I always thought that business, especially small business should get on the band wagon with social media. See my old post, Helping Small Business To Make Your Business Big. This is quite an impressive video that shows what is possible. Enjoy!
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Learn Without Memorizing
Part of being an entrepreneur involves having to where many hats. If you’ve been studying using social media for your marketing there are a lot of things to remember. In the context of having to be as efficient as possible through daily habits, there are many things we have to remember that matter greatly. While no single task involved with it is extremely difficult, having to remember them all can be challenging, especially when literally the next day you may be teaching someone else what you just learned today.
With that I offer you a blog post called How to Learn Without Memorizing written by Scott Young on a Blog site called Think Simple Now. In it he describes a completely different system of learning by connecting ideas together. Scott describes this as creative learning.
What I’d like to advocate in this article is a more creative, spontaneous form of learning than the style you were probably coached for in school. Instead of repeatedly scanning the same information for minimal benefit, invest your time learning in creating connections with the information you are learning. Not only is it a more natural way to learn, it isn’t painfully boring like most memorization tasks are.
He goes on to describe many different strategies that you can implement as well. I find this kind of learning fascinating and will certainly delve more into it. I may even try and use it to try and explain some abstract technical information. Don’t be surprised if you find it in one of my later 101 traffic generation strategies in the near future.
Not only is this post interesting but the whole blog seems to be as well. Again it’s called Think Simple Now.
Have a remarkable day.
It’s A Message
Social Media Boom
Well it seems now that social media marketing is like a shiny new silver dollar and almost everyone is waking up and getting involved, as they should. There’s no question that social media applications are becoming central to our online lives, and soon social apps will be an integral part of the very operating systems we use. People are using Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube like crazy, and there are no signs of slowing down.
But Don’t Forget
What everyone still needs to realize is that as neat and nifty these online applications are, at the heart of it all, especially for marketers, is they are used to convey messages. You can never forget that these new social technologies are simply different and new ways to communicate. You also need to know that technology by itself is not can not compel anyone to do anything. You need to make sure that you don’t get the social technologies mixed with the message.
It’s Still A Message
So now we know that every status update, Tweet, and Facebook message is nothing more than a communication between a sender and on the other end, a reader. What your message says and how you say it are what matters. Don’t get caught up in the hype of Web 2.0 when it comes to conveying your message. At the core of it all you still need to deliver relevant messages, whether it be Facebook, Twitter, or an email campaign. Make sure you communications deliver a persuasive call to action because when it is all done and said, it’s still only a message. How you choose to craft and convey the words in it will make all the difference.
Twitter 101 – Tools For Twitter
Twitter has earned a reputation for not only super communication, but for actually improving your life. People can use it to expand their social circle, promote their side business, keep their coursework organized, and more. These tools will help you for whatever purpose you want to use it for.
Twitter Analysis
If your goal is to be popular and influential on Twitter, be sure to check out these tools that will tell you how you’re doing.
- Twitter Grader: Learn your Twitter grade, your local Twitter Elite, and find new people to follow through Twitter Grader.
- Twitterholic: Check out the top Twitter users and find out your Twitter stats on Twitterholic.
- TweetStats: TweetStats offers a graphical analysis of your Twitter stats.
- Twitter Friends: Carefully measure your Twitter conversations using Twitter Friends.
- Twinfluence: Twinfluence will measure your Twitter influence based on reach, velocity, and social capital.
- Tweetwasters: Find out how much time you and other users waste on Twitter.
- Tweet-Rank: Learn about the quality of your tweets by finding out which ones won or lost followers.
- Mr. Milestone: Get a tweet when you reach various milestones using this Twitter tool.
- Retweetrank: Find out how many retweets you and other Twitter users have through this service.
Information Gathering
With these tools, you and gather information for market research, blog posts, and your own simple curiosity.
- search.tEarn.com: Unique, social network for viewing photos and videos on any topic and chatting with Twitter users interested in the same subject. Search on any topic.
- @myflightinfo: Use @myflightinfo to stay updated on your flight’s status.
- Twitterverse: Check out archived timelines and tweets through Twitterverse.
- Twitscoop: Twitscoop shares what’s hot on Twitter at any given moment.
- Twitbuzz: Twitbuzz tracks the latest conversations as well as popular Twitter links.
- StrawPoll: Use StrawPoll to make sharing your opinion as easy as sending an @reply.
- Retweetist: This service ranks the hottest links being retweeted on Twitter.
- Monitter: Get real time keyword monitoring on Twitter from Monitter.
- TweetNews: TweetNews ranks stories based on the amount of related tweets.
- TwitterBuzz: TwitterBuzz will tell you what’s being linked to the most on Twitter.
- Tweetscan: Set up Tweetscan to make sure you don’t miss any @replies, and to get alerted of your search queries.
Network Building & Management
Find more relevant Twitter users with the help of these tools.
