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Social Media Marketing- The 10 Social Media Laws of Facebook
November 20, 2009 by IBI · Leave a Comment
Where have YOU been?
Unless you have lived in a cave the last 4 years, you have probably heard of this. It is a rocking hot social networking site that seems to be almost everywhere today. It is on the news. It is on the radio. It is on the minds of millions of folks a day.
It is called “Facebook” and over 175 million people are active on this site.
Ok- I know that you may be asking,” A LAW about facebook?” Yes, 10 of them for marketing and business success in what you do. I am a marketer and have been for 20 years. I built a training and consulting business that does business in over 20 countries, because of social media and the internet. And there are marketing laws that all marketers and business professionals must follow if they are going to have Success in the marketplace online.
It is the same for Facebook.
Lets cover them briefly:
1) The Law of Visibility on Facebook.
You MUST be visible on facebook of you are going to get your message out. You must spend time on facebook and get to know people. You must put yourself together a “facebook blueprint” and work it. How many hours a week are you going to be seen on FB? How many times are you going to befriend someone this week? How many times are you going to upload photos this week? All of these things put you in the ‘Visibility Zone” on facebook, and on the radar as far as people on facebook. Be SEEN and be THERE on a daily basis.
2) The Law of the Powerful Facebook Profile.
Why would people want to get to know you? One of the first things they check out is your facebook profile. What does it say- but better yet- what does it DO? Does it make people curious and want to get to know you? Does it make them think? Does it make them smile? Does it make them see that you have Value for their life and can help change it?
Powerful facebook profiles are NOT based on what is said in your profile- but what it DOES.
Does it direct them to DO something? Does it tell them you are person they MUST know? Or someone that has a nice picture and a nice profile- with no magnetism? Put yourself OUT THERE and tell the world WHY they need you as a friend, and get them to take action towards YOU.
3) The Law of the Facebook WALL.
You MUST use your Wall to market or message. many folks regard their Wall as a communication utility like email. It is not that. You already have a facebook email. The Wall is for you to BUILD- BRICK BY BRICK- MESSAGE BY MESSAGE- NOTE BY NOTE- VIDEO BY VIDEO- your Brand on Facebook. Every time something happens with you- it goes on your Wall. Don’t stare at the wall- CLIMB THE SUCKER and make your message the PEAK of the page- and keep yourself out there with the Wall. And answer the messages on your Wall. Thank people for sharing with you their visit or message. This will show up on THEIR wall. This will set you apart from most on facebook. The Wall is simply a BILLBOARD of what you are doing and your friends are doing on Facebook. Use it often and wisely.
4) The Law of Your Facebook Network.
You are part of a local facebook network and you have access to that network to befriend them. I live in Birmingham Michigan, and the network i am a part of is the Detroit network. There are 640,926 people in my network that I could potentially MEET LIVE in a local place and get to know them and connect with them. You have local folks as well. Where do you find your network?
Click on “settings” and then click on “network.” You will find it there. This is a GOLD MINE of people in your local area to CONNECT and Construct new trust bridges that may lead to business down the road.
5) The Law of the Facebook Notifications.
This is an overlooked and rarely talked about utility. Notifications are part of your “facebook email system.” Go to “email” at the top of your Facebook profile page, and then click on “notifications.”This is list of who is thinking about you, talking about you, including you in tags, and generally is pointing to you. This is a GOLD MINE of people that have PROVEN they are behind you and willing to make you a part of their Facebook experience. Pay attention to the facebook notifications. Thank them for their thoughts of you on their Wall and let them know you appreciate it. Include them as well on your tags and other activity on facebook. The notifications are GOLD and is a prospecting Vault of Leads. And make sure you stay CONNECTED to them.
6) The Law of Facebook Link Love.
The Link application on Facebook is a HOT commodity. It allows you to post a link that you like and then sends it out on the news feed that is on your home page. It picks up the image that you want on the link page, and allows it to be a LIVE link. Send out other people’s LINK and givem some LOVE. Do NOT just send out your own links. Let others do that. Find interesting links of others and send them out.
