By now you have probably have heard all of the hype about Twitter. Everyone uses Twitter these days, it is sort of stupid to not use twitter if you have a company or brand. You cannot just setup a twitter account and post updates and expect to get a ton of followers and people interested in your brand.
There are many ways to get a ton of followers and gain an audience, but the way I’m going to show you will really help you gain a one on one relationship with your followers and help you gain new followers.
My friend Kelly actually showed me this method so I cannot take full credit for it. As I said twitter is very popular, but have you ever used Twitter search? Go ahead and put in any keyword in and see whats comes up. For example with the ThinkComputers account I put in “SSD”. A ton of results showed up, but some of them were people asking what type of solid state drive (SSD) to purchase. I went ahead and responded to them giving them my advice on which SSD’s are the best. By doing this I was able to start a conversation with someone and in-turn they started following ThinkComputers and are genuinely interested in what I have to say.
This method is not going to get you a million followers, it is not meant to do that. It will get you followers who are interested in what you have to say and in my opinion one follower like that is worth more than 50 followers who see one of your updates and are not interested at all.
So when you have some free time use Twitter search and start a conversation with someone! Remember to follow me on Twitter too!
As most of you know I’m from Pittsburgh and I try to support as many things from Pittsburgh as I can. I wrote about Wiz Khalifa a little while ago and surprisingly I’m talking about another rapper from Pittsburgh, who in my opinion is very good, especially for his age. At only 19 he has a huge following not only in the Pittsburgh area, but online as well. I was actually surprised I had never heard of him before because of how good he is and all of the buzz on the internet. The first song I heard of his is actually one of his most popular songs, Donald Trump. Check out that video below…
He was just recently signed to Rostrum Records the same record label that Wiz Khalifa is on. Earlier this month he released The Best Day Ever mixtape for free on the internet and the entire thing is good. It just has the feel good sound and I really like it. You can listen to the entire mixtape below. I can’t wait to see what this kid has in store for the future!
So it is 2011, with all of these new social media sites springing up where can you find me? I honestly have been using the same sites for quite a long time, but if you don’t know where to find me in 2011 here are some links…
Twitter
FaceBook
Flickr
YouTube (mainly ThinkComputers videos)
FriendFeed
Trunk.ly
LinkedIn
Is there a social network you think is missing? Let me know!
It has been a little less than a year since I launched I Hate My Roommate with my friend Jack. The layout we had before was very simple and we only really put the site up as something fun and considering my current roommate situation at the time. The site has got some traction and we really started to see things pick up over the past month. So I decided it was time for a new look, something that was easier to read and allowed more room to fit in some ads. So we went from this….
To this….
The site is very clean and easy to read now since most of the posts contain mostly text anyways. There are also 2 side columns now, which allows more space for things as we choose to add them. The site is doing very well and we are posting at least 1 post per day. You can check out the site or follow the site on twitter!
I have been quite busy since the start of 2011. ThinkComputers is taking up much of my time, which is a good thing, but it has consumed me at times. I am finally starting to delegate many of the tasks off to other staff members to free up time for myself and make my life less stressful.
A lot of my friends do affiliate marketing to earn extra income and some make a living off of it. I know it is a very profitable market to get in to if you know what you are doing and I think that I can make some extra money doing it. The thing is how am I going to compete with the super affiliates out there bringing in six figures a month from it. I really need to learn the basics and how to get back in to it. The other day I was told about Commission Crusher.
I found the video on the site very compelling and I decided to purchase the software and video guides. Commission Crusher is system that teaches you the basics about Affiliate Marketing and selling ClickBank products. It was created by Steve Iser and he goes through how to set everything up and teaches you the basics of affiliate marketing.
I hope this system will help me get back in to affiliate marketing and of course make me some money! I’ll keep everyone updated on my progress. Wish me luck!
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