Check out this technique that Ed Dale has put together for using lists to get more out of your Twitter stream.  Very awesome stuff…

I’ve been using Twitter lists for awhile now to keep track of different groups of people, keeping my interests separate.  And lists are a great way to find new people to follow that you might not know about!  Great way to build new relationships.

Just something fun for the weekend that I hope will get you thinking a bit more about how powerful of a tool that Twitter can be, but if you really want to see what you can do with it, make sure you watch this free webinar.

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Yes, we’re going to talk about Twitter today.  Let me go ahead and say that if you’re not using Twitter by now…

What the heck is your problem?

Twitter is one of the best platforms that you can use to communicate with your tribe. (If you don’t know what I mean by a tribe, you need to read this now)

However, if you’re using Twitter the wrong way, you’re just wasting your time.  And I’m afraid that’s what a lot of you are doing.  You’ve forgotten some very important things about Twitter and how to use it to build your brand and your business and you’ve become just another one of those people.

You know the ones that I’m talking about, the ones that you wish you’d never followed and only send out tweets about the latest, greatest money-making opportunity on the planet.  And there’s a ton of these out there, with more coming every day.

And if you’re doing any of the 3 following things, you’re probably one of them.

#1 – You treat Twitter like a megaphone and expect everyone to listen to you. Some of you are constantly shouting at the cloud with your Twitter stream.  You believe that if you just keep putting out a bunch of links to your business or some affiliate program, you’re going to become rich.  Now, don’t get me wrong, you will get some clicks and maybe get a few people to buy from you, but mostly you’ll just piss people off.  Stop shouting and start providing some real value.

#2 – You don’t hold any conversations. Twitter is NOT a one-way communication platform, contrary to what you may have seen from a number of other people.  Twitter was built so that you could engage people, not just talk to them and not listen.  Now, this doesn’t mean that you need to follow everyone that follows you.  I can tell you from first-hand experience that if you’re doing that, you will miss every good conversation that you could have been a part of.  Have some conversations on Twitter, let people know that there is a real person behind that account, not just a bot cranking out links.

#3 – You don’t provide any value. Just because you’re sending out 50 tweets a day does NOT mean you’re providing any value at all.  Make sure your tweets are giving the people in your tribe something that they need, not just something that you’re trying to sell them.  Engage them, provide them with solutions to their problems and you’ll start building your business the right way on Twitter.

I’m going to finish up here by saying that I’m not perfect on Twitter by any means, but I’m learning more each and every day from my own mentors and how they’re using it as another tool to build relationships.  You can always follow me on Twitter right here and see what’s cooking in my world.  I’d love to hear what’s going on in yours

If you’d like some more tips on using Twitter for your business, here’s a great presentation that my friend and mentor Ray Higdon did that will help you out more than you can imagine ==> Twitter Training

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It’s a new year and many of us are deep in that mode of setting goals and creating those “New Year’s Resolutions” that everyone does during January.  We promise ourselves that we’re going to lose weight, eat healthier, get a better job, improve our relationships, love our spouses more, kick the dog less, go on a trip…and so on and so forth.

I’m hoping that many of you out there have decided that this year is the year you’re going to start your own online business.  And that doesn’t mean you have to come up with the next Amazon, eBay, Facebook, Twitter, or anything else.  It just means that you’re going to use the Internet to create either a supplemental or even a full-time income for yourself and your family.

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I’ve heard a lot of people over the last several months (maybe even the last 2 years) talking about how much of a waste of time Twitter is and how there is nothing productive that can be gained from it.  I’m here to tell you that Twitter is an incredibly powerful tool if you know how to use it, and you use it well.

Let’s just talk about that fact that last night from one “tweet” I received over 600 clicks to a test offer.  All in about 5 minutes. Granted, I’ll give you that the conversion rate was low (around 1%), but I haven’t put a lot of work into this promotion and really just wanted to see what kind of response I could get.

For the time put into it, all of about 60 seconds, I’d consider this a pretty good example of what Twitter can do for you.

Then I stumble across Sponsored Tweets and see how they’re giving everybody a chance to make some money with their Twitter accounts, and another company called Ad.ly that is doing basically the same thing.

Here’s how it works, you sign up with either (or both) of the companies mentioned above.  You set your price for your tweets and then advertisers find you and pay you to tweet about their product and/or service.

Of course, the first major concern that you’re obviously going to have is tweet spam.  If you join these companies, are you going to look like just another goofwad that had joined Twitter to spam a bunch of links and annoy people.  I can tell you this, if that’s how you’re going to choose to use these services, then you will look like a spammer.  And you’ll also get your accounts with them banned pretty quickly.

Both companies require you to be very open and honest about the fact that what you’re tweeting is an ad.  Choose not to do that, and you won’t be making money for very long.

Choose the right path, create and engage in conversations and provide value to the people following you, and you’ll start to see some results.

Now, let’s just be frank and honest about how much money you’re likely to make using either of these services.  For the vast majority of us, it’s probably not going to be enough to pay your mortgage. And if you go into it thinking that it will, you’re just fooling yourself.  Just like another service I’ve been recommending lately that lets you share videos and get paid for it (check out VideoForward to find out more), Sponsored Tweets and Ad.ly are really just going to provide you with some supplemental income at best.

That is, unless you become a power Twitter user overnight and get about a million people to follow you. I’m not trying to convince you to go out and rake in a bunch of new followers or use some spammy software that “guarantees thousands of new followers every day.” What I am encouraging you to do is to take advantage of something that you are already doing and make a little money on the side from it.

Try out both of these services, it can’t hurt.  Then let me know what you think.

And why should you be paying any attention at all?

I started seeing a huge marketing campaign a few days ago. Best Buy has created a new “Twelpforce” for people to send in questions on Twitter that employees can answer. Very smart.

If you think that Twitter can’t do anything for your business, take one look at this and I hope you’ll think otherwise.

And in case you hadn’t figure it out, the webinar I mentioned is over. However, you can still pick up Perry’s training, at least for now. But, they are getting very close to filling up, so don’t wait too long.

I’ll see you next time!