WHY? EXPOSURE for you. You will be given credit for the link. People LOVE link love. If you send out a LOT of other people’s links on facebook, they will start sending out YOUR links. Been there done that.
7) The Law of Facebook Groups.
Join groups. Join a LOT of Groups. Start your OWN groups. The join MORE groups. Why? Here are a few reasons: EXPOSURE. CONNECTION to other Group members. AUTHORITY. Start your own and be a Leader. INCREASE YOUR REACH.Groups extend your reach into Facebook. MULTIPLIED PROSPECTS. There are more people in a group — then on a profile page.
Duh. Build a list in your own group and then you can become an admin and email messages to them. Make them messages of VALUE and interest.
The Law of Facebook Events.
Attend events. Attend more Events. And then attend many MORE events. Why? It allows you to leave a message on the events page wall, and create exposure. I attend at least 2 facebook events every week- to learn- and to network. Events can be found on the new Facebook page in the upper right under “Upcoming”-these are the events that are upcoming. There is one unique twist: You have birthdays under the “upcoming” tag- and you can send presents to folks. THIS will get their attention as it shows up on their wall and the news feed as well. Attend as many events as you can. make them worth your while- learn and grow from them. BUT’always leave a RSVP message about attending or not- with an encouraging message. This will show your professionalism, and caring.
Event UP! This will do you well on facebook. Put the term “events” in the search box, and it will find every event that is going on in your network of friends. It is a GOLD MINE of new possibilties of business. Become a master of events!
9) The Law of Facebook Multimedia- Videos and Photos.
People LOVE photos and videos. They are the most looked at and watched pages on facebook. Make some videos and upload them. Upload some photographs. Not only will the be seen on your wall and the facebook news feed, but also will allow you to “tag” others on these. This means that you can pick out people you have befriended and let them know you are thinking of them. And when you tag someone- it shows up on THEIR wall. Not isn’t THAT cool? It is called EXPOSURE!
10) The Law of the Facebook NEWS FEED.
This is the big kahuna of Exposure on facebook. This gets you out to ALL of your friends and creates a massive exposure vehicle that can keep your brand in front and recognized. You also will be many times on the “featured” part of the new news feed on the right. This gives you HUGE exposure. Whatever you do, like change your status, upload a video, write and publish a note, or just comment on another person’s message on the facebook news feed- it SHOWS UP in the news Feed. Be seen- and be seen often if you are trying to brand yourself on facebook.
Yes, you need to establish relationships, and build community. But if you are going to MARKET on facebook-then you need to at least get a guideline of what and how to do it. The 10 Social Media Laws of Facebook hopefully gave you some idea in your social media marketing.
blessings…doug firebaugh
Business And Blogging – Building Your Credibility With Your Business Blog
November 19, 2009 by IBI · Leave a Comment
Blogs have replaced websites as the best way to have visibility on the internet. I think of my blog as my home online. People find me by using my keywords when they are searching for information on my topic, or else they find my blog because I have commented on another blog, written something in a forum or in a social networking site, or given out my business card when I was speaking to a group.
The most important thing is that they now have a place on the internet to find out more about who I am and what I can do for them. I set up my blog in an organized way from the very beginning so that it would be easy for readers to quickly get what they need.
Having an opt-in box at the top of the blog is important in order to build your list. I ask for the person’s first name and email address, and offer a free teleseminar in exchange for this information. This gives them the opportunity to hear me on a call and ask any questions they may have, and allows me to begin sending them regular email messages with tips, ideas, free reports, and information about upcoming courses I will be offering. This makes it a win-win situation for both of us. If they decide they are no longer interested, they can simply click on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of the email.
Categories are another feature on your blog that will help readers to find the information they are looking for. When I started my blog I created about 10 categories. These are the topics that I discuss in my blog posts. This number has now expanded to 32 categories, but it makes it very simple for someone to click on a particular category and see all of the posts I have made on that specific topic. You will want to think about your categories from the very beginning of creating your blog so that you can also benefit from the search engine optimization that goes along with having your keyword phrases listed on the first page of your blog.
