We are now bringing our Twitter knowledge one tweet up. By analyzing and researching both our own and our friends tweets with we get more in dept knowledge how effective the various tweets are.

Eventually we want Twitter to be a great tool for helping our business to grow. Tweets and following alone don't do the much beside that your are part of the hype.

You want to become a trendsetter within your niche. This is quiet challenging and will require action steps from you.

A lot of followers don't do you much good if you don't prepare yourself how to handle them, and figure out how you can actually help them.

Analytical & Research Twitter Tools

Twitter Analyzer - is a great analytical tool to see the effect of your Tweets, and find out how many readers your tweets can reach

Twinfluence - is a simple tool for measuring the combined influence of twitterers and their followers, with a few social network statistics thrown in as bonus

Tweetstats - graph your Twitter Stats including; Tweets per hour, Tweets per month, Tweet time line, Reply statistics

Twitter Grader - Free tool to measure your power and reach on twitter

Twitalyzer - is a unique tool to evaluate the activity of any Twitter user and report on relative influence, signal-to-noise ratio, generosity, velocity, clout, and other useful measures of success in social media.

Twitterholic - user ranking and stats

Top Twitter Friends - Who do you talk to most often on Twitter? Who are your closest friends? What does your social network look like?

Twittercounter - show detailed daily statistics - add Twittercounter on your blog or website

Retweetrank - find your own and others retweet rank and stats

Twitturly - track and research most talked about urls on Twitter

thummit - cut-to-the chase opinions on today's hot topics on Twitter

TwitterFriends - analyze your relevant network on Twitter

Useful articles provided by Mashable

Follow Team Mashable at @mashable

5 Terrific Twitter Research Tools

HOW TO: Track Social Media Analytic

Soon to come!

We are celebrating the progress we have made, and will soon move our coaching program to our own domain. Thanks to all of you for your support, feedback, tweets and retweets. Our goal will be to provide a high quality coaching program so you can kick your tweets and social media skills up a notch. Please bear with us in this transaction phase.

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By Hannah Patrick of Sports Media Challenge - follow her @mhannahp



Just thought it would interest this group that our team at Sports Media Challenge recently launched Danica Patrick on Twitter: @danicapatrick - also visit The Offical Site Of Danica Patrick

What makes this different, and consequently an exciting time for all parties involved, is that Danica is one of (if not the) first person to launch on Twitter in conjunction with, and backed by a sponsor. Tissot watches is the sponsor. They see this and social media as a whole as an opportunity for ongoing sponsorship in a less-invasive way than traditional advertising. They’re trying to connect with consumers through social media and one of their company’s faces.

Consistent with the Sport
Branding in motor sports is not a new concept. This is just a new medium, which may or may not generate some resistance.

New Venture
Both Danica and Tissot are well aware that they are carving new territory in terms of sponsorships on Twitter and are moving ahead cautiously and figuring it out as they go. Both parties want to execute this new venture within the cultural norms of social media.

Craving Engagement
Danica officially launched on Sunday, May 17th, but prior to her first tweet she already had 2700 followers, which illustrated the demand for her to communicate and connect with her fans in this relatively new medium. She’s already validated that her account is real by posting a Twitpic in uniform from New York.

This is a great opportunity for showcasing her very fast-paced life, sharing insights/passions and connecting with fans.

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Hi friends and followers here is your FREE presentation of;

Twitter Basic's - Twitter The Simple Guide (Slides)

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There are hundreds of various ways to tweak your Tweets.

You want to improve your Twitter experience either you use a PC, Mac, iPhone or a Blackberry.

And the tools that works best for me can vary from the tools that you will find works best for you.

With so many new tools and great improvements we see, I try not to get myself to depending on one particular tool. And also tests out a tool that I find are competitive or that I believe can add value to the tools I already use.

I have put together some of the various tools you can find out there today.

Start tweaking your Tweets today.

WEB

Twitter - Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing?

FriendFeed - is the easiest way to share online.

BigTweet - Surf the web and post to Twitter or FriendFeed

HelloTxt - we are status manage your content and updates to multiple social networks from web or mobile, FaceBook, Twitter, MySpace and other 40

TweetPaste - embeded tweets into your Website or blog

LinkBunch - put multiple links into one

MicroRevie.ws - make your reviews more powerful

Tweetlater - provide you all the tools to boost you productivity on Twitter

EasyTweets - offers an almost perfect web based Twitter Management tool

twitterhawk - is a targeted marketing engine that will help find people by topic and location, allowing you to really hit your target with ease

TweetCube - send files with Twitter

twitterfeed - feed your blog to twitter, identi.ca, HelloTxt or Ping.fm

FireFox

Power Twitter - adds features to the Twitter Web interface including: -search and recent searches

TwitKit - has a 6-section interface, using tabs to separate content. You can view the Twitter public timeline, your user timeline, a list of your friends and their latest tweets, a list of your followers and their latest tweets, replies made to you, and stats about your account

Twitbin - is a FireFox extension that allows you to keep up with all of your Twitter conversations right from your browser sidebar

Photos

Mobypicture - Share your adventures with your friends realtime

Twitpic - Share photos on Twitter

TweetPhoto - Simply a better way to share photos

monitter - lets you "monitter" the twitter world for a set of keywords and watch what people are saying

SnapTweet - easily share Flickr pictures on Twitter

Twiddeo - Twitter uploads with video

Twitxr - share pictures from your mobile

Twixxer - share and view pictures and photos on Twitter

Groups

GroupTweet - send messages via Twitter that are instantly broadcasted privately to only the team members

TweetChannel makes it possible to create channels by Twitter

PC

TweetDeck - is your personal browser for staying in touch with what’s happening now, connecting you with your contacts across Twitter, Facebook and more

twhirl - is a desktop client for social software such as Twitter, Friendfeed, identi.ca, or seismic – runs on PC and Mac

feedalizr - Twitter, Facebook Adobe® AIR™ Application (also supports FriendFeed, Flickr, Twitpic)

Twitt’m - Twitter for desktop – runs on PC and Mac

MadTwitter - Twitter for Windows

Statuzer - another Twitter Air application

TweetEasy - quick and easy way to post your tweet

HootSuite - is the ultimate Twitter toolbox. With HootSuite, you can manage multiple Twitter profiles, pre-schedule tweets, and measure your success

Twitteroo - let you send your tweets from your PC

Pwytter - Twitter for Windows, Mac and Linux

MAC

Ada - is the perfect little Twitter app with a clean, simple design – runs on Mac and PC

Airmailr - full-featured Mac OS X dashboard widget for Twitter

tototl - is aimed to provide a lightweight and easy to use desktop client for the Twitter Service on the Mac OSX Platform

