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I’m a Twit…. a Twitter Loser!

I must be a Twitter loser!

I can’t seem to figure out when, why or how these stupid tweets get twitted and to who :) but I’m learning.

It seems I’m always behind the latest internet explosions. I started building adsense sites about 8 months before blew up adsense income for internet marketers. It took me forever to start blogging!  ….and now, after listening to Perry Belcher and the good folks at Earn1Kaday, I’m trying to start twittering.

It’s one of the oddest things I’ve ever done. You probably know, most males speak 1/10 the amount of words that a female does during the course of the day….. my wife is living proof :) I on the other hand think and say what needs to be said and go about my business…… so, pasting mindless comments about my daily life on the internet hardly seems to be the best use of my time!

I understand it can be used as a marketing tool. I understand it can be an outstanding method of communication……I just need the get the @’s , RT’s, twits, tweets, favorites, blocks, unblocks, figure how to direct message……I feel like an idiot. I make a post using what symbols I think I should use and pray it goes where it’s suppose to go! And how do you DM (direct message) someone? I tried doing the @xxxxx and then looked at xxxxx twitter page and my message isn’t anywhere to be found….I’m confused…..but no fear, I will not give up :)

Here’s another Twitter Conundrum ….. have you seen these guys sticking out their chests bragging about having 18,000 or more followers? OK, I get that part. You can have a ton of people following you, especially if you’re some fancy pants big shot……but how the heck can you follow 1,000 or 5,000 or more….. that’s impossible, so what’s up with that?

Fight twitter as you may……look what Obama did through the power of social media….Twitter being one of his tools. The end result of Obama’s use of social media proved the effectiveness of communication…..something the Republicans failed miserably at. If communication is important to your social life or business life it certainly appears as though Twitter is leading the way. Perry Belcher uses twitter to build a list in a round about way, but first he doesn’t offend any of his twitter followers by sending them blatant marketing tweets…..I really am annoyed when people I follow do that. Belcher says to develop the friendship first, funnel the twitters to your sites and go from there…..he’s got a whole course on the process and he really seems good at it.

I grabbed this short tutorial from the twitter folks…..might help you get started if you’re having problems.


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Relationships And Forum Marketing

Forum marketing is a popular way for you to promote your product or idea. Also when you are promoting on a forum, it can be a great way to generate traffic to your site. Once they visit your site, you can then give them more information on your product or idea. It is important to understand forum marketing especially establishing relationships before you begin posting on any forums. So if you are looking at a forum to promote your site, be sure how to begin before you do.

A forum is a type of community like a neighborhood of sorts with the other posters being your neighbor. If you think of them in this matter, it will help you establish a relationship with them better. They use the forum boards as a way of coming together to discuss a certain topic or problem. You can use forums to get information, ask questions, make friends, and also promoting yourself and your business. You never want to just start a forum and begin promoting your business right away this will just drive your potential customers the other direction. Before you begin to promote your product, you need too first establish yourself in the forum. There are usually three basic ways for you to go about this.

1. Register
You need to register yourself in the forum of your choice.  You should avoid making your signature line right away till you have better promoted yourself. After you have registered, you need to create a profile about yourself. This should be a good explanation about you as well as the business that you operate. Now that you have registered and set your profile take a few days to look around the forum before you post. Read other neighbors posts and get a feel for their ideas and concerns. This is also a great time to get yourself acquainted with the rules of that particular forum.

2. Posting
When you feel you are ready begin posting on the forum but be sure you take it slow and easy. Start out by answering other neighbors’ questions and concerns. Do not by any means start your posting by immediately promoting your business. This can turn your neighbors away and can also get you banned from the forum for spamming.  Remember you want people to notice you not ignore you.

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3. Reputation
Starting with your very first post, you can begin to earn your reputation as an expert on the topic at hand. In order to do this you need to be sure to help other people with their issues and answer their questions to the best of your knowledge. The more respect you earn in the forum the more clicks you will get on your website. There are several different ways that you can use to build your reputation on a forum. The first and most important thing you should though is introducing yourself. Tell your fellow neighbors a little about yourself but you do not need to go into great detail. When you post your questions try avoiding ones that someone can find on a search engine with little or no trouble. Be thoughtful in your questions and take time in formatting them in the correct way. When you are answering a question, be sure that you research your answer before you post it so that you will not gain an unreliable reputation.

Once you have established yourself in the forum, which can take up to a few weeks you can create your signature line and introduce it slowly. Reputation is everything when you are using a forum marketing approach. The better reputation that you have the better results you will have on your posts.

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In the year 2000 the term, Internet Marketing, was relatively unheard of at best and had negative connotations at worse. It was a term akin to a “shady used car dealer” or a crooked attorney. Anyone who tried to make money online was considered a thief or at best someone you should be leary of.