It is also important to have a way for people to share your post with others through social media sites such as StumbleUpon, Digg, and others. You can set this up on your blog so that your readers can help you to be known on an even wider basis throughout the blogosphere.
Blogging is the very best way to get your message out to the world. You share your knowledge and expertise with your readers and promote your products and upcoming events in a conversational way. I encourage you to begin blogging in a serious way to build your online business.
Connie Ragen Green teaches you how to write articles and eBooks to build an online business, as well as how to use the technology needed. Visit http://www.EbookWritingandMarketingSecrets.com to find out more.
Social Media Optimization is an Innovative Optimization Method
November 19, 2009 by IBI · Leave a Comment
Social media optimization is the newest thing which is happening in the World Wide Web. Everything associated with the web is changing on a constant basis and to be attuned with the latest, one needs to know all about the latest happenings like social media optimization. The internet world is rapidly expanding these days and the due to this the way we communicate with people is also undergoing vast changes. Earlier after people left school, college or their birth city there was very little chance of getting in touch with family and friends who are associated with those places. Today that is no longer the case, all thanks to social media platform which in turn has given rise to social media optimization. Today, social media optimization has become the best means through which one can promote anything on the web.
Social media optimization ideally means promoting about something on all the social media platforms. Studies have found out the more then 70 percent of people those who surf the web regularly have an online profile on some social networking site or the other. So it makes sense if someone wants to promote about their things on all these social networking platforms and attract attention. The whole idea is to create a buzz on the web about the thing which you want the people to know. Naturally when a buzz is created everywhere, there will be lots of discussion and debate about that aspect and this is a very good means to become popular on the web without making extensive efforts.
Getting popularity is not an easy task and one needs to undertake lots of work and effort to make this a success. The business world is rapidly expanding and one needs to know all about the latest which is happening to become successful. One of the main things, which need to be done for successful social media optimization, is facilitating free travel of content on the web. Webmasters are always on the lookout for well written content and if you have really good content written on your site you can become popular very easily. Whenever someone uses the articles or content from your site, a link will of your site will be provided and this will make sure that more and more visit your site and you become popular.
The basic idea behind social media optimization is rather simple. You just need to implement certain things on your site which will make it more easily accessible to visitors at all social media platforms. Another means which can be implemented for social media optimization is through participating in all the discussions that are taking place on the web about the subject on which you are promoting. The web is populated with forums on anything and everything. The best part about talking part in these discussions is that even if there is no discussion taking place, you can very easily create a thread about the concerned subject and start the discussion. Social media optimization has huge scope and all you need to do is identify the proper method for doing this.
Steve Waganer has specialization in Web Marketing. He is expert in Search engine optimization,Affiliated marketing,Social Media Optimization.To get the Search engine Optimization tips for your website to get high rank and top position in major search engines visit www.cometsearchenginemarketing.com
A Slap in the Face Book
November 12, 2009 by IBI · Leave a Comment
