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Those of you who are using Twitter and not taking the time to “clean house” could end up paying serious consequences. Not only in business, but in your personal life and your community.

People shop the social networks. People you go to church with, people you work with LOOK for you online. That last thing that you want to happen is to have your credibility or character called into question if someone runs into inappropraite content in your Twitter profile. Whether you realize it or not, there is questionable material showing up in Twitter profiles more and more each day. Everything from x rated content, to fake Twitter accounts leading to pages containing viruses and spy files pop up all the time.

Here’s a scenario that should get the point across. Let’s say you’ve just submitted a resume’ to a new company because you’ve recently lost your job. Let’s then say that your resume’ is impressive and exactly what the company you are petitioning for employment is looking for. Now let’s say they run over to Google to type in your name. It just so happens that your Twitter profile shows up in the results from their search.

As Twitter is gaining more popularity by the day the person holding your fate in their hands clicks on your Twitter profile and starts looking around. They look to see who you are following, then they go and look to see who’s following you. They are suddenly horrified and embarrassed when four out of the 20 images listed on your first follower page contain images with x rated or other offensive content. Do you suppose that is going to have an effect on whether or not you get the job you need to keep your home from going into foreclosure? Is that really a risk you want to take?

Here’s another scenario. Let’s say your pastor or other spiritual leader in your life were to find you on Twitter one day. What is there impression going to be if they see offensive content in your Twitter profile and it looks like you’ve done nothing to manage it?

The hardcore Twitter users know that sometimes stuff shows up you need to delete, but the new Twitter user or even those who don’t use Twitter don’t know this. All they know is that they found you online and saw that you were associated with questionable people and material. Is that a rumor that you really wanted started in your name? Try explaining what they saw on your profile to the 9 year old who happens to find his/her school teacher, bus driver, lunch lady or Sunday School teacher online… good luck with that!

Bottom line is this friends, make sure you are keeping a tidy Twitter account, it’s of utmost importance! Until Twitter decides to do something about the garbage that infiltrates it every waking hour of the day, you have to… your reputation depends on it.

Have fun with Twitter and the social resources, but pay attention to what’s going on so you can keep yourself and your family safe! I’m already hearing horror stories that run along these lines from Internet marketers and friends, so protect yourself at all times.

Cheers!

Rex

One of my passions, as an Internet marketer, is to help other Internet marketers find the success that they are looking for. You can only imagine how much it “pains” me to see people marketing out of desperation trying to make a dollar online. There are times when I just have to shake my head. I see people wasting countless hours doing the wrong thing when they could be doing the right thing, saving a ton of time and making great money.

Right now I’m working diligently to get my message out to people because there are changes coming to the way that searches are conducted online and there’s an open window for people to take advantage of positions that haven’t been attainable, in the search listings, by most since the appearance of Google online.

I’m going to be brutally honest with you here about many things in this blog post. The way I see it, you are going to respect my honesty or you’re going to hate me for waking you up to truth about this industry. People need to understand what this really takes. I’m tired of seeing good people get hurt because they take short cuts. The quickest short cut to making great money online is to do things right.

1.) If you are not utilizing and e-mail marketing resource/marketing system to build your business, you will fail. Those of you who are just blasting away at the safe lists and traffic exchanges, hoping for a sale or two are doing things completely wrong. You are not going to become a successful Internet marketer without a marketing system in place. You need quality incentives to attract traffic and you need an auto responder, set up correctly, to build trust with your list, provide value and drive sales.

If you don’t have this, you need to get it. If you don’t have the money for it, borrow it, host a car wash, have a garage sale, do whatever you need to do to GET THE MONEY you need to build and operate a proper marketing system. It takes money to be in business online and if you don’t have money to invest in your business, you don’t have a business, you have an idea.

2.) You need a basic, working understanding and knowledge of both business and marketing. Joining a business opportunity and blasting an ad to safe lists is not good business and it’s certainly not good marketing. Spamming message boards on social networks is not marketing, it’s just rude. Good marketing leads with an incentive, a sample, a quality freebie that people are going to get their hands on, learn something, apply what they’ve learned, see it work and be so stinkin’ impressed that they come RUNNING back to you for more. That’s marketing!

Marketing requires an understanding of your target market. Your niche is a combination of your target market and your passion to embark on a journey to be successful in business by supplying your target market with the elements they need to accomplish something in life. If you are not targeting your niche then you are losing money. Blasting ads at other Internet marketers isn’t marketing, it’s ridiculous and it’s imposing your will upon the mind and heart of another without ANY consideration for their well being. “Marketing is the art and science of empowering and communicating with another human being based on their wants and needs, not mine or yours.”

