Maximize Followers with Your Twitter Behavior

Posted by admin on Oct 7th, 2010 in blogging, twitter | 0 comments This is a follow-up to a previous post Twitter Social Media Trends: Your Twitter Profile that mentioned points on the importance of fully completing your Twitter profile. Not only can a complete Twitter profile prompt people to follow; you can also maximize followers with your Tweeting behavior. Sure I know you have seen it or may have been guilty of this behavior as a newbie to Twitter – blasting tweets that pretty much scream a sales pitch over and over. This type of tweeting comes across as spam. Most engaged tweeters browse your profile, glance at your avatar before deciding to click the...

Twitter Social Media Trends: Your Twitter Profile

Posted by admin on Sep 23rd, 2010 in blogging, social media, twitter | 1 comment Recently I attended the webinar hosted by Hubspot’s Dan Zarella and Chad Levitt, “The Science of Twitter: State of the Twittersphere Meets Sales 2.0.” The information presented confirmed several ideas and answered possible outcomes of Twitter experiments I have tested with a few Twitter accounts of my own. If you are not using Twitter as a marketing tool for your business, I encourage you to open an account and get started. Twitter can function as another platform to reach existing customers as well as convert leads into customers. When I first opened a Twitter account I...

Monetize a Blog with Amazon Associates for Google Blogger

Posted by admin on Dec 16th, 2009 in amazon associates, blogger, blogging, featured articles | 4 comments As an Amazon Associate or Blogger you will be excited to know that there is now yet another way to monetize Blogger. Amazon Associates for Blogger offers two easy steps to monetize Blogger with relevant Amazon products directly within the Blogger editor. How does Amazon Associates for Blogger work? Utilize the Amazon Product Finder’s ability to search and recommend products closely associated with your blog’s text without leaving your blog post. Each time you create a new post you will see the Amazon Product Finder appear to the right. You will have the option to include a product as a...

Blog Giveaways, How to Host One

Posted by admin on Dec 7th, 2009 in blogging, featured articles | 4 comments Sunday I wrapped up a blog giveaway on one of my other blogs www.readyreaderbooks.com/. This was a second attempt and much more successful than my first. My first attempt included a company sponsored gift from a company  I emailed  and asked for samples. I tweeted the offer but didn’t receive interest at all. Below are a few ways I went about performing a blog giveaway differently: What are your goals? Decide on goals you want to achieve as a result of a blog giveaway. Do you want to increase traffic, gain more subscribers or promote a new blog? Self-sponsored blog giveaway I decided to...

Say More with TwitWall

Posted by admin on Nov 30th, 2009 in blogging, twitter | 0 comments Sometimes do you find yourself wanting to share more than just 140 characters? TwitWall gives you the ability to do just that. More like a blogging extension, you can upload images, mp3 music or podcasts and more. I recently started using TwitWall on all of my Twitter profiles and instantly loved the fact that I could upload more than a link and text. If you already have a Twitter account (userid), simply log-on to TwitWall using your Twitter userid and password. That’s it- you’re ready to start posting your ‘wall’ entries. Don’t worry if you do not have a Twitter...