How To Sync Your Twitter and Facebook Status Updates

Managing friends and social networks isn’t exactly convenient these days because there are so many online services and communities to help you stay in touch with and keep track of other people — Facebook, Twitter, Ning, Plaxo, FriendFeed, Loopt, Brightkite, GChat…the list just goes on and on.  One thing you can do to make it all a little easier is to sync your Facebook and Twitter accounts so that the status messages you enter on one site show up at the other too. Here’s how to do it:

Syncing Facebook and Twitter from Facebook:

1) Search for “Twitter” in Facebook and add the first “Twitter” application that shows up in the search results. (It’s made by Twitter itself.)

 2) Allow Twitter to access your profile.

 3) Log into your Twitter account (via the Twitter application inside Facebook).

Now your Facebook messages will also show up in Twitter! But there’s one more step to send information from Twitter back to Facebook…

4)  After you test out the Facebook to Twitter functionality by typing a message and clicking on “Update,” click on “Allow Twitter to Update Your Facebook Status”

 5) Allow status updates from Twitter back to Facebook.

 6) Check to see if it works, by logging into twitter.com from a different browser window and entering a status…

 Well, as you can see below, it worked! If you’re an avid user of Twitter and Facebook and you’re finding it difficult to manage status updates, you might want to think about merging the two utilities…

 Learn more about building your brand and growing your audience with our comprehensive guide to marketing on Facebook. 

How to Make a Paypal Account

Here’s a step by step process on How to Make a Paypal Account. This guide will walk you through the process of signing up for paypal up to verifying your email address.

How to Make a Paypal Account: Step 1

Sign up for an account by visiting the PayPal website and clicking the “Sign Up Today!” link located at the bottom of the page.

How to Make a Paypal Account: Step 2

Select your country or region and pick the account type of your choice.

Personal Paypal Account – For individuals who shop online.
Premier Paypal Account – For individuals who buy & sell online.
Paypal Business Account – For merchants who use a company name or group name.

All these account can be upgraded anytime after sign up. So it doesn’t really matter what you pick at the start. If you’re an individual just using paypal to buy online, pick the Personal account. If you are looking to buy and sell online or wants to earn online, pick the Premier account. The business account would be tough to register as paypal would need EIN to confirm that you are a business.

How to Make a Paypal Account: Step 3

Fill up the sign up form.

We are almost there!

How to Make a Paypal Account: Step 4

Enroll a debit card or credit card.

Paypal will ask you to enroll a credit card or debit card so you can deposit money into your paypal account. But you may skip this step and log in to your account by click the “Go to My Account” link.

How to Make a Paypal Account: Step 5

Logging in to your Account Overview. To activate your Paypal account you have to

1. Click on the verification link on your email, sent by Paypal.
2. Enroll a credit card or debit card.

 Congratulations! You just created your very own Paypal Account! You can now receive money by using your email that you used in the sign up process.

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How to verify my PayPal account?

Verified PayPal members living outside of the U.S. complete the Expanded Use process by:

1. Confirming their email address
2. Adding a credit card
3. Entering the Expanded Use Number

How to add a credit card to my PayPal account?

1. Click the My Account tab.
2. Click the Profile subtab.
3. Click the Credit Cards link in the Financial Information column.
4. Click Add.
5. Fill out the Add Credit Card form.
6. Click Add Credit Card.
7. You have successfully added your credit card to your PayPal account.

How to enroll in the Expanded Use Program?

1. Upon adding your credit or debit card, complete the Expanded Use enrollment wherein PayPal charges your card a small fee ($1.95).
2. The fee appears on your bank account statement accompanied by a unique, randomly generated four-digit Expanded Use (EXPUSE) number.
3. Locate your four-digit Expanded Use number, either on your next paper or online credit card statement. The Expanded Use number is located right before the word PayPal in the description of the Expanded Use fee charged to that credit card.
4. Log in to your PayPal account and click the Complete Expanded Use Enrollment link on the Account Overview page to complete your enrollment.

This is how you create paypal account. If there are any problems you encounter while signing up, don’t hesitate to post them here.

Gmail address - How to create your email account

Google's Gmail offers free email address for everyone. The service was announced on the 1st of April 2004 with 1GB of storage space. But to prevent overload on their web servers and to properly test the service, Google limited the access to Gmail - accounts could be created via special invites only. People who already owned a Gmail address could send out these invitations. At one time, Gmail invitations were being sold on ebay.com for over $100.

