December 22nd, 2009 | By: Garin Kilpatrick

The following 10 free resources are the best ways to shorten and customize links on the web. With the link shortening services below you will be able to make links really short, customize them, track their analytics, and share them easily. Not all link shortening services offer all of these features. Read the list below and let us know in the comments what your favorite link shortening service is!

By: Garin Kilpatrick

Twitter is a great way to connect with new people and to help swell your sphere of influence by thousands if you are so inclined. From my research from watching my Twitter Stream I have read many blog posts and come up with 5 tips that will help you on your way to becoming a Twitter Pro! Using these five Tips combined with working hard to connect with new people are the reasons why I now have over 24,000 followers and why I continue to connect with new people via Twitter every single day.