Showing posts with label Twitter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Twitter. Show all posts

Friday, December 30, 2011

32 Most Popular Tweets Of 2011 [Infographic Marathon]

Viral Tweets!

This month is the month for reviewing all the best content from 2011, this is a great way to see what works and what you can adapt to your content creation and sharing to maybe gain similar viral effect. It doesn't matter if you are looking to create a good linkbait article, or a good tweet that is gonna be retweeted many times, the infographic below shows the top tweets share by some of the best Twitters on the network.
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Saturday, December 17, 2011

2011 Top 20 Twitter Users


2011 have been an exiting year for social media specially with the launch of Google+ which is by far one of the best social networks on the market bringing good healthy competition for Twitter and Facebook. This big move made Facebook do lots of different type of changes to their platform but nothing exiting except for their new Timeline profiles which are very nice, every other change was just a mediocre trail to copy everything Google Plus is doing better right from the beginning...
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Thursday, July 07, 2011

40 Hot Trends For July 7th 2011


Below I list 40 of the most popular topics and searches all over the web. This list can help you brainstorm some new ideas for content generation that can be use for
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Friday, June 24, 2011

Second List Of Top 100 Success Quotes To Share On Twitter Or Facebook

"The path to prosperity depends on your willing to achieve it!" -Luis Galarza.

There not better time to get inspire than everyday of your life, that's why I decided to make this second list of top 100 success quotes to help you boost your confidence and git you the boost you need to start or improve your Internet business. Also this can help you find famous quotations that you can share through your social media profiles on sites like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Myspace, etc...
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Tuesday, April 05, 2011

7 Social Media Marketing Action Tips For Local Real Estate Companies


A member from an online business social community ask, how a real estate company can engage with people using social media marketing without a product to offer? Here is my answer: You don't really need to have a product or service you can sell online, all you need is your knowledge, that converted into syndicated content is power. Social media success is all about
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Monday, April 04, 2011

Most Use Social Media Networks By Fortune 100 Companies [Infographic]


Most top Internet marketing entrepreneurs know that SEO traffic is the best web traffic you can get because is highly responsive, but they also know that to build your business brand and web authority there is not better tool that social media networks like
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Thursday, December 30, 2010

How Google Rate Links From Social Sites Like Twitter & Facebook?

Facebook and Twitter SEO Impact

Here is a quick video by Matt Cutts the chief director of Google Web Spam team answering a question related to search engine optimization (SEO). The question is: How does Google rank or rate links from social media sites like Twitter, Facebook, Myspace, etc.?

Here is the video enjoy!




As you can see links from many of this top social media virtual real estates don't carry any rank weight for your site that could help your SEO efforts. But, what you should be working on is
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Friday, December 24, 2010

Top 23 Ways To Track Twitter News And Updates

Twitter Trends

A great you can keep yourself up to date with news, trends, and online hot topics is by simply tracking Twitter live updates. You can learn a lot from having set up a good Micro-Blogging Track System, things like:
  • What web topics are hot right now.
  • What trends are on active demand.
  • What others are talking about right now.
  • You can spot profitable trends or topics related to your market.
  • What tweeple are posting (Tweets) or sharing now.
  • What are the top retweet subjects or articles.
  • Analyze why that content is being retweeted and apply to your marketing.
  • New changes to their interface or site news.

And much more... There are many places where you can go to get information about what is happening on this popular micro-blogging site, but because the sites has become a very popular social media network you cannot depend on only one source of information. Below are the top 23 online tools I use to keep on track of what's happening on the Twittersphere:
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Wednesday, June 09, 2010

Twitter Is Going To Un-Cloak Your Affiliate Links: Are You Ready?

By Luis Galarza - Gamevertising.


The real question here is: What will happened with conversions and your ROI when Twitter start un-cloaking your affiliate links!...



Yes, my affiliate friends Mashable announced yesterday that Twitter is changing the way they display links, this is great for avoiding getting send to a site with malware, viruses, trojans, and other phishing Internet attacks. But, for ethical online marketers this can mean that your conversions can go from hero to zero depending on the campaign, for example if you link to ugly Clickbank or Amazon affiliate links directly this will indeed lower your conversions.

Now, covering or cloaking your links is not unethical, is actually a good way to avoid commissions thief from stealing from you. The problem is that if you are a marketer with zero budget to invest or no knowledge of HTML at all, your revenue can be in jeopardy.

