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Ed Torres
yourBusiness Channel
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By now, most business people have read or heard about leveraging online social networks as part of a small business marketing strategy. Twitter in particular has had a lot of coverage in the media.

Many entrepreneurs see the potential of this approach, but lack the skills to set up a campaign. In this business television show, experts share their latest business advice on getting started with social marketing.

The social marketing tips on the show have been contributed by dozens of business experts to assist even the most technophobic businesspeople with Facebook marketing, Twitter marketing, and other online social networking.

The first part of the show explains how to select the social network or networks that best fit your needs and your business development needs. There are many different networks to choose from, from well known general purpose networks like Facebook and Twitter, to specialist networks like LinkedIn or Ecademy.

In their small business marketing tips on the show, the experts suggest starting with Facebook and Twitter, then investigating other social networks.

Different networks attract different types of users, so you need to think about your target audience and the kinds of networks they might be on.

Once you have decided on the networks which you will use as you platform, you need to set up a profile page.

This is a critical task in your social marketing campaign, say the experts, and it is very important to get it right. The purpose of your profile is to give your contacts an idea of the person behind your business. By leaving your profile page blank, you are missing a key opportunity to let people know who you are and what you do.

In the rest of the business television show, the experts explain how to create a highly attractive profile page that will get you found online. Then they explain how to grow your network of contacts by becoming a highly active participant within the online community.

Cheers to your health, wealth and success!


Ed Torres
yourBusiness Channel

Twitter is fast becoming one of the most powerful social marketing platforms available today. But as with any networking platform, Twitter’s potential as a business development tool is only realized when you have a strong community of contacts.

Social marketing and Twitter-for-business expert Mark Shaw shares is latest online business advice on building a large Twitter following in this new business television show from yourBusinessChannel.

Many new Twitter users, says Shaw, find that building up their contacts is a challenging and difficult process. However, there are a few basic steps that anyone on Twitter can follow, to get lots of followers who are interested in what they have to say.

Shaw begins his social marketing tips by recommending that you use the search functionality on the Twitter website to find any Twitter users who you are already connected with on other platforms, like Facebook or Gmail. This is the logical place to start, he says on the business television show.

Once you have a few followers, he says, have a go at sending a tweet. Don’t feel like you need to rush into being a power user, just take it slow to begin with, watch and learn and make sure you feel confident with how Twitter works.

Remember, there is no time limit and no rule that you need to build you network up quickly.

Shaw shares many more tips on leveraging maximum benefit from Twitter for your small business marketing strategy. He explains how to use a number of key Twitter applications to find users who share similar interests to your own. The Tweepsearch tool, for example, lets you search other people’s profiles for relevant keywords.

Another good way to build up your following is to add your followers’ followers. Just go to your friends’ profiles and start clicking. This is not a highly targeted web strategy, but it pays to try everything and see what works best for you.

Cheers to your health, wealth and success!


Ed Torres
yourBusiness Channel

Market Your Products Globally

Social networking sites can become great mediums for developing your online business. If you have an online business where you are trying to get customers through online advertisements and promotions, you can greatly improve your presence in homes world wide by developing a personal touch through social networking sites. You will find that people trust you more when you come in personal touch with them. You are more easily able to impress upon them the good points of your product which they readily accept.

Enlarge Your Business Network As Well

You also have a chance to meet some of your suppliers and dealers and this enables you to garner a more fruitful and long term business relationship with them. There are many ways to get closer to your clients by means of social networking sites. You can join online forums which discuss on subjects related to your product; this will directly introduce you to the people interested in your product. You can create your blogs which promote your product or service. You can then contact the visitors to your blog or the ones who respond and want more information on the product advertised through the blog.

The best part about creating business through social networking is that there is hardly any input as far as input costs are concerned. You can plan different strategies for different customers. You can sell your product or service at a much cheaper price than your competitors who have enormous inputs of labor and maintenance costs. It will become much easier for you to find a partner for your business through the social networking site. You can easily find like- minded persons who get interested to your idea and you can start a healthy partnership in business to cut costs and improve client base.

