Twitter Relationship Tips - Marketing on Twitter


As I trapse around the net, I see that tons of people don’t think there is any value in Twitter and I see that many of those who do see the value think it’s all about jumping in and mass following people to get thousands of people following them. There is value in Twitter, for practically any and everyone and we’ll certainly delve into that, but for...

Social Media & Your Business


I read an article today that I couldn’t agree with more, and raises points that I recently addressed with a client so I wanted to talk about it a bit more. To start, my story w/recent client:     Client hires me to set up his social networks (there is more to it than just registering and putting up a profile). He provides me with a...

Why Social Media is So Effective


Let’s take a look at Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs: You will notice that after the first 2 levels of basic needs (safety & physiological needs -sex) are met, the following 3 levels can be supported and nurtured by “social” interaction. Read the following about Maslow’s theory (via Wikipedia) - Representations Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is...

Types of Linkbait and How to Utilize Each


Linkbait is one of the most often talked about SEO techniques on the web; however, what isn’t talked about are the specific types of linkbait. Linkbait From Problogger: The term linkbaiting is a one that seems to have surfaced over the past 12 or so months and that is used by webmasters to describe a variety of practices - all of which seek to...

Make It Simple for Visitors to Tweet Your Content to Twitter


Web cruisers are pretty ADD.  We don’t like sites that are complicated to navigate and we like things that make our time online simple. Making it simple for your site visitors to Tweet your content will increase the likelihood of them sharing your information via Twitter; and, giving them a “hey, Twitter me please” reminder in the form...

Linkbait vs SEO: What’s the difference?


Blogging is an amazing science. One must be able to accomplish many feats at the same time to grow readership. Two ways to accomplish readership goals are SEO and linkbait. Both have similarities and likewise, differences. Definitions from the glossary: Linkbait Link baiting is a technique used to create links by creating content that appeals to...