24 Resources That Will Help You Get More Twitter Followers

September 8, 2009

One of the key components to Twitter are your followers – the people that connect with you and interact via the service. Celebrities, politicians, and major news outlets have really embraced its power – for good reason – the service is exploding and it’s where millions of people are gathering around sharing information and having conversations. Having a large Twitter following can give you a lot of influence.

Internet marketers and businesses are always trying to find the best way to get more followers on Twitter – and so I present a large collection of posts, articles and resources that will help you do just that:

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09/09/09 – A Perfect Day For Marketing & Promotions

September 8, 2009

Just a few days ago I wrote about certain dates and holidays that marketers should be using to their advantage by running promotions and drumming up some attention. I also mentioned how you should try and come up with unique ways to promote your products and services throughout the year (like halfway to St. Patrick’s Day celebrations).

Well, today marks another prime example of a special occasion that you can capitalize on – 09/09/09.

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21 Free AdSense-Ready WordPress Themes

September 8, 2009

When you are trying to make money with your website primarily by utilizing AdSense, having a theme that not only integrates the ad units well – but will help make you more money, can be kind of a tricky undertaking. From placements to different ad sizes, there are a lot of considerations that you want to take into account to help you monetize your site or blog as efficiently as possible. Often, starting with a WordPress theme that was specifically designed for AdSense integration can be your best bet.

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MailChimp – Free Email Marketing Software

September 8, 2009

Lately I have seen a ton of banners and advertisements for MailChimp, it seems like they’re everywhere! Curiosity got to me and I decided to check them out to see what they offer and how they stack up against their competition. Email marketing software is a fiercely competitive industry, with a few really dominating the market.

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ShoeMoney on Making $1,000 in 1 Night (Video)

September 7, 2009

I actually came across this video from ShoeMoney quite a while back but thought it would be good to share again. :-)

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Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard (Video)

September 7, 2009

The Onion brings us a great video about Apple’s newest product – the MacBook Wheel – a keyboard-less laptop computer. It’s so good – I just had to share it.

“Everything is just a few hundred clicks away.”

“The computer is virtually unbreakable unless dropped or hit.”

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How I Know You’re A Twitter Spammer

September 7, 2009

Although I have a Twitter account, I would not consider myself a very active or engaged user. I use TwitterFeed to automatically feed my blog posts to the service, and use it to see what’s going on – my adoption has been cut short a little because it seems like there’s a ton of spam on the service.

If you start following me on Twitter and I see that you have 17,398 followers and you’re following 18,354 – to me you come across as a spammer and you’re not going to get followed unless you have stuff that I care about. It may work for some, but you can recommend the 73 products you’re trying to sell to your other thousands of followers.

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How to compete with cheap (or even free) products

September 7, 2009

Something that has always perplexed me is the inability or frustration of marketers when they’re trying to compete with products that are cheaper than their own – or even free. Of course it makes the marketing game a little more difficult – but if it were easy everyone would be a marketer and we would all be sitting on piles of cash. So what do you do and how do you compete with lower prices or even free products?

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17 Essential Tools Every Blogger & Marketer Should Use

September 7, 2009

There are so many different tools, resources, and options available to those in the internet marketing field that the options can sometimes be overwhelming. From PPC to SEO to analytics and tracking traffic, there are hundreds of different things at our fingertips that can help us. Quite often, we overlook some excellent resources and products that can really help us in our efforts at driving traffic and making more money – ’cause that’s what internet marketing is all about.

In an attempt to round up some of the best resources, I’ve put together this list of some of the best tools, products, and resources that every internet marketer (or really anyone who has a website or blog) should know about – and many you should be using.

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ShoeMoney Tools – Internet Marketing Tools For SEO, PPC, & More

September 7, 2009

ShoeMoney is one of the most prominent, influential, and popular bloggers who has become known for sharing real-world examples about his internet marketing strategies and methods for making money online.  I have read his blog for the past couple of years and he has really built an amazing following due to his bare bones approach [...]

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