On February 7, 2007, Google opened the doors - now anyone could create a Gmail address for free without the special invitations. The "Sign up for Gmail" link was boldly displayed on the Gmail homepage and it still stands there today!

Note: Google continues to keep Gmail in beta, which means the service is still being tested. However, with millions of satisfied users all over the world, Gmail has proved its mettle.

Let us now see how you can create your email account and get a Gmail address.

Gmail homepage address

Open a browser window and type in the Gmail homepage address - mail.gmail.com. You'll find a "Sign up for Gmail" link in bold displayed near the bottom of the page. To start the process of creating your account, click on this link and you shall be shown the online Gmail address "application" form.

Now enter in your details - your first name, last name, desired login name, the password (needs to be entered twice), security question (and its answer), secondary email (optional), location and word verification. For details, refer the next section.

Completing the online form for a Gmail address

Personal details

The forms asks you to enter three personal details - your first name, last name and your location. For the last, you need to select your country from the drop down.

Username or login name

All Gmail addresses have the format YOUR-CHOSEN-LOGIN-NAME@gmail.com which means your desired login name will be a part of your Gmail address. Hence, make sure you choose one which people will be able to remember. Long login names or ones containing a combination of letters and digits may be difficult to recall. The ideal login name for a Gmail address would be your name but that would probably be unavailable unless you have an uncommon name. The "check availability" button located right under the login name field lets you know if a login name has been taken by someone else.

Hunting for a login name that nicely describes you, your business or your passion may be frustrating, but I recommend you spend a little time on it. Gmail will also dig out and suggest available login names based on your inputs.

Note: Email addresses need to be unique. No two people in the world can have the same email address (unless they share it, if course).

Password and security questions

To access your Gmail address, you need to provide a password. You'll notice that you are asked for the password twice. Ensure you enter the same password in the two fields. The "Password strength" bar will let you know how strong (or weak) your password is. Remember, the password is the key to your email account and it is important that you make this as complex as possible so that others cannot guess it in a few tries. Sprinkle your password with digits, upper and lowercase letters and special characters.

In the event of you losing or forgetting the password, Gmailsecurity question. Select a question from the drop down or type in your own (it can be anything you want). Now enter the answer. provides a method to let you gain access of your account again. This is done through the

Do you own another email account? Enter it in the Secondary emailcreating an email address for the first time, you can leave this field blank (it's an optional field anyway). field. If you are

The form is now almost complete. Type in the letters you see in the word verification field and hit the "I accept. Create my account" button to forward your online application for a Gmail address.

Check your Gmail email account

Assuming the form went through successfully, you shall be displayed a "Congratulations" screen with a few introductory tips on how to use Gmail.

Click on the "I'm read - show me my account" link near the top right to gain access to your newly create Gmail email account. You will now be at your Gmail address inbox that has a welcome email from the Gmail team.

Congratulations on your new Gmail address. May you use it well and God bless!

Make Yahoo email address -Instructions for beginners

To continue from the previous article on how to get a Yahoo email address, we now look at the online sign up form that is presented to you when you clicked on the Sign up button or link. To make you Yahoo email address, all you need to do is to fill up and submit this rather simple form which can be done in a few minutes.

The sign up for Yahoo form has three sections and I shall be going through each in detail below.

Enter your personal information for making your Yahoo email address

In the first "Tell us about yourself" section, you are required to type in your first and last name, select your gender, birthday and your location and enter the postal or zip code of your location. The country in which you reside would most likely be selected in the drop down menu because this information is conveyed by your computer to Yahoo! Make sure that all information you enter is correct else, you shall be in breach of the Yahoo! Terms of Service (to quote - " provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself").

Select an ID which shall be a part of your email address

 

An email address needs to be unique, i.e. no two people on the planet can have the same email address. And all email addresses have the format someone@somewhere. The someone part is referred to as the ID while what follows the at (@) sign is the domain.

Before you rush and type in an ID, I suggest you first select the domain because Yahoo! offers three (at the time of writing). The first and most common is yahoo.com. This may be replaced by a country specific domain such as yahoo.co.uk (for United Kingdom) or yahoo.co.in (for India) etc. The other two domains are ymail.com and rocketmail.com. Selecting a domain name from Yahoo! is entirely up to you and if you want to spend some time on it... go ahead. Remember, the domain name will be a part of your address and you cannot change it once you make Yahoo email address.