Nambu - is creating the best possible social messaging experience: elegantly integrated with a superior look and fee – iPhone version also available

Tweetr 3.4 - best Twitter client for Mac – runs on Mac and PC

Snitter - a desktop client for Twitter – runs on Mac and PC

iPhone

#twitterena v.2.0 - is a new twitter client made for all versions of the iPhone and iPod

Tweetie - Twitter client for iPhone

Hahlo - mobile Twitter the way it should be

Twitterrific - is a fun application that lets you both read and publish posts or "tweets" to the Twitter community website

iTwtr - an open source Twitter client for iPhones

PocketTweets - Twitter for your iPhone

Twitter for iPhone - the most Twitter like experience you will find for your iPhone

TwitterFon - is a simple, clean, easy to use, and super fast Twitter client for your iPhone and iPod Touch

Twinkle - Twinkle, Twinkle Little App, Posting Tweets Is Now A Snap

BlackBerry

bbtweet - Twitter for your BlackBerry without the text message bill

Blackbird - a Twitter client for BlackBerry smart phones

Crackberry - a BlackBerry client from Viigo

TwitterBerry - mobile client for the BlackBerry

Mobile

SociaScope - a mobile inbox for your social networks

ceTwit is a windows mobile Twitter client written in c# leveraging the .net compact framework

Twittai - Java mobile client for Twitter

twibble - is a great service to stay connected with your friends – runs on mobile, PC and Mac

TwitterFone - send messages to Twitter using Voice

Twitteresce - allows you to access your Twitter feed using your mobile phone

Tiny Twitter - work on ANY Java enabled phone (that's a bunch & includes the Blackberry) and ANY Windows Mobile Pocket PC or Smartphone

eMail

OutTwit - use Twitter directly from Outlook

Twittermail - email to Twitter

Linux

twitux - is a GTK+ Twitter client

gtwitter - a simple GTK+ based application for Linux, designed to interact with Twitter web service

Palm

MoTwit - update Twitter from your Palm OS smartphone or Palm OS PDA

Perl/Command Line

TTYtter - an interactive console text-based command-line Twitter client
and Perl platform

tweetyPy - is a command line app written in Python. It allows access to all of the current features of the Twitter API, from updating your current status to displaying timelines

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We have already established that Twitter is a two-way communication Social Media Network.

Now you want to start tap into the power of utilizing the two-way communications options Twitter allows you to use.

The Twitter @ replies is one of the best way to start two-way communications on Twitter.

When you send an @ replies this message will go directly to the @ reply box of the user you sent it too. But the real power of the @ replies is that all your followers will see this message.

You can also send an @ replies to peeps that don’t follow you.

Of course with these kind of powerful option with @ replies it is a chance for abusing this.

Some simple @ replies rules;

Don’t use @ replies to spam people

If you send me tweets like @username please check out this link – this will usually turn me off. And I will then check more of your tweets out and see if this is a pattern, if so I will unfollow and block you. Note: @ replies from people that are blocked will NOT show up in your timeline. So if someone spams you then;
a) report them to the Twitter @spam team
b) unfollow them
c) block them

Make @ replies beneficial for all your followers

Remember that when you the @ replies it not only goes to the user you directed the @ reply too, but to all of your followers. Therefore put some thoughts into it, and make sure that everyone in some way can understand it.

Add power to @ replies

Send @ replies to a group of your followers. #followfriday is an excellent example of how to send @ replies to a group. Your tweets can look something like this:

#followfriday I endorse @username1, @username2, @username3

This tweet will go directly to the @ replies box of the user I have mentioned, plus to all my followers.

Now the real power starts kick in when @username1 start retweet this tweet to all his/hers followers, and @username2 and @username3 start doing the same.

Follow up on @ replies

If someone sends or mention you in an @ replies, make sure you send them Thank You note in an @ replies. If they have a question, comment or provided some information that you can benefit from make sure to follow up. And give qualified feedback to the @ replies.

What are @ replies and mentions?

What are @replies and mentions?

How to change your reply settings

Replies Are Now Mentions

Twitter Replies Morph Into “Mentions”

How to Use @Reply in Twitter Messages

How not to miss any Twitter replies @Your_Username

Useful @ replies tools

Tweet Replies - Get notified when someone @replies you!

Twickie - It's the Easiest Way to Archive a Twitter Response Thread!

Send you @ replies to an RSS reader



Start going Twitter Search



Type in you Twitter @username (remember to put the @ in front of username)and then click on search.



Click on link on right side that says Feed for this query



And select the RSS service you want to use for this feed.

You will now receive replies into your RSS feed service.

@ replies Tip

1. Check out how your Twitter influence is per date:

Twitter Grader

Twitalyze

Twitter Analyzer

2. Start out doing between 1 - 10 @ replies to single users that is among your followers per day.

And do between 1 - 5 @ replies to a group of your followers per week.

3. After one week go back and check how this has effected your Twitter influence.

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Twitter is a Social Network service where we focus on building online communities with people who share the same interest and/or activities, or who are interested in the interest and activities of others.

You want to communicate your message to one or more people on Twitter. To communicate your message on Twitter you need get followers. When you first sign up with Twitter, you will have 0 people that you follow and 0 people that follows you. So if you send out a message at this time, you basically are talking to yourself.

So to start with, you want to find someone that you can follow. Then you will start receive their message and get an idea of how it works. But if you only are following them, and no one follow you back besides seeing their messages you still are just communicating with yourself.

We will here share with you some techniques you can use to build a quality followers base for your Twitter account.

What is following?

What is following?

Twitter following – How To

How to Get Twitter Followers

How to Get More Twitter Followers: Some Methods That Work

How to find the right followers on Twitter

How to win Twitter followers and influence people

How To Prepare For An Influx Of Twitter Followers

Twitter Followers: Quantity or Quality?

