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100,000 Twitters – I am Close

At 97,000 Twitter followers I am close to 100,000 which I was targeting for June 2013. I am not famous like Lady Gaga, Obama or Oprah who have millions of followers. I am just a regular guy.

I made a decision last year that I wanted to have influence on the Internet. I wanted people to know I loved the Lakers, coached youth basketball and am involved in a few non-profits. Plus, I wanted to talk about my Digital Marketing techniques and strategies.

So, how did a regular old Joe get decent followers without spamming? I could have used many techniques. Hell, my nephews Rock City wrote songs for Jennifer Hudson, Justin Bieber and Akon. I could have just told them to hook me up but I did it myself.

If you are in business you have to grow your key accounts. Increase your friends, followers, pluses or likes on your favorite Social Media sites. Please do not think things will happen immediately it does take time

I do have simple techniques I use and they do not take 1000’s of minutes a day.

Quick Hints

• Whatever industry you are in go to the major information site and post 2 links a day to your favorite Social Media site. Just a simple content technique.
• Make a comment or two about your day

o   Busy Day

o   Big Meeting today

o   Happy Birthday

o   Tell your friends to add me

o   Did you see True Blood last night?

• Add 10 People a day (I would do more but this is a start)
• For Twitter use Free program ManageFlitter.com

o   After 3 to 5 days use ManageFlitter to delete people who haven’t followed you back.

• Add your Social Media links to as many sites as possible.

That’s it!
The goal is to start building your Social Media Network. You can no longer just let these sites sit there. Your competitors will gobble up what you don’t take hold of. Do not let your competition have 3000 followers and you have 88. He or she will get 10+ times the customer in the long run.

Please use Social Media Websites for marketing, lead generation, branding, customer service or direct dialogue. If you have any questions feel free to give me a shout and I will help you create a strategy.

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Trent Partridge

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If you’re finally ready to step up and Own Your Power and YOUR OWN BUSINESS, this course is for you! Release the shackles and start to build your dream business. It’s time!

This powerful 8-week program is based on the book Jack of All Trades, Master of None? and features private coaching from Simone Kelly. This personalized business development program will keep you focused on a progressive transformation of your business and also help you gain a new sense of balance and joy from working solely on your passion!

You’ll get the knowledge, tools, insight, and confidence to lead your company and create extraordinary results.

Who Should Sign Up:
-Anyone who has a full-time job and a side business and wants OUT of Corporate America!
-An entrepreneur who continues to seek new business opportunities, instead of capitalizing on the ones they already have.
-Anyone who is feeling overwhelmed with their business and not sure of what to do next.
-Someone who needs help in managing various projects, but thinks they can’t afford to hire anyone.

How You Will Benefit:
-Transform your vision and begin doing something you LOVE, which is aligned with your goal, and is not just a JOB.
-Learn how to think like a marketer…even if you don’t have a business background.
-Master the art of relationship building.
-Design ways to increase your productivity by incorporating “Me Time” rituals.
-Learn the value of duplicating yourself by building and effectively managing a volunteer or commission-based team.
-Unleash your creative spirit and use it to promote your business.

“Working with Simone Kelly-Brown is like a breath of fresh air. Prior to my eight-week coaching program with her I had no idea that there were other ways to develop my business and market my holistic therapy services. I am now hiring an intern to work for me, and I have a tried and true system in place for running my company so that I can delegate projects as well as manage my practice when traveling if needed. My client-base has expanded, and I am now creating new possibilities for leading large seminars, retreats, and holistic events including my music production, on a global scale. Simone truly loves what she does, and speaking with her always leaves me inspired, grateful, and able to take concrete steps towards extraordinary business success. Many Thanks!” Kena “Rohi” Custage, NYC Director, www.energyofbreath.com “My experience with Simone Kelly Brown’s 8 week course was life altering. Before I started the course, I felt like I was all over the place. I learned that you can get more things done in the course of a day if you plan it out correctly. I accomplished more than I ever thought I could in such a short period of time.  I’ve developed a newsletter, a slogan, a teleclass, just to name a few. I can see the success of my business coming to fruition! I appreciated the challenge and I now feel like I have structure. I may take the course again in the future! I highly recommend it.” Tamisa M. Covington Apropos “Charmed, I’m sure…” www.apropos-etiquette.com

What You’ll Learn:
Session 1: Diggin’ Deep
We will focus on your goals, core values, and fine-tune what you want to accomplish with your professional life. Diggin’ Deep allows you to look into your future and develop the story that you will transform into a reality. This session will help you reflect, re-energize and refocus!

