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This guest post is written by Kevin Rose, the founder of Digg and the cofounder of Revision3 and Pownce. Kevin, who has over 88,000 followers on Twitter (making him the second most followed after President Obama), also “bloggs” at kevinrose.com. He is an investor in Twitter.

Ten Ways To Increase Your Twitter Followers:

  1. Explain to your followers what retweeting is and encourage them to retweet your links. Retweeting pushes your @username into foreign social graphs, resulting in clicks back to your profile. Track your retweets using retweetist.
  2. Fill out your bio. Your latest tweets and @replies don’t mean much to someone that doesn’t know you. Your bio is the only place you have to tell people who you are. Also, your bio is displayed on Twitter’s Suggested Users page. Leaving it blank or non-descriptive doesn’t encourage people to add you.
  3. As @garyvee says, “link it up.” Put links to your Twitter profile everywhere. Link it on your Digg, LinkedIn, Facebook, blog, email signature, and everywhere else you live online. Also, check out the great feedburner-like badges from TwitterCounter for your blog.
  4. Tweet about your passions in life and #hash tag them. Quality content coupled with an easy way to find it never fails. If others enjoy your content, they’ll add you. Learn more about #hash tagging here.
  5. Bring your twitter account into the physical world. Every time I give a talk, speak on a panel, shoot a podcast, present slides, or hand out business cards, I figure out a way to broadcast or display my twitter account.
  6. Take pictures. Pictures are heavily retweeted/spread around. This one from US Airways Flight 1549 has been viewed 350,000+ times. For mobile pics use iPhone apps such as Tweetie or Twitterific, both which support on the go uploading.
  7. Start a contest. @jasoncalacanis offered a free macbook air if he reached the #1 most followed spot. That never happened, but Jason added thousands of followers…brilliant.
  8. Follow the top twitter users and watch what they tweet. Pay attention to the type of content they sent out and how they address their audiences.
  9. Reply to/get involved in #hash tag memes. search.twitter.com lists the hot ‘trending topics. Look for the #hash topics and jump in on the conversation (see #4 for links to #hash instructions).
  10. Track your results. TwitterCounter will show you how many new users you’re adding per day and Qwitter will email you when someone unfollows you after a tweet.

If you enjoy this content, add me at twitter.com/kevinrose, thank you.

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The twitter train is pulling up, are you on board yet? Twitter is one of the most revolutionary messaging systems to come out in my opinion since AOL Instant Messenger back in 1997. It allows groups of users to simultaneously engage in conversations all at the same time, similar to being in a “chat room” in AOL. As a marketer this can be a golden tool if utilized properly for personal reputation management reasons.

Many underground conversations go on within Twitter that never make it to the blogosphere or news sites. It can be a dynamite location for link bait ideas, breaking stories, and general topics you might not think about on a daily basis. You might even find yourself obtaining clientèle through it. I really could go on and on with what you could do with Twitter.

TwitterNow with that said, it is worth pointing out that one of the more frustrating things with Twitter is that there isn’t much organization within the social profiles themselves. Aside from the visible friends list, it is hard to capture who is within your industry, and who might be twittering about relevant things that you want to follow.

I have attempted to put together a comprehensive list of Internet Marketers. The people on it range in skill sets from Social Media Experts, Search Optimization Experts, Search Marketing Experts, and other general Internet Marketing Gurus. I have already done some dwindling of this list whereas to remove people who simply twit too much, and do not add much to the conversation.

If you do not see yourself on the list feel free to comment below and we will add you to the list. The only stipulation to being added is that you are an Internet Marketer of some sort.

If you are not in the list, feel free to update in comments, we will update the list asap.