Now comes the interesting part - choosing an ID for your Yahoo! email address. Since the ID is a part of your email address, you cannot change it later. It's the ID that makes your email address unique. Choosing a "good" Yahoo! email account ID is paramount - it should be easy to recall and describe you in some fashion. There is just one issue - with millions of people holding Yahoo email addresses, it is difficult (not impossible) to get an ID of choice. But this should not dishearten you. If it's the first time you are making an email address let me offer some pointers. By the way, to come to know if an ID is available you need to enter it in the text field and hit the "Check" button.

• First check if you can get an ID of your name. Try out your first name, then combinations of your first and last names. Obviously, if you have a common name, the chances of you finding an ID available are remote.
• You should try to get an email address that describes you, your work or your personality. For example, carsalesman@yahoo.com is an ideal email address for someone who sells cars.
• If your are planning to use the Yahoo email address for business purposes, an ID of your company name or brand name or even the product would be a good bet.
• Avoid having numbers in your email ID as these would be difficult to recall, unless of course, they are a part of your name (?) or your company name.
• Important: Don't give up hope quickly. Perseverance is what is required at this point in time because you once you select an ID, it will probably be with you for life (or for a long time).

Once you get the ID of choice, you need to supply a password and you have to enter it twice. The password of your email account is like a key. Do not share this with anyone. I offer my advice once again:

• Passwords need to be complex so that people cannot guess them in a few tries. Avoid using your spouse or pet's name as the password. This will definitely spell doom for you if a dedicated hacker wanted to break into your email account.
• Sprinkle in upper and lower case letters along with numbers and symbols. However, the more complex you make the password; the more difficult it will be for you to remember. So you need to note it down in your "little black book". You shall be able to recall it when you've used it a few times. But till then, make sure the place you've noted your password is away from prying eyes.
• The password strength bar lets you know if the password is weak or strong. Please take full advantage of it.

Security information for your account

This is one section that most beginners take very lightly - YOU should not. As I mentioned above, the password of your email account is like a key and should be complex enough so that people cannot guess it in a few tries. However, one can forget complex passwords especially when they haven't been used in a while. Don't think it can't happen to you because I get tons of email each week from distressed users. The security information required in this section is a way for you retrieve the password and regain control of your email account.

The alternate email address is the ideal way to get back the old password or change it. However, if the Yahoo email address is the first one you are making, you wouldn't have a secondary email account, right? The next option is to choose a security question and provide an answer. Again, make sure that the answer is not very obvious; for example, it shouldn't be something most people know about you. Note the security question and answer with the password in your little black book.

A note about retrieving lost passwords: In the event of you forgetting the Yahoo email password, you can retrieve it by visiting the help pages. If you didn't provide an alternate email address, you shall be asked to verify your identity through your birthday and location so make sure these are indeed true.

Just about to make your Yahoo email address

Only two steps remain in making a Yahoo email address. Enter the wavy letters and numbers you see in the image and put a check mark for agreeing to the Yahoo Terms of Service. Click on the "Create my account" button when done.

Could not make Yahoo email address - Got errors?

If you got errors while making a Yahoo email address, you shall be displayed the form again and prompted to correct them. Based on m experience, the most common errors are when people forget to check the Terms of Service agreement or they enter a wrong security code (that wavy letters and numbers image).

Your Yahoo email account - first look

Assuming you've followed the instructions detailed on this page, your Yahoo email account will be made and ready for use. Follow the instructions and the prompts to be taken to your Inbox (the place where all your email collects). There will be an email from the Yahoo team waiting for you in the inbox. Read it, if you want or start composing and sending email message

How to save/download video from youtube ?

Why you should download/save videos from youtube :

You found an interesting video from youtube and you want to save/download it to your computer and later share it with your friend or keep it as a collection. However, by default Youtube doesn't allow users to save/download the videos. It only allow user to send a hyperlink to the friends and invite them to go to youtube website to view the videos.

It will become a problem because these video may gone forever due to copyright infringement issues, why not save/download the video before it's too late ? 

 

Steps to save/download the video from youtube

 For Internet Explorer (PC) users

1) Click your favourite video clip, you can see the URL in your browser becomes something like this : 

2) highlight the URL (like above) and right click the mouse and select "copy"

3) Paste the URL at our download page

4) When the download link shows, You should right-click -> "Save Target As" OR copy and paste the link into your download manager. Note: You must change the file extension to .flv

5) The .flv file is not a common multimedia file, you need a software called FLV player to play it. Click here to get Free FLV Player

6) Install the FLV player into your computer.

7) Select the video clip that you downloaded and play

8) If you want to convert the FLV video and play it in IPod, PSP, mobile phone(3GP format), then you need to download FLV Converter

10 steps to make Twitter useful and enjoyable!

