You know the big influential Twitter Peeps – Obama, Gaga, Kutcher, Bieber, Kardashian, etc. – well not only do they have millions of followers each; they also have servers within the Twitter data center dedicated to each of them personally.

Kinda makes sense right? A ton of traffic to those profiles requires a good deal of compute power.

Per a post on QuickOnlineTips, Dustin Curtis, a guy who works at Twitter, has tweeted that Justin Bieber uses 3% of Twitter infrastructure and has racks of servers are dedicated to him.

After that, he later tweeted that most of the popular users on Twitter have dedicated servers for their accounts!

Let’s help each other get to that level – there really is no fast, magic trick; the only way is to get more followers.

Add your Twitter name in the comments below and we’ll all add each other to our follower list. I’m at @jameshicks.

You gotta love Amber Mac (@ambermac). She’s written a book that all of us on the interweb can relate to – we all use social media tools, be they Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, etc. but are we using these tools and getting the most positive results?

Amber’s book Power Friending: Demystifying Social Media to Grow Your Business is a must read to help you get the best out of your social media campaigns and you can get a copy on Amazon here.

Recently, the guys over at LabRats.tv had Amber as a special guest on their videocast and she went through the top tips for using social media tools for individuals and businesses alike.

Amber’s Top Tips

1. Act Authentically
2. Be Consistent
3. Plan Ahead
4. Create A Social Media Policy
5. Embrace Criticism
6. Listen Well

For more – get the book !!

Side note – to get more from Amber, check her out on Leo Laporte’s TWIT Network every Tuesday at 1:30pm PST on the Net@Night Show. To keep up with the LabRats team, check ‘em out on the Canadian-based Buterscotch Network here.

Here’s a quick re-cap of the latest news surrounding the ecosystem that is…Twitter.

With a new movie trailer and the launch of the official Tweet Button, this has definitely been a busy week in the Twitterverse.

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Forget the Facebook Movie – THIS is the movie we want to see…too bad it’s not real.

[I Can Tweet song by The Gregory Brothers]

Twitter has unveiled a new tool designed to make it easier for you to tweet links to the content you love.

Twitter’s new “Tweet Button” “lets you share links directly from the page you’re on,” Twitter explained in a blog post. “When you click on the Tweet Button, a Tweet box will appear — pre-populated with a shortened link that points to the item that you’re sharing.”

Using just a line or two of code, users can add the Tweet Button, which is customizable and has the option of showing how many times that link has been shared over Twitter, to their websites.

As the video below demonstrates, clicking on the button opens up a new window showing the text of your tweet, which you can edit. The text will automatically include a shortened link to the page you’re on and an “@ mention” that the website has specified. For example, HuffPostTech could request “via @HuffPostTech” to appear in the tweet. Tweetmeme announced in a blog post that they would be partnering with Twitter to develop the tool.

Twitter is encouraging everyone from “recreational bloggers to large media companies” to try out the Tweet Button, which Twitter promises can “help publishers grow traffic and increase their Twitter following.”

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