Angela Penny http://twiter.com/apenny
Gerri L Elder http://twitter.com/absolutelytrue
A. Charlotte Riley http://twitter.com/acriley
Adele McAlear http://twitter.com/adelemcalear
Shawn Collins http://twitter.com/affiliatetip
Andy Komark http://twitter.com/akomack
Alex Harris http://twitter.com/alexdesigns
Andy Beal http://twitter.com/andybeal
Armando Alves http://twitter.com/armandoalves
Barbara Baker http://twitter.com/BarbaraKB
Bill Hartzer http://twitter.com/bhartzer
BJ Cook http://twitter.com/BJ
Ben Lloyd (blizzle) http://twitter.com/blizzle
Bobby Kircher http://twitter.com/bobbykircher
Brian Chappell http://twitter.com/BrianChappell
Brian Devine http://twitter.com/briandevine
Brian Solis http://twitter.com/briansolis
Chip Griffin http://twitter.com/chipgriffin
Planet Chiropractic http://twitter.com/chiropractic
Chris Bartow http://twitter.com/chrisbartow
Chris Bennett http://twitter.com/chrisbennett
Christine Parfitt http://twitter.com/ChrisParfitt
Chris Rothwell http://twitter.com/ChrisRothwell
Chris Sandberg http://twitter.com/chrissandberg
Christian Bullock http://twitter.com/christianbk
Chris Winfield http://twitter.com/chriswinfield
Clay Cook http://twitter.com/ClayCook
Converseon http://twitter.com/converseon
Corey Hammond http://twitter.com/coreyhammond
Carolyn Shelby http://twitter.com/cshel
Curt Monash http://twitter.com/CurtMonash
Daan Jansonius http://twitter.com/Daan83
Daniel Johnson, Jr. http://twitter.com/danieljohnsonjr
Daniel Dessinger http://twitter.com/danielthepoet
Danny Sullivan http://twitter.com/dannysullivan
Dan Perry http://twitter.com/danperry
Dan Zarrella http://twitter.com/danzarrella
Vince Bank http://twitter.com/darwinpr
davefleet http://twitter.com/davefleet
Dave Rohrer http://twitter.com/daver
Dave Davis http://twitter.com/redfly
Dave Taylor http://twitter.com/DaveTaylor
David Wallace http://twitter.com/DavidWallace
Desiree Sanchez http://twitter.com/DesireeSanchez
Dominic Litten http://twitter.com/DJLitten
Maki http://twitter.com/doshdosh
Douglas Karr http://twitter.com/douglaskarr
Drew Olanoff http://twitter.com/drewolanoff
Drew Stauffer http://twitter.com/DrewStauffer
Duncan Riley http://twitter.com/duncanriley
Ed Lee http://twitter.com/edlee
Ehren Cheung http://twitter.com/ehrenc
Eric Friedman http://twitter.com/EricFriedman
francois gossieaux http://twitter.com/fgossieaux
gabriel http://twitter.com/gabs
Geoff Livingston http://twitter.com/geoffliving
George Bounacos http://twitter.com/georgebounacos
Gerben Bouwhuis http://twitter.com/gerben
Nathan Gilliatt http://twitter.com/gilliatt
giovanni http://twitter.com/giovanni
Michael Gray http://twitter.com/graywolf
Greg Boser http://twitter.com/GregBoser
Handsome Rob http://twitter.com/HandsomeRob
Jim Hathaway http://twitter.com/hyperg
Ignite Social Media http://twitter.com/ignitesma
imnotadoctor http://twitter.com/imnotadoctor
Jake Matthews http://twitter.com/JakePM
Jason Bartholme http://twitter.com/JasonBartholme
Jason MC http://twitter.com/JasonCalacanis
Jaypee Habaradas http://twitter.com/jaypee
Jonathon Colman http://twitter.com/jcolman
Jennifer Laycock http://twitter.com/JenniferLaycock
Jeremy Luebke http://twitter.com/JeremyLuebke
John Gideon Howard http://twitter.com/jg_howard
Jill Whalen http://twitter.com/jillwhalen
Jim Kukral http://twitter.com/jimkukral
John Andrews http://twitter.com/johnandrews
jon lee clark http://twitter.com/jonleeclark
JonofSMA http://twitter.com/jonofsma
Josh Bledsoe http://twitter.com/joshbledsoe
Josh Kelsey http://twitter.com/joshkelsey
Jeremiah Owyang http://twitter.com/jowyang
Jim Tobin http://twitter.com/jtobin
Paul Dillinger http://twitter.com/Kallussed
Kathryn Milette http://twitter.com/KathrynMilette
Kipp Bodnar http://twitter.com/kbodnar32
Katie Delahaye Paine http://twitter.com/kdpaine
Keith McArthur http://twitter.com/keithmcarthur
Kevin Newcomb http://twitter.com/kevinnewcomb
CK Chung http://twitter.com/kid_disco
Kurt Krejny http://twitter.com/KurtKrejny
Lee Odden http://twitter.com/leeodden
Leslie Ann Bradshaw http://twitter.com/LeslieBradshaw
Lisa Barone http://twitter.com/LisaBarone
Lord Brar http://twitter.com/lordbrar
Lyndon Antcliff http://twitter.com/lyndoman
maggie fox http://twitter.com/maggiefox
Markus Wagner http://twitter.com/MarkusWagner
Eric Martindale http://twitter.com/Martindale
Matt Dickman http://twitter.com/MattDickman
mediahatch http://twitter.com/mediahatch
Micah Baldwin http://twitter.com/micah
Michael Valiant http://twitter.com/MichaelValiant
Michelle Montoya http://twitter.com/michellereno
Mike Arauz http://twitter.com/mikearauz
Mike Driehorst http://twitter.com/MikeDriehorst
Mike Moran http://twitter.com/MikeMoran
Matt Ellsworth http://twitter.com/mjesales
Michael McDonald http://twitter.com/mmcdonald
ncho http://twitter.com/ncho
Janet MeinersThaeler http://twitter.com/NewspaperGrl