Last year, Facebook became the Number 1 social networking site in the world, passing up MySpace. As such, it is used extensively for networking, especially amongst online marketers. I use Facebook, along with Twitter and YouTube, as an important piece of my social media strategy. I have made many great contacts on Facebook, and usually log in a couple of times a day.Early one Sunday morning, I woke up and sleepily wandered into my home office. I had a few messages on Facebook, so I tried logging in, but was shocked to receive this message…* “Your Facebook account has been disabled for violation of our Terms of Service. If you feel that your account has been wrongly disabled, please click here.”WHAT!?My throat got dry. I started getting sweaty. I had made almost 3,000 friends already. Without an account, I would not be able to direct people to my videos, articles, and press releases. I would not be able to network with my contacts. I wouldn’t be able to joke around with my friends! This was NOT good.I had to do something…QUICKLY. I started sending emails….first to the dispute center, then to the help desk. Eventually, I received an automated email response:* “We have received your email. We will review your request and get back to you shortly.”That’s it? Ouch. Well, at least a glimmer of hope. So, I waited a few days. Nothing. So, I waited another few days. Still nothing. This was really beginning to frustrate me.After some research on Facebook’s site, doing some searches online, and through friends on Twitter, I learned that mine was not an isolated case. Many of the Social Media sites have been disabling accounts. I recently had some friends…fellow marketers, who had their YouTube accounts shut down. You can read about it on my main site. It’s called “Playing Nice With YouTube.”It seems to be the norm that Social media sites simply disable your account without warning, leaving the user bewildered. They have no regard for the user, and their Terms of Service (TOS) leaves you with little to no recourse. In most cases, their reasons for disabling are legitimate….users are posting copyrighted material, promoting illegal activities, or just not playing by the rules. But this was different. What had I DONE?I finally sent a letter with an angry tone. I think I may have even mentioned something about contacting my attorney. Yuck. I hate doing that, but I was DESPERATE. Finally, after 3 WEEKS, I got an email stating the following:* “Hi Jeff, Thank you for providing this information. Facebook has limits in place to prevent users from running programs that automatically scan the site for certain content. Although this was not the case in your situation, viewing or refreshing pages at a rapid rate may cause your account to be disabled. Unfortunately, we are unable to provide more information about this system. However, after reviewing your situation, your account has been reactivated. Please significantly slow down the rate at which you browse Facebook and refrain from violating any of Facebook’s Terms of Use. You should also avoid using systems or products that automatically refresh Facebook pages. Further misuse of the site may result in your account being disabled again. We appreciate your cooperation going forward. Thanks for your understanding,User Operations Facebook.”So apparently, my infraction was “using their site too heavily.” Yikes. Of course, I’ll never do THAT again.From my research, here are the things that may keep you from getting banned on Facebook:1. Don’t use a fake name.2. Don’t join too many groups.3. Don’t post too many messages on a wall or in a group.4. Don’t friend too many people too fast.5. Don’t lie about your education or employment.6. Don’t poke too many people (seriously…get a life!)7. Don’t advertise your app on wall posts.8. Don’t use duplicate text in multiple messages (no cutting & pasting).9. Don’t use the email client too heavily.10. Don’t post offensive content.11. Don’t use any scripts to scrape information from Facebook.Of course, if you do get banned, your ONLY recourse is to email them. Here are three email addresses that I would recommend:disabled at facebookcomappeals at facebookcominfo at facebookcomThe lesson here is BE CAREFUL. If sites like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube are an important part of your marketing strategy (and they should be), then take the time to actually READ the Terms of Service (TOS) for these sites. Make sure you are playing by the rules. Do not abuse your account.So, if you don’t want your face slapped, PLAY NICE.Still living in fear,SheckyPS Connect with me GENTLY on Facebook: http://profile.to/shecky
Jeff “Shecky” Schechter is an Internet Marketing and MLM expert. He can be found at http://JeffsBusiness.com
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One Step at a Time
November 12, 2009 by IBI · Leave a Comment
Last week I talked about the importance of doing and embracing the mediums, tools, and applications that our clients and brand’s audience’s are. This week I’ll give you some thoughts and concrete recommendations on how to do this.