Here is why:
"The first change is the auto-wrapping of links with the t.co short URL. This URL will replace twt.tl, which the company has been using to shorten links in direct messages for several months. However, you won’t see t.co appear very often — if at all — on Twitter.com or your favorite Twitter app, because the company is changing how links are treated on the platform.
Whenever it’s possible to display a longer link, Twitter will display that URL information so that users aren’t fooled by obscure links that turn out to be malware. Twitter’s example is http://www.amazon.com/Delivering-Happiness-Profits-Passion-Purpose/dp/0446563048/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1275966329&sr=8-1%22, which links to Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh’s new book. In a text message, you’d see the link automatically turned into a t.co link (due to the SMS character limit), but on Twitter.com, it will display either part of the link (amazon.com/Delivering-), the page title or the entire link. What will exactly be displayed has yet to be decided.
Second, t.co links will be routed through a service that will eventually make t.co part of the Promoted Tweets algorithm. That means the links you click will determine what ads are displayed in Twitter’s new system. Twitter is also looking to provide analytics from t.co data for companies using Twitter’s commercial accounts service. The routing will also check whether the link in question comes from a malicious source, thus preventing malware and phishing attacks."
Source: Mashable.



The Solution.

The solution is simple, if you read my post about bad Twitter marketing tactics you should avoid, you already know that posting direct links to an affiliate page or sales-page if you are a merchant is a big NO, NO! Just like the rules for any social network, you need to build connections and relationships, don't sell, instead pre-sell.

The right marketing method to apply here is:
  1. Find the affiliate products related to your niche.
  2. Create or get the distribution rights of a good small report about the same subject.
  3. Build a squeeze page to generate leads.
  4. Send subscribers to the affiliate salespage right after subscribing.
  5. Set up an autoresponder follow up system, to get more sales.
  6. Build a close relationship with your leads.
  7. Generate more income from back-end offers.

And yes, you can do all that with free marketing resources. Here are the ones your should use:
As you can see you can easily and for free have your campaign or a brand new online business up and running in no time.



Your Tweet.

OK, let's come back to how your to tweet your promotions... I'm not a fan of tweeting anything that have to be with selling products, I prefer a different approach which helps me build a strong following, and increase my level of authority in my field. But, if you still want to tweet promotions, here is what you need to do after Twitter applies their new linking system:

1. - Send your followers to a landing page on your site, this way you don't link to ugly referrals URLs. Your landing page can be:
  • An article.
  • Lead generating form.
  • A review of the product you promoting.
  • A blog post about the product.
  • A list a the basics stuff people need.
  • Etc..

2. - Find a merchant that offers a giveaway, then write an article or a blog post promoting the offer, and tweet the article for your followers to see.

3. - Get whole of discount coupons that from one of the merchants you are promoting and tweet it with a little details, this way you can tweet the ugly URL without any problem. Hey, anyone can appreciate a good deal.

4. - Another technique used very successfully, is the promotion of a mega bonus. Where you create a landing page with an exclusive bonus for your followers when they purchase a product or service through your affiliate link.

5. - Don't over do it... It doesn't matter how many strategies you use, everything is fine as soon as you don't over tweet your promotions...

Let us know if you have any other ideas...



Recommended Resources.

- E-Business Star-up Handbook.
Step-By-Step Guide To Selling Online.


QUICK PROFIT TIP: It doesn't matter what changes are made by media companies, you just need to keep innovative and flexible to adjust when you need to!.

To your success,

Luis Galarza, Internet Marketing Consultant In Massachusetts.
Proud member of the Internet Entrepreneurs Club.

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Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Avoid IWantFollowers.com Or Get Your Twitter Account Suspended Plus 40 Legit Tools

By Luis Galarza - Free Internet Marketing.

So, Why Avoid Twitter Follower Generator IWantFollowers.com? Simple because it will upset your current friends, and might get your account suspended or in jail like we tweeple like to call it!...


Twitter Spam by Iwantfollower.com

We all love free Internet marketing tools and services, that's why I created this blog to share with you the best resources and tips you can get to start or promote an online small business. But, in the world of the free, some marketers will try to make you paid for their giveaways in unethical ways... One of those services is IWantFollowers!

If you are in any of the groups below you need to hold your horses and please keep reading:

- Are looking to increase the number of Twitter follower or friends?

