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Social Media Marketing – When and Why to Use the Twitter Retweet Function
Posted by: Carla McNeil | Comments (1)Do you use the Twitter ReTweet function? Are you getting the maximum benefit? Keep reading and you will learn 3 ways to ReTweet that will help you become that “Know, Like & Trust” person.
There are people out there right now who are saying that Twitter retweets are no good. Don’t bother, you’re wasting your time. I totally disagree with them. With the Twitter retweet, there are four ways or four things that you can do so that ther people think about you or remember you.
1. The retweet is a really good way to make others feel good. If you share someone else’s information, you are saying that it’s worthwhile sharing. And who doesn’t like to know that their information is worthwhile.
2. The second is that it shows that you’re thinking of them. You’ve actually gone to the trouble of reading what’s in their twitter stream, and you are sharing that with other people. You have taken the time to look, to decide what to retweet, and then to retweet it.
3. It allows you to spread excellent information around the web. What that does for your customers and clients is it also places you in the category of expert in knowing what you’re talking about because you’re willing to share other people’s information that is complementary or in the same market as your own.
4. You will support others and you will support others in their journey as they build their business, as they become friends, as they get more followers. Remember that old phrase do unto others as you would have others do unto you? That applies really well here. So you can support other people.
There are three different ways that you can retweet:
1. The very simple retweet, You go into twitter, you look into the tweet, you scroll across the bottom and the little button will light up for retweet. And you simply click on it. And there it goes out to your following. that’s the simple retweet.
2. By using a different program like HootSuite or Tweet Deck, you can add a comment, whether it’s something you agree with, something you disagree with. Perhaps you have some other information you’d like to add to it. Maybe insert another link, another post that supports what the person has said. So you can add a comment.
3. You can actually specifically direct a tweet to someone else. Here you go, Mary Joe, I was thinking of you, saw this tweet, and believe this would be of benefit to you. Anything along those lines, you can redirect the retweet to someone else. Just be sure to enter their Twitter name with the @ sign in front of it.
If you are ready to take your Twitter account up a notch or two I have created a great workbook with step by step procedures to follow so that you can take advantage of the power of Twitter.
Time to get involved with LinkedIn groups. I have four tips for you regarding LinkedIn groups, which are an extremely valuable resource. Groups are a great place to find people who are looking for what you have to offer, whether it is a product or a service. They are also a great way to get your own questions answered about challenges that you’re having in your own business.
1. Demonstrate your expertise. You can do this through links to your blog that show that you know what you’re talking about. You do this in your posts to your profile on LinkedIn.
2. Request recommendations. Most people are too busy and they don’t remember to go back and give a recommendation for someone that they’ve done business with. It’s in your best interest when you’ve had successful interaction with someone or a great business deal, to go back and actually request that they go in and recommend you on LinkedIn. Be sure to remember to…
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One of the things with Facebook that consistently changes as they grow and develop is privacy. There’s been a lot of uproar, hoopla and complaining regarding the privacy issues on Facebook recently. One of the things that everyone who has either a Facebook page or a Facebook profile needs to do is to go back and take a look at your privacy settings. Whenever they make a major update, go back and take a look at the privacy settings because sometimes things change. There are five key areas that you really want to take a look at.
1. The sharing on Facebook. Do you want it set at only your friends, friends of friends, or everyone? It really depends why you’re on Facebook just exactly how you’ll set that. If you were one of the people who only wants friends to see what you put into Facebook, then you definitely don’t want that option to be everyone.
2. Facebook lists. I am a huge user of Facebook lists. I absolutely love them. They also can be set so that some people can see some lists, and some people can see others, what you give to each other. If you only want your mother and siblings to see some specific posts, then you can set it with the privacy settings so that only those people can see the posts. You control that through the use of your Facebook lists.
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Social Media Marketing – How To Get The Right Followers On Twitter
Posted by: Carla McNeil | Comments (9)What do I say on Twitter?
How do I get the right followers from Twitter?
With Twitter, you want to think about who you want your followers to be. It is really important to define your target market, to define who you want as your followers.
1) You can do this with key words.
What are the key words that are associated with your business. For me, an example of key words are help with Twitter, Facebook help, learn Facebook, how do I use LinkedIn. Those are a few of the key words that I use in order to find followers. There are a number of tools that you can use to find… (Continue reading)






Comment on Comments, Build Your Social Media Relationships
Posted by: Carla McNeil | Comments (4)Do you get comments on your social media posts? Are people coming back for more? Do you see the same people commenting? This article gives you 3 tips on how to make that happen.
Commenting on comments, is habit you want to use to build your social media relationships. Part of building your relationships on social media is actually interacting with the people who come and interact with you. You do this by making comments, re-tweet, all the different kinds of options that people have to interact with you and you with them.
The most important place to interact is on your blog, you want to acknowledge the fact that people have made a comment. You want to comment on their comment. You don’t want to just post any old thing, like oh, thanks for dropping by, or nice post. Make thoughtful comments that show that you understand the comment they left on your post.
When you comment on the blogs of other people you want to be thoughtful and demonstrate that you actually understand what their post was all about. You can tell them that they made a great point, name a specific item or point and then say something about the post itself.
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