So many people are using Twitter now and many of their Tweets are just basically spam posts pushing their website or blog. This is not going to get them anywhere but unfollowed. The rules of Web 2.0/3.0 and social networking won’t work like that.

Spammers follow thousands of people every day, multiple times a day, they send out Tweets saying “Make $10,000 a week, go here to find out how. blah,blah, blah, my website”. So many people are doing this, and I’m guessing they are not seeing very good results. The word spamming means more than just sending unsolicited emails. Now days, spamming is classed as sending messages that have no value. Advertising your website with nothing for the person to gain definitely falls in this field.

So how do you get respect from your followers, and have them see you as an authority and an expert and not a spammer? How can you get them to start seeing you as an expert and an authority, because this is when they will more likely want to go to your website and buy whatever you are selling! This is when you will be able to control your niche market and dominate.

Here are some simple steps to follow to gain the respect and interest of your followers.

5 or more times a day, send out Tweets which come under the following categories:
a.) What you are doing?
b.) Links to interesting articles.
c.) Links to interesting or funny photos or videos.
d.) Your thoughts on a particular subject that’s in your niche.
e.) Reply to other peoples tweets and get interactive with them.
d.) RT (or re-tweet) other people’s interesting Tweets.

When you start Tweeting, forget about driving traffic to your website, that will come later. Twitter can become one of your main sources of FREE Traffic.

People don’t like to be direct marketed to in this day and age. I for one, really hate it when someone tells me to click on a link. Why should I? I’m sure you wouldn’t like it if thousands of people daily, sent you a message telling you to go to their website either. Many people in the MLM and Home business programs do this. You do NOT want to do this.

The only thing a person thinks about when you tell them to go to a link is “what’s in it for me?” But, if you’ve posted about something that makes them laugh, if you posted a link to an interesting article, if you’ve given them something for FREE that could benefit them and help them in their business, then they will be more likely to click on it.

But, I bet you are wondering… “so by posting a link to an article, photo,etc., how can this help me get traffic or monetize my site? Well, this could be a link to an article that you wrote yourself, and at the bottom of the article you could have a link to your actual website. Then when the person reads your interesting and value packed article, they will click the link at the bottom of your article and go to your site . Or, it could be someone else’s article that you saw and thought was loaded with valuable content. Now this won’t bring instant traffic to your website. But, it will help the person who clicks the link and reads start to gain more trust in you and you will gain more credibility as a professional marketer.

If you think that this may be too much work to implement, then I really think Internet marketing is NOT for you. I just say that because I know some people are looking for the magic button and are not willing to put in any work.

These Twitter marketing tips will work to build you a large and devoted list of followers. Just put in a little work and make a lot of friends and the money will follow.

Where Are They?

In this huge jungle of Internet Marketing you get to meet some really great people and you never know when or where it’s going to happen.

Most people are just drooling over the Big Gurus (what’s in that name anyway?), while they are passing over some really talented, nice people. I’ve traveled all over the country to seminars, bought all kinds of fancy courses and classes and I’ve been on all the social sites, networking with people and building my business.

I finally got to meet one of those great people who has mastered the whole game of Internet marketing a while back. Her name is Cenay Nailor and we didn’t meet at a seminar, we found each other on MySpace.

Please don’t get me wrong, there are some really great gurus out there, and many of them really overdeliver as a mentor, but I must admit that meeting Cenay and having someone I can freely email and mastermind with — is priceless… just like Mastercard!

What Is My Message Today, You Ask?

Well, first, if you have been listening to what I am saying, you are probably already working online, using social bookmarking and attending seminars, because that’s where all the real action is taking place today.

Second, when you are attending seminars, please look me up. I am the farm gal from Nebraska and please, come shake my hand.

Third, and most important, realize RIGHT NOW, that the real star may not be the “worn-out” (yikes, did I say that?) speaker in front of you, but instead, the low-profile, quiet, interesting person sitting right next to you! So mingle, mingle, mingle.

I don’t know if you are like me, but I just love that commercial about how you should be nice to everyone because you never know who plays the lottery and might be the next millionaire. :0)

So, when attending a seminar or even just building your list of friends, open your eyes, ears and heart and look around and you just might find your perfect business match and forever friend.

I am grateful for this marketing experience and you should check out Cenay on her “How Do You Do That?” video blog.

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After building several accounts on Twitter, I’ve noticed a little confusion about why and how people are using Twitter. This Twitter marketing tip is to explain to you why you should create your Twitter accounts around different aspects of your personality and lifestyle.

Your goal for your Twitter account may be Internet Marketing or to build downline in your MLM, but that’s not the only thing in your life that grabs your interest is it?

