Liane Carmi

Is your twitter stuck at 2000 followers, and you can’t follow any more people?

This is the number one complaint I’ve heard from new twitter users.  You want to gain more followers, and you get stuck at 2000…

So do you have to wait until the number of followers you have magically goes up to 2000?  Well, no.  Thankfully, there’s a really cool tool you can use to fix this problem.  

Watch the video for more information:

FYI, here’s the link in the video:

www.dossy.org/twitter/karma

Did this help you with your twitter marketing?  Leave a comment & let me know! And if you really liked it, make sure you re-tweet & bookmark it!

Recently, Howie Schwartz, internet marketing extraordinaire, decided to issue a challenge to members of the “90 Day Challenge.” Jimmy Davis and Dennis Karganilla (aka DK) run the challenge to help network marketers improve their sponsoring skills. Many members experience a complete turnaround in their businesses.  The challenge?  Rank on page one of Google, in as many spots as possible, for the keyword phrase:

DK is a Street Performer

So how does one go about ranking on page one of Google?  Especially with multiple listings?

Here are 4 things you can do RIGHT NOW to rank on the first page of Google for ANY keyword phrase:

ONE:

Upload a video to YouTube.
Google owns YouTube.  So it’s no surprise that a video I uploaded there immediately showed up on the first page of Google.  Just make sure to include the keyword in the title and description, as well as the tags.

DK is a Street Performer on YouTube

TWO:

Tweet about it!  Even before I started my marketing, there were exactly two results on the first page of Google for “DK is a Street Performer.”  Both were tweets sent out by two separate twitter users simply stating the keyword phrase.

DK is a Street Performer on twitter

THREE:

Do a Google search.  If you’re thinking to yourself, “what’s that gonna do?” consider this:
The things you see on the first page of Google are the things that rank well on Google.  So if you see a particular site on page one, you’ll probably want to use that same site to try and rank.  It’s that simple!

FOUR:

Take action!  …and don’t give up too fast.  Decide what you want to achieve (how many websites do you want to have on the first page of google?) and work at it until you get it.  And if you quit?  Someone else will do it.

Oh – and if you’re wondering how I’m doing with the challenge…
Here are a couple of screen shots taken this morning – and this is only the beginning;
do your own Google search & see how many of the sites lead you to ME

(all green checks are my sites)

DK is a Street Performer Google Page 1

DK is a Street Performer Google Page 1 bottom

DK is a Street Performer Google Page 2

So how did I learn all this? From the master, Howie Schwartz himself. If your business could use a little “ranking” on the first page of Google, then you NEED to take Howie’s Apprentice course.

Click here now to learn more about Howie’s Apprentice and make sure you sign up for more information!

Sometimes, you just don’t have all the time you need in order to run your online business.

A perfect example is this request I got for suggestions:

“If anyone has any suggestions on how I can run my online business whilst being away from mobile phone coverage, extremely limited internet time…ie maybe 1 hour every few days, I would really appreciate some thoughts…I have a mate who will be able to handle some of the traffic for me, but the twitter network I have built I don’t know how I could maintain it…”

So what do you do when you are going to be away, busy, or just unable to work?

Here are some recommendations:

1. make a list of everything that needs to get done.

2. organize these things by “MUST” get done, “IMPORTANT” to get done, and “WOULD LIKE TO” get done.
-must get done will be things that bring in the money, whatever they may be.

3. look at all the tasks you need to get done, and see which ones YOU need to do personally.

These are things that there is NO WAY to outsource for whatever reason, whether it’s your skill, personality or more information than you’re willing to share with someone else.  For me, these are things that require access to my credit cards, or to my PPC campaigns.

4. Start automating all the other processes.  Here are some ways to automate:

a. since you specifically mentioned twitter, make use of these tools:

-tweetlater: you can set up automatic tweets twice a day that can send
out quotes, or things you’ve pre-written.  Then, you can use 20
minutes every week replying to people.
-twitter karma (dossy.org/twitter/karma): you can automatically
unfollow people who aren’t following you back.  Someone else can do
this for you.
-twollo: automatically follow people who are talking about a certain
topic.  You can set this up & let it run.
b. some things (like building websites, linkbuilding, etc.) can be
outsourced.  Hire an outsourcer for a couple of hours per week.  Some
good sites are:

-scriptlance.com
-elance.com
-guru.com

c. there are many more sites as well, and you can also hire someone on
craigslist.

5. Finally, one of the best resources for outsourcing is John Jonas’ program.

Click on the link to listen to a great audio he put together about
outsourcing: how to replace yourself