- Twitter Local: With this service, you can see tweets from Twitter users in a specific location.
- Twubble: Twubble will expand your Twitter bubble, picking out people you may like to follow.
- MyCleenr: Sort your friends by their last tweets, and you can get rid of the inactive and useless accounts you’re following.
- Follow Cost: This tool will tell you how much effort it takes to follow someone.
- Tweepler: Use Tweepler to organize your tweeps based on whether you’re following them or not.
- Just Tweet It: Find Tweeple, tools, Twitter bots and more through this directory.
- TweetWheel: TweetWheel will help you discover which of your Twitter friends know each other.
- SocialToo: SocialToo will help you keep track of all of the people who have followed or unfollowed you.
- Twitoria: Reduce your clutter on Twitter by finding your friends that haven’t tweeted in a long time.
- TwitDir: With TwitDir, you’ll be able to search for people, and exploring categories including top followers and updaters.
- Who Should I Follow?: Using this site, you can get good recommendations for Tweeps to follow.
- Nearbytweets: Learn about all of the Twitter users in a specific area with the help of Nearbytweets.
- Twellow: Find Twitter users in a specific industry using this service.
- Mr. Tweet: Mr. Tweet is a personal networking assistant for Twitter, helping you find relevant followers.
- Qwitter: Qwitter will help you manage your network by sending an alert when a person unfollows you.
Twitter Management
Save your time and cull your Twitter list with the help of these tools.
- Summize: Retrieve information on Twitter quickly to search Twitter in real time.
- Tweet O’Clock: Trying to reach someone? Tweet O’Clock will help you find the best time to get their attention.
- Just Signal: Set up a filter using Just Signal to get only the tweets that discuss the keywords you’d like to read about.
- TweepSearch: Put your Twitter network to good use and search your followers for specific parameters.
- Friend or Follow: Manage your Twitter contacts and find out who’s not following you back through Friend or Follow.
- TwitResponse: TwitResponse makes it easy for you to schedule the delivery of your tweets ahead of time.
- TwitterSnooze: Put the pause button on a particular user for a while with Twitter Snooze.
- Twitterless: Get notified when someone stops following you with Twitterless.
- Twilert: Track specific keywords to receive alerts for using Twilert.
- Tweetdeck: Tweetdeck has a groups function that will help you more efficiently follow the people you really want to listen to.
- Twalala: Put the mute button on certain people and topics for a while if you are receiving lots of updates you’re not really interested in.
Sharing Tools
Promote your business, share photos, and more using these Twitter tools.
- Tweetburner: Use Tweetburner to share links, and you can track their usage.
- Twitpic: Twitpic makes it easy to take mobile phone photos and share them using your Twitter account.
- TwitterHawk: Get targeted marketing on Twitter through TwitterHawk.
- Acamin: Acamin makes it easy to share files on Twitter with your followers.
- Glue: Post links to books, movies, restaurants and more on Twitter through Glue.
- Ping.fm: This service will update all of your social networks at once.
- TweeTube: TweeTube makes it easy to share videos on Twitter.
- twiggit: Use this automated service to share the articles you digg on Twitter.
- Twisten.fm: Share what you’re listening to on Twitter through Twisten.fm.
Organization & Productivity
These Twitter tools will make your life a bit more streamlined.
- Twittercal: Link your Twitter account and Google Calendar to easily keep up with your events and appointments.
- Timer: Use Timer to get reminders about tasks through your Twitter account.
- TwitterNotes: Organize your notes using Twitter with TwitterNotes.
- Remember the Milk: Use Remember the Milk on Twitter to update your to do list.
- Tweetake: Tweetake will back up your Twitter timeline for archiving and more.
- Nozbe: Nozbe makes it easy to add and update your to do list on Twitter.
- Toodledo: This popular to do list app integrates nicely with Twitter.
- TrackThis: Send TrackThis your tracking number, and you’ll get Twitter messages every time there’s a change in location.
- Joint Contact: Get project management productivity on Twitter using Joint Contact.
- Tempo: This time tracking tool allows you to send in updates from Twitter.
- Tweet Later: Tweet Later offers a great way to set up alerts, schedule tweets, send thank you DMs, and more.
- OutTwit: OutTwit will make it easy for you to use Twitter inside of Outlook.
- Jott: Jott makes it easy for you to tweet without ever having to type, transcribing your voice message to Twitter.
Life Tools
With these tools, you can work on relationships, life tracking, and more.
- MyMileMarker: Keep track of your mileage with info sent via Twitter every time you fill up.
- 21Tweets: 21Tweets offers personal coaching on Twitter.
- TwtTRIP: Organize your travel plans and find other Twitter travelers on your way with TwtTRIP.
- Tweet Answers: Twitter Answers makes it easy to ask questions and get answers on Twitter.
- Twtvite: Twtvite is a simple event organizer that will help you create a tweetup.
