by Lee Hiller

Social media & micro-blogging sites like Twitter have changed how many companies market themselves on the internet. They are looking for cutting-edge ideas to win over new friends and followers to convert into potential customers. The dilemma is striking the right balance of friendly conversation and product pitch.

In February of 2009 @AlexKaris posted the following question ion Twitter: What is the NUMBER 1 reason you unfollow people? The winning response with 42% of the votes was “tired of watching them self promote with links and no interaction.”

The problem for me as a businesswoman on Twitter is the more I interacted and became part of the Twitter community the more reluctant I was to make a full sales pitch to my followers. By the second month on Twitter I noticed the followers who only sent out a barrage of sales Tweets with no interaction were very annoying. How would I keep from becoming “that guy/gal” with constant stream of 140 character Twitfomercials filling up the screen?

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2009
23
May

How To Make the Sale on Twitter

by Lee Hiller

Micro-blogging sites like Twitter have changed how many companies market themselves on via social media sites. Businesses are seeking innovative ways to gain new friends and followers to transform into potential clients. The difficulty can be parity of product pitch and friendly conversation.

In February of 2009 @AlexKaris posted the following question ion Twitter: What is the NUMBER 1 reason you unfollow people? “Tired of watching them self promote with links and no interaction” was the winning response with 42% of the votes.

The problem for me as a businesswoman on Twitter is the more I interacted and became part of the Twitter community the more reluctant I was to make a full sales pitch to my followers. By the second month on Twitter I noticed the followers who only sent out a barrage of sales Tweets with no interaction were very annoying. How would I keep from becoming “that guy/gal” with constant stream of 140 character Twitfomercials filling up the screen?

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2009
25
April

How Do I Use Twitter

by Kenneth Olenderson

Twitter is a website that allows you to interact with different people around the globe. Twitter is like my space but instead of talking to one person youre talking to everyone you have in your followings category. Twitter is a place where you can meet new people and learn new things. Twitter is kind of like blogging in a way.

Twitter was originally designed for interacting with family and friends but it later grew to a micro-blogging network that allowed you to promote websites and several other products. Twitter quickly became a new trend and people were hooked. Twitter today is known throughout the world and it continues to grow every day.

As twitter began to emerge from the internet globe people became skeptical because blogging at 140 characters seemed to be preposterous. By the years end Twitter became the new trend and it was spreading like the black plague across the world.

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by Shaun Baird

Myspace is an incredible website which has become one of the very few elite websites out there on the internet to achieve massive levels of real and genuine success.

If you are looking to meet new friends or even partners then myspace will help you do this. Make friends with people first then use some of the thousands of freely available myspace love graphics to help you cement friendships.

Here are some of my most favored reasons why I love myspace and how to get the most out of myspace to create a huge impact on your life. Myspace has indeed been responsible for many new partnerships and marriages, so let’s read about the good things it has to offer.

1. Friendships - myspace has one of the largest audiences in the world. People will all sorts of interests and backgrounds can suddenly hook up and realise they are not alone.

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by Jasmine Chan

Looking for new ways to promote your product, service or affiliate? Facebook is now the leading social networking website. With Facebook, there is huge potential for businesses to tap into network marketing. But are you not quite sure about how into this social and marketing phenomenon? If so, please read on.

By getting people to interact with you on Facebook, you begin building a network of interested individuals who might be future customers. This is very beneficial for your list of contacts and customer database. Keep in mind, even if someone does not convert to a sale right away, they still have potential to become a customer. You need to find a way to get them into your sales pipeline, and, hopefully, stay there.

This is accomplished by keeping these points in mind:

1. Be patient. Building your presence on Facebook is going to take some time and energy. As with all business and marketing avenues, success doesn’t happen overnight. Although you could outsource some of your Facebook presence-building, you must be careful that you also adhere to my next point.

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2009
28
February

Profit from social networking websites

by Tyler RN Neill

We are in business to make money, it’s as simple as that. We have a product that we know can make us money, or we have a service that we know people need. We could have the best looking website on the internet, but if people cannot find the website, then we have problems. Thats why we need to advertise our business, and promote the life out of it, if we want to succeed and make money.

So now you have your website online, you have a good product or service available that you know will make you money. Now you need customers/traffic. There are various ways to do this, one being PPC or you could pay serious money to a good SEO company to do the job for you. But, there are also other ways of doing this, that cost’s very little or in many cases, nothing at all.

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