Let’s start with Social Networking Service. With any social networking site you get as good as you give, this means once you get started keep going. Every site has a News Feed, Network Update, etc. that shows what your friends are up to, that means they can also see what you are up to. If you just sit on the sidelines and don’t do anything you’re effectively sitting in the corner by yourself, so take action or as I wrote about last week, do! Build out your profile, and connect/friend with friends and associates. Try a new application as part of your social networking site or join a new group. Sure you can be a lurker but I want you to participate so that you can better ideate for your brand or clients.*note I’m assuming you are already on these sites if you aren’t put Join as your first step
LinkedInComplete your profileAdd three more associates or friendsWrite at least two recommendations for your connectionsFacebookComplete your profileAdd three more associates or friendsAdd at least two applications and use them
Now you’ve got your base in social networking but we’re going to ratchet it up a little bit by expanding the way you connect with others. Ways of being socially connected that Adler back in the early 1900’s couldn’t have envisioned. A lot has been written about micro-blogging or it’s Kleenex posterchild, Twitter. In the short time that Twitter has been around it’s gone from just “what are you doing” to very informative short notes, conversations and information. Two other similar sites worth looking at are Pownce and Plurk, the former having been around for much longer. There’s also Jaiku but you need an invite to join Typical etiquette is to start posting for a bit and then begin to follow other users, they are more likely to reciprocate and follow you if you page looks interesting. However I want you to start getting a great learning experience, so:TwitterJoin and add the following peopleGuy Kawasaki Jeremiah Owyang Robert Scoble These three twitterati are pretty well known outside of twitter as well. Their three feeds range from information you need now to the more sublime, either way check your twitter stream early and often and add in your own Tweets/comments. Oh, and follow some of your friends or encourage them to join in as well.
Building on ways to communicate I’ll also recommend Instant Messaging (IM), yep good ole’ AIM, Google Talk, Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger, Skype, etc. This has been around for years yet I’m amazed at how many people don’t use IM. As in inbox zero follower, I find IM can be used to answer a large part of emails that just need a simple answer or a quick back and forth. Not to mention, using iChat on a mac (with a built in or external video camera) and Leopard OSX your video chat can be a screen share as well.Best bet here is to get your office mates going or ask around I bet some are already on IM. And use it to replace that short email you were about to send.IMJoin and start usingLearn from others.One of the great things about the internet space has been the quick and easy way to share knowledge and learn from others. Social discovery and sharing sites like Twine, Digg, and Del.icio.us as Spinal Tap says “go to 11.” While it’s great to join, and for Twine you’ll have to join to use the services, but just start taking a look at Digg and Del.icio.us on a daily or more often basis.
Social DiscoveryAdd Digg and Del.icio.us to your RSS feed or daily bookmarksBetter yet join Digg and Del.icio.us and start contributingJoin Twine and start trying the Semantic web (or what might lead to Web 3.0)
What I’m bullish on:I’m an avid reader of Forrester Research and highly recommend their analysts and white papers, I never go on a trip without a stack to read. Make sure you follow Jeremiah Owyang (Twitter) and pick up a copy of Ground Swell from Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff. Location based social networking. It would take another article to cover these but whether standalone or integrated as apps I’m very interested in where Dopplr, Brightkite, Loopt and others are going.Mobile applications, see location based above but add in geo tagging on Flickr or Car Finder on the blackberry. Chumby – Also one for a longer story or if you are wondering what is Chumby.
Lastly, aggregators like Friend Feed let you bring all of your content streams together but get started with the sites individually first then make the jump to this site.
And that’s just the start, as you use these sites and tools on a regular basis you’ll find they lead to knowledge and skills you didn’t have before. Add them to your marketing arsenal and keep on participating and learning.
For more than 15 years, Chris has created, built and led businesses in the digital marketing space. He is a regular speaker at agency conferences and forums and is a recipient of numerous awards including agency of the year by Revolution Magazine, Cannes Cyber-Lion, One Show, Addy’s and Gold Effie. Currently he is the Chief Digital Officer at Element 79 and is actively involved with the majority of E79’s clients. You may also find articles by Chris at TalentZoo.com.
Blackberry App Must Haves – Part 3 – Social Networking And Music Apps
November 10, 2009 by IBI · Leave a Comment
By now most everyone knows and uses a social networking site i.e. Facebook, Twitter or Myspace. With BlackBerry, there are several different applications for your smartphone which will give your network the right specific connections, and stay in touch to be entertained.
Social networking Apps
Life260 – This is a free specialized neighborhood social networking app which keeps users up to date with their local community and family. Users of this app can receive emergency alerts, and send notices out to people in the area. It helps you to get to know your neighbors through block party invites, lost pets, etc.
