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Mar
11
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The Ability Of Twitter Networks To Help In Blogging In Your Market Niche

Author admin    Category Twitter Marketing     Tags , , , , , ,

Social networking has taken the internet by storm, where people from all walks of life are now able to link up on websites like twitter and facebook. If you are looking to learn and discover new online business ideas, then you need to enroll in these social networking websites and connect with profession thus making your journey towards making money online easy.

For example, on twitter you can learn more on internet marketing if you read hashtags like #blogchat. This hashtags are run every Sunday by MackCollier and here online marketing experts discuss blogging tips. The beauty of twitter is the fact that users are limited to the number of characters they can use, which is 140 characters. This element ensures that discussions are tips focused, also known as Crowd sourcing.

The minute you have established a good network and thus gather substantive information, you can crowd source on twitter network posts. Rapport with a network means you can solicit blog topics from the real source hence have facts rather than assumptions. This can be done by receiving direct messages from other twitter users to your in-box or even via public post.

A blogging tip worth looking into; is creating a twitter network of your target audience then ask them to forward blog topics that they would like you to write about. Post provocative questions and study the responses and feedbacks from your target audience. This is how you get to know the issues facing your target market, and addressing them on your blog or website.

As an additional benefit, as you address your target audience needs, you will gain recognition in your market niche. Am also encouraging you to visit the link appearing in the resource box below and learn more on blogging tips and social networking.

Mar
9
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Ways that news organizations can use social networks

Author admin    Category Twitter Marketing     Tags , , , ,

Consumer demand for instant service has shifted the trend towards online communication. Online social networking users are growing rapidly. Their market share has increased by approximately five times since 2005 – 8% to 38% today. People are looking to get value out of their social practice and social media is here to offer them a valuable social experience.

Social networking is beneficial for organizations. Particularly, news organizations, innovators by nature, are looking for alternative profitability opportunities via more knowledgeable and productive enterprise solutions that can drive innovation into products faster.

One of the reasons that social networking has attracted so much attention is because it aligns with the organization’s aspiration to reach out to broader communities. By offering the enormous potential to operate in a secure interactive environment, social media drive primarily behavioral changes in journalism.

The availability of faster and cheaper Internet access has increased people’s connectivity globally. Anyone involved in the news industry knows that connectivity and interactivity in the form of e-mails, blogs, hyperlinks and podcasts is the door to a broader audience.

Today, news organizations become members of existing online communities. With the enormous advancement of technology, the news industry can inform the public instantly, efficiently and interactively using several methods.

Through corporate blogs, news organizations enable community members to comment on the company’s marketing and branding strategies in an interactive format that allows instant communication. For instance, the organization may post breaking news the moment they happen and receive instant feedback on its practices from millions of users who will be online at that moment.

By setting up passports accounts in various social networking sites, news organizations extend their branding strategies. Some of the most used social networking sites are Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Digg, StumbleUpon, Wordpress, Technorati and LinkedIn.

Participating in corporate forums offers the opportunity to interact with other community members who share the same aspirations and face the same challenges. News organizations can measure their influence and develop new strategies so as to attract a larger audience.

Social networking has also its challenges. The first and most difficult step is to identify the audience. Where do people spend time online? There is a plethora of social networking sites. They are all potential places to find followers, and each has it strengths and weaknesses. The trick is in knowing how to use them.

Large sites such as Facebook have millions of users, and hence, a great potential audience. On the other hand, because the audience is huge, the message that the organization aims at conveying may not be heard. Therefore, news organizations, typically, use large sites as a hub to place billboards and not to create significant relationships with community members. In contrast, smaller sites are, normally, dedicated to specific causes and, hence, the audience is smaller. Consequently, news organizations use smaller sites to convey specific messages.

Another challenge is that the fact that there are journalists who regularly use online communities in a provocative way. They may use Facebook or MySpace for personal promotion and connection with personal friends rather than promoting their organization through their work. All these behaviors require balancing mechanisms that can set clear boundaries between personal and professional.

In effect, social networking is about building relationships with the audience. Promoting good journalistic work over social networks is an efficient method for getting stories out and attracting audience. To achieve that, news organizations need to use social media authentically and transparently and promote open communication with their audience. In addition, they need to create and maintain interactive platforms that can support a two-way dialogue of innovative media outlets so as to facilitate the increasing number of visitors in social network sites.

Mar
7
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Social Networks in the News: Facebook Grows & Obama Gets Tweeted

Author admin    Category Twitter Marketing     Tags , , , , , , ,

There are dozens of Social Networks available to people all over the world, and two of the most popular are making big news … again. Facebook is in the spotlight for its impressive growth, and Twitter for a message that only had a short lifespan.