Nick Wilsdon http://twitter.com/nickwilsdon
nissarup http://twitter.com/nissarup
Brian Wallace http://twitter.com/nowsourcing
Ognian Mladenov http://twitter.com/oggin
Hansen http://twitter.com/optimator
Julio Fernandez http://twitter.com/SocialJulio
Rob Williams http://twitter.com/orangejack
Paul Dunay http://twitter.com/pauldunay
Paull Young http://twitter.com/paullyoung
Ian Lurie http://twitter.com/portentint
pratt http://twitter.com/pratt
Darren Rowse http://twitter.com/problogger
Reem http://twitter.com/rabeidoh
Rafiq Phillips http://twitter.com/rafiq
Rand Fishkin http://twitter.com/randfish
Jon Henshaw http://twitter.com/RavenJon
Dixon Jones http://twitter.com/receptional
Rene LeMerle http://twitter.com/renelemerle
Rhea Drysdale http://twitter.com/Rhea
Riquochet http://twitter.com/Riquochet
Linda Bustos http://twitter.com/Roxyyo
Barry Schwartz http://twitter.com/rustybrick
Ryan Anderson http://twitter.com/ryananderson
Sam Harrelson http://twitter.com/samharrelson
Samuel Lavoie http://twitter.com/sammyQc
Robert Scoble http://twitter.com/Scobleizer
Scott Bartell http://twitter.com/ScottBartell
Scott Fish http://twitter.com/scottfish
PoKnee http://twitter.com/SearchBuzz
Sebastian http://twitter.com/SebastianX
Search Engine Land http://twitter.com/sengineland
Dave Bascom http://twitter.com/seocom
seocracy http://twitter.com/seocracy
seorob http://twitter.com/seorob
Steve Wiideman http://twitter.com/seosteve
SE Roundtable http://twitter.com/seroundtable
Gavin Heaton http://twitter.com/servantofchaos
Scott Hendison http://twitter.com/shendison
Jackie http://twitter.com/Shervington
shlarsen http://twitter.com/shlarsen
Peter Newsome http://twitter.com/SiteMost
SearchMarketingGurus http://twitter.com/smgurus
Scott Schablow http://twitter.com/sschablow
Melanie Nathan http://twitter.com/melanienathan
Stoney deGeyter http://twitter.com/StoneyD
Liana 'Li' Evans http://twitter.com/storyspinner
Todd Malicoat http://twitter.com/stuntdubl
Rae http://twitter.com/sugarrae
Tamar Weinberg http://twitter.com/tamar
Tamera Kremer http://twitter.com/tamera
Aaron Chronister http://twitter.com/TheMadHat
Tim Dineen http://twitter.com/TimDineen
Tim Elfelt http://twitter.com/timelf123
Todd Mintz http://twitter.com/toddmintz
Tony Adam http://twitter.com/tonyadam
Travis http://twitter.com/travishines
Rick Turoczy http://twitter.com/turoczy
Jordan Kasteler http://twitter.com/UtahSEOpro
Vanessa Fox http://twitter.com/vanessafox
Steven Bradley http://twitter.com/vangogh
Lauren Vargas http://twitter.com/vargasl
Cheryl Allin http://twitter.com/virtuallin
Greg Boser http://twitter.com/GregBoser
Dave Winget http://twitter.com/Wingnut
Google Tutor https://twitter.com/GoogleTutor
autohousewife http://twitter.com/autohousewife
Joseph Jaffe http://twitter.com/jaffejuice
Todd Friesen http://twitter.com/oilman
Paul Chaney http://twitter.com/pchaney
Angela Penny http://twitter.com/apenny
Fabio Moro http://twitter.com/FabioMoro
Mike Mig http://twitter.com/mikemig
Paul _JD_ French http://twitter.com/_JD_
1to1million http://twitter.com/1to1million
David Bain http://twitter.com/26WeekPlan
Martin Malden http://twitter.com/abledragon
Gerri L Elder ? http://twitter.com/absolutelytrue
A. Charlotte Riley http://twitter.com/acriley
Adam DesAutels http://twitter.com/AdamDesAutels
Adele McAlear http://twitter.com/adelemcalear
AdFreak http://twitter.com/AdFreak
Aditya Nagarajan http://twitter.com/aditya_n
Advaliant http://twitter.com/advaliant
Shawn Collins http://twitter.com/affiliatetip
Antonio Matias Gil http://twitter.com/agil
Allyson Holiday http://twitter.com/ajholiday
Andy Komack http://twitter.com/akomack
Alex_Albert http://twitter.com/Alex_Albert
Alex Harris http://twitter.com/alexdesigns
Al Ferretti http://twitter.com/alferretti
Alicia Pierce http://twitter.com/Alicia_Pierce
AllboutMoney.com http://twitter.com/allboutmoney
Almond Peak http://twitter.com/almondpeak
amandajoyce http://twitter.com/amandajoyce
AndréNosalsky http://twitter.com/an
Andrew L Witherspoon http://twitter.com/andrew_writes
andrew wayman http://twitter.com/andrewwayman
Andy Merchant http://twitter.com/andymerch
Bill Knight http://twitter.com/anglox
Ankush Agarwal http://twitter.com/ankushagarwal
annezieger http://twitter.com/annezieger
areaseo http://twitter.com/areaseo
Armando Alves http://twitter.com/armandoalves
David Armano http://twitter.com/armano
Frasco http://twitter.com/askfrasco
Shawn Michael Brown http://twitter.com/AskShawn
Andrew Melchior http://twitter.com/atraine
Ava http://twitter.com/avahosting
Ayman van Bregt http://twitter.com/aymanvanbregt
Dan Thornton http://twitter.com/badgergravling
Everett http://twitter.com/balibones
Bansi Patel http://twitter.com/bansi
Barbara Baker http://twitter.com/BarbaraKB
bcmblog http://twitter.com/bcmblog
