Posts Tagged ‘Facebook’
Twitter Mania – Follow Me And I Will Follow You Back
Twitter, the social networking and micro-blogging service that allows its users to send and read other users’ updates (otherwise known as tweets), which are text-based posts of up to 140 characters in length, has no-doubt become quite a phenomenon. It is widely rumored that Twitter turned down an acquisition offer from Facebook for $500 Million. A recent TechCrunch report stated that Twitter’s valuation has reached in excess of $250 Million. There are reports that state that the reach of Twitter has exceeded that of Digg in a very short span of time. With an excess of 5 Million users and over 50 Million monthly visits, everyone’s tweeting!
Needless to say, what’s made Twitter a revolution is its ease of use. From signup to search, from following others to getting followed by others, to tweet or to retweet, to use the web or the phone, Twitter is just plain simple. Add to this the power of Twitter APIs, there are hundreds of tools, utilities and apps that continue to spring from nowhere. Today, there is a twitter tool just about to do anything you want on twitter.
Some use twitter for chit-chat. Ranging from “I just got up, and am off to a shower” to “Please get out and vote for me”, much is being said in 140 characters or less. Folks are asking questions and people in hundreds respond. Advertisers market their products, Affilaites promote products, News sources announce breaking news and Bloggers post their blogs as tweets – whether for personal or for business, Twitter is seen everywhere and used by everyone.
It has never been easier to build a network of followers. Never before has it been so easy to build a network of a 1,000 followers who follow what you have to say and are ready to receive a message from you. And best of all, it costs nothing to do it! Just think about what you would have to do to get a following of a 1,000 people – whether it is cold calling, or mail advertisement, or opt-in email marketing or a paid squeeze page lead capture – it takes a lot of time, money and effort.
The benefits being obvious, everyone is looking to build a wide follower base. There is a widely prevalent phenomenon on Twitter that is increasing in popularity – “Follow Me and I will Follow You Back“. This simply means that if you follow me on twitter, I will follow you right back. There are two schools of thought on this.
The first school of thought is that it is not appropriate to follow everyone that follows you. The second school of thought obviously thinks not. The idea of not following everyone that follow you has some logic to it. You could think of some parallels to this – “Buy my product, I will buy your product back” or “Subscribe to my newsletter, I will subscribe to your newsletter back”. One could also argue that if you follow 1,000’s of people, you really can’t do justice, as multiple tweets from each one (assuming each one is active) would just be information overload and you simply can’t follow any tweet, giving it justice. Both of these arguments could be argued as having some merit. But, also not.
Think for a moment why people use Twitter. True, one of the primary objectives is for you say what you are doing now and for others to tune in (or “follow”), but Twitter can be used for reasons well beyond that. Twitter is a wonderful networking tool, where you can build relationships with others and communicate not just now, but for months and years to come. You can sure tweet for the moment, but you can just as well message the other person in private. And if it is true that Twitter is a social networking tool, and if others have something of value to offer to you in return, there is nothing unusual about you tuning into their message as well. After all, you only stand to benefit!
The school of thought that says “Follow Me and I will Follow You Back” does has merit. Just because two parties follow each other, there is no commitment or obligation. Either party can ignore tweets, or can search through tweets by name, by RSS feeds or utilizing one of the infinite tools available, if the ongoing tweets are missed. Either party can message each other, and either party can choose to review or ignore such messages. And if one does not wants to be bothered, that could be done as well. Worst case, one could unfollow and/or block others as well. Just as anything else in life, if you use the tool effectively, you will only stand to benefit.
Twitter is real. Twitter works. Twitter is the tool of the century – probably bigger and better than any other Social Networking or Web 2.0 tool. Embrace it!
And if “Follow” bothers you, because you simply can’t follow 1,000’s of people (which I agree with and in that context, Twitter allowing one to follow 2,000 people may not make sense either, unless most are not active, in which case they should not be on Twitter in the first place!), then follow others on Twitter (and be followed) so you can use it to “Send and Receive Messages“. Again, there is no better tool, whether online or offline, that allows you to be able to send and receive messages to such a wide audience that has mutually agreed to receive and send messages to each other.