Maybe you like cats, or skiing, reading self-help books, or mountain biking, watching trashy TV… or whatever.

Just ask yourself this… What do I like to do when I am not slaving over a hot laptop? Whatever you choose, no matter how seemingly mundane it may be, there will be others that can and will relate to it. Remember we are talking about tens of millions of Twitter users… and it keeps growing by the second!

But Carol, (you say) how can I possibly make money from a Twitter account that is about my volunteer work at the mission for the homeless?

Let me explain the reason or the motivation behind good Twitter accounts.

It’s really simple: To find and attract others with similar interests, so they will share your Twitter page with others they know that also have the same or similar interests. It will grow then virally.

Okay, but show me the money!

Imagine this: you are working online and you get a Tweet from a complete stranger trying to get you to join some MLM program or trying to sell you some widget.

You say no thanks and block that user forever, right?

Later on you get a Tweet from a good friend you know, like and trust and he casually mentions that he is making good money from this affiliate program he just started up and you should take a look.

Do you think you would take a look? Probably.

It’s the same with Twitter.

No matter what the niche may be – you create relationships with your followers. They start to look forward to your Tweets because you provide helpful content that interests them. They begin to feel like they know you, that you are a real person (not some infomercial pitchman). They first learn to like you and then trust you.

So you have a few thousand followers that like your posts about crocheting, and you happen to mention that now that you’re in Herbalife, you’ve lost a ton of extra pounds and you have your mortgage and car payments covered every month to boot. Don’t you think that might interest them as well? Absolutely. Not everyone of course, but every Tweet could mean a little money in your pocket.

Over time, you will build up larger and larger followings on your accounts and so each Tweet will increase in value.

So, if you tell your basket-weaving buddies that since you bought this dog training eBook your new puppy doesn’t pee all over your new carpet anymore, they will be listening. And some of them will also own troublesome puppies and be very interested.

And they will buy that eBook from your link.

Why?

I will say it again… because they know, like and trust you!

Just to wrap this up. Remember, you are a multi-dimensional personality with a wide range of things that interest you. And guess what? Your followers are too.

So when people follow you because you provide good info about body-building, realize that they have other interests as well. And they may very well be looking for some product you recommend, whether it is accounting software, a “Two and Half Men” DVD collection, Calloway Golf Clubs, a dating site, identity theft protection or California Red Wine.

Build your Twitter accounts on your interests or passions and the money will take care of itself. Hope this Twitter tip helped explain a few things about how you should use Twitter to be successful.

Now Get Busy Tweeting!

If you’re using Twitter and Facebook as a part of your marketing online plan, you might just want to know about the setting on Twitter that will automatically change your status on Facebook. It simply inserts your latest tweet. You won’t have to post on Facebook so often.

If you tweet what you’re doing every five minutes, this might annoy your Facebook friends. They probably won’t want to see your daily life on their Facebook wall, but if you Tweet conscientiously and your Tweets have value and good information your Facebook friends can use for their online marketing, it will be a good thing.

So here are the four easy steps to add Twitter to Facebook. Go to Twitter and if  you haven’t signed up yet, CLICK HERE

1. Go to Twitter and login.
2. Click on Settings (at the top of the page).
3. Fill out info and go about half way down to the “More Info URL” and look below it for the blue text in parentheses – “You can also add Twitter to your site here” and just click on the blue text link.
4. Then choose the site (like Facebook) where you want to add your Twitter updates and just follow the instructions there.They’ll walk you right through.

Hope this has helped. Please leave a comment below and let me know what questions you might have.

Blessings From My Kitchen Table.

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I think that the #1 reason why most people fail to make money online is indecision!

OK, why are you indecisive?

1. You might be indecisive because you are intimidated by the all the technichal stuff .
2. You might be indecisive because of the cost to learn the steps. ( Yes, it does cost both time and money to learn how to succeed online, but college costs time and money too.)
3. Maybe you just don’t know where to go or who to talk to about earning a living online , who can you trust nowadays?

Okay, let me start over. Maybe you’ve been working at your  JOB , the surest way to pay for that rent, electric bill, TV/internet subscriptions, food, car, etc. Then one day you start surfing the net, looking for a better way, and get bombarded with people making millions of dollars just by working on the internet , right from the comfort of their own home .

You are pulled in and try what the program asks you to do, but what the heck are they asking you to do? Keywords… Websites… Search Engines… Social Marketing… Blogs?

What in the heck is all that stuff???

You decide to try the old fashioned way, and  call up your family and friends about your new online opportunity . But what does that leave you with? Certainly not money in the bank, and probably just a lot of ridicule, a lot fewer friends and less invites to dinner at Uncle John’s.