I created an account at Twitter.com several months ago, but failed to see how to get any value out of it and quickly gave up. I came back to it recently and I believe I’ve found a good combination of tools and techniques that have helped me get going in earnest.

The steps below assume you already have an account on Twitter, but if not we’ll call that Step 0. Get signed up and then proceed with these 10 steps.
1. Download and install TweetDeck

TweetDeck is a software client for Twitter. It allows you to tweet (send messages on Twitter) and read the tweets of those you are following. The real power of TweetDeck is that it groups, filters and searches incoming tweets. Without this capability, the volume and speed at which messages come at you on Twitter will quickly overwhelm you.

I recommend watching the video at Video Post: How To Use TweetDeck to learn to get the most out of this powerful tool.
2. Learn proper Twitter etiquette (important!)

As with most social media sites, you should learn something about the unwritten rules of Twitter use before you start clunking around like a bull in a china shop. Otherwise, you can shoot yourself down before you ever really get started. Here are a few articles that I recommend that you read before becoming too active on Twitter:

* 10 Twitter Commandments
* 26 Keys to Twitter Success
* My Top 10 Twitter Facts

You can decide which of these “rules” to abide by for yourself. Bending a few of them from time-to-time probably isn’t going to kill you, but complete disregard for them will certainly make the value of Twitter for you evaporate rapidly.
3. Get a custom Twitter background

I recommend this because you want your presence on Twitter to be consistent with your overall brand. If you do not know how to do this or don’t want to spend the time on it (I didn’t), then I recommend visiting LogosForWebsites.com. Peter will make you a custom background to your specifications for only $25! It is well worth the small investment.
4. Find people to follow

Fortunately, it is very easy to find good people to follow to start building your community on Twitter. For starters, you can follow me! Once you’ve done this, try these things:

* Visit sites in your RSS reader and follow those that indicate they are on Twitter.

* Once you find a few people to follow, then look at their list of followers and selectively choose others to follow. (See caution below!)

* Visit Twellow.com. On Twellow, you can search for people to follow by name or by category. As of this writing, Twellow has over 780,000 tweeple in their directory!

* Visit Mr. Tweet. On this site you just click the button to follow Mr. Tweet. Once you’ve done this, then they will start monitoring your tweets. You will receive a direct message via Twitter with a link. Click the link to find quality people to follow. Mr. Tweet will update you with more suggestions bi-weekly.

Caution: Do not indiscriminately start following tons of people. Real people that truly want value out of Twitter will look at the ratio of people that you are following compared to your number of followers. You want to keep this ratio pretty close to one-for-one.
5. Make it easy for others to follow you on Twitter

Update your site inviting others to follow you on Twitter. You will notice that I have included reference to my Twitter profile on my contact page, in my sidebar and in the header for each post. Originally, I also created a specific post announcing that I had signed up for Twitter.

I also added an easy link at the bottom of each post asking my readers to tweet about my post if they enjoyed reading it. This will draw others to your site and to following you. You can find free Twitter graphics to use simply by doing a search on Google.
6. Tweet and retweet!

Micro-blogging on Twitter is just a succinct way of communicating things that interest you and that you think will interest others. What you tweet about is going to reflect your personal style and intent for using Twitter. Here are some tips to consider:

* If you are a blogger, then you might want to sign-up for TwitterFeed to automatically send a tweet on your behalf every time you post something new.
* Retweeting the tweets of others is a great way to get noticed and garnish the respect of others on Twitter. Remember, we are all trying to spread our message!
* Be conversational! Take advantage of the group feature in TweetDeck. I set up a group called Friends that I add followers to that I know, have common interests with or just show a propensity to chat. This highlights their tweets and gives me a chance to respond.

7. Sign-up for TweetLater

TweetLater is a valuable free online service that I find indispensable. It offers several services. There are three that I find very valuable. The ability to schedule tweets to be publish at specified time, automated thank you notes for new followers, and keyword alerts.

I regularly use TweetLater to schedule tweets in the evenings. This is time that I spend with my family, but I still want to reach my followers during this time. So, during the day, I schedule tweets to be released about once an hour throughout the evening. Don’t go crazy with this or you’ll get deemed a spammer. Scheduling tweets for about once an hour is probably safe.