- Are you looking for some kind of free social media marketing service or tool to
help you?

- Have you heard of the "I Want Followers" free service?


- Are you a current user?


- Are you thinking to apply in the near future?




I Completely recommend you to stay away from this service and any other services that uses the Twitter API to send "SPAM" tweets through your account. I understand if you have to send a RT (ReTweet) mentioning the service you just sign up for at the moment of creating a new member file. But, IWantFollowers think that isn't enough marketing exposure for their tool, so they send automatic tweets to every free member about 2 times per day, making tweeps (People using the social network) upsetting their followers and friends. Because the tweet looks like you send it!

So, they make you look like you are the spammer!

If you know me for quite sometime, you might know that I don't recommend anybody to use unethical or illegal marketing methods, is just wrong! And when it comes to social media the best approach is what I call a "Social Marketing Interaction." To know what I recommend my clients to avoid when it comes to social media campaigns, please read my post titled "20 Bad Twitter Marketing Strategies To Avoid" for more information about the wrong ways to use this social network.


Here is what a Twitter that hates this type of non-permission advertising @ON_DEMAND_TECH (Alicia L. Harris) have to said about those unwanted automatic messages:

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Just in case you can read what the image said, here it is: "I just opted out of IWantFollowers.com to stop the obnoxious automatic tweets on my account. Sorry for the bother friends"



As you can see, people don't like this type of promotion... Looks like whoever is the main owner of the site don't know nothing about social media. They should pay Seth Goldin for a consultation or by his book where he explain the birth of "Permission Marketing". Don't you think?

There are other free services that don't use automated SPAM messages generators that you can use to help you find new friends or future business contacts that have same interests. Don't worry I put a list of useful sites to find new followers without the SPAM or any unethical promotion practices right at the end of this post.


Here is what @RATN_110 another user of this so call free web 2.0 application have to said:

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Test Got My Account In Twitter Jail For A Week!

I'm always testing new strategies, tools, and services to see if it work as they said they do, so I can share my findings with my readers. But, this time I made an error... Well, the thing is that I have only one Twitter account, and I didn't open a new account to be use as case study. I know, big mistake...

So, I sign up with follower generator in question, everything look OK, they send a tweet promoting the service, and I thought that was OK, almost every other application does the same thing as a tweet or re-tweet. Then, the day after I saw 2 more tweets promoting the application without my consent, so I erase both messages, and just waited while I was doing my daily posting. Then the next morning I saw 2 more of those stupids ads, then my safety bell started ringing, but I decided to wait till next day... What a big mistake was that!

The next day I try to log-in into my account, and I was send to a page that said:
"Sorry, the account you were headed to has been suspended due to strange activity"

You can see a screen shot of the page, the page that it supose to be my profile page, now is just a embarrasing suspension notice, at least for the next 7 days :-( ...



Apparently, the site was doing some administration work and tech person made the application send a bunch of automatic tweets by using the free and VIP accounts, which soon was notice by the Twitter spam police and they quickly stop the problem by suspending over 1500 member profiles. The profiles will stay there for week, and my profile was also included in the mix.

Here is what their blog had to said:
"Account suspensions? Lost followers?

Yesterday, the technical support for the affiliate system our site uses was making some changes to optimize the program for the high traffic we’ve been seeing recently. One of the technicians was editing one of the automatic process sequences, and mistakenly reset the wrong process cycle.

Our system sends autotweets to our free users once or twice a day. This false reset affected the autotweet cycle, changing it to run eight times a day. Twitter detected the abundance of updates and automatically identified it as spam – the result? Twitter distributed 7 day suspensions to each account sending the tweets. Approximately 1500 to 2000 accounts were suspended for seven days.

Those of you who received suspensions should not worry, they are only temporary. We are trying to contact the Twitter dev team to appeal the mass suspensions and we will have them lifted as soon as possible. The suspended accounts would explain the loss of followers – those who lost a drastic amount of followers will see them return within the next seven days.

All affected VIPs will be given a complementary 3 day VIP pass in light of the event. Once again, we apologize on behalf of that silly technician, and we hope to see you again in the future!

