Is Automating Twitter Worth It?
Tweet Are you better off having 2% of 1,000 people respond to you in Twitter or having 20% of 100? I just started leaning into Twitter and I just reached 50 followers. Wow, that’s really unimpressive. The thing I really like, though, is that when I Tweet a link, I get a 50% response rate. As I follow people and more people follow me, can I maintain this ratio? Bragging about how... More...
Does Your Twitter Handle Make You Look Fat?
Tweet Is your Twitter name so overweight that it can’t fit into retweets? Do you even have difficulty squeezing the name into a tweet. Does your handle make people cringe to type it? Face it, Twitter is for dieters. Bit.ly, Tinyurl.com, qwkurl.com have all figured it out. Those 140lbs, um, I mean characters, are a maximum. The scale knows you’re lying to yourself. Those who... More...
Crack Babies on Twitter
Tweet Note: This post should have been published a week ago, but I’ve been absolutely buried creating video lessons for the membership so this article was overlooked. You should probably read the last post on the topic of Twitter if you haven’t already. So, here we go… Like donuts, Twitter can make your stomach churn like the cheap glazing that envelopes it. I jumped... More...
Twitter Clowns
Tweet FULL DISCLOSURE: I’m new to Twitter. Really, really new. I’m not using any of the automatic tools. Some of the things I am noticing are not impressive. Twitter isn’t bad itself, but how people are using it begs the question, “are you joking?”. For instance, today I searched for a topic I was interested in learning about. I saw 3 people with good comments,... More...
Audio: Status Updates From The Grave And iPhone Dominance
Tweet Before we headed out for Affiliate Summit West last month, we recorded a podcast where we ask the question, “if you died today, what would your Twitter, Facebook, or LinkedIn status updates say about you for eternity?” And just to swing the pendulum wide, we also talked about using the iPhone for business. How’s that for an odd combination? Shortly after we recorded... More...
Simple Search Engine Optimization Tips
Tweet Are you getting at least 100 new visitors to your blog everyday? If not, it may be that your blog is not optimized for the search engines, which is where people begin their search for products and services online. Some “search engine experts” would have you believe that search engine optimization requires a lot of advanced techniques to rank well. But the truth is that... More...
Why Do You Use Twitter
Tweet How many times have you forgot your camera when attending a social event? I always forget the camera because I’m too excited about being at the event. Well, last Saturday I was at the Dallas WordPress Meetup in Addison Texas and I totally forgot the point and shoot camera. But luckily Esteban Contreras (@socialnerdia) of SocialNerdia.com was there with his Flip video camera... More...
Bonehead Marketing 101
Tweet You probably don’t want to be a bonehead marketer. So let me tell you exactly how I was one recently, to help you avoid the condition. It started when I was asked to give a presentation on integrating Twitter into WordPress for the Dallas Fort Worth WordPress Meetup Group. Public speaking is something I like to practice whenever possible and I knew exactly what materials I wanted... More...
Using Twitter to Wish People Luck
Tweet Wishing people luck has always been a popular thing to do, but with social media tools like Twitter at our finger tips, wishing someone luck on Twitter has taken on a whole new meaning. Recently I got the opportunity to help out with the Epic Change TweetLuck Project that’s using Twitter to raise funds to help expand Shepherds Junior school in Tanzania and it gave me a whole... More...
Who Are The Top 10 Followed People on Twitter
Tweet It’s always interesting to check in from time to time and see who are the top 100 followed people on Twitter. Last time the 100 most followed people on Twitter included Barack Obama, Robert Scoble, and Kevin Rose. This time I thought it would be fun to focus on who are the top 10 followed people on Twitter. Kevin Rose is still in the top 10, but President Obama is the second... More...
Finding People On Twitter To Follow
Tweet When looking for new people to follow on twitter, consider using search.twitter.com to do some Twitter keyword research and then follow those people who express an interest in the keywords that you are targeting. Try to identify small but active tweeters, because smaller tweeters are more likely to notice what you tweet. People with lots of followers will most likely be too busy... More...
Networking At The DFW WordPress Meetup
Tweet Are you using Meetup.com to network offline with your online contacts? Well, let me tell you first hand, you should be. I attended a meeting for the DFW WordPress Meetup Group this past Saturday and I had a wonderful time, made some great contacts, and learned some things I can implement right away to add revenue to my business. If you haven’t been to a meet up, then I highly... More...
Using Speech-To-Text To Tweet
Tweet This weekend I came across a handy iPhone app called vLingo that uses Speech-To-Text technology to convert spoken words into text. Speech-To-Text isn’t all that new, but the vLingo application is very accurate and you can have it post updates to your social networks on Twitter and Facebook. Now that’s pretty handy in my book. I can’t wait till I can dictate full... More...
How To Attract Twitter Followers Using Video
Tweet Can I be honest with you? Your Twitter page is boring. Oh, I know it’s not your fault. By design there is nothing overly exciting about anyone’s default Twitter page. Even the little about me square in the upper right hand corner of the page is boring and doesn’t really offer enough space to tell prospective followers anything about you. So, wouldn’t it be... More...
