I look for happy, fun and informative resources. These are the people I would want to invite to a dinner party or meet at a convention. Every time I tweet, I hope it helps just one person, or makes one person smile, or gives someone some useful bit of information. Also, we humans love to be noticed, recognized and thanked. We should all strive to do that with our tweets!

I hope to continue to gain followers and share great content with others via Twitter. These people will help me grow the content for my website. For that, I say thanks, again! Thank you to those who have clicked to follow me (200)! Not a ginormous amount, yet, but one that I can manage at the moment... as a "newbie!"

If you have a helpful tip for those starting up in the Twitter World, please post here!
 
Enjoy your day!
Useful And Unique Tweets

 So many things happening with the coming of spring. Graduations, weddings, vacations and most of all just plain warmer weather. A lot of outside activities will be happening. You'll need to mow the grass, pull the weeds, and plant those lovely flowers. What about a vegetable garden? Fresh tomato and lettuce salad... yummy!

Get some great gift ideas at Shop Cafe Press! Cute ideas here!

This new venture, or journey, or whatever you want to call it... it is very exciting. We are both working on things to make UNU a great site. However, having a full-time job in the mean time makes is hard to concentrate totally on the things we need to do to be successful. A couple of things I have been doing - keeping notes! On the IPad, computer, even notes on the phone keep me on track as to what items I would like to write about or review. I love to write and hope to get some really cool things on the site to review. More coming soon...

Good grief! So much to do with setting up a new website. I can't wait to start adding Useful and Unique products! More coming soon, I promise!!!