How to Target and Attract High Quality Twitter Followers from Your Blogging Niche

How To Effectively Follow 15000+ People On Twitter Using These Tweetdeck Tricks

Great tools to manage your Twitter Followers

Tweetdeck - is your personal browser for staying in touch with what’s happening now, connecting you with your contacts across Twitter, Facebook and more

feedalizr - Twitter, Facebook Adobe® AIR™ Application (also supports FriendFeed, Flickr, Twitpic)

Twhirl - is a desktop client for social software such as Twitter, Friendfeed, identi.ca, or seesmic

EasyTweets (Pro) - Take Complete Control of Twitter..
.. Or Take Your Money Back

Twitterrific (for iPhone) - is a fun application that lets you both read and publish posts or "tweets" to the Twitter community website

Tweetie (for iPhone)

TwitterBerry (for Blackberry)

Here you find all the clients Twitter recommends

Tools for effective Twitter Following/Unfollowing

10 Twitter tool to effectively manage your followers

14 Twitter directories to find new friends

47 Twitter Power Users’ Secret To Getting Many Followers

Twellow - Twitter Directory, Twitter Search, & Twitter Yellow Pages

WeFollow - A User Powered Twitter Directory

TweetFind – Free Twitter Yellow & White Pages Directory – Built By Twitter Businesses And Users

Turn your followers into quality followers

11 Excellent Sites Help You To Find New Twitters

5 Tips to Grow Your Twitter Presence

Get More Followers by Spending Less Time on Twitter

Three Twitter Tools That Enhance New Followers Notifications

More Twitter Followers Don’t Always Mean More Clicks

Our Hard-Nosed Twitter Follower Rules To Live By

Twitter & the Law of Reciprocity

Kevin Rose: 10 Ways To Increase Your Twitter Followers

Nifty tools to control you follower base

MrTweet – Here will new quality followers be recommended

#followfriday - The Simple #followfriday Guide

DoesFollow – Find out who follow whom on Twitter

Who2Twitter – Find Out Who 2 Twitter

FlashTweet – A Twitter App For Followaholics

TweetLater (Pro) – Tools to Boost your productivity on Twitter

FriendOrFollow – Who’s not following you back? Who aren’t you following?

Huitter – allows you to bulk unfollow people not following you on Twitter

MyCleenr – the best way to clean your Twitter contact list

Top Twitter Friends

twitTangle – untangle the mess of too many friends

twitterratio – What is your Twitter ratio?

Twitter Grader – Get your Twitter ranking

Twitterel - Find Twitter Users with Related Interest

UnTweeps – Unfollow Tweeps who has not posted Tweets recently

Topify - Power Twitter Email Notification

Your Twitter Karma

Find Quality Followers on various Social Networks

I also use other Social Networks I participate in to find new followers for Twitter. This has been very effective, and I found some really quality followers there.

FaceBook Groups
LinkedIn
Friendfeed
Blogcatalog

My little Secret Tip: Setting yourself up for finding quality followers from top blog posts

Many of my followers and people I follow on Twitter daily share some high quality blog posts within my niche. Twitter authorities often write these posts. The trick here is to get in early on these posts, and make your comments there. Most top blogs today allows you to put in a link to your blog/website and most important they allow you to put your Twitter link there. If the blog don’t allow a Twitter link, then make sure you have your Twitter link visible on your blog/website.

After you have posted your comments that include your blog/website link plus your Twitter link you now want to do two things:

1. Put a link to this article on your website/blog
2. Tweet the link to the original blog where you made your comment

I recommend doing this at least on 5 various blogs per day. Then when you have done that you put your own blog/website into effect. And if you have an article ready now is the time to post it. Then you tweet the link to your article.

First you created a track back to the original blog post, and then you followed up with providing some traffic back to the blog.

#Bonus tip

Participate in informative webinars that talks about Twitter. Many of these webinars allows you to post your Twitter link. Here you will find some real quality followers.

I highly recommend Twittalk.tv

NOTE: Set your followers goal: I will get x followers within 3 months using The Simple Followers Guide.

Set a realistic goal, unless you are a celebrity don't set a goal higher then 1000. You are not prepared for handling any higher amount of followers yet.

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# - the hash tag sign has become a great way to organize certain subjects, themes or groups on Twitter.

You can use the #hashtags to identify what kind of information you want your followers or potential followers to review. With the #hashtags you allow Twitter search to identify one word that followers or potential followers can use to follow the discussion related to this word.

Experiment with #hashtags and see how this effect your Twitter influence.

I have put together some helpful articles that give useful insight on How to use #hashtags more efficient.

What is #hashtags

Hashtags introduction

How #hashtags started

Groups for Twitter; or A Proposal for Twitter Tag Channels

How to start Twitter #hashtags

How to start a Twitter hashtag

Tools for Monitoring Conversations on Twitter

#hashtags Trends

hastags.org

What the Hashtag?!

How to use #hashtags efficiently

Anatomy Of A Successful Tweet

Hashtag Happy Hours: How Moms Party Down on Twitter

Tweet Your Message to a Larger Audience with Hashtags

How to follow a group #hashtag discussion

1. Go to Tweetchat
2. Enter you Twitter name and password
3. Room to enter: {here you put in your #hashtags word}
4. Then you are in the Tweetbox for the actual #hashtag
5. Now you don’t have to put in the #hashtags, it will be automatic added to you tweet

Share the Simple #hashtags Guide

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#followfriday has become one of the best ways to endorse your friends and followers.

Friday is one of the best days to pick up new quality followers.

I recommend that you start out with endorsing friends and followers that you believe to provide you with some of the best information on Twitter.

Don't sit and wait for others to endorse yo. The best approach is to start out give yourself, then you eventually will get back in abundance.

Every Friday if someone send me an @ reply or Retweet one of my tweets I then make sure to thank them, and also endorse them through #followfriday. This is a great way to give back to your friends and followers, and they will then reward you back.

I also endorse some that I follow that provide some great information, but they are not following me. Now I also start experience the same, that people who not follow me is starting to endorse me due to my participation and information that I share.

How #followfriday started

Follow Friday. Oh My!

How #followfriday works

How #followfriday and hastags work

FollowFriday On Twitter

Why #followfriday works

#FollowFriday: The Anatomy of a Twitter Trend

#FollowFriday - Where to find new friends and followers

Search #followfriday on Twitter

FollowFridays

The Twitter Tag Project - Follow Friday

Nearby Tweets - Instantly find twitters nearby on #followfriday

#followfriday stats

#followfriday stats

#followfriday statistics. From Box UK

Top Follow Friday

twoppular - trend info: #followfriday

Twitscoop - #followfriday

NOTE: when you endorse your friends and followers by giving them a #followfriday make sure you do it in this format;

#followfriday @friendone, @friendtwo, @friendthree ...

When you endorse your friends and followers always make sure you put #followfriday in the start of the tweet. Many of the third party programs that runs statistics on #followfriday picks up this as the correct endorsement format.

Avoid using the following format;

#followfriday - @friendone - @friendtwo - @friendthree ...

Some of the third party statistic programs consider this format as unendorsements.

Retweets (tweets including RT or Retweet) are not included when calculating your endorsements.

Will I see you on #followfriday?

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The Simple Retweet Guide

I have put together some helpful articles here that can kickstart your Retweetability factor.

