Top 20 Favorite Twits: December 2009

There are so many peo­ple on Twit­ter now it still blows my mind every now and then. Every­one seems to be fight­ing to be the best Tweeter post­ing the best Tweet at the best Twime…ughhh time. They all work so fever­ishly to say the next “unsaid best thing” to get the best reac­tion from any­one fol­low­ing them or a #hash­tag, and can only hope to be noticed by the best Tweet­ers out Tweet­ing in Twitville! Whew! *Deep Breath* and *Exhale*

I have to admit, I’ve been bit­ten by the Twit­ter Bug or the Twug. *bows head in shame* What? Every­one else plays on the word Twit­ter, you think I’m gonna be dif­fer­ent? …no.

Any way, I spend my time in the Twit­ter sand­box try­ing as hard as I might to keep up, learn some­thing new, find some­thing some­one has said bet­ter than the last Tweeter who said it. You know, the best Tweet from the best Tweeter at just the right Twime…but DAMN, peo­ple never stop! How the hell am I sup­posed to find the best in all the mess? It’s like a Twain Tweck! —>Yes, I know. I’m out of con­trol and need to stop it.

In all the jum­bled Twit­ted mess EVERY SINGLE SECOND there are how­ever, some good Tweets and really use­ful infor­ma­tion some of the Twits have to offer. I know my list isn’t com­plete, but I think it’s a good start…there is just no way pos­si­ble to include the Twillion Twit Mas­ters tweet­ing in Twitville. After all, a new Twit Mas­ter is born every sec­ond! So, you’ll just have to set­tle for my self pro­claimed exper­tise, lim­ited as it may be.

Praise to The Twit Masters

Legal Notice:  The listed Twits are the favs of @LindaCarmical and do not rep­re­sent any order of favs amongst the favs.

Yeah I know…it’s no frig­gin legal notice…whatever.

@LindaCarmical

Ok…I lied. This one def­i­nitely sits at top of the list and is actu­ally my #1 fav. Someone’s gotta love me.

What “good” do I add to your world? Web con­tent is my spe­cialty. Need some­thing unique writ­ten for your web­site? Need a ghost blog­ger? How about a Press Release or two? Some­thing tech­ni­cal? Or, maybe some­thing edited? My SEO expe­ri­ence means I under­stand how impor­tant smart unique con­tent is to your busi­ness. My just under 15 years of writ­ing pro­fes­sion­ally can only make it eas­ier for me to write about any­thing and do it well. I haven’t found a topic I can’t write on yet! Put your trust in me and I won’t let you down.

Have a look at the pro­fes­sional writ­ing ser­vices I pro­vide and give me a shout. I’m effi­cient, good, and fast.

@robinana

I met this won­der­ful chick when I worked at an SEO com­pany. She is a very tal­ented, smart, and savvy busi­ness lady, not to men­tion …a friend. If you need help Robin can help you, and she’ll go to great lengths to do it. Inter­ested in start­ing a new blog, Robin will set up a blog for you and all at NO CHARGE! She also offers classes for those who need help to install and build a Word­Press and The­sis blog. Also included are, how to post and SEO with key­word phrases along with use­ful and rec­om­mended plu­g­ins for your blog.

Robin enjoys other peo­ple wal­low­ing in their own suc­cess. A real sweet­heart!

@PaulHassing

Great Aussie Guy who reigns over The Feisty Empire! Kind, help­ful, and a fan­tas­ti­cally tal­ented ad writer who truly enjoys watch­ing some­one do well. You won’t find a nicer guy on Twit­ter. He’s one of my go to guys when I am unsure about some­thing in the Jun­gle we call Twit­ter or, I just need some­one to be nice to me. He gen­er­ously does both.

@CutestKidEver

A.K.A. @ChristinaGayle — I met Christina when I worked for an SEO com­pany and I’ve come to real­ize this lady is tal­ented to extremes. A writer, a speaker, a teacher, a mom, a wife, and a friend. She stirs more pots at once than I can count and makes it look easy. Another per­son who’ll help you if she can and enjoys oth­ers wal­low­ing in their own suc­cess. We also share a han­kerin’ for @EatAtFriendlys!

@midnightwriter1

One of the most cre­ative tal­ented writ­ers I know. Cheryl is an hon­est per­son in every sense of the word hon­est. A delight to know and has more energy than ANY per­son on the web I’ve met yet. She was actu­ally hon­ored by Pres­i­dent Obama him­self; he used her words in at least one of his pub­licly tele­vised speeches. How cool is that! Imag­ine? Watch­ing Pres­i­dent Obama on TV giv­ing a speech and hear him rat­tle off some of the mate­r­ial you sent him! I don’t care what Party you belong to …that’s just cool. I can only imag­ine how she felt…wowed ela­tion I imag­ine! Truly hum­bled by this lady repeat­edly. She’s got so much going on with the Inter­net I can’t keep up.

@lindawrites63

Ugh…that’s me again. …and I am my #1 favorite.  Would it be rude to tell you to #kma if you don’t like it? LOL …but seri­ously.