Enjoy your week, Brandon"


Just and case here is a picture with the message on their blog:



How they think that simple apology will fix anything. I'm loosing around 70 new follower per day while in "Jail", plus that's not counting the amount of unfollow's I'm already getting right now! Lucky I'm not one of the VIP or paid members, because that will make thing worst... Well, I hope everything goes to normal soon.

I want to apologize for the unwanted automated promotions that they sent through my profile. I should it check the service a little more, I hope the friend that was using it, already opted out to avoid problems.



The Good List Of Tools.

Here are some great tools you can use to manage, and find follower. (Disclaimer: We are not responsible for any claim made by any of the following services, they made the list just because may top sites give a good recommendation.):

Follow and Unfollow


#followfriday


Maps and Location


Popularity and Rank


Retweet


Spam


Groups



This is is just a short part of "The Ultimate List Of Twitter Tools" post, so visit the post to get a complete list of aapplications put together by The Social Media Guide Blog.

To get unlimited advice about "Ethical Twitter and Social Media Marketing" visit the IE Club. I should had listening to my friends at the Internet Entrepreneurs Club.. LOL!...


Recommended Resources.



Hopefully my account will be up and running good tweets and conversations in a short time, till then you can find me on Facebook or just leave me a quick comment on this blog and I will get back to you as soon as possible, thank to all my friend and tweends for your support.

To your success,

Luis Galarza, Internet Marketing Consultant In Massachusetts.


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Thursday, July 09, 2009

David King Marketing Lessons

By Luis Galarza - Online Business Tips.
What Can You Learn From My Twitter Friend David King? It is Just About Marketing? The Answer Is NO!...



Today I want to introduce you to one of my best online friends and business colleague Mr. David King from DavidBeKing.com a web site and blog dedicated to educate beginners or newbies about different important areas of business and Internet marketing.

David is a very friendly guy and as marketer he love to help others understand how to really build a strong business online or offline. His mind is set to become a successful marketer and putting his "David King" brand in the spot light... Now I don't want you to mistake him as another guru or master! He's someone that has learned everything he knows by taking training courses, applying what he learn, make mistakes, and eventually he learned what works best for his ventures.

He's a true friend, very smart, funny, and really knows the meaning of social media. Plus, he have some great tweets to share, I recommend you to follow him on Twitter on @DavidBeKing you will not regret it!

Here is a little video that he use to welcome his site visitors:



As you can see he is a really cool down to earth guy!




Where are the lessons?

One thing you should about David is that he really knows what he preach, he had tried many different strategies and picked a lot of 'Street Smart" marketing lessons from his successes and failures.

Some of the things you can learn from him and his blog are:

  • Business procedures.
  • Marketing strategies.
  • Money management.
  • Leadership.
  • Social media marketing.
  • Online selling.
  • And much more...

But...

For me there is more, way more... Just by following his way he promotes his company you pick a lot of valuable lessons that can help Internet marketing beginners and advance entrepreneurs to better expose their company unique selling proposition to a targeted audience.

Here are some of the lessons David also have to share with others:

  1. How to build social authority.
  2. Web 2.o branding techniques.
  3. The marketing power of friendship.
  4. Business organization and Focus.
  5. And the truth behind good Twitter marketing.

Yes, you can get this education just by following him, and keeping track of what he has to say!



Want Proof!

Well, here is a video where he shares some good information about focusing in the best part of your online business:



Hope you enjoy his teaching, as you can see he has a lot of knowledge about the Internet marketing industry that you can learn and apply on your venture and get positive results.


To get unlimited advice "and marketing lessons" visit the IE Club.


Recommended Resources.

- Bebiz: Niche Business Builder.


One more thing you need to know is that Mr. King provides consulting services for new entrepreneurs and small business owners that you can use to have him get a closer look at your company or idea and give you the information you need to start on the right path or grow your current revenue, so hurry to his site at DavidBeKing.com to learn more about establishing a profitable online venture.

To your success,

Luis Galarza, Internet Marketing Consultant In Massachusetts.


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Thursday, July 19, 2007

Get Free Blog Traffic With Twitter

Twitter Micro-Blogging Increase Blog TrafficBy Luis Galarza - Affiliate Marketing Secret Training Guide Blog

Can This New Web 2.0 Tool Called Twitter Help You Send More Traffic To Your Blog?

The answer to that question is; Hell Yeah!