I barely remember when blue jeans were just work clothes. Some country western song mentions that the singer wore blue jeans before jeans were cool….maybe Linda Ronstadt. Internet Marketing is kind of like this….an unknown, undesirable method of making a living. Now, Internet Marketing has become somewhat of a science and a profession. Through Internet Marketing Methods marketers have virtually destroyed yellow pages, radio advertising, television advertising and newspaper advertising…….internet marketing has come of age!

There are many people that make a living by creating online businesses through the principles taught in internet marketing strategies. Some are literally making millions a year and some make a couple hundred bucks a month. Here’s the truth about internet marketing….you are only limited by the “correct” knowledge you learn and how you “apply” your internet marketing strategies.

This really is an exciting time to be involved with internet marketing. There is so much information available that failure isn’t an option. If there’s any problem now, it’s a problem of too much information and how do you figure out what’s true and what’s not? How do you know which internet marketing strategy to follow? How to you stop from jumping from one internet marketing opportunity to the next….they all sound so good?

I’ve belonged to many internet marketing memberships over the years and I think I pulled out at least one good internet marketing stragegy from each internet marketing membership. What you need to understand is that internet marketing is composed of many different components and it can only be learned by 1 idea at a time. Some ideas or concepts are of little consequence and others are huge, but it’s the cumulative effect of these strategies that matters.

I still belong to a couple of internet marketing memberships but one of the best IM memberships is called Earn1KaDay. It stands for Earn $1000 dollars a day. It actually was started by Dennis Becker who was struggling himself until he realized that if he could attain a goal of $5 Dollars A Day (5BucksADay) you could sequentially increase your income to $10 a day, $50 a day, $100 a day and $1000 a day or more! This is what Dennis Becker and the members at Earn1KaDay proclaim and teach.

You can achieve this kind of income through a variety of internet marketing business models. Yes, that’s right, you are actually taught to build a real business from 100’s or different business models. Then you set a goal to create a $5 a month income and progress from there. Your individual plan might include 5 different business models…..but it’s all taught at Earn1Kaday!

Please download this free ebook, 5buckaDay Ebook, it’s a shortened version (38 pages) or Dennis’s book 5 Bucks A day. The free book is filled with enough info for you to get started with your own 5 Dollar A Day Plan. But do yourself a favor and download it Now!

I created a little video promoting Earn1KaDay, I wasn’t going to use it because it’s a little silly. However, part of the video includes a sneak look inside the membership to give you an idea of what’s going on. Better hurry though, I’m not sure I’m allowed to let people look inside.

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In these days, the economy is in a bad shape that companies are driven to downsize and lay off their employees. If you are one of the unlucky chaps who are next in line to be soon unemployed, is there an alternative? Fortunately, there are lots of great opportunities for you waiting around the bend. You may not believe it but the internet marketing business is opening up new avenues for prosperity. Here are the top reasons why this is so.

The internet is a powerful tool: It used to be a geeks only haven but now the internet is considered as one of the greatest inventions of man. It conveniently makes our lives easier, and who could disagree with that?

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The internet has actually revolutionized sales and marketing so that the world has become a global village. With the internet you can access the world products directly as the world can also access your products and services.

Internet marketing is 24/7: Imagine that you have a store that is open for 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Would not that be profitable? Yes your internet marketing simply does just that. It has no shifts, no leaves, and no weekends. Your internet business is open even at night and during holidays. If you are in the offline business, you hire a crew for a daily shift. But an online business does not close and it does not rest on weekends and has no vacation leaves. This means nonstop sales and marketing. Is not that convenient?

There are Gurus out there to help you: You cannot learn it all by yourself. Internet gurus are available to teach you the ins and outs of the business. You could easily learn the tricks of the trade of online marketing. They will teach you what really works and what does not in the internet marketing arena. You will be spared from the costly and time consuming trial and error approach. There is no need to punish yourself through the painstaking on the job training if there is an internet marketing course available that you could avail of in the first place.

Minimal startup capital: Here is where the difference really lies. Some would claim that you need only $300 to $500 to be in the business. Some would even suggest less. The bottom line here is that to be in this business, you do not need to bust a bank. Its fairly easy on your pocket and the returns are really rewarding.

You can do it at home without a boss: This is the best part. Being your own boss does entail a lot of benefits. You are less pressured. No one will axe you and you decide your own vacations and marketing approaches. You can even hire someone to do your work. You are free to focus on things that you deem important. Also it allows you to be home based (or wherever there is an internet connection, which is pretty much everywhere in these days). You can do your work while spending quality time with your family. It also means you having more time to pursue sports, and other recreational activities. You can actually go on vacation while your internet marketing business is flourishing.

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4 Tips To Using Forum Marketing

Forums have been part of the internet community for a very long time. It is an easy way for someone to communicate with other people all over the world about shared interests, questions, as well as answers. Online forum marketing is one of the best ways for a small business to promote their product or service as well as socializing with possible buyers of your product.

