Twitter: are YOU twittering yet?

Well I've just started to use the program Twitter.com with good effect.

When I first heard of "Twitter", I thought this was some lightweight
social networking site.

"Twitter" is a social networking site with a simple concept that now
carries a lot of pulling power (PR7). Your messages are restricted
to a quick burst of 140 characters and these messages can be seen
by your followers (or the whole community if you so choose).

Your followers are your special group that you can communicate
with in a direct way.

I started to sit up and take notice of Twitter when I began to get
invites from top affiliate marketers to "follow them on Twitter".

To "follow", you just click on the follow button below the name
of the person whose Twitter site you have visited.

Here's my site:
http://www.twitter.com/ronpass

Why not follow me - just click on the link above and join
Twitter if you have not already done so. Then click the
FOLLOW button under my name on the above site.

I got a shock yesterday - three top internet marketers
have started to follow my "twitters" and I am not yet
following theirs.

Here's some great advantages of Twitter:

1. you can add the Twitter widget to your blog -
see the right column on this blog

2. Squidoo now has a Twitter module that you can
add to your lens.

In both these cases, you are able to display your "twitters"
as an RSS feed - leading to constant updating of your blog and/or
Squidoo lens.

Here's my Twitter module on the Squidoo Marketing lens:
http://www.squidoo.com/squidoomarketingstrategies/#module9282301

Another great benefit of Twitter is that the URLs you mention
in your 140 character message are automatically hyperlinked!

You need to use Twitter.com sensibly. If you post a lot of
useless information or spam, people will stop following you
and will no longer get your messages.

Twitter is designed to be a rapid, short messaging system
to let people know what you are up to (similar to the
"what I am doing now" facility on Facebook).

Do not expect everyone that you follow to follow you in
turn ... and do not follow too many people or you will lose focus.

You can even twitter from your cell phone and Twitter
interfaces with Facebook and other social networking sites.

It is a great way to learn what the "experts" are up to and
to get to know something about them personally.

Check out the right-hand column of this blog for my latest
"tweets" and you will begin to see the potential of this social
networking site.

For more information on marketing with Twitter,
visit my Squidoo lens:
http://www.squidoo.com/howtousetwitter

If you want to follow me on Twitter, here's the link again:
http://www.twitter.com/ronpass

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Ron Passfield is a Top 100 Squidoo Lensmaster and
provides free resources for Squidoo affiliate marketing
on his Squidoo lens:
http://www.squidoo.com/squidoomarketingstrategies

Ron is the author of the ebook:
Squidoo Marketing Strategies

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Video Promotions Made Easy

I recently took 26 photos on my walk in the rainforest
on Mt. Glorious in Brisbane. These photos have become
the basis of a new Squidoo lens and animated music video.

Tropical Rainforest Squidoo Lens

With the Squidoo lens, I wanted to create a sense of walking
through the rainforest surrounded by the sights of this timeless
place:

http://www.squidoo.com/tropicalrainforest

Each photo module contains a picture that is 500px (width)
by 375px (height) (which fits perfectly in the module frame).

The process I used to create the photo modules was:

1. load the photos to a folder on my computer
2. load the images from the computer to Flickr
3. click on a photo on Flickr to display the 500X375 image
4. save the enlarged image to my computer
5. upload the images to my website
6. add each image to a module, hyperlinked to my authority lens

The result is a sequence of enlarged images that give you a sense
of walking the path amongst the tropical rainforest plants.

Creating an Animated Music Video

Well, creating the Tropical Rainforest lens was exciting but
developing the animated music video was something else:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5GFirR6mTo

This proved to be a breeze using the latest in video
technology from Animoto:

http://animoto.com/?ref=tzolcekr

(If you use the link, you get discounted access at the rate of
$25 per year for unlimited videos; you can make 30 second
videos for free but then you can’t download them).

The steps here are:

1. upload images to Animoto.com
2. identify the two or three images you want to highlight
3. decide what music track you want (yours or theirs)
4. press “create video”
5. upload to your computer and/or YouTube (press a button)
6. press remix as often as you like to make alternative videos
7. admire your handywork

Animoto has their own stock of images which you can purchase
or you can use your own photos or free images from other
sources.