Beerhat http://twitter.com/Beerhat
Jack Humphrey http://twitter.com/bendtheweb
Michelle Matteson http://twitter.com/bizzbodytalk
Brian LaFrance http://twitter.com/blafrance
Bryan Bliss http://twitter.com/Blissfulfun
Ben Lloyd (blizzle) http://twitter.com/blizzle
blogger1 http://twitter.com/blogger1
Brian Massey http://twitter.com/bmassey
bobangus http://twitter.com/bobangus
Bobby Kircher http://twitter.com/bobbykircher
Brad J Ward http://twitter.com/bradjward
Bree Olson http://twitter.com/breeolson
Brendan McNally http://twitter.com/Brendan_McNally
Brett T. Smith http://twitter.com/brett_smith
Moved Profiles! http://twitter.com/BrettFromTibet
Brian Devine http://twitter.com/briandevine
Brian Solis http://twitter.com/briansolis
Britt Phillips http://twitter.com/brittphillips
Bryan Quinn http://twitter.com/bryanquinn
Jeff Flowers http://twitter.com/bukowsky
Barry Welford http://twitter.com/BWelford
youbigtube.com http://twitter.com/c00kieallan
Andrew Beckner http://twitter.com/candidchristian
caroldeckert http://twitter.com/caroldeckert
CaseStevens http://twitter.com/CaseStevens
cashlash http://twitter.com/cashlash
Catherine Lawson http://twitter.com/CathLawson
Cernescu http://twitter.com/cernescu
Malcom Chakery http://twitter.com/chakery
charlie anzman http://twitter.com/charlieanzman/
ChatChew http://twitter.com/chatchew
Cheri Sigmon http://twitter.com/CheriSigmon
Chip Griffin http://twitter.com/chipgriffin
Chris_Vendilli http://twitter.com/Chris_Vendilli
Chris Bartow http://twitter.com/chrisbartow
Chris Bennett http://twitter.com/chrisbennett
chrisfrancis009 http://twitter.com/chrisfrancis009
Christine Parfitt http://twitter.com/ChrisParfitt
Chris Rothwell http://twitter.com/ChrisRothwell
Chris Sandberg http://twitter.com/chrissandberg
Christian Bullock http://twitter.com/christianbk
Ciaran Norris http://twitter.com/ciaranj
CoachKathy http://twitter.com/coachkathy
Mike http://twitter.com/coated
Condom Man http://twitter.com/Condoms
Jeff Davis http://twitter.com/contactjeff
Converseon http://twitter.com/converseon
Corey Hammond http://twitter.com/coreyhammond
Cory O'Brien http://twitter.com/CoryOBrien
Cosmin Ghiurau http://twitter.com/cosguru
Ian Cowley http://twitter.com/cowley
coyol http://twitter.com/coyol
Curt Beavers http://twitter.com/curtbeavers
Curt Monash http://twitter.com/CurtMonash
Chad Weaver http://twitter.com/cweave
Casey B. Yandle III http://twitter.com/cyandle
Mohamed Farouk http://twitter.com/Dailytrip
dalka http://twitter.com/dalka
Danger Brown http://twitter.com/dangerbrown
Daniel Johnson, Jr. http://twitter.com/danieljohnsonjr
Daniel Dessinger http://twitter.com/danielthepoet
Dan Lopez http://twitter.com/danlopez2012
Danny Sullivan http://twitter.com/dannysullivan
Dan Schawbel http://twitter.com/danschawbe
Darin R. McClure http://twitter.com/darinrmcclure
darranlewis http://twitter.com/darranlewis
Darren_Webb http://twitter.com/darren_webb
Dave Carruthers http://twitter.com/DaveCarruthers
Dave Rohrer http://twitter.com/daver
Dave Taylor http://twitter.com/DaveTaylor
David Alston http://twitter.com/davidalston
David Bain http://twitter.com/davidbain
David King http://twitter.com/davidbeking
Donna Fontenot http://twitter.com/DazzlinDonna
Derek Edmond http://twitter.com/dedmond29
Dennis Dornon http://twitter.com/dennisdornon
Derek Edmond http://twitter.com/DerekEdmond
David Erickson http://twitter.com/derickson
Raj http://twitter.com/designwebpages
Desiree Sanchez http://twitter.com/DesireeSanchez
Dawn Wentworth http://twitter.com/destiny911
Dan Hollings http://twitter.com/dhollings
Doug Hudiburg http://twitter.com/dhudiburg.
diggerdaily http://twitter.com/diggerdaily
digitalpimp http://twitter.com/digitalpimp
Dominic Litten http://twitter.com/DJLitten
Dawn Mular http://twitter.com/DMular
Don Schindler http://twitter.com/donschindler
Maki http://twitter.com/doshdosh
Doug Barger http://twitter.com/DougBarger
Doug Haslam http://twitter.com/DougH
Douglas Karr http://twitter.com/douglaskarr
drew olanoff http://twitter.com/drewolanoff
Bruce and Sally Witt http://twitter.com/drsallywitt
Duane Brown http://twitter.com/duanebrown
Todd Earwood http://twitter.com/earwood
EcommerceJobs.com http://twitter.com/ecommercejobs
Edson Buchanan http://twitter.com/edsonbuchanan
Ehren Cheung http://twitter.com/ehrenc
EmailKarma - Matt V http://twitter.com/emailkarma
ericdoolan http://twitter.com/ericdoolan
evidencesx http://twitter.com/evidencesx
Tom Lindstrom http://twitter.com/farffa
francois gossieaux http://twitter.com/fgossieaux
Florian Seroussi http://twitter.com/florianseroussi
Frank Martin http://twitter.com/frankmartin
Chris Wilson http://twitter.com/FreshPeel
gabriel http://twitter.com/gabs
Galel Fajardo http://twitter.com/galel
gdubs0001 http://twitter.com/gdubs0001
Geoff Livingston http://twitter.com/geoffliving