Session 2: Are You a Jack?
We’ll discuss the main areas you excel in and design your business around it. In this session, you’ll learn how to focus on your core strengths and get rid of the excess. You will begin to sculpt a new mission statement for your company and we’ll lay the groundwork to get it to the next stage.

Session 3: Develop YOUR System
We will work on how to best design your company’s weekly, daily, and monthly procedures so that it runs smoothly and consistently. Observe and monitor your business’ progress as you communicate a clearer vision to your team and implement new systems that address your business frustrations.

Session 4: Have Them Remember You!
Understand the push buttons of your target audience and design new ways to be remembered with innovative strategies.

Session 5: Fine-Tune Your Customer Retention
Learn the effective techniques for customer service, feedback and following up with clients.

Session 6: Create Your Power Team!
Create a Power House Team! Team Building is all about picking the right people! Develop some low-cost creative ways to build your staff and how to keep them. Learn the value of duplicating yourself by building and effectively managing an intern or volunteer based team.

Session 7: Create Your Own Mini-Marketing Plan
Develop a short marketing plan to roll out the newest strategies that you have learned in prior sessions. We’ll design a six-month timeline together.

Session 8: Gots To Have Vision!
In this last session you will develop your vision even further and begin to evaluate your progress. We’ll also do the assessment you did in the beginning of the workshop to see how far you’ve come in the past 8 weeks. The goal is to keep you on the path that you’ve started and to encourage you to continue on the path of growth and development.

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There is a whole new culture forming with social media etiquette at the center. Even the Associated Press recently released a guide to social media that includes commonly used terms, such as ‘follow’ (for Twitter), ‘friend’ (for Facebook), and abbreviations commonly used in internet and text messages, such as ‘lol’ for ‘laugh out loud’. Getting accustomed to the new wave of communicating while practicing professionalism and etiquette may be a challenge for many professionals if proper etiquettes are not being utilized

Here are 5 easy tips on social media etiquette:

-According to Forbes.com, messages received by phone and e-mail are priority and should be answered first before responding to social media messages. This should also give you an idea of how to send/respond to more urgent messages. If a message is deems your attention, send it by phone or e-mail first. Social media outlets are for less urgent messages.

-Certain etiquette rules are unique to certain social media sites. Twitter users, for example, should be mindful of postings; according to CNN.com “Every 140-character snippet of info you’ve ever shared publicly on twitter will soon have a home next to the declaration of independence.” The United states library of Congress have started archiving tweets. Facebook users should be careful as well, in regards to their wall posting or on those of other users, since all postings appear in the public newsfeed. Anything you don’t want anyone to see should be sent in a private Facebook message or even through other means, such as e-mail.

-Social media has allowed businesses to communicate with their employees outside of work, using sites like Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin and technology like the Blackberry. It is important to strike a healthy balance between your social and professional time, while keeping in mind vital obligations, such as family.

-According to baselinemag.com, businesses can also monitor employees’ social media usage. While some businesses encourage social media usage as a way to advertise, other businesses punish employees for inappropriate use. If you are looking for employment, some companies monitor Facebook pages and Twitter accounts, so it would be wise to watch what you post to either. It may cost you a job.

-Don’t spend too much time on social media, especially in a business setting. Some businesses allow employees to use social media during work, while others would discourage it. Either way, your career or job is always more important than any social media site!

Hopefully this Social Media Etiquette Tip Sheet will give you the guidance you need to navigate the world of social media with traditional communication.

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Light of Gold PR, Marketing, and Consulting LLC
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Steve Jobs’ impact on your life cannot be underestimated. His innovations have likely touched nearly every aspect — computers, movies, music and mobile. As a communications coach, I learned from Jobs that a presentation can, indeed, inspire. For entrepreneurs, Jobs’ greatest legacy is the set of principles that drove his success.