The keyword alert feature is nice if you are researching a particular topic. It monitors the tweet stream and will then send you a digest e-mail once a day with any tweets containing the keyword you provided. This way you won’t miss any valuable information!
8. Cleaning up a Twitter mess

You may have already created a mess on Twitter by following a ton of people that are not following you back and that send you a bunch of spam tweets all the time. Good news! There are some tools available to help you untwangle this mess! Here are some that might help:

* Twitter Twerp Scan – This handy site will scan all your followers and show you the ones with certain characteristics that might indicate that they are spammers or people to unfollow.

* Friend or Follow – Friend or Follow will show you who you are following that isn’t following you back. Again, this might help you separate some of the wheat from the chaff.

* Karma – Karma is another tool that will show you who you follow that isn’t following you back. However, it claims to let you bulk unfollow or bulk block selected followers. I’ve had mixed results getting Karma to work, but you might give it a try. Be careful! This is the nuclear option. However, it can help you clean up a mess quickly.

9. Monitor your qwitters!

Qwitter is another free online service that will send you an e-mail anytime a follower stops following you. It will also let you know the last tweet you sent just prior to the unfollow.

This can be useful information in two ways. It might be an indication that certain types of tweets aren’t working for you and it gives you a chance to reach out to the qwitter to try to mend the relationship.
10. Watch your following grow!

After you’ve completed these steps, it is likely that you are going to have a growing list of followers. Stay consistent with this strategy and Twitter will build your brand, generate traffic for your site and become a valuable resource of information.

Here are some resources to help you celebrate your success with Twitter:

* Check out Twitter Grader. It will calculate a score and tell you how you rank compared to everyone else.

* Twitter Counter will show you a graph of the growth of your following. It also offers a free badge that you can display on your site to show off how many people are following you on Twitter.

* Tweet Stats will show you a lot of statistics about your tweeting habits. If you like numbers and graphs, then check out this site!

These 10 steps will untwangle Twitter for you!

I have used these steps myself so I know they work. What are you waiting for? Twitter is ripe with opportunity. I urge you to get started today to avoid missing out on such an exciting opportunity. These steps will help you untwangle Twitter and make it super-charged!

Here are a few more Twitter resources that you might find valuable:

* How to Use Twitter as a Twool – For you visual people (like me) here is a visual version.
* Twitter Survivial Guide – This is an eBook that costs $24.95, but if you need a crash course, then the cost would be worth it.
* Twitt(url)y – Will show you what others are linking to in their tweets. This will give you an idea of what’s hot on Twitter.

How to choose the right Web Design Company?

We see that the number of website designing companies is on the rise. This is a direct result of technological advancement. Merely having a website does not serve its purpose. It has to be in tune with the latest designing techniques to keep the interest of the site visitors growing.

A website is basically an outcome of your perception of a theme or subject. It reflects a person’s imagination and creativity. Websites differ in shapes, sizes and styles, and all are not the same. It varies from the developers view and skills. There are obviously good web designs, and the bad ones. While it takes extra-ordinary skills to create a perfect web design, a simple web design is anybody’s task.

How you build your website, and what you incorporate into it, will depend on what exactly you want to get from it. Do you want your site visitors to just run through the pages and leave, or do you want to keep them visiting your site often? It depends on what information you put on your site and how good you make the site look. A perfect web design with a pleasing look will make the user visit your site often and refer it to others.

People search the Internet looking for information on a variety of topics. They are in search of answers to their questions. They look for solutions to manage their day-to-day problems, and if you can provide them with answers, then you are the right person they are looking for.

You being an expert in your field know in detail about a particular topic that they are looking for and they don’t know.

Your knowledge and expertise in your field is very valuable to others. You can provide them with tips, advice and answers that will help them find solutions to their problems. You are indeed a valuable resource to those people. All they need to do is, to be able to find you.

A perfect web design is that one, which is simple and professional, easy to understand, easy to navigate, finds its place in the search engines and satisfies the visitor’s needs.

Professional web designing companies are unlimited. The first thing to look in a company and designer, is to make sure the designer knows the basic of designing and can come up with ideas to help you with the designs. He should advise you on the pros and cons of all.

Keep the following things in mind before you select a professional web design company.

1. Do they have an experienced team in the field of designing?

2. What is their expertise in the field?

3. Will they fulfill your needs?

4. Will they deliver in time?

5. Is the company cost effective?

Many prefer to go in for a company that is nearer to them or who have people they know working in it. It is always better because you can clearly tell then what you want and they will tell you whether that type of design is possible or not. A professional website designcompany will make sure that the site designed by them has minimal errors, and runs perfectly. Their ultimate aim with the design is to provide the users a pleasing experience.

Helena is a freelance web article writer and writes articles on New Jersey web development, web development, Website development in NJ, web design, etc.