OK, don’t get discouraged…

Why? Because there are people out there who do succeed at online marketing. If they can, so can you! The only difference between you and them is that they didn’t give up .

If you are faced with unfamiliarity or something you don’t understand, say the meaning of the word or function of ‘keyword ’, give yourself a chance and read up on its definition. If you still don’t understood what it means. Just drop it for a bit, no point in getting frustrated.

In a few days, try looking it up again…

Most likely at this time, you’ll be able to grasp it, or at least learn a bit more about it. Get the idea? As the days passed, and as you repeatedly try to learn the function of a keyword in the search engine, you will start thinking that you aren’t so ‘dumb’ after all. It will all start making sense after all.

OK, since you have spent time looking up the defination and meaning for ‘keyword’, why stop there? Remember you are not dumb ? Keep plodding along and find out what a search engine is and what it does for you.

Then, find out what a blog is, etc. etc etc. Before you know it, you will find out that investing your time learning what all this stuff is will get you somewhere. You’ll know where to go and who can help to make you successful online .

Internet marketing or selling through marketing by using the internet, is not as straightforward as direct selling or selling face to face. There is a lot to learn to get to First Base .

Sometimes First Base does not even pay you one red cent! First Base might be just giving something of value away to prove to people that you’re a nice and knowledgeable person they want to check back with later. It might just be about forming an online friendship with someone so they can get to know and trust you.

A faster way to success online…

A faster way to internet marketing, is to find someone who is an expert. But now there is the problem of finding an internet marketing expert who you can trust. Not being careful might cost you thousands of dollars.

So how do you find an expert you can trust?

Go with your gut feeling. Check out the blogs and forums. If someone gives you the impression that he or she can help you, ask questions in comments on their blog, email them or call them up.

If he or she tries hard not to let you part with a lot of your money (I do believe that it takes money to make money, but not right up front.), most likely they can be trusted. If they give you information that helps you through your "baby steps", hang tight and see if they continue to help. Make sure that they are actually doing what they are saying they can, that they are walking the walk, not just talking the talk.

If you start learning and making a few dollars, rince and repeat. Do what works, stop what doesn’t.

A trusted friend of mine says "Take action, adjust later." Don’t be afraid of doing something wrong. You can always fix it. The most important thing is to do it now ! Take action . If you don’t, you will never see success online .

So just get out there on the internet. Keep learning about what you don’t know. Hang out with the people who actually help you and those who are doing what you’d like to do. Most important of all… Don’t quit . You could get that one great  idea that’ll make you a millioniare tomorrow .

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When you work at home on the Internet and direct market, it is so rewarding, because you’re not only in the business of helping yourself, you’re in the business of helping others. That makes the reward twofold in my eyes.

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I’m just a farm gal from Nebraska and my journey to working on the Internet is kind of long and detailed, but I’ll try to keep it short so you don’t get bored.

I’m not a professional writer. I’m sure as heck not a Webmaster. I didn’t even know how to get an email until about 6 years ago.

I’m just a woman who’s had to work hard and smart all her life. When life throws you a curve, you have to bend a bit, sometimes a LOT.

I’ve been married and divorced, and I have two grown boys and six grandbabies back in NE.

I’ve done it all…

I’ve done just about every JOB out there. I’ve checked in a grocery store, been a janitor, a maintenance supervisor, I’ve welded mufflers, managed quality control, yada, yada, yada…

I’ve owned a couple T-shirt shops, a ton of work from home ventures and my last business was as an over-the-road truck driver.

Yup, I bought a big Kenworth and ran it all over the US and Canada for a good long time.
I was thinking I could travel and get paid at the same time. Right!!! It was a good living and I saw a lot of country, but…

My beloved Mom fell and did some major damage, then needed full time care a few years back. A nursing home just wasn’t the answer, so I sold the truck and came home to care for her. She stayed with me for almost 5 years and I’d do it again in a heartbeat.

That’s when I had to find a way to make a living from my kitchen table…

So I bought a computer and started surfing the net. I tried about every Tom, Dick and Harry’s scheme out there. I failed miserably… but I never gave up.

I knew that there were people making money online and if they could, SO WOULD I! Well, I finally found my niche market and never looked back. I’m still learning every day. Still making money right from my kitchen table…

Mom passed away last year at 90 years young and I was so glad we had that time together.

A few months later I met Denis when we teamed up to win top distributor honors in an online company. We decided to keep the team together and I moved to Ohio. Now I have a soul mate and best friend and 4 of the cutest puppies you’ll ever see.

We travel frequently and love living out in the country with our pack. The only thing different is that now my kitchen table is sometimes a laptop on my knees as we drive down the road.

Blessings from my kitchen table…