I just received my Amazon order. I invested in some new books so I can keep abreast of the changes in social media. I already own Social Media Marketing: An Hour A Day and Blog Marketing and wanted to purchase Mari Smith’s new book, Facebook Marketing: An Hour A Day. It only made sense to pick up YouTube and Video Marketing: An Hour A Day, and the newest book out…Success Secrets of the Social Media Marketing Superstars.

I’ll be reading this last book over the two next weeks and will give you a recap of each section. It covers strategies, principles, applications, and social media websites.

I highly recommend any of the above books as fabulous additions to your social media library. Let me know what you think? What’s your favorite social medial book?

Twitter Tools

Twitter Counter
Twellow, A Twitter Directory
Tweetdeck
HootSuite
Twitter with PollDaddy

Managing Twitter

Manage Flitter
TwitBlock

Twitter Guides

Mashable: Tiwtter Guidebook
Chris Brogan: 50 Ideas on Using Twitter for Business
Twitter 101, A Special Guide
Twitter Tips: Advice from Evangelist Guy Kawasaki
How To Search Twitter Smarter

Twitter Video

Twitter Marketing 101

Twitter Use In America

Twitter Usage in America 2010 from Tom Webster on Vimeo.

Twitter For Business

Wednesday, May 12, 2010
4pm to 6pm Pacific Time
7pm to 9pm Eastern Time

I know you’ve hear it….”are you on Twitter?” You wonder what all the fuss is about Twitter and why would you want to know what someone was eating?

Twitter is an amazing tool! You can use it to broadcast your message, chat with other professionals, research business ideas and companies. Those are just a few uses for Twitter. You just need to learn how to use it!

In this hands on workshop you’ll discover the following:

• How to Setting Up Your Account
• How To Customize Your Background
• Using Photoshop for your Background
• Using Ready Made Backgrounds
• How To Get Followers
• Twitter Services and Directories
• Twitter Strategies

CoTweet

Syndicating Your Content
Show Notes: May 3, 2010

 Using Co-Tweet For Twitter [12:47m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (50)

Today’s tip was on using CoTweet to manage a “twitter team.” Some of the information shared was about how to use several twitter accounts for a single business, what they might be and how you might use them.

CoTweet is a Twitter service that let’s you add up to six twitter accounts and several team members to monitor their activity. You can assign particular tweets to team members, thereby leveraging your business and it’s response time using Twitter.

Discounting the value of social media, blogging, Facebook, and all those other “invites” you receive as being a viable tool for your message? You might want to think that over.
Gary Hayes, Personalized Media, created this cool app that tracks social media usage.

“I decided to put together this little Flash app (which is in constant development) showing how active & dynamic the Social Web, Mobile Industry and Game Business is.” ~Gary Hayes

Here are just three of the many interesting statistics he’s complied on social media:

• Facebook 25 million new members each month Feb 2010 Mashable
• 50 million Tweets per day Feb 2010 - eConsultancy
• YouTube 1Billion watched per day Dec 2009 SMH

Still think it’s a fad? Let me know by posting your comments below

On Wednesday, April 14, 2010, from 4pm to 6pm Pacific Time, you can learn in a private, hands on environment how to set your Twitter profile for maximum online visibility.

In this online webinar, using desktop sharing tools, you’ll work with me to:

• Set Your Profile
• Customize Your Background
• Discovering Ready Made Backgrounds
• How To Get Followers
• Twitter Services and Directories
• Twitter Strategies and Tools

You’ll walk away with completion and an understanding of how to use Twitter to create online visibility, establish credibility and drive more traffic to your website or, my personal preference, your blog.

Don’t stay frustrated that you couldn’t carry over the tasks you may have learned from a local workshop. Let me work with you to finish that profile and get moving forward with this remarkable tool.

If you haven’t embraced social media, maybe these 10 reasons will show you why you need to care.

Syndicating Your Content
Show Notes: March 1, 2010

 Twitter Research Resources [14:22m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (50)

TweetBeep
Similar to google news alerts (and if you don’t know about google news alerts, look at my YouTube channel, magicinwords for a how to video) Anyway, TweetBeep will send you alerts developed from your settings. The settings include keywords, keyword phrases, people, places, attitudes and contained links. You set it up and it sends you an email when something you’re looking for comes up.

Tweetmeme

The hottest links on Twitter. Give you an opportunity to retweet the original tweet. You can search topics through the search function or the categories.

Tweet Volume

Give you an idea of how much a topic, phrase, name is being discussed on Twitter.

Twitter Grader

Nifty little tool to give you some idea of where Tweeters, including yourself stand with Twitter. I have a 98.6.

Twitalyzer

Another tool to analyze the impact you are having at Twitter. Sign in with your twitter account.

Twitscoop

Search and follow the latest trends in real time. Sign in with your Twitter account. I really like the search feature in this tool. I’m sure I’ve told you about the Wednesday night small business chat on Twitter. You follow the conversation via the hashtag.

Syndicating Your Content

Syndicating Your Content
Show Notes: February 8, 2010

 Blogging Tips [14:40m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (43)

Today’s show shares how RSS and Blogs start the content syndication process.

Sites or services discussed:

HootSuite – check out the Hootlet
Google’s Reader – subscribe to blog rss feeds with Reader

Twitter

On Wednesday, February 10, 2010, from 10am to noon Pacific Time, you can learn in a private, hands on environment how to set your Twitter profile for maximum online visibility.

In this online webinar, using desktop sharing tools, you’ll work with me to:

• Set Your Profile
• Customize Your Background
• Discuss Using Photoshop for your Background
• Discovering Ready Made Backgrounds
• How To Get Followers
• Twitter Services and Directories
• Twitter Strategies and Tools

You’ll walk away with completion and an understanding of how to use Twitter to create online visibility, establish credibility and drive more traffic to your website or, my personal preference, your blog.

Don’t stay frustrated that you couldn’t carry over the tasks you may have learned from a local workshop. Let me work with you to finish that profile and get moving forward with this remarkable tool.