There are many things that you can do to create an online business with the help of social networking sites. You must try to get in touch with as many people as possible in networking dinners and forums. Try to learn which products find easy acceptance with most members. Try to exchange profiles and name cards with maximum members. Call members to find if anyone is interested in your product or service. Find products and services which still do not have an internet base or are new on the market scene. It is easier to secure such products as consignment and can be paid later when sold. Always try to keep the price low in the beginning till you have made a solid base of customers who vouch for your credibility. Moreover, it is easier to sell products at lower than market prices, especially if you can press home the utility of the product to members of social networking sites.


Until next time,


Ed Torres
www.etorres.ws

Safety Checks Need To Be Placed

Social networking sites may be giving the new generation a platform to speak their mind and may be developing a new trend among the teenagers; however, there have also been instances of child abuse which has put the use of this medium by underage children under a cloud. According to the center for missing and exploited children, more than 2600 cases of child abuse have been reported where adults have tried to exploit the children sexually through networking sites like MySpace.

Rules Should Be Enforced To Safeguard Interest Of Users

There have also been other cases where children have used these sites to give vent to their feelings of negativity. In one case, the school administration expelled a gay student from school after school officials saw him in a drag on social networking site Facebook. In another case, in Kansas, police arrested five students for posting a blog on MySpace in which one of the boys disclosed plans to attack another boy’s school in a commando raid. Similar incident in a California school suspended twenty students for taking part in a group on MySpace for threatening to kill another student. The alarming thing is that the number of such incidents is on the rise. While one has to take concrete steps to counter the negative aspects of social networking through sites, one cannot neglect the fantastic medium of expression it has put in the hands of the young generation. If the young generation uses this medium in a constructive way then it can have far reaching effects on the societies to come in the future. Students can clarify their doubts through their seniors, professionals can gain through their experiences to move ahead on the corporate ladder, new hobbies can be developed, new friends can be made, products can exchange hands without middlemen; the list is endless. The biggest benefit is that all this happens while you are sitting in the comfort of your home. According to David Bell, an expert on marketing, it is important to maintain the identity of social networking sites. The social networking sites must focus on a selected audience so that proper checks can be placed to check improper use. Moreover, the membership should also be limited to the members of the group alone. Like for example, a students’ social networking site should have only students as its members. Another important thing is to keep the interest of the members alive by providing upgrades in functionality like better quality of sound and faster speed. In such a scenario proper checks can be placed and filters arranged to keep the negativity reported down and track the warning signals before they become a menace to the society.

Until next time,


Ed Torres
www.etorres.ws

Your Friendly Social Networking Sites

Social networking sites have come to stay. A few years ago who would have thought that you would be exchanging photos, comments, ideas, information and data within seconds with just a click of the mouse. Internet has certainly opened a brand new path for the young generation of searching souls to do so many interesting things on networking sites that they are spending endless hours chatting, sending mails and browsing through information on subjects of interest without caring for the existing world where personal presence is required for everything.

Make New Friends And Relationships

Social networking has been made possible with the help of networking sites like MySpace and Friendster. Social networking sites are sites where anybody can become a member by just giving their email address and taking a password. Later, you have to furnish other information about your identity to avoid misuse of facility. Once you become a member, you are given a profile, which is advertised on your page, in which, you add your likes and dislikes, your friends, your hobbies and habits, your qualifications etc. This becomes your personal page, which displays what you are, literally your personality. Now you can browse for similar personalities among the members of the site and make friends with like-minded members who are willing to become your friends. Similar option is also available to all other members of the networking site who can see your profile as well. Through your profile you can make new friends, chat with them, attend forums of discussion, and join groups of like-minded people engaged in likeminded activities. It is so simple to enter the world of compatible friends without even going out and spend hours talking to your heart’s content. To create your own webpage is now a few minutes’ job with easy-to-use tools available on net. So you can easily have a social connection at the stretch of your fingers through social networking on Friendster & MySpace. Every facility has its good and bad points, it is the matter to which aspect your mind is set. Some of the people use these sites to a clean and clear point of view to make real good friends, associates, business partners, to spread knowledge and information quickly and easily. But what about those who have some maligned intentions of spreading bad information which is considered filthy and unclean in the society of decent humans? So we are on the threshold of heralding in a new era of being well equipped, with internet and mobile power. This power is as equally available to good and the bad, young and the old, and even to children of impressionable age. This is a path we need to tread on very carefully and check the filtering of bad ideas to the vulnerable minds of our children while giving them all the incentives of growth and information provided by social networking.