How To Retweet

How to retweet

How to Retweet: A Simple Guide

Retweet Etiquette

Twitter: The Tweet About Retweet

Retweet Etiquette

Retweet: The Infectious Power Of Word Of Mouth

Please Retweet Me

Finding great Retweets

How To Find Great Links For Twitter That Get Retweeted Like Crazy

How To Find Twitter Twits to Retweet Your Tweet!

The Butterfly Effect

Retweet – The Formula

5 Steps to Going Viral on Twitter

How to get ReTweeted – The Formula

The ReTweetability Index

The Science of ReTweets

It’s Not How Many Followers You Have That Counts, It’s How Many Times You Get Retweeted

Most popular Retweets

Retweetist

Retweetradar

Retweetrank

Retweet – The Result

Re-Tweets Comprise Two Percent of All Twitter Volume

Dawn of the Twitter effect

Retweet This

Here is a simple setup that allows you to add your own “Retweet This” to either your blog or website.

<a href="http://twitter.com/home?status=RT%20%40twitterusername%20http://budurl.com/rtup%20-%20%20Text behind Link">Retweet This</a>

Replace twitterusername with your twitter username.
Replace Text behind Link with your text that you want to appear in the Retweet.

NOTE: With Twitter you still only have 140 characters available. With a Retweet you allocate automatic 4 characters plus username and text. So make sure you don't exceed the 140 characters when you either set up a Retweet link, or write a Tweet that you hope will get a lot of retweets.


Retweet This

Mass following and auto following is starting to be a Tweet dilemma.

This year I have experienced some Twitter Mass/auto follow programs that got a lot of Tweet buzz.

It started out with Tweetergetter - announcing to followers they could get up to 19,530 new followers in 30 days.

This program got a fast Tweet buzz and started a little wild fire, before someone catched up and started to announce this is just a spam – or a pyramid scam.

Then recently another program - Tweepme - here it was announced that the first 5000 members would receive a free lifetime subscriptions.

This was an opt-in group where all followed each other on Twitter.

Again a new wild fire was created on Twitter. Another Tweet buzz was started.

Big guys like @mashable and @stephenfry sent out tweets that stirred up my tweetbox – telling us that this program is missing the point of Twitter and not to fall for this.

Was recently reading an article that this could risk stirring up your follower’s base, and that I could put myself in the risk of getting suspended on Twitter.

Who should set the agenda for Twitter?

I highly respect some of the Twitter authorities, but should they set the agenda for what’s right and wrong on Twitter?

Yes, I can see the needs for setting some ground rules for Twitter. Hopefully it want get to a point where we will need some kind of approval for tweeting a link.

Of course we learn valuable lessons from the Twitter authorities, and they have earned their Twitter influence through hard work and providing us with great tweets.

What will be the best ways to set an agenda for Twitter?

Twitter is for me a true ‘People working for People’ network. And it’s all about asking ‘How Can I Help You?” The “What’s In It For Me?” days is over!

Maybe when Twitter find some ways of Monetizing there probably with be set some kind of ground rules.

In the mean time Twitter is still an open free social network where we all should be able to collaborate on various third party programs for Twitter.

I use Twitter to provide advice – information – opinions and share what I believe is valuable links that my followers can benefit from. And my followers provide similar info back to me. Then we participate with providing constructive critics to each other. All this within 140 characters.

We all want to learn How to Tweet Like a Pro without damage our Twitter reputation, but rather increase our Twitter influence and become a Twitter authority that our followers will keep referring back to.

My thoughts here are some of my reflections over Twitter – what are your thoughts about these subjects?

Does Twitter need some ground rules, and who should set out these rules?


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@Mike_Wesely: #QUOTE: "It Is very difficult to be able to tell successes from failures without making a mistake." ~~Anton P Chekhov

I was reading an article about How to lose Twitter followers in 10 steps.
We all lose focus sometimes, and end up doing things we whished we could undo. Twitter is LIVE, so when you do make a mistake it gets public. And some of your Twitter Followers will tell you.

Don’t freak out if this happens to you. But take it as a learning experience. And remember there are a difference between a Tweet spam and a Tweet mistake. If you keep repeating your mistakes they can end up being spams.

If you receive a ‘negative’ comment about one of your tweets – don’t get defensive about it. But save the original tweet together with the ‘negative’ comment as a document in one of your folders on your personal computer. Then you have taken some steps to learn from your mistakes.

Tip: Avoiding Tweet mistakes is hard, but you can limit your Tweet mistakes by finding some Twitter accountability partners.

How Can You Improve your Twitter Influence?

You have started to Tweet – you have got some followers – but you still feel like you are Tweeting to “me – myself – and whoever that guy in the mirror is”. You and me want to know when and how we will make a mark on Twitter.

Is it all about the Tweet or the Retweet?

A Tweet is basically a one-way communication. You send out your Tweet, and hope that someone reads it. It’s not before someone either send you a DM, gives a @reply or you get a retweet that you know for sure that your Tweet has become two-way communication.

Many articles that I read today that focus on the two-way communication process on Twitter talks about Retweets. Retweets is you create an effective snowball effect on Twitter, but it take time to earn a quality Retweet that will create a lot of buzz.

Here as some techniques you can start apply to eventually earn a Retweet; How To Find Twitter Twits To Retweet You Tweet!

One great way to encourage two-way communication is to start using @replies on Twitter. @reply is any Twitter update directed at someone else, designated by a prefix of '@username' before the message.

On your Twitter account I recommend setting @ Replies setting to “Show me @replies to the people I’m following”.

Then your replies;
- will display on your Twitter home page
- are viewable on public profiles and in message archives

@ Replies are a great way to show your Twitter community that you are there to participate. And it will start build your Twitter influence, and then eventually you will earn a Retweet from your followers.

Here are some tips to follow when your receive an @reply, and you also want to do this when you receive an Retweet;
1) Send a @reply to @username telling them Thank You for the @reply or the Retweet
2) Take it up a notch by recommend @username on #followfriday or through @MrTweet
3) If they have a blog or website go in there an leave a comment for their website/blog
4) If you have your own blog or website either mention their website, blog or Twitter @username in your article. Or put a link to their blog or website on your own blog or website

Can you get to many followers?

I have seen some fuzz in newspapers and in various articles about the amount of followers you should have. Of course some followers can be distractive and they clutter your Twitter community in various ways.

But to me that is all they are – distractions that you can turn off. Don’t feel to bad about it. I’m sure many already have turned me off too. Worked for the hospitality industry a period and there I learned that you can’t satisfy everyone no matter how hard you try. And you learned that you wanted the critique from your customers no matter how bad it was – at least you knew that they then gave you an opportunity to fix the problem.