I also used Kevin Riley’s 97 page ebook which gives you
a screenshot by screenshot description of how to create
your animated music video. The ebook helps you to identify
appropriate keywords and sources (free and paid) for images
and provides detailed guidance on how to create and upload
your music video:

Recipe for Quick and Easy Production of Hot Promo Videos

(Note: The Animoto affiliate program does not provide income
for the affiliate marketer. What it does do is give your referrals
a $5 discount and extends your "paid" access to video creation
by 3 months per referral. You are also able to load your own
photos to Animoto's stock and earn commissions from the
sale of your photos.)

Video Production Made Easy - How to quickly create red hot video promos at no cost!

Kevin Riley has come up with a quick and easy way to drive
traffic to your website, blog or Squidoo lens.

In his 97 page e-Book he shows you a quick and easy way to
promote any product or service using videos developed from
still pictures. Even better he reveals where to get the free
software and stock photos to produce these red hot
promotional videos.

An added bonus is that if you market this product, you receive
100% of the sale price. So with one sale you can recoup your
cost and have access to way to explode your traffic and income.

Here's some of the things you will learn from the step by step
screenshots from this Video Recipe eBook:

	Pluck out the keyword phrases that will make you the most money, and learn to dominate Google.
	Create the kind of link that your visitors will click through on. You want your visitors to explore your link.
	Get the right kind of images to make this whole video campaign pull you big commissions. Image is everything.
	Plug everything into the Video Machine. Let some fantastic new technology do all the bull work, and turn your images into a dynamic work of art.
	Turn the end of your video into a call for action -- the kind of action that puts bucks in your bank account.
	Upload your video with the kind of title and description that makes sure you Blitz those search engine results.

CLICK HERE for the Recipe for Quick and Easy Production of Hot
Video Promos.

Squidoo Traffic Tactic 1: Use the Squidoo Fan Club

Squidoo recently introduced the concept of the Fan Club.

If you like the work of a Squidoo Lensmaster you can join
their Fan Club by simply clicking on the Fan Club link
which appears in the upper right hand corner below the
Lensmaster's name.

Be genuine about this but make use of its potential.
Margaret Schaut, a top Lensmaster, has joined the
Fan Club of over 2,000 Lensmasters.

What you have to be aware of is that when you join
someone's Squidoo Fan Club, you will receive
their SquidCasts (see my Squdoo Directory}.

Here's a strategy to quickly join the Fan Club
of many Squidoo Lensmasters.

1. Log in to your Squidoo Dashboard
2. Visit the lens of a prominent Squidoo Lensmaster
3. Join their Fan Club if you have not already done so.
4. Click on the photo of one of their fans
5. Click "join this fanclub" (below their profile)
6. Click "Yes, Continue" or "No Thanks"
7. Repeat (...you can continue where you land).

In the process, you will come across some fantastic
Lensmasters and great lenses. Stop off to visit and
leave a comment (with a link to your lens).

Product of the Month: 750 Traffic Tactics (with PLR)

This comprehensive resource with Private Label Rights
(PLR) was developed by Edmund Loh. If you want traffic
as well as content for your Squidoo lenses, blog or website,
this is a great product.

The value of the bonuses alone (some unannounced) far
exceed the price of the limited offer Traffic Tactics Product.
Besides the 28 PDF reports, you get alternative E-Cover
skins and pre-written sales copies.

You can use the Traffic Tactics product to create your own
ebooks, viral reports, articles, or content for your Squidoo
lens, blog, website or member site. Visit the site below to
grab this now (only 300 copies will be sold with
Private Label Rights):
http://www.750traffictactics.squidoomarketingstrategies.com/

P.S. I have purchased this product and it has given me
enough ideas and tips to enable me to blog every day
for the next two years (if I wanted to...).

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Related articles on this blog:

Article Writing: Massive Action for Massive Results

Explode Your Squidoo Traffic with Social Marketing

Getting Traffic to Your Squidoo Lens

Squidoo Affiliate Marketing: Post, Publish, Ping


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Ron Passfield is a Top 100 Squidoo Lensmaster and
provides free resources for Squidoo affiliate marketing
on his Squidoo lens:
http://www.squidoo.com/squidoomarketingstrategies

Ron is the author of the ebook:
Squidoo Marketing Strategies

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