Wertago – This free application is geared towards people who enjoy late nights, and club crawls. This social network application lets people coordinate social events for different clubs, restaurants, and theatres as well as rate hotspots, create personalized profiles for others in order to share stories, pics, ratings and details all in real time. This program uses Google Maps API to map out the different haunts.
ShoZu – This app makes sending your BlackBerry pictures to social networking sites fast and easy. Each time you take a picture or record video, you will be asked to which social networking sites you want to upload to. ShoZu for BlackBerry allows you to add titles and descriptions to your photos before sending them.
TuneWiki – This app is open source music based social network. It allows users to share what they are listening to with others, using Google Maps to find others around the world who share similar music interests. It plays audio and video for each song while lyrics scroll by on your screen, and makes a virtual library of your music to link up to the internet.
Music Apps
Pandora for BlackBerry – If you are not already aware of this free app, download it now. It is the best streaming music site since the web went mobile. Pandora matches your music tastes with new artists you might like, and sets up music lists, play lists and new artists for your particular tastes. Just start with the name of your favorite songs or artists and Pandora will create a ’station’ which plays all the music and more like it. You may never listen to your homemade play lists again.
Slacker Radio – Normally, you have two options when listening to music on the go, until now. With this app you can set up play lists, transfer music from memory cards or listen to Slacker, which is hooked up to your web account and gives an unlimited supply of new tunes. It has a few commercials, but where else could you get surprises from your favorite DJs. You can also cache channels to be listened to when you can’t find a signal.
SplashPlay – You can download this app and learn to play any instrument in a snap. It is a new way to learn, create and share music on your BlackBerry with a real instrument. Each tutorial is created by established musicians, and it’s free.
Guitar Hero World Tour Mobile – No must have app music list would be complete without your own personal mobile Guitar Hero on your BlackBerry. It costs $9.99, and is completely worth it if you are already a fan. Just imagine ripping up the skins or shredding the strings while you’re on a coffee break.
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The Evolution of Micro Blogging in Twitter
November 10, 2009 by IBI · Leave a Comment
Micro blogging in Twitter is one of the best assets that the emerging social networking site has. Micro blogging is a form of multimedia blogging that allows users to send brief text updates or micromedia such as photos and audio clips. They are published can either be viewed by anyone or any group that is chosen by the user. Now, this feature of Twitter is one of the most admired one since it facilitates every user’s task of blogging and sending updates.Twitter didn’t really started out as hot as they are today. The fad/trend that they are now were built through the efforts from certain technological precursors. The term microblog came into greater usage or mainstream because of Tumblr and Twitter. The second one is the most popular among vast list of micro blogging sites being developed in from the past years.In a quest to become the best social networking site, Twitter developed their website by adopting and applying the culture of IRC, IM and SMS. These three were the roots of development in micro blogging.IRC or Instant relay chat came into existence in 1988, invented by Jarkko Oikarinen. It was the forerunner to instant messaging tools such as Yahoo! Messenger and Google Talk. The IRC community developed a rich language of protocols using special characters to provide instructions from writers to readers. Examples of this protocols are namespace channel and directed message. Twitter is currently studying of the chances to give credit to a tweet being written that was first posted by another twitterer.Next culture that Twitter adopted is the IM or instant messaging. This taught the new generation of internet users to chat with their friends in real time. It is the “in-the-moment” communication subculture. Instant messaging has been of the most useful and most admired features of social networking sites since the day it was launched. Except from friend’s status message, availability of IM keep each parties updated and connected.The last one to complete the puzzle is the SMS or Short Message Service. Internet and mobile phone come as one. This is called the mobile phone revolution. This became an innovative feature of many social networking sites, like Twitter. SMS is one of the applications in Twitter that has a large market. Mobile phone revolution on the internet gave answer to the great reliance on mobile phones and the call to make communications more convenient. Texting became a legitimate use for a mobile phone and soon became as popular a means of communication as simply talking into the mouthpiece. The maximum length of an 8-bit data message is a familiar 140 characters, which gave rise to the signature constraint of Twitter.With Twitter combining all these communication culture, micro blogging is now on its finest. But expect this, after some few years, micro blogging will have a new face. Something that will make convenient multimedia blogging more convenient.