If you agree with this thought process, maybe we should rephrase the theme to “Receive Me and I will Receive You Back“. And, maybe we are not just talking Twitter, but rather an enhanced Twitter, one that is naturally Two-way, maybe we are talking Twowitter
Facebook + Games + Energy Drinks = Success
Do you drink a lot of energy drinks every day, week or month?
I’m sure at one time or another you have tried Monster Energy drink, Red Bull, Rockstar Energy drink, and even a Starbucks Energy Shot. Too many of the energy drinks are unhealthy for the body over the long term with high amounts of caffeine and sugar which can dehydrate and acidify the body.
That all equals lack of sleep, dehydration, sickness and disease and water is the best cure for dehydration. Drinking too many of them is not a good thing if you want to stay healthy! Another thing is the price for these drinks if you buy them individually, you should have stock in the company to make some money on your daily investment, but I doubt you do. Even Starbucks is feeling the grip of less people getting their premier coffees and lattes.
Life isn’t all bad, so you’ll really need to check this out!
Can’t complain about any of those benefits! Plus my three children and wife love them! Have you heard of Facebook games? This company have teamed up with this social networking giant to provide an opportunity like no other to help you make money on the Internet. Come check out an informative video and site I have created to help you understand this program.
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What is Social Networking
Social networking sites are the future of Internet marketing. The good news is that the opportunities for laser-targeted advertising are becoming a reality. Want to target 18-24 year old college graduate women who are engaged? Well, you can…in Facebook. The bad news is that, with this added power, comes much added complexity.
The traditional way of paying for clicks and optimizing links etc. for search engine optimization will not work in a world where the users generate the content…and decide amongst themselves what is popular and what is not. Internet marketers will have to become much more savvy to take advantage of this kind of opportunity. More good news is that there is still time to get an early adopter advantage in this space. It’s almost impossible to dislodge that web site that’s 8 or 9 years old from the number one spot in Google (I don’t care what anyone says they can do for thousands of dollars!) search engine listings, but…in this new arena…you could be that “old” site.
Some facts about social networking sites
MySpace had more traffic in 2007 than Google
Already, FaceBook has reached Google traffic levels
YouTube gets twice as much traffic as Google
These sites are DOUBLING every 6 months ; FaceBook adds 1 million visitors each week
In a typical month
30% of worldwide Internet users visit MySpace
29% visit FaceBook
35% visit YouTube
It’s not just kids discussing what they’re going to wear to the prom
Over 50% of MySpace users are over 35
Facebook even has 100k users over 64
What is Internet Marketing
Internet marketing is carrying out certain activities and do such things that generate sales and/or capture leads from potential customers that are surfing the Internet.
This means getting your website to rank in Google, Yahoo MSN, article directories, blog directories, RSS Feeds, Social Networks, and other search related sites so that it shows up when a potential customer of yours types in a “keyword phrase” that relates to your business.
This is something of a mysterious art these days and is a constantly changing playing field. As each year passes there is a greater need to hire specialists and consultants that work purely in this arena, in order for companies to be able to get their sites on the first page of Google’s search engine results for the keywords that everyone thinks will generate sales and leads. This service is called SEO or search engine optimization , or to arrange for their staff to participate in focused training seminars, or one on one training, to gain the necessary skills to do this work in-house
Internet marketing has grown to include pay per click advertising. Ads that are postioned within the results pages of search engines (when you do a Google search, they show up on the right hand side of the page) that are written by advertisers to be triggered when certain keywords or phrases are searched on. Each time a person clicks on the ad, they are sent to the advertiser’s website, and the advertiser is charged for that “click”. This is how Google makes billions of dollars.
The future of Internet marketing will be the social networking sites like Facebook. Here, the most efficient advertising will be “viral” and more “virtual word of mouth”. This is much more complex than search engine optimization and pay per click advertising, but has the potential to be much more profitable!
