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What can Fishing Teach us About Social Media? My Twitter friend, social media guru, Aaron Lee explains the similarities of social media and fishing in a very interesting article below. I hope you enjoy reading his article and who knows, you may even find your self catching bigger fish and the kind of fish you are actually looking to bring home. Social Media is Like Learning How to Fish This is my metaphor. Business Fishing – Business Purposes – Earn Money For businesses, they go into twitter or facebook because they heard that they can get a lot of fishes (followers). Sure there are like so many fishes in the sea but they’re not getting the results that they want. So they learn how to fish properly and the proper techniques of fishing and soon they got a few bites (engagement) because the fishes are responding to what we’re doing. At first they thought that all they need to do is buy a fishing rod (register an account) go to twitter and facebook (sea and pond) and they’ll be able to do well. Engagement Fishing – People who loves it

College Football by the Numbers Is your social media strategy S-I-C-K? Most of us are regularly bombarded by technological innovations that fight for our attention. More often than not, these ‘latest and greatest’ fads fail to make much of an impression on our lives (remember Second Life?). What is true for our personal lives is also true for our professional lives, only the stakes are higher. Why did we listen to IT experts about Y2K, enterprise systems, business intelligence, web services, and all those other white elephants that continue to suck our budgets dry? Today, the latest buzz to light up the IT universe is social media. By now, most people know about social media. Most firms are dabbling around the margins or simply waiting on the sidelines to see whether it has staying power. Indeed, fewer than half of the 50 largest firms in Europe have links to any social media applications from their home pages. So, how involved should your organization be in social media, if at all? SICK is short for: 1.Segmentation 2.Implementation 3. 4. Segmentation Critical Mass

4 Steps to Advertising Your Business on Twitter Money-Wise Method + New .COMs $7.49/yr plus 18 cents/yr ICANN fee. Discount based on new one-year registration prices as of 4/8/2011 with sale price reflected in your shopping cart at checkout. Discount applies to new registrations and renewals and cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer or promotion. Domains purchased through this offer will renew at regular price after the initial term has expired. 1 GoDaddy.com is rated the world's largest hostname provider according to Netcraft®. How to Engage People With Your Content 28 Oct Companies realize you love payday loan can can cialis for high blood preasur can cialis for high blood preasur meet those bank within weeks. Cash advance then pay attention to checking count pay day loans pay day loans of dealing with our specialty. by Corina Mackay If people are not engaging with your content, let’s be honest: there are probably a myriad reasons. Here’s the crux of the concept: The reward must be equal to or greater than the effort. Here’s what I mean by that: every time you ask (whether explicitly or not) for people to take action, you must do two things in return—offer them a reward that equals or betters this action, and make it clear to them what the reward is. Let’s break this down. An action you ask for might consist of: Following you on TwitterLiking your Facebook pageAdding you to Google+ circlesReading an article or blog postLeaving a commentSharing your content on social networksSubscribing to your blog And of course, many more. Rewards might include:

12 Most Effective Ways To Generate Leads On LinkedIn By Shelly Kramer LinkedIn isn’t just a powerful professional networking tool—when used correctly, it can help you exponentially increase your ability to generate business leads. After all, with nearly 150 million users (over 50 percent of which are business owners, managers, senior management and C-level executives), LinkedIn delivers a ready-made professional audience that you can tap into to further your business development. A quick note? Without further ado, let’s dive in to the 12 most effective ways to generate leads on LinkedIn. 1. Sounds like a no-brainer, right? 2. Aside from your profile, your LinkedIn connections are one of the most important tools you can use. 3. I mentioned earlier that one of the keys to LinkedIn is remaining visible and active. 4. One of the more overlooked features of LinkedIn is Answers. 5. If you haven’t already joined LinkedIn Groups, consider this your wake-up call. 6. Here’s a novel idea—take some of your online interactions offline! 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.

Be Better at Twitter: The Definitive, Data-Driven Guide - Megan Garber - Technology A study based on 43,000 responses to Tweets found precisely what people like -- and loathe -- about microblog posts. If you could construct, algorithmically, the Most Annoying Tweet Imaginable, it might look something like this: The Most Annoying Tweet Imaginable, in other words, would be overly long. It would contain stale information. It would #totally #overuse #hashtags. All this, at least, according to a new study, released today, that explores what we like in our tweets -- and what we find really, really off-putting. One piece of advice: Nix the "sandwich tweets." In that context, tweets that are informative or funny -- or, ideally, informative and funny -- evoke the best responses. So: Do be useful. And: Don't be afraid to be self-promotional. This may seem like overthinking it; spontaneity, after all, is a big part of Twitter's charm. With that in mind, here's their advice for creating that content. Image: Jeff Turner/Flickr.

