We’re live and taking reservations for our next jam packed social media event!

We’re LIVE in Laurel on June 6th with two jam packed sessions as opportunities to get in on this “thing” you keep hearing about…SOCIAL MEDIA!

Who, what, where, when and why should you be in ?

What does it really need to take to maintain all these great relationships you’ll develop?

How can you leverage your new (or upgraded) Social Awareness to take either you personal relationships or your business relationships to the next SEVERAL levels?

If you were one of those who thought email wasn’t going to stick…how are you thinking about that now? Social Media is THE method that people will use to connect now and for a long time. It does NOT replace “real” relationships, but opens so many new doors to discovering real people with real connections! Use this new leveraged opportunity to build your BRAND…whether personal or professional….or both!

Don’t wait, click through,watch our video!

How to Develop a Strategic Social Media Program for Business

from wikiHow – The How to Manual That You Can Edit

Social media for fun does not require planning. You go with your guts and emotion and start joining places where it feels right for you. However, social media for business is at the other extreme, and to succeed there is a real need for proper planning before the execution.

Steps

Starting with a Strong Purpose

1. Know your purpose. Like any good corporate program or initiative, a strong purpose and a good set of objectives is important. This set of purpose and objectives has to be relevant and aligned to your other corporate objectives.

I was recently featured on the local news regarding the “state of the economy” and my use of Social Media to drive traffic to my restaurant..  We also recently put on a seminar to kick off this website!

We call it VARN (Virtual and Reality Networking) and we had over 35 attendees.  Look for a post after today with the links…

Twitter and Facebook Post Huge Growth Numbers in March

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If you need to know the basics of Twitter, please read my “Twitter 101″ post and we can start at ground zero.

No offense, but if Twitter is new, don’t read this post.

On the other hand..if you have dabbled in Twitter, and realized the potential..and want to explode your twitter exposure, you need to read on.

Liken this to when Ebay started… you had your homebodies, scouring their attic for old trinkets, putting grainy pics of them on their ebay page and selling a few for an extra $73 dollars a month. Whoopee..  Then you had your “Power Sellers” who realized the true massive opportunity of Ebay, and got Third Party software to autoload auctions, auto bid at last moment, and incredible design programs to make thier auctions stand out, and many, many people have been making substantial incomes on Ebay since.

Nothing wrong with either scenario (remember..I said, if Twitter is new, don’t bother with this post…at least NOW).

CARRYING ON…I’ve found a software program that I’ll liken to the Ebay days..it’s called Hummingbird ~ Twitter Pro Tools by Mesiab Labs. All I can say, this is like Twitter Search, Massive Follow/unfollow, auto timed actions, and management of your followers and ones you follow, all from one interface.

Let me be clear, this software costs a fair penny, but realize this…what is Twitter great for? You have an online presence, you build your “list” of followers who like what you do, and you can (if you choose) market to them, duhh?  So if you are looking for a 1-4% “opt in” rate…how many followers will you need to do damage?  Now again, this is aimed at marketing people, twitter users that have an agenda.  People, this is not spamming, but if you’re posting up links to products that you promote along with all the great content that you are providing (yes, this is very important, remember that Twitter is a community), and you have 10,000 followers, what can that conversion rate mean to you in income?

I’ve attached a few screenshots that have sold me on the product…look at what this thing does??

Hummingbird Software, Twitter Pro Tools

Just click on these pics if you need to read more detail..

I cannot imagine where my followers will be when I implement this and can track on TwitterCounter

Get back to me in the comments section below if you decide to buy and try out, I’m very curious about your results.

Ok, perhaps I’ll shoot a video in a few weeks and show you my increases and results, and then we’ll truly see if the price is worth it?

By the way, here is the main site to review, videos and pricing are there..

Here’s to your online success!

Tony