George Murphy

 
http://twitter.com/george_murphy
Gerben Bouwhuis http://twitter.com/gerben
Stuart Draper http://twitter.com/getfoundfirst
Nathan Gilliatt http://twitter.com/gilliatt
Glen Brink http://twitter.com/GlenBrink
Jonathon Hewitt http://twitter.com/gohewitt
grace3 http://twitter.com/grace3
Peter Graves http://twitter.com/gravesie
groovemonkey http://twitter.com/groovemonkey
Guliz Sicotte http://twitter.com/gsicotte
guruette http://twitter.com/guruette
Guy Kawasaki http://twitter.com/guykawasaki
Gyutae Park http://twitter.com/gyutae
Hamlesh Motah http://twitter.com/hamlesh
Handsome Rob http://twitter.com/HandsomeRob
harmonius http://twitter.com/harmonius
Harris Fellman http://twitter.com/harrisfellman
hattonmarketing http://twitter.com/hattonmarketing
Heather Nasca Dulin http://twitter.com/HeatherDulin
hiphoneshop http://twitter.com/hiphoneshop
Hjortur Smarason http://twitter.com/hjortur
howtocorp http://twitter.com/howtocorp
humanlever http://twitter.com/humanlever
Jim Hathaway http://twitter.com/hyperg
i_chris http://twitter.com/i_chris
Ian Farmer http://twitter.com/ifarmer
imnotadoctor http://twitter.com/imnotadoctor
Ravi Ahuja http://twitter.com/infoshine
interloop http://twitter.com/interloop
Therese Prentice http://twitter.com/inthelivingroom
Roderick Ioerger http://twitter.com/ioerger
jake_riley http://twitter.com/jake_riley
Jake Matthews http://twitter.com/JakePM
jakes61 http://twitter.com/jakes61
Jake Yarbrough http://twitter.com/jakeybro
James Schramko http://twitter.com/JamesSchramko
Jason Bartholme http://twitter.com/JasonBartholme
JasonFalls http://twitter.com/jasonfalls
jason rysavy http://twitter.com/jasonrysavy
jawnknee http://twitter.com/jawnknee
Jaypee Habaradas http://twitter.com/jaypee
Jonathon Colman http://twitter.com/jcolman
Justin Dawkins http://twitter.com/jdawkinsatl
Jeff Berman http://twitter.com/JeffTBerman
Jerry Okorie http://twitter.com/jerryokorie
Jesse Thomas http://twitter.com/jessesaves
John Gideon Howard http://twitter.com/jg_howard
jglogau http://twitter.com/jglogau
Jim Turner http://twitter.com/jim_turner
Jim Kukral http://twitter.com/jimkukral
Jim Stolze http://twitter.com/jimstolze
jesse http://twitter.com/jlturn
Jean-Marc Langevin http://twitter.com/jmlangevin
HFCN jobs http://twitter.com/jobs4friends
Joe Hall http://twitter.com/joehall
Joel Comm http://twitter.com/joelcomm
Jonathan Gunson http://twitter.com/JonathanGunson
Jon Kelly http://twitter.com/jonkelly
jonleeclark http://twitter.com/jonleeclark
JonofSMA http://twitter.com/jonofsma
Jonathan Petersen http://twitter.com/jonpetersen
Jordan Levy http://twitter.com/jordanlevy
Joseph Morin http://twitter.com/josephmorin
josephstein http://twitter.com/JosephStein
Josh Bledsoe http://twitter.com/joshbledsoe
Josh Kelsey http://twitter.com/joshkelsey
joshpeak http://twitter.com/joshpeak
José Sáez http://twitter.com/jsaez
Judith Stephens http://twitter.com/judithstephens
Julia Roy http://twitter.com/juliaroy
Gina Gaudio-Graves http://twitter.com/JVQueen
Kate Anderson http://twitter.com/Kate_Anderson
Kimberly Chulis http://twitter.com/kchulis
Katie Delahaye Paine http://twitter.com/kdpaine
Keith http://twitter.com/keithelford
keithhansen09 http://twitter.com/keithhansen09
keithmcarthur http://twitter.com/keithmcarthur
Kelvin Brown http://twitter.com/kelvinbrown
Kevin Gibbons http://twitter.com/kevgibbo
Kevin Riley http://twitter.com/kevinriley
Klaus Lovgreen http://twitter.com/KlausLovgreen
kmunse http://twitter.com/kmunse
Krishna De http://twitter.com/krishnade
Kurt Krejny http://twitter.com/KurtKrejny
Laban Johnson http://twitter.com/labanjohnson
Laura Callow http://twitter.com/lauracallow
ledermanu http://twitter.com/ledermanu
Leif Hansen http://twitter.com/leifhansen
Lesley Huntley http://twitter.com/lesleyhuntley
leslieann44 http://twitter.com/Leslieann44
Linda Buquet http://twitter.com/LindaBuquet
Ryan Clark http://twitter.com/linkbuildr is mine
CheriSigmon_Charity http://twitter.com/LongestWiener
Lord Brar http://twitter.com/lordbrar
Lori Mooney http://twitter.com/lorionmaui
LuckyMurari http://twitter.com/luckymurari
Maurrean Barger http://twitter.com/M_Barger
Mark Thompson http://twitter.com/m_thompson
maggie fox http://twitter.com/maggiefox
marccortes http://twitter.com/marccortes
Marc Norris http://twitter.com/marcnorris
Margaret Hampton http://twitter.com/MargHamp
Mark Anderson http://twitter.com/marketingdojo
Marketing Mag http://twitter.com/marketingeds
Randy Vaughn http://twitter.com/marketingtwins
Mark Garner http://twitter.com/markgarner
Mark Greenway http://twitter.com/MarkGreenway
Mark Joyner http://twitter.com/markjoyner
mark silva http://twitter.com/marksilva/
markwalters http://twitter.com/markwalters
Martin Bowling http://twitter.com/martinbowling
Eric Martindale http://twitter.com/Martindale
 Matt Stenning http://twitter.com/MattStenning
Patricia Mayo http://twitter.com/mayobrains
Marvin Double http://twitter.com/mdouble
mediahatch http://twitter.com/mediahatch
MediaTrust http://twitter.com/mediatrust
peter bordes http://twitter.com/MediaTrustpete
Melanie Phung http://twitter.com/melaniephung
Michelle Moore http://twitter.com/metricvoodoo
Micah Baldwin http://twitter.com/micah
Michael Valiant http://twitter.com/MichaelValiant
Miguel23 http://twitter.com/miguel23
Mike Arauz http://twitter.com/mikearauz
Mike Driehorst http://twitter.com/MikeDriehorst
Mike Moran http://twitter.com/MikeMoran
Mike Van Bergen http://twitter.com/mikevanbergen
Matt Ellsworth http://twitter.com/mjesales
Manos Kalaitzakis http://twitter.com/mkalaitzakis
Nate Moller http://twitter.com/mollermarketing
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What is RSS?
You probably have seen this three-letter acronym in the course of your internet surfing. RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary; syndicating means republishing an article that comes from another source such as a website.