But just because we got negative critique we did not shut down the business, or limited us to only accepting the loyal guests to check in.

Do your own Twitter reality check and ask what you want to achieve with Twitter. Don’t let others dictate what’s the best route to take. I’m pretty sure that the team behind @mashable that almost have 250000 followers, and @guykawasaki that has almost 90000 followers don’t know then all.

Don’t see them complain too much over it either, and I’m sure they receive a bunch of Tweets to them that someday make them jump.

“Failure is just a new opportunity to make it right…”

Your Tweedycoach,

Are Morch

Tap into Twitter Revolution

I finally got @WarrenWhitlock & @CoachDeb book - Twitter Revolution. I just have to say this is a brilliant resource of Twitter information.

@WarrenWhitlock asked me to share one tip I learned from this book. Wow - not an easy task since this book is loaded with information that you can apply to improve your Twitter experience. So I will share a couple of tips here;

1. Get the book - you want regret it

2. Define your Twitter Strategy and Goals

• participate in conversations that are related to your interest -niche - blog - website - business


• provide news that your followers will benefit from


• give reviews/comments of books - articles - blogs - websites that you find helpful


• constructive feedback to your followers is the best way to show that you care


• great tips = great customer service = followers will come back to you for more tips


• always share your resources


• if you have idea - ask your followers what they think

How I reached 1000 followers in three months

I got a question from one of my followers asking how I reached 1000 followers in three months.

1. I did set a goal early on to reach 1000 followers within the date I had been on Twitter for three months. For me it's all about setting goals that I am confident that I can achieve. To me it was also important that I set a number that I knew I was able to handle. In the beginning it is important to learn how to measure the results of your efforts. So don't try to get 1000's of followers if you don't know how to handle that amount of followers.

One tip here if you have a blog or website - use Google Analytics - this tool is just amazing - and the best part of it -> it's free

2. Following my Twitter Strategy and Goals has been important both to get new followers and keep them referring back to me

3. Connecting through other social networks - Facebook - here you can do a search on Twitter groups, most of them allows you to post your Twitter handle after you followed the first one on the list, usually I follow more then one here unless I already follow them

TIP: check out my Twitter group on Facebook - Twitter Coaching in Three Steps

LinkedIn - here you can also do a search for Twitter groups - many business professionals uses LinkedIn

4. I promote my Twitter handle through my blog and every time I comment on someones blog that allows me to post my Twitter handle I do so. One tip here is to write the comment on the blog article you are reading first, then Tweet the link to the blog

5. I participate in many live Webinars - this is a great way to get new followers - Mike_Wesely host Twit Talk TV - great guy to follow and here you also find a lot of great new followers

These are some of the basics I followed to achieve 1000 followers in three months. You will also lose some followers on your way - don't freak out because of that - that is just the nature of the beast.

This approach has made it easier for me to define my Twitter strategy. You will learn that the way you follow new people, and also get new followers yourself will change dramatic over time.

Twitter and Direct Messaging(DM)

Unfortunately we still experience too many that don't use Direct Messaging the right way. This has caused some to consider DM's as spam. DMs is actually a great tool for more professional communication. But we experience way to many that send some link with 'check out this' note. If I don't know you from before and this is your first DM to me, I will NOT check it out.

If you take the time to build up a Twitter relationship with me chances are that I will over time stop by and check out your link. If you keep up trying to DM me links without building a relationship first then I first opt to disallow DM's from your Twitter account, and then if you try other ways to send me links I will opt to block your Twitter account.

The Twitter Dilemma: "The good thing about Twitter is that it still is a free service - The bad thing about Twitter is that it still is a free service"

With the growth Twitter experience it's hard to tell what direction it will take, but for the majority of us that enjoy this service we have to take steps to stop this trend and also to avoid spammers from setting the rules for the future of Twitter.

Most of you that have sent me a link on your first DM I don't believe are spammers. More then likely nobody have told you this. I have done my share of mistakes on Twitter, and more then likely I will still do some more mistakes. But it is when I start repeat my mistakes over and over again I will get myself in trouble. I also recommend you read this article - Time To Take a Stand - Yes, We're Ending the DM's

TweedyCoach Tip

Your Twitter Karma is one of the best tools to navigate and keep track of your followers and who you follows.

Tell me what you want to learn about Twitter

I keep getting some questions through my Twitter account @ecomind - a big thank you to all of you for your participation and great questions! Together we can make a difference, and we will start a new beginning together.

A special thanks today goes to @therevcoach - for great participation.

Keep sending me your questions or comments.

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Are Morch
The TweedyCoach

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Is Twitter so easy that even a Caveman could use it?

Twitter is addictive - and everyone is getting into the TwitterZone. Everyone is catching on to this addiction - presidents, news anchors, celebrities, businesses, politicians, comedians, entrepreneurs, churches, schools, grandmothers, grandfathers, dads, moms, students, kids, and even some animals has their own tweets - you name it and they are on Twitter.

Why this fascination for Twitter?

We need to think like a Caveman to find some of the answer to this question.

Here are some basic Caveman needs;

1. Biological and Physiological needs - air, food, drink, shelter, warmth, sex, sleep, etc

2. Safety needs - protection from elements, security, order, law, limits, stability, etc

3. Belongingness and Love needs - work group, family, affection, relationships, etc

4. Esteem needs - self-esteem, achievement, mastery, independence, status, dominance, prestige, managerial responsibility, etc

5. Self-Actualization needs - realizing personal potential, self-fulfillment, seeking personal growth and peak experiences

When you follow someone on Twitter, your most quality followers are those that help you fulfill all your basic needs. And if they help you achieve something you never thought you would be able to, then you have set the terms for long term friendship that both of you will benefit from. Follow someone is not a number game, it is all about psychology. And then it's about how far are you willing to go to give out your share of information to others so they can fulfill their needs. Twitter is all about give with open hands - and then you will receive in abundance back.

6. Twitter needs - peek into other peoples life, talk about yourself

Twitter has become the most popular online reality show. And we are just fascinated that we actually can participate. I can finally give my dream performance to an audience that are willing to interact.

