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When to Defriend and Defollow

money to speak at a conference, write an article or white paper, produce a screencast video, or do some custom product consulting. So I don’t want to just spam you with needless updates about what I had for breakfast or insights about my pets or family vacations, although I did get some interesting feedback when I mention the books that I read in my last missive.

So I have gotten pickier about who I add to my various networks. And while I don’t want to be as snobby as that Jr. High clique of popular kids, I do think we all need to take a step back and consider what our friending – and more importantly defriending -policies will be going forward. Read more

Everything You Wanted to Know About Twitter But Were Afraid to Ask

Twitter is one of many social media platforms available online. Yet, it has received a tremendous amount of attention in recent months, as it seems that every celebrity, media outlet and business owner is utilizing Twitter in one way or another. Millions of people are beginning to capitalize on the many business opportunities that Twitter profiles present. Are you going to be one of them?

What is Twitter? Twitter is a social media outlet that allows users to stay connected in real time. The platform began in 2006, although it was not until the past 12-18 months that the quantity of users and national/international recognition began to take off. One of the reasons that users love Twitter is that the platform is simple. Instead of allowing users to build elaborate profiles, Twitter centers around simple, short postings that are shared with members, the entire Twitterverse and a member’s list of followers. Read more

The Importance of Getting Traffic to Your Blog

If you’ve been online for any amount of time you cannot have helped but hear the term content is King, and you would imagine even more so when you consider blogging! However, you could have fantastic content, but so little traffic that following a month or two of limited affiliate sales you get disillusioned an turn your back on the idea of making money from blogs for good. If you have great content, but limited traffic the frustration can be unbearable! Of course all this changes if you have larger visitor numbers to your blog, there is a greater likelihood or more appreciation from your visitors and readers, so getting traffic is vital to your success and sanity.

Whilst the common techniques work, other strategies exist to get more traffic to your blog or blogs. Banner advertising is both cheap and effective when used on other related blogs that have sizable amounts of traffic to give you. In ensuring that you have a good banner and with it good placing, you are in a position to receive a stream of new fresh traffic each and every day. Read more

Create a Vision For Your Blog & Get What You Want

Most of us live our lives without even knowing what it is that we really want for ourselves. Or, even if we know what we want in our lives, we neither have the will, power nor the vision to create it.

Most of the time, we are just settling for whatever is easy, whatever is within our reach. An Internet Business, E-Book, Magazine Publishing and a blog is my dream..

If I go by the experience of my past or if I trust my logical mind to decide what is possible and what is not, I agree that I will always go for mediocre things. Read more

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