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Save money by using Twitter Applications
November 9, 2009 by IBI · Leave a Comment
I like to surf different websites, you can say it’s my hobby and interest to visit various websites. From past few years social networking websites become very popular it’s the best time pass for anyone. If you are getting bored then you can surf any social networking site where you can visit different profiles and can contact anyone in world. These sites have become the best source to meet your old friends. I like twitter a lot I have found it very interesting and searched for twitter applications for quite a while.
With Twitter you have the option to link it to your mobile phone or to your instant messenger. This turns Twitter into a powerful mobile communication tool, since you can both send and receive updates on your phone, and stay in touch wherever you are.
The benefit of twitter is its microblogging facility through which you can send short messages of 140 characters to your friends at same time. Spending unnecessary money on cell phones, twitter is the alternative way to interact with your friends. Even you can send messages through your laptop to your friend’s cell phone.
For the businessman and home maker, Twitter is becoming an important part of business promotion, web marketing, personal branding, and the social networking scene. It can be a great tool to get your messages out to a targeted audience and find new business leads.
There are various twitter applications and every application has different purpose. Twitter applications are the add-ons which are used with browsers. You can add these applications in your browser. There are various facilities which are provided by these twitter applications. Facilities like you can search your friend easily through specific twitter application. You can interact with your friends on common topic through specific application. You can share your interest.
Twitter applications are the special tool which gives you different looks to the user’s account and to your explorer. Various twitter applications are so user friendly and enjoyable that while using it you enjoy it. There are various kinds of twitter applications like for games, astrology, different font styles and so on.
To experience all this we find that with Twitter applications, we will receive fast and better service, Sms faster than e-mails; this creates the magic and bound the people in chat bond. Useful to broadcast your company’s latest news and blog posts, interact with your customers, or to enable easy internal collaboration and group communication and many more application are coming soon.
Pallavi is an executive of Wensil i technologies.
Make Money Online With Twitter Free Traffic
November 9, 2009 by IBI · Leave a Comment
Do you remember the time when Blog and Pings helped skyrocket a weblog to success? That was 2004 to 2007. Now, with the abuse of that method, blogging and pinging has lost its power. Try using it. You’ll notice that it barely affects your PR or SERPs at it used to.
Where one SEO technique has faded away, a new method of improving engine visibility has arisen. And that’s through the help of massive web 2.0 site, Twitter.With twitter, you can easily drive traffic to your site. The social networking site lets it become so easy to get the word out so you can enjoy effortless viral marketing. The rise of twitter led to the rise of dozens of twitter apps. Each one offers features that claim to help online marketers achieve their goals. Of the hundreds of twitter apps, I love only two. Once you try them, so will YOU.TweetSuite- King of Wordpress Tweet PluginsTweetsuite is a wordpress twitter plugin that does the work of a handful of twitter plugins. In a nutshell, it accomplishes the following * Server-side (no-JS or remote calls) TweetBacks * ReTweet-This buttons for each TweetBack * A digg-like Tweet-This Button * Automatic Tweeting of new posts * A Most-Tweeted Widget * A Recently-Tweeted Widget * A My-Last-Tweets Widget * A My-Favorited-Tweets WidgetYou’ll discover that the integration of this plugin lets you keep n eye out on the twitter landscape and how it pertains to your blog. It affords your users the capability to spread the good word on your gosepel and keep tabs on related posts. Once you install it, I doubt you’d ever take it off. It’s so comprehensive that it ranks up there with the All In One SEO Pack as a must-use wordpress tool.Twitter Friend AdderThe Twitter Friend Adder, on the other hand is a free application and not a plugin. It runs of XP and Vista. The objective of the Twitter Friend Adder is to amass a great deal of followers to your twitter account. The steps it takes are simple 1. Input your login details 2. Input your keyword. The program will scan twitter for people matching that keyword. So if you put in ‘football’, it looks for people who tweeted recently about football or have the word in their profile or nick. 3. Alternatively, you can input a persons twitter handle. This way, the software app will hunt for all the twitter friends of the target 4. Set the program to add 100 friends daily. More than that and you may end up finding your account vaporized. 