I get many questions about who is my favorites people to follow on Twitter. My best advice is to find followers that fulfill all your six basic Cavemen needs. You will not do this overnight, take your time. Time will allow you to start a new beginning with Twitter if you follow proven techniques, and then you will discover who is the best people to follow. Over time I have found six Twitter Cavemen that helps me fulfill some of my basic Cavemen needs;

a) Biological and Physiological needs - @mashable - Social Media News and Web Tips - They know how to make a Twitter fire

b) Safety needs - @joelcomm - Twitter Power - How To Dominate Your Market One Tweet at a Time - He wrote the Twitter Bible

c) Belongingness and Love needs - @marismith - Mari Smith - Relationship Marketing Specialist - She is a bubbly loving person that gives you abundace of great info from every conferance/event/webinar she particpate in

d) Esteem needs - @guykawasaki - Twitter news without the fail whale - He helps you bringing your Twitter achievements to the next level

f) Self-Actualization needs - @problogger -TwiTip - An Aussie that made me realize my personal Tweet potential

g) Twitter needs - @ecomind - EcoMind - The New Beginning - I love to peek into other peoples life - and I will give and receive with open hands

Twitter Cavemen Tip of the Day

I have provided you some great resources here today. But one of my most valuable resources, and this is a resource that not mentioned enough out there. But I will share it with you, because its a public free resource.

Customer service & support for Twitter - here you will find questions/suggestions/info from Twitters users and the Twitter team themselves answers - great resource of information.

Twitter Power Team Invitation

It's Twitter Power Day! Learn more at @joelcomm - Twitter Power - How To Dominate Your Market One Tweet at a Time.

As part of a follow up to How To Tweet Like a Pro in 100 Days - Day 12 - I am now inviting you to become part of my Twitter Power Team. You will find there some more of the basics on how to create a Twitter Power Team. This invitation is open to everyone that is serious about fire up their own Twitter Power.

Show me how to participate!

1) Follow me at @ecomind. If you alreafy follows me go to step 2 here.

2) Send this tweet showing you are serious about your commitment;

I accepted an invitation to be part of a Twitter Power Team. Get your invitation today at http://is.gd/dbYt

3) Send me a Direct Message (DM) notifying me that you sent the tweet and want to be part of my Twitter Power Team

4) We will announce more details when we kick start our Twitter Power Team

Your Twitter friend,

Are Morch
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Today I can announce that I officially have launched my Facebook group: Twitter Coaching in Three Steps

Looking forward to see you there, make sure you share your ideas - comments - and tell me what kind of Twitter topics you want to see covered.

Create a Twitter snowball effect one tweet at a time

Don't try to follow or get more followers than you can handle. Like there is no get rich quick formulas that works - there is no get quick followers formula that works.

Instead of jumping into something that can damage your Twitter reputation, use proven formulas that works and that will bring you quality and loyal followers.

Follow some of the steps that is lined out in this article - How To Get More Followers On Twitter - by @problogger aka Darren Rowse.

Read - bookmark - comment and retweet valuable Twitter blogs

Daily I receive high quality content from my Twitter followers and people that I follow myself. This the true beauty of Twitter you receive high quality information for Free! So why not take advantage of it.

a) When you receive a link from one of your valued Twitter peeps - click this link and read it to determine if this info is valuable and can be something you can take advantage of yourself later on

b) Bookmark this link through delicious - this service is really great to help you with organize and bookmark the information

c) If you truly enjoy the info on the blog - make sure you leave a comment there. Most of the blogs today allows you to add your Twitter Id onto the comments. Don't miss out on this opportunity

d) After you left a comment on the blog - then you retweet the original tweet you received with the link in it

Pimp up your tweets

a) Create a Twitter Power team with your most valuable Twitter Followers - these are the ones that interact - reply to you - retweet/tweet your links - and share valuable resources with you - participate on Twitups twtvite or online conference/call - use these people as accountability partners

b) Tell each other when you have an campaign/event/product or new blog coming up - then use your team to build up excitement for your campaign/event or new blog launch - create a system where everyone in your Twitter Power team participate;

   1. You have an campaign/event/product or blog you are launching - notify everyone in your group

   2. Assign numbers to your Twitter Power team members - team member #1 will send a tweet of your upcoming event - #2, #3 ,#4 and #5 send a retweet of this tweet

   3. Have two or three campaign tweets ready so your team knows what to send out follow (2) for all tweets

   4. Launch Tweet with link to campaign - again follow (2)

   5. When your campaign is over then you rotate the team and #1 will launch his campaign and you become #5

c) Evaluate the results with your team - and make any changes that are necessary - if one team members struggle with their campaign - agree on action steps to push that campaign up again

Watch and learn from one of the masters of Twitter

@guykawasaki is mastering Twitter in truly a unique way. I highly recommend following him on Twitter. You will find some high quality information through his links. Twitter news without the failwhale - is one of the most comprehensive Twitter archives you can find. Guy Kawasaki should been dean on Twitter University. If you really are serious about becoming a Twitter Power user yourself, then his information is one of the most powerful keys you can have.

Recommend new Followers through Mr. Tweet

All of us has been new to Twitter at a time. Reward your new followers with giving them a little boost through Mr. Tweet. Mr. Tweet will send them a note that you recommended them. This will give a new follower a lot of inspiration, and you are on your way to build a loyal quality follower. And it don't cost you a penny ;)

NOTE: Tell Me - what kind of topics you want to see covered here on my blog.

Your TweedyCoach,

Are Morch

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Twitter – An online reality show!

We plunk – we gossip – we spread news – we argue – we send love – we share info – we coach – we exchange ideas – we promote events – one tweet at a time – LIVE now!

Twitter gives us a unique behind the scenes look in people’s lives. This is the fascinating thing about Twitter. I love the abundance of high quality info that I find through my followers – but I have to admit I love some of the gossip too.

Follow some of the top-notch Tweets and learn from their behaviors. Warnings don’t be copycat – that just doesn’t work. But you will get a great behind the scene info, and you might learn a thing or two.

My coaching goal is to provide you with info you can use in your Tweets today, and pass this onto your new followers and also to followers that has been with you for a time. And also achieve one great challenge – learning how to provide great tweets within 140 characters.

Using those 140 characters to guide your Twitter followers to your blog – and you then start to take advantage of the real power of Twitter.

46. Feed your blog to Twitter

If you have not got a blog yet – then now is the time! Go to Blogger or Wordpress and create you blog there Free! Twitterfeed will feed your blog updates automatic to Twitter. Warning!! Use this with caution. You don’t want to be the annoying squeaky wheel. I don’t send more then one feed per day.

47. Share a little secret with your followers

Do you use one Twitter tool that really has brought your tweets to next level – then share this with your followers. I bet you they will love you – and become loyal quality followers.

My Secret Twitter Tool: HootSuite - this is just a fantastic and revolutionary tool.

With HootSuite, you can manage multiple Twitter profiles, pre-schedule tweets, and measure your success. HootSuite lets you manage your entire Twitter experience from one easy-to-use interface.