3.) You need traffic and lots of it. That traffic, however, needs to be niche specific traffic. If you are not driving niche specific traffic then you are only hurting your business. There’s no sense in building a mailing list full of hockey players when you’re niche is Tennis. I can have 50,000 hockey players on my list, and I might even find a few that play tennis too, but business is going to BOOM when my list is full of tennis players!

4.) You MUST understand the Law of Attraction if you are going to attract wealth and abundance. I see hundreds of marketers out there talking about “attraction marketing” but most of them don’t have the first clue as to the spiritual side of the phenomena. Waving money at people and sitting in fancy cars is not what the Law of Attraction is about. Yes, that might attract some people, but even the gurus will tell you that no matter how many people that attracts, only about 3 in every 100 will ever reach that level, so you better learn the right way to do things if you want to achieve those levels of success.

When I first started this blog, I wrapped it up four days later. After 35 pages worth of, what I believe, is some of the best, straight forward “how to” information concerning niche marketing online, I decided to put it into .pdf format and just distribute the rest of it as an e-book. It’s free, it’s already getting HUGE reviews and it’s brand spanking new.

You can get your copy here…

http://www.tweetmyniche.com

Cheers!

Rex

In my pursuit for Twitter excellence, one of the things I have found to be most beneficial is to pay close attention to the terms of service on Twitter, as well as their blog.

Studying their terms closely revealed that Twitter will only allow you to follow 1000 people per day to your Twitter account as a standard user.

Something else I learned is that once you have followed 2000 people, you won’t be allowed to follow anymore until you have at least 2000 following you.

While I suppose you could look at these rules in a couple of different ways, I chose to rise to the challenge. “So,” I thought, “you are permitted to follow 1000 per day, eh?” Let’s see what I can do to make that happen everyday.

As my quest continued, I found a couple of key resources that helped me increase the numbers on a daily basis. It wasn’t long before I realized that I could use the same strategy I was already using( to add hundreds per day) and combine it with these newly found resources and easily reach 1K A Day!

And then it happened… 200 per day, 300 per day, 500 per day and then bam… 1000 niche targeted followers to my Twitter account in a 24 hour period.

I am finding that the more finite and targeted that I build my base, the faster it grows.  Quality attracts quality and the quality accounts get a lot of traffic.  People are searching for quality lists and databases through Twitter.  If your list and database fits the bill, not only do you get more quality traffic, you get more word of mouth endoresement through RT’s… and we all know that the best form of promotion and advertising, in existence, is word of mouth.

Here are a few tips that you can use to greatly increase your niche follower base on Twitter…

1.) Use Twollow.com for keyword search/automated following. This is a free service that allows you to enter five primary keywords that best describe your niche. The system will then automatically follow anyone who is profiled or Tweeting within your target audience.

2.) Unfollow those who don’t follow you back. If you don’t make this a habit, your Twitter account will become ineffective. After I follow someone, I generally give them 48 to 72 hours to follow me back, otherwise I unfollow. Chances are that most of the people that don’t follow back are not very active and that’s not who you want in your system.

3.) Remove ANY bots that don’t match your niche and have a unique follower base. Also be sure to remove adult related content. People look to see who you are following. If you don’t remove the garbage, it can bleed into the accounts of others. Most educated Tweeters know this and won’t follow you. A big follower base means nothing if it’s not clean, active and targeted. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. Numbers are great when they are the RIGHT numbers.

I have also created a new video called “1K A Day!” that shows you everything in step by step detail.

Learn more here!

I’m not even going to pretend, for a second, that I know anything about real estate, because I don’t. Truthfully, I’m one of those people that has watched the infomercials, been to Trump University… looked at it from the outside in (several times, from a couple of perspectives) but just can’t find the fire in my soul to become passionate about it.

However, I do understand sales. I’ve been in sales and marketing for 15 years now. I started selling Kirby Vacuum Cleaners, door to door, and did very well for several year.  However, back in October of 1999, I answered a classified ad in a local paper concerning business and the Internet.  Since that day,  things have never been the same.

When it comes to sales, I understand that there is one key element that we all need to be successful in life and business, and that’s people. Without people, there is no one to buy from us, pure and simple.

Twitter and several other social networking resources are making it easier, than ever before, to find and drive niche targeted traffic for ANY market that we are involved with… including real estate.  Why?  Because it puts us in direct contact with a MASSIVE amount of people.  And not just any people, I might add, niche targeted, demographic specific people!

By targeting a few key resources online, you can tap directly into your target niche, whatever that may be.  Whether you are selling information online, real estate, mortgages, software, vitamin, services, it does not matter.  All that you need to know is HOW TO tap into the right traffic stream and funnel it correctly.

If anyone is going to beat (and prosper during) the current economic crisis, they are going to need to know how to find prospects, clients, investors and more. Twitter and the social networks are the place to do it, if you know how.