@Mashable

C’mon! Who wouldn’t love them? Have you seen their Twit­ter Guide Book? Depend­ing on your pref­er­ence they have Twit­ter Lists and Twit­ter News Chan­nels to choose from, not to men­tion a whole lot of other use­ful inter­est­ing stuff …some­thing for every­one. They’re my author­ity on every­thing! Besides, Pete Cash­more is nice to look at.…for hours. AND he’s Peo­ple Magazine’s Sex­i­est Man of 2009. Ok, that’s not true and I made that up.

@paulcarr

Mostly fav’d because he told @graywolf off. I don’t know; maybe he was only jok­ing when he told him to “F’ Off! BLOCKED!” I still haven’t seen any­thing come close to this aston­ish­ment for me on Twit­ter. I know, not such a big deal to some, but the effect caused lock jaw for me in an open mouth chin swing­ing in the wind posi­tion for quite a while and it still lingers with me. (Yes, I’m quite the sim­ple Geor­gia girl at times.) Michael Wolf is well known in the Inter­net SEO com­mu­nity and has a “do not touch” pres­ence about him. I now call @paulcarr Thor the Mighty!

I just had a look at his stuff at PaulCarr.com and oh em gee! Wanks­giv­ing LMAO …in a dis­gust­ing  and “the nerve” kinda way. Talk about play­ing on words with the hol­i­day! (Even though I laughed, it’s just not right.)

@lisabarone

Brand­ing Offi­cer and Co-founder of Out­spo­ken Media, which coin­ci­den­tally has an inter­est­ing blog. A really mouthy chick and a Wiz at what she does …a hell of a blog­ger. Don’t expect a day at church with this one. If it’s raw hon­esty and off the cuff blurts you’re look­ing for she’s your gal, and you’re sure to not be dis­ap­pointed. The com­pany name describes Lisa well, but she didn’t give it its name alone… her part­ners are no angels either. @Rhea is the qui­eter of the bunch and I’d have to say @Sugarrae leaves the biggest foul mouthed impres­sion on me. Ehhh, what­ever, they’ve gotta live up to their company’s name and it works for ‘em. And if you don’t like what @Sugarrae is tweet­ing, don’t worry; she gives you this advice. “If you don’t like what I F’n tweet then F’n unfol­low me!” or “Why do peo­ple think I give a F’ what they F’n think of me? F’n unfol­low!” (You have to admit, that’s funny.) Don’t let their shock abil­ity fool you; it’s what attracts the audi­ence. Peo­ple love them.

@graywolf

He may have been told off by one of my other fav’s, but that doesn’t take away his Twit Mas­ter skills. I find his ban­ter­ing back and fourth with @mattcutts an amus­ing dis­trac­tion from time to time. Some­one should tell him who he’s call­ing out. Shhh… *whis­pers* …that’s @Google’s @mattcutts Michael.

For his brav­ery alone Michael makes my list. He’s quite enter­tain­ing. Oh, and a hell of a blog­ger too. I’m par­tic­u­larly fond of his post about @Google’s “Eric Schmidt, The Wall Street Jour­nal and Per­son­al­ized Search”.

I always won­dered what Mary Pop­pins, Julia Childs, Cap­tain Kirk, and Mr. Mom smashed together would look like. Now I know.

@mattcutts

What? You think I’m not gonna men­tion this guy as a fav? To some he’s feared and wor­shiped. No names needed…you know who you are. He throws down and keeps up with the best of them. I actu­ally know some­one who emailed him cry­ing uncle…it’s hilar­i­ous. Now if that isn’t power in the Inter­net world, I don’t know what is. Of course there is this one thing both­er­ing me about Matt. I asked for help from him and he has yet to help me. But then again, who am I on his radar? NO ONE! Maybe I’ve got some nerve think­ing the @Google God would grant me time. Which reminds me…

Has any­one tried @Google’s speed thing? Which one is bet­ter for the com­puter inept idiot? 1.3 or 1.4 Beta? Can some­one tell me? Please??? Does it really mat­ter which one is used??

Oh and @mattcutts.…at last check and by my count @graywolf is ahead. #just­sayin #jk

@CindyRodeo

Ugh…of course she would be a fav…she’s my sis­ter. She’s done a few VH1 Real­ity TV Shows, but mostly Cindy is a won­der­ful mom, fit­ness model, USA Fig­ure Com­peti­tor, a Pro­fes­sional Per­sonal Trainer, Can­cer sur­vivor, and an all around good per­son. I love my sis­ter! She rocks!

If my other sis­ters (all 4 of them) had Twit­ter accounts, they’d be here too. Yes…that would make it Favs favoritism!

@Alysson

A.K.A. @SEOAly — She’s an all around nice gal and has an inter­est­ing, infor­ma­tive blog. Besides, with a multi-talented Twit­ter Bio like this, who am I to argue?

“Bio Pho­tog­ra­pher, writer/blogger, & SEO with a pen­chant for social media & the para­nor­mal. Snarky, pro­gres­sive & pro­fane. Told I’m funny…who am I to argue?”