48. Create Twitter Surveys

Surveys are a great way to collect information on a particular subject that you are interested in. And if you send your followers to your survey – you will create some buzz about it on Twitter. Set a timeframe for your Survey, and then share the results with your followers on your blog. I use a new tool I felled in love with – SocialToo - to create my surveys.

49. Put a twist to your tweets – market your Twitter profile offline

Yes Twitter is mostly about the LIVE online action. But you can also promote your profile offline in creative ways to earn new followers. If you participate in a conference – why not promote your profile on a T-shirt – zazzle.

50. Combine Twitter with other Social Media

There are many Social Media channels available on Internet. Some have up to 10 or more different social media accounts. I don’t participate in that many. But I do participate in other program then Twitter.
Facebook
LinkedIn
StumbleUpon
Squidoo

As you will find out I don’t use all of these active yet. Hey if you have a coaching program for one of these Social Media channels – don’t be shy – tell me!

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Are Morch

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The best advice I can give if your goal is to become a top tweeter is to give to your followers with open hands – giving with closed hands makes it hard to give back in return.

Don’t hide what you know; if you know someone else will benefit from it - share it! Twitter is real time value – yesterday’s news is history – presenting today’s news on Twitter is what makes you stand out.

One word of advice; I also notice some misusage of Direct Messaging (DM’s). I am not against DM’s, but don’t send links or a note saying ‘check out this’ on your first DM to your new followers. Part of building up a good Twitter Network, is to build up trust. I have seen many top Social Coaches that stop follow new followers that start out with sending them a DM before they know them. The only time I check out links in my DM’s, is when I requested it.

Don’t get discouraged if you work on building up trust with your followers - we will check out the links you present us with in your tweets when we know and trust you.

And avoid the number one tweet mistake that will make you loose a bundle of followers – NEVER put an affiliate link in your tweet! Send your followers to your blog or website.

41. Twitter tip channel

Create your own Twitter tip channel that you can present to your followers. Here you present your followers with blogs or websites that provides great Twitter tips. You can do this presentation either through your own blog or website, or one tweet at the time. Here are some of my top Twitter tip channels;
@problogger - Darren Rowse provide some top notch Twitter tips at Twitip
@mashable - Pete Cashmore provide Twitter news with a twist at Mashable
@joelcomm - Joel Comm is the author of Twitter Power – How to Dominate Your Market One Tweet at a Time Twitter Power
@CoachDeb - Deborah Cole Micek – CoachDeb is one of the best Social Coaches on Internet Tribal Seduction
@dhollings - Dan Hollings offer probably the most extensive Twitter Secrets and Tool kits you can find Twittin’ Secrets
@pistachio - Laura Fitton provide some Twitter insight you want find anywhere else Pistachio
MrTweet - MrTweet provide training – follower incentives and Twitter information that is a must for both newbies and pros Mr. Tweet
@danzarrella Dan Zarrella provide some Twitter scripts that will kick your Tweets up a notch or two Dan Zarella
@TechCrunch Michael Arrington gives us a profile of new products and companies, and is the missing link for Twitter TechCrunch
@twitter - Just a must follow to get all the inside scoops, and make sure you read the Twitter blog

42. Check out hot topics and trends

Find out what’s going on in the Twitter sphere. The best way to find real time hot topics and trends are to visit these two great websites regularly;
a. Retweetist, and follow them at @retweetist
b. Retweetradar, and follow them at @retweetradar

43. Become a tweet giver

If you have information, products, gifts, books, ebooks, service or goods that you can give away to your followers – then start give it to them for FREE with no strings attached. We want to become Tweet savvy and use it to promote or blog, website or business. The best approach is to offer your followers something for free, and the only thing you ask in return is that they either tweet or retweet your free offer. You want to create a win-win situation.

44. Do NOT protect your updates

Twitter allows you to keep your tweets confidential. This means you have to approve the people that can see your tweets. Not quit sure why anyone want to use this option at Twitter. But it is there. I worked at as night manager at a hotel, and when my housekeepers told me there was a do not disturb sign on the door – most of the times we honored this request. And I would also go to the rooms to verify that it was correct so we did not get any complaints. So if you want to be left alone at Twitter – we will honor it. Twitter is real time live Social Networking where the people there create the news – therefore I don’t recommend use this option on Twitter.

45. Utilize Twitter books to gain more tweet power

There is no problem finding a lot of valuable information on Twitter online. But if you want to get more in debt info on Twitter I highly recommend reading some books on the subject. Power Tweets comes with knowledge. I use my books to supplement my information base, and to gain new knowledge. Here is two books I highly recommend. If you know of other valuable books – let me know! You can find the authors on Twitter at; @joelcomm - @WarrenWhitlock - @CoachDeb.

My Twitter coaching program is growing, and I earn my Twitter respect and reputation one tweet at the time. There is still a lot for me to learn. My new goal is to improve my blog presentation. That is something I will work on the next couple of weeks. So keep on Tweedling around here. Hope I can make your experience here even more valuable, and that you will refer your followers to my blog.

Your TweedyCoach,

Are Morch


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After two weeks sliding a little out of my main topic, I am tweeding myself back to tweet basics.

Thanks for all kind of Tweet feedback – both positive and negative. Hey if you can’t handle negative feedback then you are not motivated for a new beginning.

Did get some feedback that you can learn How To Tweet in one day getting some books on quotes, watch some comedy and Retweet some good people. I don’t disagree that you can learn How To Tweet in one day. Basic conversation on Twitter basically require that you are polite and don’t spam.

Twitter authorities that is highly recognized and more then likely get a high volume of tweet buzz after they send out a tweet did not achieve this recognition over night.

To me they did what it took to get them where they are today. For me this coaching program is all about doing what it takes to achieve my goals, and help you achieve yours. We want to go behind the scenes of sending a tweet that achieve high amounts of tweet buzz and rank high on ReTweets.

Yesterday I was watching and chatting with several Twitter authorities on Tweet-A-Thon 2009. What a blast it was. Learning from some of the Twitter masters is just something you can’t put a prize on. My goal will be to do a blog interview with one or more of these profiles – so keep tweedling here…

36. Tweets and Google
Google provides some of the best tools for your Tweets. iGoogle is a absolute must if you want to move your tweets to the next level. You can also send tweets from iGoogle. And if you don’t have Gmail yet then sign up now – it’s free and a tweety must. Google has some great statistic and other tools that help analyze your efforts. This is great tools both for newbies and pros.

37. Who’s tweetin about you
Find out who is tweetin about you is really helpful for your Twitter growth. This is not very tricky. TweetBeep keeps track of conversations that mention you, your products, your company, anything, with hourly updates.