Facebook has more registered users than some countries have people. Their latest statistics show that the website is catching up with the populace of the United States. According to the most recent Census, the U.S. currently has 305,529,237 residents. The “population” of Facebook isn’t far behind – they now have just over 300 million users.

Last July Facebook reported 250 million users, so this is a very impressive jump in numbers over a short period of time. The company is constantly looking for creative ways to attract even more people. They recently launched Facebook Lite, a toned down version of Facebook that they claim is a “faster, simpler way to keep in touch with your friends”. Facebook also has several projects in the works, including a voice chat application, to delight social networkers.

It’s working. Although the site has been wildly popular, it has not been profitable. That changed during their last quarter; for the first time ever, Facebook made a profit. This is causing people to view the future of the company in a different light. Until recently there has been a great deal of speculation that Facebook would be sold to a large competitor, but now people are thinking the social networking site is in it for the long run.

Twitter gets talked about a lot, but a few recent Tweets have really caught the attention of the nation. These Tweets came from employees of ABC News who overheard a comment made by President Barack Obama while his guard was down.

President Obama was talking with CNBC employees before an interview, and several ABC staff members who share the workspace were nearby. The subject of Kanye West interrupting Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech at the MTV Video Music Awards came up, and Obama said that his actions were inappropriate. When someone asked why Kanye would do that, Obama replied “He’s a jacka**”.

Obama’s statement was met with laughter, and he asked that it be kept within the room. His request was denied, however, when more than one ABC employee Tweeted about what the President said. ABC officials had the messages removed, but by then they had been seen by a large number of people and were already being Re-Tweeted by those who approved and disapproved of the President’s comment.

This incident reopens a recent discussion about what people who work at nationally recognized companies can and cannot post on their social profiles. Representatives of ABC felt it was wrong for their employees to post a comment Obama made privately, and this could lead to a new set of rules that people must follow when using social networks. In the meantime Obama’s remarks will fall under intense scrutiny all across the globe.

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Mar
3
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Twitter leads as social networks enter the search game

Author admin    Category Twitter Marketing     Tags , , , , , ,

Twitter recently announced that it has changed its title tags for profiles, making a big impact on how high these pages are ranked in search engines.

The news can be either good or bad, depending on who you are! For those who want visibility, it will be a blessing. Others are going to have to adapt.

If you tweet for informational purposes then the changes couldn’t be better. But if you tweet about your mother-in-law’s annoying habits or why your colleagues could give David Brent a run for their money, then you’d better wise up to increased search engine exposure.

Let’s take a look at the changes, using the US President as an example. I used the Wayback Machine to view his profile, as it appeared in 2007. Take a look at the title tag in my browser.

2007 Format: Twitter / Username

In contrast, today’s format looks like this: Full name (username) on Twitter

Small change – big results!So, what can you expect when you search for someone’s personal name?

If they have an online presence, you would usually see their profiles on social networking sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn and My Space amid Google’s first two results pages. With the recent changes, however, you’re likely to see a person’s Twitter page rank highest of all.

It makes me wonder what Twitter will do next, as I’m certain we will see a few more changes made to benefit search.

Interestingly Google has also undertaken a Pagerank update that has slashed the ranking of many Twitter pages. Twitter itself has risen from rank 8 to 9, but most profiles have dropped – from 8 to 6, from 7 to 4 and so on.

Staying on the same topic, Facebook announced yesterday that it is also changing its link structure. The site plans to use the usernames as the URL extension instead of the current, randomly assigned number.

For example:

Facebook has posted:

We’re planning to offer Facebook usernames to make it easier for people to find and connect with you. When your friends, family members or co-workers visit your profile or Pages on Facebook, they will be able to enter your username as part of the URL in their browser. This way people will have an easy-to-remember way to find you. We expect to offer even more ways to use your Facebook username in the future.

Is this recognition that Twitter is one step ahead of the game, having already propelled ‘Tweeters’ to higher search rankings than MySpace and Facebook profiles?

Either way, it’s safe to say that the changes are going to have a big impact, just as the Twitter changes did. And from my point of view, it’s great that these social sites are finally becoming more search friendly.

Feb
27
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How Do You Find News Via Twitter Before News Networks Pick Up On It?

Author admin    Category Twitter Marketing     Tags , , , , ,

I know it’s not always accurate, but I’m still curious to know. Wouldn’t you have to be following just the right person in order to catch it? Or are there feeds that constantly monitor Twitter?
Thanks!

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