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  • How to Write Re-tweetable Tweets in 5 Minutes or Less

    Posted Nov 1st, 2010 By in Social Media, Social Networking, Twitter With | 4 Comments

    Twitter can be an amazing way to reach your ideal clients and build a relationship that makes them want to do business with you.  Twitter sends 13x more traffic with fewer followers than Facebook…If you do it right.

    But how do you know what to tweet?

    You DON’T want to end up with a Twitter account full of meaningless twatter no one cares about.  You know the tweets I’m talking about…

    “Meeting my girlfriends for a grilled cheese sandwich and fries.”  “Can this day get any worse?  I hate the rain.”

    Do your clients really want to read that stuff?  Probably not.

    What kind of tweets do you want to write?  The kind that make people click through to your website.  The kind that transition them from Twitter follower to paying client.  You want to write re-tweetable tweets.

    71% of tweets produce NO RESPONSE.  Only 23% get replies and a mere 6% get retweeted.

    But some Twitter superstars get re-tweeted all the time.  What’s their secret?

    The easiest way to write re-tweetable tweets if by letting other people do the hard work for you.

    Here’s what I mean…

    Thousands of people in your industry are blogging about topics your followers would love to know about.  All you have to do is locate those blogs and share them with your followers. (more…)

  • Keeping an Open Mind When It Comes to Social Media

    Posted May 26th, 2010 By in Facebook, Social Media, Social Networking, Twitter With | 4 Comments

    Today the online world is atwitter with article after article insisting you must be on Twitter, have a presence on Facebook, and a profile on LinkedIn, not to mention have a blog and a YouTube channel and whatever other social media platforms are currently hot.

    What’s the bottom line?  What do you really need to do/have?

    Here’s my multi-part answer:

    First, one size does NOT fit all.  Your reasons for being on social media – to make friends, to network with potential clients, to create relationships with potential customers – and what “business” you are in – are you promoting a brand, book, cause or business? – have a great deal to do with which social media platforms would be best for you.

    Second, there’s the question of your personality.  I’m a writer, so blogging comes naturally to me.  But I actually believe in “less is more” when it comes to writing. Thus I love the 140-character limit of a tweet on Twitter for communicating certain information.

    Plus I’m disciplined – I have my Twitter strategy down to a system WITHOUT using any automated applications to “follow back,” for example.  Other people I know set a timer so that they don’t get sucked into the tweet world for longer than a set amount of time.

    Third, in terms of time, which social media activities are you most likely to keep up consistently and continually?  For example, when I’m deciding whether to follow someone back on Twitter, I look at the person’s tweets.  If he/she has only tweeted once every other month, I know that person is not a committed Twitter participant and I won’t follow back. (more…)

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