42 Things To Do On Twitter Besides Tweet Spam & Coupons One of the number one social media questions I hear from business leaders is “what should I tweet?” It’s funny because most business owners start a business because they have a passion for something or at minimum have an interest in it enough they believe they can make some money providing such a service or product. However, when it comes to sending a 140 character tweet they struggle with it. Many are use to the days of the long corporate brochures and matching websites where they can hire a writer to craft every word to perfection. If you are one struggling with “what to tweet” I encourage you to go back to the reasons you started your business. Below is a list of 42 things you can do on Twitter besides tweet coupons or promote your business all day long. 42 Things to do on Twitter Besides Tweet Coupons & Spam! 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. Connect: Authored by:

Which Social Media is the most adapted to my business? JulienRio.com You probably use Social Media in your private life. You might even have used it for your own business. Since the Social Media trend appeared worldwide in early 2007, more and more companies have seen opportunities in using such platforms. People tend to use what they know: if you are a heavy user of Facebook in your private life, you might tend to use Facebook as well in your professional life for promotion purpose. This strategy makes sense as it is easier to use a tool with which you are already familiar. However, I would like to show you through this article that your favorite Social Media might not be the most efficient one for your business promotion. The top 10 Social Media Platforms in terms of Market Share The following graph (created by Priit Kallas in November 2012) shows the Market Share (in terms of visits) of the 10 Top Social Networking Sites for the US market between 2008 and 2012. Which Social Media Platform is the most adapted to my business model? Not quite true.

12 Most Definitive Ways to Master Twitter With more than 140 million active users (and growing), Twitter remains one of the go-to social media platforms for individuals and brands. I’m a huge fan of Twitter and use it not only to share content, but also to connect and converse with friends, industry peers and prospective clients. Of course, as with any other social site, Twitter requires your time and effort to be successful. The platform has its own language made up of hashtags, RTs and abbreviations—and, of course, the 140-character limit, which forces users to be concise. Whether you’re just starting out on Twitter (if so, where the heck have you been?) 1. Handy Twitter dashboards like HootSuite allow you to schedule tweets, which can be a lifesaver when you’re swamped or traveling. 2. At the risk of being annoying (or worse, spammy), you may be hesitant to promote yourself and your work on Twitter. 3. Want to entice people to click on a link? 4. 5. 6. Keep your Twitter stream fresh with a mix of content and conversation. 7.

12 Most Pressing Reasons to Get Your Company Using Social Media “How can you squander even one more day not taking advantage of the greatest shifts of our generation? How dare you settle for less when the world has made it so easy for you to be remarkable?” ~ Seth Godin • If Facebook were a country it would be the world’s third largest country. • Facebook has 750 million users. These people are your potential customers and you can reach them on social media, because that’s where they are spending their time! 1. People are talking about your business on social media weather or not you are present on social media. 2. You can easily share any information with your followers. 3. Get started now. 4. Someone else could register with a social media site and use your company’s name. 5. Your customers are talking about you on social media and no one is there to react to the conversation. 6. Social media is the new way to provide customer service. 7. 8. Social media can assist your company when hiring new employees. 9. 10. 11. 12.

INSANE Graphic Shows How Ludicrously Complicated Social Media Marketing Is Now How to Promote Your Blog With Social Media Are you looking to use social media to promote your blog? Sharing your blog posts on social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and even Tumblr can help your content gain significant exposure. But each social media platform is distinct with different benefits and abilities. You need a simple process to tailor your social sharing to generate as much engagement as you can on each of these platforms. Here’s a process you can use to ensure your posts get maximum mileage. #1: Tumblr I’ve been blogging since 1999 and have had my own hosted WordPress blogs since 2003. Fortunately one day I realized that many of my best prospects were using Tumblr and decided to include it into my social media marketing. Tumblr makes it really easy to share your blog post. The HTML code is all ready to use, so I copy it just before publishing the blog post. Here’s how to share with the “text” option. Tumblr offers lots of ways to easily share information. Sharing a post as text is as easy as 1-2-3. Voila!

www.jeffbullas.com/2010/07/16/how-to-write-a-mind-blowing-headline-for-twitter/ The latest Twitter statistics show that Twitters growth last year was over 1,300% with the latest numbers revealed by Twitter at their Chirp conference for developers in April showing Total number of users at 105 million (12 months ago that number was 8 million) Twitter received 180 million unique visitors a month to its website. Twitter is a great way to promote and market your content and the challenge with Twitter for business marketers is that you only have 140 characters to get your message across and your link clicked on. The most important element to make that happen is a great headline to make people click on that link. So in essence Twitter has brought back the art of the headline which has never gone away but Twitter has highlighted its importance. So what are the important elements in creating and writing a “great headline” and why is it so important? Why is a headline important? 1. Example: “The Secret To Getting More Money For Your Property!” 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 506inShare

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