5. Set the program to pause 2 seconds in between adding. This mitigates screening filters.Press GO! That’s when the magic begins. Twitter Friend Adder logs in, scans for targets then FOLLOWS the matching targets. By reciprocity, people you follow, may follow you back and et voila! They become your followers.I’ve experimente with one twitter account and its grown from zero to three hundred in three days. Those are potential eyeballs for ads!Oh- one caveat- some people the program adds may not be people. They’re bots. Zombies. Twitter marketing androids. Meaning that they may be pure marketing vehicles for other SEO and SEM specialists as well. If you find that some people you added are mere robots, you can unfollow them. They’re useless to your camplaigns because they’ll probably ignore your tweets. Worse, they may even bombard you with advertising tweets!This program is so good and so handy that I’ve notice people on eBay and DigitalPoint selling clones of the program. The lowest priced one was $19, and the priciest was $97. They promise the moon and stars, vowing that a tidal wave of traffic will come in. Not true. While you can use the Twitter Friend Adder to get the word out, abuse of it by means of blasting nothing but ads will get people annoyed. You’ll be UNFOLLOWED.My advice? Send marketing spiels once a week. The rest of the week, send em the good stuff. Like what you ate for dinner. 
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Social Networking and Your Home Business
November 8, 2009 by IBI · Leave a Comment
If you have been in business at any time in your life then you have been involved in some type of networking. In decades past it was cocktails or dinner with a client or potential client. Networking has always played a role in marketing a business or business opportunity.
The latest marketing tools, are the social networking sites, such as MySpace, Facebook or the newest Twitter. More than half of all Americans from those in their early teens to those heading for retirement are active on one or more social networking site. More and more individuals are hosting their own blog to talk about themselves, the family or their business.
With technology and software becoming more user friendly, more people are using the Internet to stay connected with family and friends. They are blogging and using social networking sites to meet people around the globe. Individuals are using these sites to learn about products and services. It is similar to talking to friends and family for recommendations for everything from where to have dinner, shop or visit. It’s the “word of mouth” advertising that business crave and need to grow and prosper.
Business and marketers continually look for ways to improve and expand their client base. Social networking sites and blogs provide an avenue for these individuals to learn who their potential clients are on a personal level. You get to know them as individuals first and then as clients. It allows that personal touch which as been missing from business and from corporate America.
To use social networking sites effectively and to grow your business, individuals must remember that words have meaning and impact those reading them. How you use words can directly impact the growth or decline of your business. Many social sites promote a “free wheeling” atmosphere in conversations, therefore caution is advised in your conversations on those sites. It is important to remember that words linger on the Internet long after your “log off” a site. This written word is the presentation you have given of you and your business. It’s how you are representing yourself.
Social networking is about getting to know your potential clients and in turn letting them know who you are and what your business has to offer. It’s that human touch that, we as social creatures crave.
Many traditional marketers underestimate the power that social networking sites and blogs have on consumers. They also underestimate the role that these sites will continue to play in business and with the growth of businesses. With the growth of Blogs, Twitter, Squidoo and other social sites, those with online business or who are contemplating starting an online business must learn how to leverage these social networking sites to their advantage.
While more conventional marketing will continue to play a role in business and a marketing budget, marketers will need to be more fluid in their thinking and in their marketing techniques.
Tony is a retired golf course superintendent. As owners of a small online home business, they have reviewed numerous opportunites to help increase the financial stability of those interested in starting a home business. His homepage is http://www.buildwealthamerica.com. You can also check out blogs at http://www.buildwealthamerica.com/blog/ and http://rjammhomebizopportunities.blogspot.com/
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