- Vacatweet: Set up an autoresponder for your Twitter account with Vacatweet.
- plusplusbot: Share when someone goes out of their way to help you, or otherwise make your feelings known using plusplusbot.
- TrackDailyGoals: Use this site and the #dailygoals hashtag to keep track of your goals every day.
- ConnectTweet: Put the voices of your group or business together through ConnectTweet.
- Tweeteorology: Find tweets about the weather in any location through Tweeteorology.
- DreamTweet: Keep a reminder of your dreams and nightmares, and follow the dreams of others through DreamTweet.
Business & Finance
Use these tools to improve your business and finances through Twitter.
- Chipin: If you’re raising funds on Twitter, make use of Chipin to set a goal and let your supporters track the progress of the campaign.
- Xpenser: You can Twitter your expenses to Xpenser and they will be recorded for you.
- Twittertise: Schedule your tweets and track their clickthroughs with this app designed for Twitter advertising.
- TwtQpon: Create simple Twitter coupons for your business with TwtQpon.
- CheapTweet: Get all of the deals, sales, coupons and more being discussed on Twitter through CheapTweet.
- Tipjoy: Like Chipin, Tipjoy offers a way to create social payments for your cause, content, or people.
- SalesTwit: Get contact management for Twitter with the help of SalesTwit.
- Tweet What You Spend: Track your cash in a really effective way using Tweet What You Spend.
- StockTwits: StockTwits shares the investment discussions on Twitter in real time.
Health
Track your health using these Twitter tools.
- Qwitter: Update Qwitter to shame yourself into quitting smoking.
- TweetPlot: Use TweetPlot to chart your food and fitness statistics.
- Tweetwhatyoueat: Keep a food diary to track what you’re eating every day using Tweetwhatyoueat.
- gtFtr: Use the gtFtr tool to record your exercise activity on Twittr.
- SugarStats: Track, monitor, and share your blood sugar through Twitter with SugarStats.
- FoodFeed: This Twitter-based food log makes it easy for you to track what you’re eating.
Blogging
Bring your blog life and Twitter life together with these tools.
- Add to Any: Get your posts shared on Twitter by using Add to Any on your WordPress blog.
- TwitThis: Make use of this plugin to send Twitter messages about your blog post.
- MyTwitter: Use the MyTwitter plugin to display your Twitter status on WordPress.
- Twitpress: Twitpress will send out a Tweet every time you post a new blog entry.
- TwitterCounter: With this plugin, you can display the number of followers you have on Twitter.
- TwitterFeed: Announce your blog post on Twitter with a customized message using TwitterFeed.
- FriendFeed: Announce your blog post on Twitter.
My Twitter Responses to New Followers
Over at TweetLater.com You have the option of automatically sending a welcome message to new followers. I would bet most people use the default message and if they do customize one, they only have one. The first thing you should do is get rid of the generic message. Secondly, a rule that you HAVE to follow is to stop the urge to have a message that contains spam. If you want to repel someone, the best way is in your very first contact, try and sell them something. Thirdly, an option you have is to put in several, I use 20 return messages when someone follows me. Remember, you want to stand out, get the person curious, and maybe solicit some kind of response. I have some that range from the ridicules to the sublime. I actually have a high rate of response from these.
In order to set up the multiple rotating feature you need to wrap the 140 characters or less messages in curly braces {} and delimit them with a bar | . Here is an example of what I use. These are just a few random messages I send out and some examples of some of the responses.
Messages
{
If there’s one thing I just want is… it’s for you to have a remarkable day! Hope life’s treating you good. |
If you could ever get a nice European sports car, what color would you like? I’m thinking of a dark blue. |
Have you ever noticed that when you stop searching and looking for something, the thing then appears? Isn’t that weird? |
I like fishing. A bad day of fishing is always better than the best day of work. Do you get to fish as much as you want to? |
Now that I have so much free time my wife’s honey do list is growing. Little does she know it but I hire the neighbor kids to do most of it.|
I like apples better than oranges. Isn’t it amazing how we are all so much alike but each have our own peculiarities. Did I spell that ? |
Do you like beer? I do. Maybe too much. Maybe it’s because I have too much time on my hands. Maybe I need to get a real job. Nah…
}
Responses
No I do not get to fish nearly as often as I would like.. today, I would rather be fishing anywhere than working. ; )
I like grapes lol, we are all similar in some way Chris…have a great day
I live in Finland and the weather has changed today constantly. In the morning it was pouring rain, then sunshine etc. Where are you?
Thks 4 d folow.I lik beer 2.Prety mch budweiser.n a botl.Im crntly unmployd. lot of tim on my hnds 2. Hope th lottery pays off, doutfull.
Right now, more money to pay the mortgage, but usually i’d pick more time.
Action Item
Make your own auto-responder using the rules above, and you’ll actually start having some followers who are more apt to look at your profile and follow the link to your blog. Have a remarkable day.