Over the years, I’ve become a student of sorts of Jobs’ career and life. Here’s my take on the rules and values underpinning his success. Any of us can adopt them to unleash our “inner Steve Jobs.”

1. Do what you love. Jobs once said, “People with passion can change the world for the better.” Asked about the advice he would offer would-be entrepreneurs, he said, “I’d get a job as a busboy or something until I figured out what I was really passionate about.” That’s how much it meant to him. Passion is everything.

2. Put a dent in the universe. Jobs believed in the power of vision. He once asked then-Pepsi President, John Sculley, “Do you want to spend your life selling sugar water or do you want to change the world?” Don’t lose sight of the big vision.

Related: Why Entrepreneurs Love Steve Jobs

3. Make connections. Jobs once said creativity is connecting things. He meant that people with a broad set of life experiences can often see things that others miss. He took calligraphy classes that didn’t have any practical use in his life — until he built the Macintosh. Jobs traveled to India and Asia. He studied design and hospitality. Don’t live in a bubble. Connect ideas from different fields.

4. Say no to 1,000 things. Jobs was as proud of what Apple chose not to do as he was of what Apple did. When he returned in Apple in 1997, he took a company with 350 products and reduced them to 10 products in a two-year period. Why? So he could put the “A-Team” on each product. What are you saying “no” to?

5. Create insanely different experiences. Jobs also sought innovation in the customer-service experience. When he first came up with the concept for the Apple Stores, he said they would be different because instead of just moving boxes, the stores would enrich lives. Everything about the experience you have when you walk into an Apple store is intended to enrich your life and to create an emotional connection between you and the Apple brand. What are you doing to enrich the lives of your customers?

Related: 10 Things to Thank Steve Jobs For

6. Master the message. You can have the greatest idea in the world, but if you can’t communicate your ideas, it doesn’t matter. Jobs was the world’s greatest corporate storyteller. Instead of simply delivering a presentation like most people do, he informed, he educated, he inspired and he entertained, all in one presentation.
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 It’s two years later and of course it’s only gotten worse. Own Your Power Member, Tamisa Covington is an etiquette expert who has something to say about the addition to cell phones…Take a minute to check it out some definite cell phone no-nos.

Own Your Power,

Simone

Cell Phone-Schmell Phone, Stop the Mobile Madness!

By Tamisa Covington

I can’t believe after all these years (since 1973 when Motorola created the very first mobile phone) we don’t get that we are being rude with the incessant yammering on our mobile phones. Now, I live in the NYC Metropolitan area so, I have a pretty high tolerance for noise pollution.

It’s  beyond my comprehension why people don’t take a moment to turn their phone off or at least be courteous enough to put it on manner mode (vibrate). Am I the only person that cringes when you hear someone’s loud inappropriate ring-tone in a movie theater, at weddings, or even funerals? As if the Nicki Minaj’s SuperBass ringtone isn’t enough, you dare answer it and have an inappropriate conversation? Tisk, tisk… Shameful. I really don’t want to know the details about the argument you had with you husband regarding his mother or any other intimate things that are creeping me out, but of course now I’m forced to endure it because, you didn’t consider me or the others around you.

I’m sure we can all agree that life would be difficult without our mobile phones. If I ever misplaced mine you can bet that I would be reduced to a pile of ashes because, my mobile phone houses a bunch of important information that quite frankly I’m too lazy to memorize. At any rate, we should at least take the time to mind our manners and be serious about public cell phone use. As a side note, can we have our pre-teen and teenage counterparts take part in this movement for “Model Mobile Manners”?