38. Add #hashtags to your tweets
Hashtags are tags presented by the # sign. They are used to track data about certain subjects. With Twitter search you can keep track of responses to a certain # in real time. Visit hashtags.org - and here you can find some of the most common #hastags used. Start organize some of your tweets with a #hastag.

39. Twitter lingo
Not familiar with the entire Twitter lingo yet? Then view the Twitter Glossary. Also to kick your tweets up a notch learn some Twitter Etiquette. And view and share Twitter in plain English with your followers.

40. Customer support and service
Tweet with the attitude on ‘How Can I help you?’ If you give to your followers with and open hand then you will receive in abundance back again. Don’t be afraid to share your information for free. If you know something that you think your followers can benefit from – let them know for free. Don’t send them some affiliate link to sign up with. You want to build trust, and remember this is all about a new beginning – so get rid of those old habits that did not work.

Remember if you make one bad tweet it takes at least 10 good tweets to get your tweet reputation stabilized again.

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February 14 is Valentines day – this a day where we express love for each other. Can you learn and grow on Twitter expressing your love with someone. To me true love comes from your hart. You do crazy stuff when you follow the passion of your hart.

Can we adapt this passion into a new beginning?

Yes we can! And now I learned that not only can we do it, but we should also do it to learn from our mistakes.

I goofed several times on Twitter, but I have two times that stands out for me. First I jumped into a phishing DM with both feet’s. And then I jumped into a follower pyramid.

I learned that it made my follower base more vulnerable and it was effecting my own Twitter reputation. So lesson learned – Twitter is still young and vulnerable – and if it sounds to good to be true then it probably is.

What did I learn from these experiences?

That Twitter is attached to LOVE, and when I lose my passion then I get off track.

L – Twitter listener
You can learn a lot from being an active Twitter listener. Most of the tweets are real time so make a Twitter note when you see an informative tweet. And then share it with us by sending it as retweet. Top-notch tweets will get a lot of attention on Twitter.

O – Twitter observer
Observe and discover the facts behind a Tweet. Don’t jump to fast into a hot tweet just to learn that it will come back as Twitter boomerang and hit you in the head.

V – Twitter virgin
If you are Twitter newbie/virgin then tell us so. Many newbies do the same mistake – not telling that they are new to Twitter. But when you have been active on Twitter for one month or two you are not a Twitter virgin any more.

E – Twitter expert
An expert will provide you with your Twitter knowledge and help you develop your Twitter skills in the right direction.

I’m reading @joelcomm excellent book; Twitter Power: How To Dominate Your Market One Tweet at a Time. Not only is a great book but ten percent of author proceeds for this book goes to WaterIsLife.com.

Share your Twitter LOVE with someone you care about - Link Love or gift wrap your tweet.

I’ll send all my friends in my Twitterville community some Tweedy Roses – make sure you tell someone you LOVE them and care about them.


Tweet Love ;)

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So far we focused on learning how to tweet. Now we want to expand our perspective and look on how we can use Twitter as an incredible tool. One of the main questions you should start ask yourself now is “Why should I use Twitter?”

The reasons can be many;
- Just want to meet new friends
- Build a niche network
- Promote my blog or/and website
- Customer support
- Breaking News
- Education
- Information
- Political
- Campaigning
- Announce an event
- Announce your book release
- Announce your software release
- Announce any special offers/discounts
- Inform about charity
- Inform about church
- Job alerts
- Quit some destructive habits
- Publish a picture
- Set the facts straight
- Stay in touch with employees and customers
- Research
- Be part of an online movement

You can utilize Twitter in so many incredible ways; the only thing that will stop you is your own imagination. Twitter is a great tool to start a New Beginning; don’t let your imagination be the roadblock.

31. Ask – Why Should I use Twitter?
Plan your Twitter road map. It’s like any event you plan- you know your purpose. You should also know your purpose with Twitter.

32. Start thinking how you can monetize your Twitter efforts
Monetization is about adapting non-generating assets to generate revenue. Failure to monetize web sites was a problem that caused many businesses to fold during the dot-com burst. Web sites that do generate revenue are often monetized via advertisements or subscription fees.

One of the main things I use Twitter for is to promote my blog. At my blog I focus on using advertising that is complementary to my niche.

Advertising is an art in itself. Starting a blog and put out some ads does not mean you will start see revenue from these. Escpecially when you are new to blogging. It’s a lot about trail and error.

I select various spots on my blog and keep the ad there for a certain time frame and then see how it perform. Then I move it to a different position and follow the same scenario. I use also a free tool Sitemeter - to track traffic to my blog. This way I also get an idea of how traffic effects the amount of clicks on my ad.

But everytime I a see a blog that I belive has a good ad approach I bookmark this, and then work on transform it to my blog.

If you are like me – not an marketing expert – this will require a lot of practice. And make sure you keep track of your results to find out what is working. One of my biggest mistakes I did was not keeping track of what I had done to promote my blog. Had one day I noticed a lot of traffic and several clicks to my ads – and I had no clue why. Don’t do this mistake – because it is hard to replicate a success when you are new if you don’t keep good records.

33. Find yourself a Twitter accountability partner or network
In the News we see a lot of CEOs, Wall Street executives, Banks, Mortgage lenders, Crditcard companies gone wild. There has been very little accountability put in place to control peoples actions or lack of actions. And we have to phase it you and me has also gone a little wild. Now it is time to be accountable for our action or lack of actions. I’m not perfect and I have done my share of mistakes(don’t tell my wife I said so…). This training is all about a New Beginning. It’s time to find someone to partner with on Twitter that can be your accountability partner. You can’t do everything alone. And it will be great to have someone that can give you constructive critiques either on your blog, website or on your tweets. Plus you have someone you can ask for help - and visa versa.

34. Mindmap your Twitter plan
Mind mapping is a great way to plan your Twitter approach. I use Edraw Mindmap. It’s free, and I just loved all the cool and great symbols they had available. This works great for me especially since my short-term memory is very SHORT…

35. Create a Twitter Brand name
Many of the top Twitter users have been able to create a Twitter Brand name for themselves. This make them stand out, and every time the post a tweet it will get attentions plus many clicks on their links. And almost every day they are among the top people on Retweetist. They almost are guaranteed to get a retweet. The things you and me need to work on here is;
- Attractive
- Attention
- Recognize
- Stand out
- Remember
- Distinguish
- Product
- Profile
- Informative
- Instructive
- Humor
- Bold

“If you do the things you need when you need to do them, then someday you can do the things you wan to do when you want to do them.” ~ Zig Ziglar ~

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