Besides, she has a pen­chant for the para­nor­mal and doesn’t ignore me.

@GinaAtl

“Hey Girl Hey!” Great lady! …and she’s meet­ing me a Pure Taque­ria in Alpharetta, Ga. in March 2010, for some long over­due Mar­gar­i­tas! Any­one care to join us? Oh, gotta tell Gina I’m bring­ing my sis­ters with me. If you have a moment you can peruse her stuff at Gina Unfil­tered. She’s got some pretty funny stuff there.

Why does @GinaAtl make my fav list? Gina never ignores you and is always nice. Look at that smile! Who wouldn’t love @GinaAtl?

@fantomaster

This guy is fond of cloak­ing so I’ve decided not to reveal too much. I think he prefers an image of “Don’t call me a nice guy!” But seriously.…YOU ARE! He is quickly becom­ing my favorite Twit.

He’s a stealth Fan­tomas­ter of “Top search engine opti­miza­tion, cloak­ing & stealth tech­nol­ogy, IP deliv­ery, spi­der IPs, ip block­ers, code pro­tec­tion, anti-spam & admin tools and plenty of tuto­ri­als” (Says so right on his site!) He offers all this and more; way too much for me to list here. Have a look for your­self.

@vjhoneycut

And as for this lady? She makes my fav list because she was kind months ago. She has a hum­ble friend­li­ness about her and I enjoy it when I get to tweet with her. She works hard and has a really good eye for good finds. She a bit of an antique buff and sells them on Ebay and you can check out her Run of the Mill Chat­ter on her blog.

@schachin

This lady is never one to turn her back on a per­son with ques­tions and she always replies with just the right amount of infor­ma­tion to help you out. That’s not easy to do in 140 char­ac­ters or less. She spoke at Pub­Con and is an under cover tech and an SEO geek who argued with some guy named Dave Nay­lor at some bar about web con­tent at SES. Who’s Dave Nay­lor? LOL! It wouldn’t be @DaveNaylor would it? By the way @schachin, what con­tent? Who won the argu­ment? I’m all about Girl Power!

BTW.…if you’d like to fly me to LasVe­gas so I can attend one of the Geek­sAnd­Beer site reviews, I’m all for it. I’d love to site down with an expert who can set me on the right path. If I had you in my cor­ner, how could I fail? I just need to wait a bit, I’ve given you too much to point out that needs fix­ing on my site right now. Best to wait until about mid-summer of 2010 so you don’t make me cry in my beer.

@ciaobella50

Prob­a­bly one of the most full of love for every­one lady on the web. She is always upbeat and chip­per. I remem­ber my “You gotta be kid­ding me!” moment. I just thought there was NO WAY a per­son existed as nice as this one…but I was wrong. Don’t take my word for it though, decide for your­self, fol­low @CiaoBella50. Oh, and you’ll find lots of other “Open Hearted Love Spread­ers” through her too. She’s got a whole bunch of ‘em fol­low­ing her and some will even find their way to your Twit­ter pro­file too. Before you know it, they’ll be fol­low­ing you and you’ll be swim­ming in the pool of love too.

On a side note.… I like your blog, but damn it Bella! You got me with Santa’s Willy! Good one.

@RuudHein

Just when I was think­ing all Twits were cold and Twit­ter “friends” didn’t care that I was wish­ing them a good morning…EVERY DAY, @RuudHein re-sparked my faith in those cold hearted Twits and replied, “Good Morn­ing to you!”  What a sweetheart!

@RuudHein is an SEO guy and a self pro­claimed Word­Press geek. He has some really good posts on his blog, Ruud­Hein; I’m par­tic­u­larly fond of “Insert Adsense in Con­tent in Word­Press”. I’ve just got one prob­lem with it Ruud, I’m not very bright and have no idea how to add the add_filter or the func­tion to the func­tions file. I don’t even know what that means. Maybe I can get you to help me with this some time?

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TBD

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This is not a com­plete list of my favorite Twits. These are just the start, but they do stand out as need­ing to be my first men­tioned. None of them asked me to to add them to my list and none of them even knew I was writ­ing this. Doing a blog post isn’t much, but just my way of say­ing thanks for help­ing my Twit­ter Sand­box fun and inter­est­ing.

Some of the Tweeps I HATE  are all those “Get Your Teeth White!”, “What den­tists don’t want you to know”, PHISHERS, SPAMMERS, those damn Brit­ney tweeting/DMing jerks, etc. ass faces. I really hate them and they should just all die and go to Twit­ter Hell. (Notice I didn’t say “Twell”. #just­sayin)

With all the crap on Twit­ter and all the idiots tak­ing over, there must be a Twit or two you can’t live with­out a quick fix from. There are many Tweet­ers who offer really really use­ful infor­ma­tion. Who enter­tains you? Who keeps you com­ing back? Who are your fav’s? Why? I hope I’m one of them. And if I’m not …KMA! …but only after you leave a com­ment.

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