There are two key elements that are going to turn this into a traffic and lead generating powerhouse for you. Niche specific, targeted traffic is (of course) the first key element and the second is a marketing system. You can learn more about how a marketing system works here.

When these two element are combined, you are on the road to generating all of the leads you will ever need both locally, nationally and internationally depending on what, where and how you sell.

I can’t cram this all into one blog post so I created a free .pdf document that will show you why, what, how and the necessary steps to take action and begin to tap into ALL of the niche specific traffic you could possibly need, starting even today.

To get my new free report, simply use the form on the right hand side of my blog here or click here

Cheers!

Rex

After doing some research and seeing this product demonstrated, I decided to part with my monthly allowance (thanks babe!  LOL !! ) yesterday and purchase Hummingbird.  Now I understand why so many people are using this software.

Unlike several of the other “ideas” and “resources” available for the building of Twitter, Hummingbird is by far the most common sense tool that I’ve used so far.  

With Hummingbird, you get the best of multiple worlds in Twitter.  For those who are building their Twitter accounts niche specifically, this perfect because you have full control over the selection process.  With other resources that use keyword targeting, you are at the mercy of the system to follow anyone using the keywords and keyphrases you have selected.  With Hummingbird that’s not the case.  You select the people, niche specifically, and it begins to go to work.

Since the purchase of Hummingbird yesterday afternoon (with minimal effort mind you) I’ll have added 500 more  followers (and that’s me being picky, selective and weeding out those I don’t want to follow) in less than 24 hours from the time I clicked the PayPal button.  The time I’ve spent to make that happen has been less than an hour total (not counting time I’ve spent learning strategies for better use of the product.)

The value of Hummingbird goes beyoned just the software application.  You are also given access (at the time of purchase) to their private, members only forum where you can talk with other users, get ideas, watch videos (and more) so you can hone and perfect your skills in using this system.

Overall, on a scale of one to 10, it’s a definite 10 here!  Hummingbird is for any marketer who see’s and know’s the potential power of Twitter and wants to tap into it now.

For more information on Hummingbird, click here.

Cheers!

Rex

I was talking with a good friend today who shared a true story with me that just makes me sick.  If it’s not already hard enough for people to learn the right way to market online, they have to deal with garbage like this.

It turns out that one of the more popular, big ticket business opportunties out there is teaching people to lie on the videos they are creating in order to convince others that they are making tens of thousands of dollars per month.  One account I heard, recently, was of a gentlemen who was encouraged to lie about leaving his job so he could work at home full time because he was making so much money.

It seems to me that the conscience of those being taught this FRAUDULENT method of marketing would bother them a bit… but then I look at the videos on YouTube and it’s obvious that people are so bent on the money that their moral clarity is clouded by some idiot who is teaching them to lie, and that it’s okay.

Lying in marketing and business is not okay.  Not only are there spiritual consequences to such activity, if someone finds you out (as happened in this case) then your reputation is at stake.  In this particular case, the person in question was given legitimate counsel as to the error in their ways and the appropriate actions were taken to remedy the situation before their repuation cold be tarnished.

Had the wrong person discovered this was going on, it could have been ugly.  It takes a matter of minutes to expose a fraud online and spread the word.  The one thing I respect about the social marketing community is that (when it’s important enough) it’s self governed to an extent.  But, that self governing can go either way depending on whose hands information falls into.

So, long story short… if you are being told by some supposed “mentor, coach or guru” that you need to fabricate stories and fake riches to make money online then I would encourage you to look elsewhere, because nothing could be further from the truth.  You can make great money online doing things correctly if you listen to the right people and study the right materials.

For those of you teaching this method of marketing, remember, whatever you do you always have an audience of one… God is watching!

Happy Memorial Day!

Rex

The greatest strength of the social networking resources available to us today is their ability to connect people. Their second greatest strength is their ability to connect with each other.

By simply linking up a few key social networking resources you can put yourself in position to generate the best quality (and quantity) of traffic you’ve ever experienced. The traffic is so good, in fact, that it can only be compared to the quality of the search engines (under high ranking key words and phrases, of course.)

Any Internet marketer (worth their salt) will tell you that “the money is in the list.” Any Internet marketer who actually knows what they are talking about will tell you that “the money is in the RESPONSIVE list.” Without a great mailing list, any Internet based business (especially that of MLM, affiliate program, etc.) is a failure waiting to happen. Here’s why…

*The average person will visit your site 3 to 7 times before making a decision to purchase your product or join your opportunity. If you have not captured them as a lead before they hit your website, the chances of them coming back (unless they bookmark your site) are slim. This is especially true in the case of affiliate or replicated sites. If someone visits an affiliate site (that you are promoting along side of hundreds that are identical) and you have captured the lead, many times you will lose that sale or sign up as they will eventually join on the site of someone else.