An RSS is a means of publicizing updates about websites. It may or may not include a summary and photos of the latest posting. But those that provide summaries (thus Rich Site Summary) allow users to skim through the article so that they could decide later on if they want to access the website source. The RSS feed usually contains the title of the update originating from the website. It is also usually the link to the website source.

What are the benefits of RSS?
RSS gives benefits to both readers (users) and web publishers.

1. It gives you the latest updates.
Whether it is about the weather, new music, software upgrade, local news, or a new posting from a rarely-updates site learn about the latest as soon as it comes out.

2. It saves on surfing time.
Since an RSS feed provides a summary of the related article, it saves the user’s time by helping s/he decide on which items to prioritize when reading or browsing the net.

3. It gives the power of subscription to the user.
Users are given a free-hand on which websites to subscribe in their RSS aggregators which they can change at any time they decide differently.

4. It lessens the clutter in your inbox.
Although your email address will be required to enjoy the services of online RSS aggregators, RSS does not use your email address to send the updates.

5. It is spam free.
Unlike email subscriptions, RSS does not make use of your email address to send updates thus your privacy is kept safe from spam mails.

6. Unsubscribing is hassle-free.
Unlike email subscriptions where the user is asked questions on why s/he is unsubscribing and then the user would be asked to confirm unsubscribing, all you have to do is to delete the RSS feed from your aggregator.

7. It can be used as an advertising or marketing tool.
Users who subscribe or syndicate product websites receive the latest news on products and services without the website sending spam mail. This is advantageous to both the web user and the website owner since advertising becomes targeted; those who are actually interested in their products are kept posted.

What are the drawbacks of RSS?

The disadvantages of RSS use are brought about by its being a new technology and some user-preference concerns.
1. Some users prefer receiving email updates over an RSS feed.

2. Graphics and photos do not appear in all RSS feeds.
For conciseness and ease of publication, RSS feeds do not display the photos from the original site in announcing the update except for some web-based aggregators

3. The identity of the source website can be confusing.
Since RSS feeds do not display the actual URL or name of the website, it can sometimes get confusing on what feed a user is actually reading.

4. Publishers cannot determine how many users are subscribed to their feed and the frequency of their visits. Moreover, they would not know the reasons why users unsubscribe which could be important in improving their advertising.

5. RSS feeds create higher traffic and demands on the server.
Most readers still prefer the whole update over a brief summary of the entry, thus they still access the site.

6. Since it is a new technology, many sites still do not support RSS.

How do I start using RSS?
There are two things needed: an RSS feed and an RSS aggregator or reader. The RSS feed comes from an RSS-supported website. There are also websites that provide a list of RSS feeds of different websites. An RSS aggregator is used to read the RSS feed from the source website. It scans and collects data on latest RSS feeds from the worldwide web.