Please, for the sanity of the folks who try really hard to be considerate, here are some rules of thumb:

1. Please observe the 10 foot rule if you must make or take a call out in public.  Make sure you have a 10 foot radius around you so, folks don’t have to hear the content of your conversation.
2. I don’t want to pick on anyone’s ringtone, (especially because I really like my Bollywood inspired one) but if you must use an unusual one, keep it at a barely audible volume. Otherwise you may choose to keep it on vibrate.
3. These are the following places you shouldn’t hold a conversation on your cell: an elevator (unless you are alone), trains or buses, restaurants,the theater, weddings, funerals, places of worship, in the doctor’s office, or in any enclosed spaces. Unless of course it is an emergent matter.
4. When driving, please remember to use your bluetooth or hands-free kit so as to not present a hazard to the other drivers on the road. Plus, in most states it’s illegal to not use a hands-free kit and if caught without one you can incur a hefty fine.
5. Do not, I repeat, do not answer your phone and have a conversation during a meeting with your boss and colleagues, interviewing for a job, etc. Unless you mention in the beginning that you are expecting an important phone call that you have to take. In which case if you receive the call, quietly excuse yourself from the meeting with minimal disruption.

Can we talk briefly about texting? Texting in front of others while they are trying to hold a conversation with you is considered rude. There are however a few exceptions. Most companies are moving forward with the latest technology and find it acceptable to text and email during business meetings. This is acceptable if this is the norm. If not, I would advise you put you mobile phone away until after the meeting.

Also, PLEASE don’t text and drive. I cannot emphasize this point enough. This has nothing at all to do with etiquette; it has to do with safety. For the safety of yourself, other drivers, and pedestrians, please refrain from texting while driving. If you absolutely have to text, pull over.

For more information about Tamisa Covington and to schedule your own Etiquette coaching session, contact her here: http://www.apropos-etiquette.com/index.html

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That’s what the people said to Fred Smith at Federal Express. People said that to Debbie Fields of Mrs. Fields cookies. They asked Howard Schultz of Starbucks, “How in the world did you think you were going to create a stunningly successful business when all you’re doing is selling coffee?”

How in the world could you even imagine this business—this ordinary business you’re in (delivering packages, making and selling cookies, and making and selling coffee) as the colossal success it’s become?

Innovation is Invention

Albert Einstein didn’t invent what he did. He saw it. He saw it as clearly as anything that could be seen. It was palpable to him. It was immutable truth to him. He discovered a reality that was completely the opposite of what everyone for centuries before him believed to be true.

That’s what an entrepreneur does. That’s what you are born to do. The inventor inside of each and every one of us is an entrepreneur, and that inventor inside us intends to invent a “business that works.” A business that works in an absolutely unique way to deliver a promise that in fact no one could have imagined being possible.

Back to Federal Express. “You can’t do that,” is what everyone would say. “You can’t do that,” they said to Walt Disney. “You can’t do that,” they said to Bill Gates.

You can’t. You can’t. You can’t.

You Can, and Here’s Why

The entrepreneur, the inventor, the innovator, is someone who is, in fact, the counter-intuitive realist who sees the world in completely opposite terms than anyone else. The entrepreneur, the inventor, the innovator, sees the world as though it were upside down. Imagine, just for a moment, that everything is the opposite from what you’ve been taught. In fact, the world isn’t what you believe it to be. It’s exactly the opposite of what you believe it to be. Looking for the opposite is what the entrepreneur does.

What if you could take every single belief you’ve got and turn it upside down? That’s the counter-intuitive approach to life. If you can begin to think in a completely counter-intuitive way; you will begin to discover the power resident within you. Anybody can do this. Very few people do.

Think of it like this: if everybody’s got a similar “problem” and you can capitalize on it—seize it—in a way that leverages your company, you’ve just differentiated your business in a powerful way. Understand sometimes that a common problem is not one that actually exists within the business itself, but it’s a problem customers associate with your business. It may all be a problem of customer perception. If you can find a way to address this problem of perception that everybody seems to have about your business, you can distinguish it from every other business.

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Trent Partridge

 My new company website 10Edge.com will be launched in November. Check it out now and see how we have expanded services. Its not near complete trust me but we are excited.
 

Silent Killer

The silent killer is the Internet. You can have a great business offline and online and all of sudden a new competitor comes from nowhere and beats you. You have no clue how your business got beat. And often the company that beats you isn’t near as good as yours. I have seen this in so many industries real estate, education, health, entertainment, manufacturing, financial, professional and business services. The bottom line is competitors can beat you by having a better Internet and Social Media Marketing strategy.

