Resource Of The Week: Twitter Bookmarklet III

Today's resource of the week is the Twitter Bookmarklet III. Bookmarklets are tiny applets, or computer applications that are stored as a URL of a bookmark in your browser. If you look across the top of your current web browser, you will probably see a lot of sites saved for quick visits at the click of your mouse.



With the Twitter Bookmarklet III saved in your bookmarks, you can tweet any page you are visiting with a single click. While there are a lot of bookmarkets out that that allow you to do this, I like this one for these reasons:



1. It automatically shortens the URL using bit.ly

2. It automatically pulls the name of the site and the title of the blog post into your tweet

3. It gives you a chance to make any changes to your tweet before you send it



If you click on this image, you will see this bookmarklet on my browser. I changed the default name from "tweet" to "Tweet This". Now, if I am reading a cool post that I think my Twitter followers will like, all I have to do is click this bookmarklet, proof the auto-populated tweet that opens in my Twitter account, and then click "Tweet" when it's just they way I want it to be.



Generally, it takes me less than 10 seconds to tweet the page I'm on when I use this bookmarklet. If you're a twitter user and you don't have a good Twitter bookmarklet, I highly recommend this one.



Contest Results

Yesterday, I launched The Amazing Book Marketing Prize Package Contest. Along with the unbelievable Grand Prize package that one lucky author will win, our sponsors have made prizes available to win each day. Yesterday, entrants could win this mini prize package:



Joel Friedlander- 2 Quick & Easy Guides, Copyright and ISBNs and Barcodes

Carolyn Howard-Johnson- The Great First Impression Book Proposal

Tony Eldridge- Conducting Effective Twitter Contests PDF Download



I'm happy to announce that the daily winner for this prize is Sarah Butland. Congratulations!



If you've not entered the contest yet, you can learn how right now by visiting the contest page. There will be another mini prize package winner today and once you enter, you'll be in the running for the Grand Prize as well.





 -------- Tony Eldridge is the author of The Samson Effect , an action/adventure novel that Clive Cussler calls a "first rate thriller brimming with intrigue and adventure." He is also the author of the Twitter marketing book, Conducting Effective Twitter Contests .