Need a little weekend reading? We’ve compiled our top ten Twitter stories of the week, which includes the state of social sharing in 2013, a study which analyses which social media marketing tactics are driving the most engagement, a look at a popular hashtag which has been challenging stereotypes and misogyny in media, an 8-step social marketing strategy for brands and a visual that tracks the rise of social media apps.

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This continues our series highlighting new positions posted at Twitter each week. Check out past listings here.

This week, Twitter added 22 new jobs to its career page.

And here they are:

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This continues our Pay It Forward Friday series.

Do you give a damn about the world? If so, you’ll want to check out this week’s featured account: GOOD.

It’s a community of people who give a damn – just like you.

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You knew there had to be a way to make money off of Twitter, didn’t you? Not the “work for it” kind of income, but the passive “sounds too good to be true” way. And guess what? You were right! Maybe. If this app delivers, which we kind of doubt, based on its reviews.

But if someone gets this right, they’re going to clean up – because we’re all looking for that free money, baby.

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Twitter just released a great new way to use Vines for your business – the ability to embed them on your website.

And if you’re wondering why you should bother, you obviously didn’t catch our post on what a six-second video can do for your business (go read that first, we’ll wait.)
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This week, Consumer Media Network is hiring a video scriptwriter, while Brigade needs a social media account coordinator. Pretty Simple is seeking an iOS developer, and the Institute for Integrative Nutrition is on the hunt for a social media coordinator. Get the scoop on these openings and more below, and find additional social media jobs on Mediabistro.

• Video Scriptwriter Consumer Media Network (Seattle, WA)
• Social Media Account Coordinator Brigade (New York, NY)
• iOS Developer Pretty Simple (Paris, France)
• Social Media Coordinator Institute for Integrative Nutrition (New York, NY)
• Content Manager Generations Federal Credit Union (San Antonio, TX)

Find more great social media jobs on our job board. Looking to hire? Tap into our network of talented AllTwitter pros and post a risk-free job listing. For real-time openings and employment news, follow @MBJobPost.

This just in, from AllThingsD: Twitter co-founder Biz Stone is close to launching a new startup called Jelly.

Here’s what we know about it right now.

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If you’ve ever wished you could hear the trite phrase “There’s an app for that” in response to the matter of being able to quickly and actionably extract the most tweetable content from an article or post, start counting your lucky stars.

Paul Ford, former web editor of Harper’s, created a free web extension called SavePublishing.

Here’s how it works.

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We shared best practices for following people on Twitter, but what about those folks that follow you?

What do we mean?

Well, have you ever looked at your follower list and wondered why those lovely folks are following you? Sure, you’re super-fantastic-awesome, but knowing why folks follow you could help you tailor your tweets to a target audience and continue to grow that following . . . if you care about such things.

And we found an app that helps you sleuth just that.

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Ever go on vacation and your family BEGS you to leave the iPhone at home? You can’t, of course, because you’ll miss all the @mentions and @replies – and we ALL know that witty replies become exponentially less so as the days pass.

Why? Well, it seems like you’re not quick on your feet and that’s a Twitter taboo in the land of snappy comebacks and hashtags.

What’s an IRL human to do? Set an out of office reply on Twitter and then you can pick up where you left off, wit intact, and your family won’t divorce you!

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