*A mailing list gives you the opportunity to build a relationship with your database. The best list is going to be one that trusts you. A list that trusts you will buy from you. Having a list like this allows you to continue the marketing process and lose less potential clients, customers or prospects. It allows you to continue the marketing process even though paid conversion hasn’t taken place yet.

*Using the social networking resources you can build a targeted, niche specific list by driving the RIGHT traffic. Twitter and Facebook are especially good for this, as can be MySpace.

Understanding this, it’s important to generate your traffic from the right resources. Developing a traffic funnel is the key to getting the RIGHT traffic. Because the social networks allow you to target niche specifically, this creates a traffic funnel unlike any you will generate using advertising resources (safe lists, traffic exchanges, classified sites, traffic generators, etc.)

When Twitter, Facebook, FriendFeed, Your Blog, MySpace and other resources are connected together, this allows you to use a resource like Ping.FM to drive large volumes of quality traffic to a capture system. As you will see by the graphic below, these resources are no joke when it comes to driving traffic and converting traffic to leads.
 

It is when this traffic is converted to leads that the conversion to sales, sign ups, etc. takes place.

The best place to start when it comes to driving niche specific traffic is Twitter. Twitter is the EASIEST social resource, there is, for building a niche specific based of followers for the purpose of generating targeted traffic. From there, add Facebook and MySpace to the mix, FriendFeed and then your blog, you have a recipe for an AWESOME traffic generator.

The details of my system are outlined in both Micro Blogging Muscle and Twitter Me This. Use the form on the right hand side of the site here to get your copy of Micro Blogging Muscle for free!

Cheers!

Rex

Nothing stirs up controversy among the hard core Tweeters like the subject of automation. While some have no problem turning themselves into a mere robot, others believe (at the extreme end) that the automation of Twitter falls right in line with Armageddon.

As many of you know, I look at and try everything when it comes to Twitter (for the most part). If there’s a training or resource out there that looks appealing, I try it out. If it works, I add it to Micro Blogging Muscle, Twitter Me This or I just blog about about? (Is blog both a verb and a noun?)

Anyway, back on point here. I’ve written of this before, but after watching another of the EXPERTS give their two cents on Twitter automation yesterday I wanted to share some ideas with those (and for those) who are choosing to replace themselves with automated Twitter tools.

In my last blog post I talked about the social networks being “social” and even provided the definition of the word “social” according to Websters online.

I’m all for using any Twitter resource that I can to build relationships because I understand that those friendships and business connections will lead to further friendships and business connections. If you are using the automated Twitter apps to bypass people, you are missing out on opportunities that could turn into friendships, fame and fortune.

“The law of success is service! We make money by making friends and we enlarge our circle of friends by making money FOR THEM, by helping THEM, by being of service to THEM! You can make a money magnet of yourself, but to do so you must first consider how you can make money for other people. What benefits one must benefit all” - Charles Haanel, The Master Key System

If I am automating Twitter for only the purposes of gain for self the end result will be certain failure. “The germ of defeat exists in every selfish thought (again, MKS)”.

When it comes to adding followers to Twitter, quantity is important, but QUALITY must not be overlooked. This is why using niche specific strategies when using Twitter for business and marketing is so important.

Creating a niche specific twitter account will do a couple of things for you. First, it will provide you with quality traffic unlike most have ever experienced. Second, it will increase conversion ratios significantly. Using one niche specific Twitter account we are averaging (no joke) 9% conversion rate from sales to leads.

So for those who want to automate Twitter, great… but use your noodle. Here are a couple of pointers that will help you along:

1.) Use directories to find and follow niche specific people. WeFollow is a GREAT resource for this, as is Twellow and a few others. People will follow you back, no worries there. Look for people with large numbers of followers in your niche and follow them. This will bring more followers.

2.) Use TweetLater to ASSIST you in keeping up with the communication of your new followers. Everyone should get a welcome message from you, but you won’t have time to do them manually. Format your messages in such a way that they open the lines of communication… i.e. - “Thanks for following, how are you today?” works well. Not everyone will reply, but your message will fall much lighter on their hearts if it’s not just spam.

3.) Use Twollo to help you follow more niche specific people on Twitter using their keyword based system. This will aid you in the addition of followers.

If I haven’t driven the point home loud and clear, use the automated resources the way they SHOULD be used… to help others and help yourself, not to replace YOU!

For detailed information on how you can create a niche twitter account, resources, strategies and more, request your free copy of Micro Blogging Muscle using the form on the right hand side of this page.

Best of success and God Bless!

Rex