Why Create A Twitter List?

When Twitter first started, users worried about how they would track their followers easily. You could not organize the people you where following into groups.
Now with Twitter Lists, you can categorize your followers in many ways. They can now be grouped into distinct categories.  Bonus! Lists allow you to include people you’re not following.

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Social Media Specialists will go mainstream in 2010!

I received this email from
Craig Cannings Co-Founder of VAClassroom.com:

“I was recently reading a 2010 Predictions post from one of my favorite blogs, Social Media Today and they were forecasting what trends would take shape in the coming year. Interestingly enough, the 2nd prediction on this blogger’s list was that “The Social Media Specialist position will become [...]

Sometimes Your Chocolate ends up in Your Peanut Butter

Sometimes Your Chocolate ends up in Your Peanut Butter, nothing you can do about it..

Remember those commercials (ok I’m totally carbon dating myself here) where one person would be eating peanut butter out of the jar and then another would be eating a chocolate bar?  Then some how they became clutzy and the chocolate ended [...]

Facebook Has a New Twitter Application

This application is “Fabulous” for us Fan/Business page Admins on Facebook. With it we can share our updates with our Tweeps on Twitter. Facebook has given us the option to decide which updates we share with our Tweeps “Notes, Links, Photos, Events, or Status Updates” if your like me you’ll want to share all of them.

Twitversation For Your Website: Tweetboard

Twitversation For Your Website: Tweetboard

Twitversation For Your Website: Tweetboard

Tweetboard allows you to have true “Twitversations” on your website!
An application for you website that is fun and allows you to have an engaging micro-forum. So what does Tweetboard do with your Twitter stream? It pulls it in with in 1 mind of real-time. Your tweets are reformated into threaded twitversations “nesting” (as the tweetboard site explains). Twitversations that splinter off your original twitversation are included in the thread.

GizaPage-Professional Organizer For Social Media Profiles

Gizapage.com is in beta and I’m in Love already! GizaPage AKA “Professional Organizer” for your Social Media Profiles. You can see below how it organizes all your Social Media Profiles to nicely. Gizapage.com Many thanks to Mashable The Social Media Guide for sharing. Their blog post says it all here is the link. The post is by Jennifer Van Grove. But Before you go read about it here are some visuals.

Tweoples Everywhere Are Rejoicing over TipJoy.com

Tweoples everywhere are rejoicing over TipJoy.com including me!

What is TipJoy? Tipjoy is a simple way to give and recieve social payments. This service makes it easy for people to earn money from and give money to great people, causes and content.

Ad Network For Twitter “Be-A-Magpie”

What does be-a-magpie.com do for you? It Generates conversation about your brand.

It is not just banner advertising, they are talking about here. “Magpie is about generating a conversation for your brand within a social networking context – Twitter.” – Magpie

What does be-a-magpie.com do for you? It Generates conversation about your brand.

It is not just banner advertising, they are talking about here. “Magpie is about generating a conversation for your brand within a social networking context – Twitter.” – Magpie

Some Best Practices For Tweeting

As promised we are going to discuss “Some Best Practices for Tweeting”

When one Tweets, they want to be doing so regularly and consistently, this would start out at 5-10+ tweets per day.

Moderation is the key! So when you promote your blog posts and products do so in moderation.

You are joining the tweet-versation so you want to be conversational and in context when talking about products.

Do you have ground rules in place for Social Networking?

Having “Ground Rules” in place for Social Networking is a must. With these Ground Rules in place they help you to remember why you are social networking, with so many options it is easy to get sidetracked.

Here are a few questions to think about: Are you actively engaging your network? Are you a community builder, someone relationship oriented? Are you avoiding aggressive marketing tactics? Is you profile memorable? Have you established a regular schedule for participating? Are you presenting your self in a professional and personable way? Are you a “Social Leper” (a taker, all about you) or a Social Magnet (sharing your expertise, adding great content, and writing recommendations)? Are you spreading yourself to thin, trying to participate in every social network there is?

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