29. August 2010

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Twitter Tools for Beginners

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!

There are so many great twitter tools out there, that it makes it difficult to know where to start first.  So in this post I simply want to give you 4 great tools to get you started.
URL Shorteners
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22. August 2010

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Are you considering a Joint Venture?

Recently I wrote about the feeling of jealousy in business and how sometimes we can over look some of the biggest opportunities in business because we are too proud to join forces and instead continue to go it alone.
After writing that post I decided to take a leaf out of my own (not yet written) [...]

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14. August 2010

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Twitter Terminology

Don’t know your Tweetdeck from your Hootsuite? Confused about @signs, #Hashtags and Direct Messages?  It’s time to get back to basics.

First things First, Twitter is a great tool to use as part of any social media strategy but it’s sometimes difficult to get started with all the twitter jargon, twitter slang and twitter acronyms [...]

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5. August 2010

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The Green Eyed Monster and Business

It suddenly occurred to me today, that I have been experiencing something that I have not experienced since about 1985 when I was somewhat jealous of Rosie Lee having an Acorn Computer in her bedroom.  I was 5 at the time, her father was a doctor and her mother had obviously come from a well [...]

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4. August 2010

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The 7 Figure Networker System

This is a 7 Figure Networker Review that will cut right to the good stuff.  I have spent the last 3 years testing every inch of the system to be able to tell you that it is worth every dime.
If you haven’t worked it out yet, the most successful business men and women all [...]

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31. July 2010

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Easy Social Bookmarking

There are two very distinct reasons for using Social Bookmarking.  The first is a way to allow internet users to share, organise, search and manage resources they find on the web.  This might include: information you find on websites, blog posts, videos, articles, useful forums or pod casts.
The second use of social bookmarking that I [...]

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22. July 2010

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Enter SocialMedia-Butterfly

I just wanted to introduce to you my new baby SocialMedia-Butterfly It is very much a work in progress, but like anything I am sticking with the “got to get going” mentality and I am quite sure that given a few months things will have got off to a good start.

So what on earth [...]

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12. July 2010

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Its Testimonial Time!

Ok here’s the deal.  Yesterday I asked a few of my online friends if they would do some testimonials for my new website http://www.socialmedia-butterfly.com. There is nothing much to see there yet but there will be over the next few months so watch this space.
Anyway, in order to make this really fun and the [...]

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11. July 2010

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Thank you, but NO thank you.

Why is it so difficult to say NO to people?  Are you constantly asked by your boss to do an extra task, but you really don’t have the time.  Does your friend ask you to babysit her extremely annoying 9 year old yet again on a Saturday night and however loud the little voice in [...]

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30. June 2010

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Reasons Why You Need a Blog (Part 3)

Blogs Are Social Media Friendly
Having a blog should be part of a wider social media strategy. If you already have a blog and haven’t given much thought as to how it fits in with all the other social media jigsaw pieces get your FREE Social Media Manifesto Here
And if you don’t… well you will [...]

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29. June 2010

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Reasons Why You Need a Blog (Part 2)

Generate Targeted Leads
Perhaps you have heard it before, perhaps you haven’t.  The money is in the list.  Whilst this is very true, it doesn’t matter how long your list is if you haven’t been working on building a list that is targeted, specific to your niche and services, and with whom you have built a [...]

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28. June 2010

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Reasons Why You Need a Blog (Part 1)

The Ability to Create Your Personal Brand
From the choosing of your domain name, the photographs you add and the colours and designs you choose to use on your blog.  Personal Branding is everything.
It isn’t a coincidence that big corporate companies like Nike with their Swoosh logo, or Lady Ga Ga with her trademark over flamboyancy [...]

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24. June 2010

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Day 6 and 7 Blog Content Challenge – Are you Ready for MarketMeTweet V2

I have been using MarketMeTweet for some time now. I love its simplicity and the fact that you can schedule tweets personally branded to you up to a year in advance.  If you work long hours and still want to be social media active even when you are doing your J.O.B then MarketMeTweet is a [...]

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22. June 2010

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Day 4 and 5 Blog Content Challenge – Never Give Up

We hear this phrase fairly regularly, it is like the unwritten rule of bravado that we all have in side of us and blurt out when the time is right to jeer our friends and family on.  But have you ever thought in detail about the concept of perseverance.

For me there are three types [...]

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20. June 2010

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Day 3 Blog Content Challenge – Where do you want to be in 5 Years from now?

Have you ever been asked the question, where would you like to be in 5 years time.  I know I have many times. Sometimes I have had a vision and a plan and other times I haven’t.
If you are focused towards producing an ideal future for you and your family, goal setting is a [...]

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