I am going to cut through the next 10 pages that are supposed to be written and get to the point. What do you need to do to make things happen online RIGHT NOW?

Advanced Social Media
Guys let me make this clear Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Flickr are great and you must be aggressive on them. But power marketers, next level gurus, social impact marketers and businesses who are trying to dominate are on a minimum of  25+ social websites. Yes I said it 25 Social Media websites minimum! And to Keep It Real (KIR) 95% of the companies I work with are on 40 social websites with company messages being sent daily. And as my young employee says, ‘Don’t Get It Twisted’ there are companies who are on 100+ websites. Anyone trying to be on 40+ Social Media sites is trying to beat competitors, dominate an industry, brand and create unmatched Internet Visibility. Again if you are on the main social websites Twitter, Facebook and YouTube and you have a good team you are doing fantastic. But what I highly recommend is taking control of your Social Media, Internet Visibility, Digital Search and ultimately creating and controlling your Internet Legacy. I am talking about the future of marketing being implemented Now! Today. Tomorrow. Immediately.

 For Advanced Social Media every company needs multiple social websites, multi-channel communication, selling copy, branding, SEO, messaging, monitoring, visibility, reputation management and cutting-edge tactical Internet and Social Media Marketing strategies. That’s real world. That’s aggressive. That’s what you should be doing. This is where we can help.

At the end of the day I know anyone who reached out to me, my partner or sales team are very, very serious about taking everything online to the next level. I realize you might be #1 in your industry or under the radar in an emerging industry so putting your company way ahead is paramount. All it takes is your competitors hiring a savvy Internet or Social Media Marketing company and you lose.

The Time is Now!
While everyone is thinking about the recession and being conservative or halting marketing, I noticed smart companies have stepped their game up and are being creative with marketing using the Internet as their main tool. At 10Edge we have implemented a hyper aggressive Internet Marketing strategy and it truly is paying off.

 What you just read is actually ahead of your competitors thinking. If you start soon you really have a great chance of being ahead of the game and positioning yourself to be a leader in your industry over being a follower. The net is here and it changes fast. Congratulating yourself for being on a few websites is not the mentality of an aggressive Internet and Social Media Marketing Team. The bottom line is you know me and I’m always on top of the Internet game. Just contact me, Hit me, Holla or whatever cliche you need to hear to reach out to me Just Do It. Let’s get something going now for your business.

Have an Unbelievable Monday!

Trent P

P.S. Short email on the importance of Video Internet Marketing by Wednesday. Only YouTube account? Wow, you do need help.

Trent Partridge | Director of Social Media and Digital Marketing | 10 EDGE LLC.
Certified Google AdWords and Analytics | Certified Yahoo Ambassador | Certified MSN AdExcellence Member | Certified WebCeo Internet Marketer Specialist | Certified Search Engine Optimization |
Phone: (877) 262-6566 ext. 501 | Cellular: (954) 336-0615 | Trent@10edge

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Own Your Power,

Simone

Make Your Website a Lead Generating Machine

by
Clate Mask
Everybody knows one-sided relationships never work. The same is true with websites. If a website is focused entirely upon you, you will lose any visitors that may stumble across it. On the other hand, a website done correctly (one that focuses on the visitor) can easily become a lead generation machine!

When designing your website, think about these four ideas:

* People are egocentric. Subconsciously they’re viewing your website and thinking, “There’s tons of companies just like you. What are you going to do for me?”
* People love being entertained. If they believe your website is providing interesting information, you’ll have them hooked.
* People want their opinions valued. This is why most companies have incorporated a blog or forums-so their customers can put in their two cents.
* And this is the ticket for generating leads for your business: visitors want to do something.

Give your visitors something to do. Give them something free to download. Offer a free report or whitepaper. Ask for their opinion on a blog entry.

Do something, anything, and once the person responds, you “Require” the following information: name, address, phone number, and email. Guess what you just got? A qualified lead. Qualified because they stayed on your site long enough to take action.

Sincerely,

Clate Mask
CEO, Infusionsoft

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