It seems giant companies are paying heed to Twitter. In 140 characters or less, you can rip their reputation a good one. Talk about cower power…

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Just heard that Twitter was awarded another round of venture capital to the tune of 100 mill.

Maybe Twitter can charge companies to integrate cool and nifty Twitter tools. Ads in the sidebars? Would you click?

Personally I would click on Very Few Ads. For one thing, they’re liable to crash my browser like the Toyota Prius JUST did to me off a link from Guy Kawasaki’s Alltop site.

Boo.

Facebook ads are tuff enuff… Twitter ads will be a not so welcome ad-ition. Ads Perd-ition.

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HOW am I EVER going to grow up to be a marketing genius with THIS kind of ATTITUDE??

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Twitter has been beneficial to me from a business standpoint. I tweet on Twitter Trends and gain visitors to sites and blogs I specify.

The trick is saying something relevant, meaningful, entertaining and worth a second glance. Frankly, that’s a pretty tall order. 

Professional Twitterers will command a premium price. 

Here’s a suggestion for businesses. Hire a TWITTER TEAM. That’s One Gorgeous Girl and One Super Witty Savvy Dude. She provides the avatar while he provides the mindblowing content. t-WITty tweets. 

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In business, communication with customers and clients is KEY.

How will Twitter help businesses communicate with customers? Let’s take Whole Foods.

Whole Foods has over a million followers. But, Whole Foods pays nothing to Twitter.

How will that help Twitter’s monetization model? It doesn’t and it won’t.

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So how does Whole Foods work their Tweets?

They provide interactive customer service. In other words, they use Twitter as a “Get Satisfaction” portal. Not too many ads or specials AT ALL. Smart, they are.

They have a full time “Social Media Specialist” on board - professional Twitterer who probably has a number of Social Networking chores also manning Facebook, Flickr, the blog and forums. 

I must say he or she’s doing a great job. But it seems they copied one of my templates… they and I must be on the same page. 

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Now, General Mills, Ford or Nestles could do the same. Use Twitter instead of telephone support.

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Where’s the money for Twitter in this?

If Twitter charges, will big companies be able to control Feedback from Twittering Frolickers and Fools?

So many questions. But, the Twitter founders are very, very smart. It will be interesting to see their mentization efforts stack up.

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Note: Google’s coming fast on their trail with things like Google Social Bar (Google Friend Connect for websites) and Google Sidewiki.

You will be able to make instant comments about any website you visit. They already have over a million users.

Could it be a Twitter buster?

Since you have to install it, maybe not.

New stuff is coming… the Internet winds of change are always swirling round the bend.

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At one time, “corporate” styled websites garnered respect. Visiting potential clients were reassured by the cold, clean, shiny, nebulous exterior. It’s about image, not communication.

Personally, cold and obscure corporate sites resonate with me. I actually like the vacant, distant politeness. Prim. Cool. Reserved. Sort of an ice prince thing. “Go ahead… look, but no touch.”

When you’re a kid looking up, that’s as you would expect elders to be.

There’s an entire generation that still subscribes to “corporate.”

But these days, it’s all about REAL. SIMPLE. BASIC. OPEN.

Corporate is passe…

That is, until people tire of the status quo.  And will they? Why, they always do. People change. And change back again.

All things in waves.

LESSON to SELF: Nothing is permanent. Things come and go and come back again in waves. Float with, or be washed ashore. 

For now, it’s all about REAL. SIMPLE. BASIC. OPEN. And I think I like that better.

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On one of the forums I populate, someone asked a question about whether to join this Online Money Making Membership System, called, So-and-So.

It got me going, and here was my response, revised, to protect the innocent:

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“Okay, here’s where i get yelled at and screamed at. (This forum gets a little edgy round the gills if you criticize anything)

I joined So-and-So when it was a low cost trial. Of course it has good and useful information - ALL the systems do. They share similar stuff amongst each other.

But will the average josie be able to use it all and make an online killing as suggested?

I don’t think so.

The people who DO use their So-and-So successfully would most likely do well with ANY of the tutoring programs and systems.

That’s because all of them use more or less the same stuff in varying degrees.

If they were all really truthful, they’d tell you that, statistically, less than 1% EVER make enough income to warrant the subscription…

that is, less than 1% make anything with the program.

Making money online is not rocket science, it’s mostly smart, hard, continuous work.

Most people won’t be able to follow through with the number of steps required.

If you really want success, be prepared to make a website worth going to. Then, promote it using tools “A through G.” If people can’t see it, then how are they going to buy from you?

{ Don’t click on the A through G link above - it’s a fake. Temporarily… }

And that, my friends, is as simple as that.

NOW you can yell and scream and call me names.

PS: The easiest and fastest system I’ve seen anywhere UP TO NOW is the “free CD” program.

You make an hour or so long CD, give it away free for a “small” S&H fee, then create an autoresponder system for 3 to 6 months or so. You have a hard product, something people can hold in their hands. Better yet, an MP3 player or USB Drive.

They walk you through… or you can do it on your own if you research.

Some people will create a magnetic product, others won’t.

It’s like as in ALL business…

Note to self: IF you don’t have what it takes, then you better work SO HARD that you GET what it takes.What the heck are you going to sell? Your good looks? Angelina and Brad, step aside. This doesn’t apply to you.

If you don’t have a magnetic product, GET or CREATE a magnetic product.

PPS: If you DO decide to join a system, be prepared to follow through and WORK DAY AND NIGHT.

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So… Another Question to Self: Are you up for that?

Answer to Self: Well I darn well better be, hadn’t I?

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