Twitter is not just another stupid Web 2.0 or Social Networking idea that only adds more things to do to our live, instead Twitter micro or mini blogging service give you the opportunity to socialized faster by using web text messaging system to let your friends know what are you doing on any given moment. For details on the service just read "Are You A Twitter.com User"

Increasing blog traffic for free using Twitter (Micro-blogging) service is very simple, because every post done on the site can be turn into a link. So, the easy way to promote your blog is by posting the headline of your current blog post, then link it directly to your blog post URL, not the main blog domain.

Increasing click through with good headlines
As you know headlines are the main part of a promotion like this one, the headline can kill or boost your traffic. So, make sure your headlines are written with one goal and one goal only, to make people click and visit your blog post for more information.

There are many ways to write a good sales headline, but that's a topic for another post. Two thing you can do to make your headlines clickable are: Make it catchy, and make them a tease.

Catchy Headlines
Just make them funny, use a sense of controversy, make them negative, or write something positive about something negative this will make people click to read why are you saying that kind of stuff. Avoid trying to use dirty words, if you do make sure you don't insult anyone. For example: "Snake On A Plane Is The Best Movie Ever!", yo think people will click to read what this crazy title is all about, hell yeah!

Tease Headlines
A good blog title or ad in this case need to get viewers to want more or to find out more about whatever you are writing. For example: "In 1 Hour I Generated 1000 Blog Visitors", people looking to increase their blog traffic will be crazy not to click this headline, don't you think?

Here good article post at SearchEngineLand.com blog "Twitter: More Than Messaging It Can Generate Traffic"

Twitter can generate lots of free blog traffic for you if you use it right of course. Plus, every single of those back links are helping your blog search engine optimization process, which means even more free traffic.

To learn more how to have your own SEO Lab click here.

To your success,

Luis Galarza, Internet Marketing Consultant


About Author: Luis Galarza is a respectable Internet Marketing and Small Business Consultant in the area of Leominster and Fitchburg, Massachusetts. Also, he had teach 100's of entrepreneurs how to make money online without a their own product. For more information about his Free Affiliate Marketing Course.


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Saturday, June 16, 2007

Are You A Twitter.com User

By Luis Galarza - Internet Marketing Beginners Training Guide Blog

If Not, You Should Start Using Twitter.com (New Web 2.0 Communication Tool) Right Away For Two Reasons.

Twitter.com is a new Web 2.0 or social networking communication tool that let you keep in touch with your pals, business partners, co-workers, or family by allowing you to send or micro-blog post of the size of a regular post title to their mobile devices or Twitter network.

Micro-blogging is just another way to keep you social on the web. You can post stuff like "I am taking lunch right now and then back to the office" or "I'm in the mall looking for a present for Father's Day"... as you see is a very cool communication service an is free.

Now the second reason to use Twitter.com new social communication service or micro-blogging service, is because you can inform people about new updates to your website, new article or post on your blog, and actually use it a free traffic generating tool.

Give it a try and see how can this new Web 2.0 tool can fit in your online business or personal web experience.

To learn more how to have your own SEO Lab click here.

To your success,

Luis Galarza, Internet Marketing Consultant


About Author: Luis Galarza is a respectable Internet Marketing and Small Business Consultant in the area of Leominster and Fitchburg, Massachusetts. Also, he had teach 100's of entrepreneurs how to make money online without a their own product. For more information about his Free Affiliate Marketing Course.


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Success Quote

1. Marry the right person. This one decision will determine 90% of your happiness or misery.

2. Work at something you enjoy and that's worthy of your time and talent.

3. Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully.

4. Become the most positive and enthusiastic person you know.

5. Be forgiving of yourself and others.

6. Be generous.

7. Have a grateful heart.

8. Persistence, persistence, persistence.

9. Discipline yourself to save money on even the most modest salary.

10. Treat everyone you meet like you want to be treated.

11. Commit yourself to constant improvement.

12. Commit yourself to quality.

13. Understand that happiness is not based on possessions, power or prestige, but on relationship with people you love and respect.

14. Be loyal.

15. Be honest.

16. Be a self-starter.

17. Be decisive even it it means you'll sometimes be wrong.

18. Stop blaming others. Take responsibility for every area of your life.

19. Be bold and courageous. When you look back on your life, you'll regret the things you didn't do more than the ones you did.

20. Take good care of those you love.

21. Don't do anything that wouldn't make your Mom proud.


By H. Jackson Brown Jr.