An aggregator comes in two forms: a downloadable program also known as desktop aggregator and an online or web-based aggregator. Downloadable aggregators may require payment before they can be acquired, while internet-based aggregators are usually free of charge. All you need to do is to register an account then you are ready to use their services. Both versions allow you to customize or choose which RSS feeds to enter. Paid aggregators are usually chosen by more experienced users and they usually allow more freedom in customizing feeds.

1. Choose an RSS aggregator to use. For beginners, web-based aggregators are recommended since they are usually user-friendly

2. Scan the homepage of your target website for the RSS or XML button. It contains the RSS code you need to enter in the aggregator. Copy this code. Syndic8 provides a directory of websites that support RSS.


3. Paste the code (which contains the URL of the website) in your aggregator. There is a space provided for pasting the code.

After you have done these three easy steps, you can start reading the RSS feeds coming from the website. New postings appear as they are published real time at the source website.

RSS and Internet Marketing

The original idea of RSS came from Netscape, where their intention is to provide a means for users to customize their personal homepage to contain links to websites that interest them, similar to bookmarking websites.

The application of RSS to internet marketing was an unforeseen development to RSS technology developers. Since users are given the freedom to add RSS feeds to their aggregators, those who are interested in particular products and services available in the internet can now be notified real time. Marketing becomes more specific to interested people and not a hit-and-miss operation.

Those who intend to use RSS for marketing their products and services should consider linking up with email account providers, (e.g. Yahoo, MSN, Google mail); networking websites (e.g. Friendster, Multiply, My Space, Hi5); websites of newspapers and television network websites (e.g. New York Times, CNN) for medium to big-scale companies. Small-time industries can also look into networking websites as well as personal blog websites (e.g. Blogspot) and websites of clubs and organizations that would probably make use of their products or services e.g. a fishing supplies store can look for the website of their local fishing club for possible RSS marketing.

Clearly, RSS is an innovation in information management in the worldwide web as well as online marketing. We can expect better RSS technology in the not-so-distant future as its popularity increases among users and website owners alike.
Business blog is an incredible online marketing tool that saves you thousands of dollars but provides great business opportunities in just one click. Blogs are user-friendly, customized and flexible medium for disseminating useful information for effective positioning of your products in the market. 

Companies engaging in business blogging have a definite edge over its competitors.  Here are some advantages:
  1. Word-of-Mouth. In a survey, there are currently 14 million blogs with 80,000 more being added each day and about 30 percent of the 50 million users are blog readers. Imagine how much gain your company will have, if your products are advertised through blogs. With Internet, information spreads so quickly especially if an impressive write-up goes with your product. Soon your blogs will be passed on to hundreds of possible customers.

  2. Awareness and loyalty.  Open communication with your customers creates trust and loyalty among them. Being there to respond to their questions and comments make them all the more willing to try your products and services.

  3. Feedback. Blogs is good for product research and reviews. It would be easier to improve on your products if you observe your customers’ thinking and behavioral patterns. You can also take immediate action to your customers’ concerns.

  4. Community halo-effect. Bloggers are reasonable, friendly and helpful. They are more than willing to create blogosphere of comments regarding your product. The only thing you have to do is embrace and take active part in the culture and your product will surely be considered in their next stop to the supermarket.
For better marketing results, actively promote your business blogs by submitting your blogs to blog search sites and directories. Do not forget to paste in with your blogs, your URL. Be sure that your blogs contain exclusive information with value and are always updated to keep readers popping in, read up your blog, move on to the next and click on again for updates.

Blog is like a setup booth in the biggest trade show on earth everyday. Marketing possibilities are just around the corner waiting to strike your sale scales up.

The Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feeds are important too in conjunction with your blogs to get the best benefits. Use effective keyword phrases to generate high ranking status in the search engine traffic. In this way you have better chances of people finding your website leading to your blogs. More traffic means more potential sales.

For this to be successful, you can use RSS for news update feeds which can be read through RSS reader application. This is a very useful tool for business and internet marketers as well. 

If you are already convinced with the potentials of business blogs for marketing and targeting sales increase, your company is now ready to start blogging. But first, you have to be in tune with your company’s business objectives and determine if blogging will really help you achieve your goal.
  1. Several blogs are dedicated to teaching people the do’s and don’ts of blogging, READ them! Include in your reading materials blogs that are consumer-based too to give you an idea.

  2. Setup several test blogs right away.
If your initial try out with blogs worked well, you can now start setting up your blogs.
  • Study blog design. Blog hosting services provide pre-designed templates. But if you opt for paid blog service, you can ask your artist to design and layout your blog site to match the company’s identity and needs.

  • Choose a topic. Its good to have a line-up of topics you want for your blogs but be sure they are in consonance with your business objectives. This would be a test of your flexibility and open-mindedness since results may be going against the set objectives.

  • Remember the following safety measures in blogging:

  • legal issues are sometimes involved in blogging; it is safer to include disclaimers and limitations of liabilities;

  • corporate communication and legal department are responsible in educating the senior management on how blogs might affect business;

  • create blogging policies; set limits on who gets to blog and what information are allowed to be made public;

  • avoid outright marketing blog or you will shy away your readers;

  • make content updated, relevant and fresh;

  • reinforce the company’s core values; and,

  • encourage employees to use it.

  • Start blogging and complete 20 posts before going to marketing.