In today fast paced internet world you can find forums on just about any subject that may be of interest to you. All you have to do is go to your favorite search engine and type in your favorite topic and add forums and you will be greeted with millions of results.  The possibilities are almost endless on the forums that you have the ability to choose from. Once you get the results all you have to do is search through the links and find the forum that you feel may contribute to you or one that may be able to contribute to the forum. If you are trying to promote your business however, you need to click on most of the forums and register.

Once you have registered in a few of the more popular forums you will need to edit your profile. The profile is very important as it will be the one thing that will promote your product online. You may consider on creating a short bio that tells visitors about you and the business you are promoting. Make sure that you include your keywords to both the text and hyperlink to your blog. This will help you show up on the search engines.

Now that you have finished your profile you are now ready to create a signature file. The signature file can help you increase traffic to your website as well as increasing the backlink. This file will appear each time you post in a forum.

Now that you have both of the most important steps done, you are now ready to use the forum to market your business or product.  There are a few tips that you should follow though in order for the forums to work for you.

1. Use the online forums to be able to learn as much as you can about your business. Almost all the forums that are available are free to use so this is a great way to do research. Also some forums allow you to read the posts without even joining which is great as it allows you access to valuable information without having to join. You need to be sure to take the time in reading these forums and asking any questions that you may have.  Learning is one of the most important steps to any internet business as things are constantly changing.

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2. Be sure to use the forums to ask questions. Almost everyone in the forum community is willing to help others and answer questions as they can. If you never ask your question, you will never get the answers that you seek. The key though is to be sure that you ask the right questions as you do not want to spam the forum boards. Spamming the forum boards to get people to click on your signature link will only get your post deleted and possibly get you banned from the forum as well.

3. Once you feel you are ready you can begin to answer questions for other members of the forum as well as help them with their problems just as they did for you. This will help you to get your backlink to grow as your trust grows. This will also help you become known as an expert on subject.

4. Try not to post any links in your initial post this is what you will use your signature file for

Forum marketing is a great way to socialize and meet new potential customers of your product. If they are used correctly, you can have a very successful internet business.

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Internet marketing isn’t an ordinary career. You don’t apply or get hired for the job nor do you go to school for a few years to earn the qualifications for it. There isn’t a base salary or an hourly wage to consider. You can’t simply quit your day job and immediately start a marketing career online. It doesn’t work that way. Starting an Internet marketing business means you have to work without getting paid. Of course, money will come in time depending on the efforts you sacrifice today. The fact is, there is no guaranteed pay. That’s why keeping motivated and determined is one of the hardest aspects of Internet marketing.

People who make a full-time living online didn’t do it overnight. They slowly transitioned from their regular salary-based careers into their current position of making a sustainable income on the Internet. They achieved this accomplishment because they never lost their determination or motivational drive. Those that do are destined to fail online. Failure is a very common thing to do when there is no guaranteed income. That’s why it’s very important that you develop and maintain your own personal drive of determination and motivation if you wish to succeed in the world of online marketing. Here are some great tips that will help you keep your determination’s edge sharp on a daily basis.

Find your motivational drive. What is the reason you want to be an Internet marketer. Do you want to supplement your current income? Do you hate your job now and dream of quitting one day? Are you tired of living from paycheck to paycheck? Do you want to provide better for your family? Do you want to afford better things in life? Whatever the reason, you need to define what pushes you. You probably have already developed a reason by now.

The next step is to ensure that your motivational drive is strong enough. If it’s too weak, you’ll never push yourself to work hard enough and your dream will always be just a dream. So, make sure that you feel a strong urge and desire to act whenever you think about your carrot and stick.

Never forget your drive. Being highly motivated will push you in the beginning. But, all too often many lose their focus and forget the reason why they’re doing this in the first place. Their enthusiasm fades and kills their momentum. Don’t let that happen to you. Take some time every day to remember what achieving success online means to you. Visualize every pleasure that will accompany your success on the Internet. If you constantly remember the “why” in your determination and look forward to the rewards of your efforts in the future, you will create a momentum that’s difficult to stop. It’s hard not to become successful when you are consistently in that state of mind.

Know your consequences. What if your determination fades? What if you don’t achieve your goals online? People are not only motivated by what they want but also by what they don’t want. So, it’s a great idea to develop consequences if you don’t achieve what you want. For example, if you don’t push yourself to work on your Internet business you’ll be forever stuck in that stressful day job that you hate waking up for in the morning every single day. Or, maybe you’ll never be able to take those vacations you’ve always longed so much for. You’ll be surprised by how painful thoughts can be a big factor in keeping you motivated and determined.

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Creating lasting motivational drive and determination is a critical key to opening that door to success on the Internet. Because there is lack of an immediate financial reward, we are often discouraged early on in our efforts to keep a strong push towards our dreams of making a living online. The ability to maintain a consistent and powerful push will be the ultimate factor in determining whether or not you succeed. If you can develop that, then the only question of success is how much of it do you want to achieve.

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