  • Begin marketing.

  • Regularly monitor the coming ins and outs of readers and get updates. Then, measure your results.

  • Adjust if needed. You can always play with your designs in the blog site as long as it remains to match the company’s identity.

  • Strive to be consistent with your topic all the time.

  • Try to have unrelated topics with general and broad appeal.

  • Schedule updates regularly. Monday, Wednesday and Thursday would be best to update blogs.

Once you have done all these things, you can now ultimately enjoy the benefits of business blogging.
A podcast is an easy way of distributing media files over the internet, and this article will tell how to make a podcast. The first thing necessary is a domain, and a host on which to store the media files for the podcast.

Getting a domain is simple and easy, there are many domain registrars that can register a domain for someone for a small fee. Some of these domain registrars are GoDaddy.com, Dotster, or Network Solutions are some that provide domains. The domain registrar will, for a small fee, enter the chosen domain, provided it is not being used, into the computers that form the backbone of the internet. These computers will be told where the domain is located on the internet; what host it is that holds the domain's information. In order to give them that information, the name servers that are held by the host need to be associated with the domain. Once the domain is in place, a good host should be found. The host that is chosen should offer a large amount of both disk space and a much larger amount bandwidth. Disk space is neccessary because the site which holds the podcast will be storing large media files; audio or video files that take up a lot of space and are difficult to compress. The large bandwidth is necessary because transferring these large files many times to many different people will use up the quota quickly. A good amount of diskspace would be several GigaBytes, bandwidth should be in the tens or hundreds of Gigabytes. Once the host is set up, it
should offer you a couple of addresses called nameservers. Inputting these server addresses into the site where the domain was registered will complete the domain setup and allow the site to be found on the internet.

The next step for people who want to know how to make a podcast is installing the software necessary to maintain the podcast. A small piece of coding called dircaster.php can be used to set up a basic level of podcast. Dircaster.php can be found easily by searching for it in any search engine. Once it is located, it should be edited to reflect the particulars of the domain and uploaded to the site. Dircaster.php will generate an RSS file, or feed, that tells the subscriber about the new files available for downloading. To begin podcasting, create the audio files that should be podcast, fill in the information about the file such as date, author, etc, and upload them to the same directory that contains dircaster.php. You now have a podcast, and all that is needed is to publicise the address of the file dircaster.php. To update the podcast with new information, just upload the new files. Other things to make the podcast better might be a site that contains information about the podcast, but it isn't necessary.
Your new business will benefit a lot from various Internet marketing methods. But you don't have to spend millions of dollars just to get some decent exposure for your company. There are ways to make your business be seen and felt without doing overkill with your advertisement expenses.

Make use of your online power - through Internet marketing. Here are simple methods that you may employ to boost the visibility of your business without shelling out more than what you can afford. However, these techniques need patience and some footwork to produce agreeable results.

Firstly, you need a website before you can make use of these low cost Internet marketing strategies. So go create one or hire a web developer. It will display your products and services. This will be used in employing the following Internet marketing techniques.

1. Affiliate Marketing

This is the process of recruiting a network of smaller websites known as affiliates to drive targeted traffic to a website. Ad copy and links will be provided by the advertisers. You will have to pay a certain percentage of the sales profit to your affiliates.

2. Links

One of your goals should be to attain a good ranking with search engines. One way to do it is through link building. This could be done through trading links to other businesses that are related with yours.

3. Newsletters

Sending out newsletters to your subscribers (those who signed up for your newsletters) will help greatly in establishing a good working relationship with your customers or prospective customers. It has to be short, sweet, consistent and written for a general audience.

4. E-mail Marketing

As one of the best cost-effective Internet marketing tools, it stays as a very important method of keeping your customers aware of your products and services. Just make sure to avoid spamming or soon enough you will have to close down you business due to complaints.

5. Articles

If you put quality content in the form of articles in your website along with your products and services, search engines will have to index your website. Getting you website indexed by popular search engines means more traffic for you.

6. Forums

Expand your Internet network is through joining forums that mainly discusses stuff regarding or related to your products and services. Actively posting responses or answers and asking relevant information will build your reputation as that forum's member and boost your company's visibility through your signature files. These signature files are those that go with your every post. Links to your website could be included in this signature.

Blogging 101

Blogging 101 is mostly about the blogging vocabulary. To understand blogs, you need to know the terms blog, platform, domain, and web host. Once you have mastered these key elements of  blogging, you can enter any conversation about  blogging with confidence. After you know what  exactly a blog is, you will be on your way to passing the final exam of blogging 101.
 
Blog is short for weblog, which simply means a series of online posts presented in reverse  chronological order. That's all! Most blogs are text,  but there are also photo blogs and video blogs. The  rest of blogging 101 has to do with the technical  side of things. If you are setting up a blog, you will  need a platform, a web host, and a domain. A
  blogging platform is a computer software program  that allows you to write posts and to update your blog. Your platform is also what you use to design  the look of your blog, from color scheme to font size. The web host is sort of like the virtual file cabinet where your blog is stored. Your computer communicates with the host when you upload or edit a post. The domain is the online address of your blog, and usually ends in ‘dot com'. Now that you know what a blog is, what a platform is, and what domains and hosts are, congratulate yourself! You have passed blogging 101.
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