Until next time,

Ed Torres
www.etorres.ws

The Ideal Combination

The age of social networking has revolutionized the world of music. Earlier friends who liked music used to discuss over phone about audio tapes, cassettes and CD’S which were popular. Nowadays, it takes only few seconds to send songs or music online to your friend or to thousands of people, free of cost. If a song is catchy enough it is globally appreciated within a few minutes and the artist becomes a hit within a couple of days. He turns into a top star overnight and is heard universally. This however, does not raise any income for the singer, but it does bring universal publicity at once.

Get Heard Around The Globe

There is a vital relation between social networking and music, and it can easily be understood. This is how it works. As soon as a person listens to any favorite music or a song, he simply informs his friends online to listen to the song on the particular URL address or sends the song over mail to them. These people once again send this song to other friends online, and thus, it makes a chain of listeners of that song, in a span of few minutes. This song gets the publicity it needs quickly and the list of fans grows in a small time, like the spreading of fire in a forest.
Social networking is an absolutely new means of marketing music, artists, shows and concerts within minutes to thousands of households throughout the universe. The potential is immense. And it is being used by the people to their great advantage. And again, this has turned into a revolution due to the social networking sites where you can inform hundreds of friends and associates within minutes with the help of forums, blogs, and through group discussions. You even have many sites and portals which give free access to the choicest of music online. You simply have to go on to the site, become a member and get access to download as many music singles, albums or songs as you want.
MySpace is one social networking site which is famous for distribution of music like never before. It has become the favorite destination of music artists, distributors, recording companies, famous and new bands, filmmakers and fans, who simply lap up the latest hits and songs as soon as they are released in the market. This has given a new dimension to the member of social networking sites of being heard globally within minutes. He is part of a universe he has not visited or may never visit throughout his life but he has friends and associates all over the world who are willing to listen to him and appreciate him for his talent.

Until next time,


Ed Torres
www.etorres.ws

Choose Your Social Networking Site Carefully

Whatever others might say the world of social networking has brought in many plus points with a few minus points as well. You very well know that bad elements will create mess here there and everywhere. The best you can do is to check the delivery pattern and the input to weed out such elements at the elementary stage. But the larger loss that one sees is the development of social networks on communal lines. Although, it definitely means more ready acceptance within a group or audience on these lines, it also means that the world is being again divided by class on the social networking sites as well.

Select The One Closest To Your Heart

You have to select a social networking site, according to your preference, your choice of work, your hobby, your profession, your status or your talent.
You can be assured of a ready audience who are willing to listen to whatever you have to say, write or do.
The exposure you receive on social networking sites is phenomenal.
You have the greatest opportunity to make your idea, book, write up article, CD, recording, music, and video or an image to become a household name and gain recognition within no time at all. You may have the potential to become famous overnight.
However, this may not be possible with the membership of one social networking site.
To get your product or service or talent to reach a greater audience you should become a member of many social networks and gain popularity and recognition in all of them to really reap the benefits of social networking.
You can develop your profile and then link it to many other profiles always providing the link back to your site. Go to as many sites, forums and groups as you can, and advertise yourself, your product, your talent or whatever specialty you have, who knows you may be the star of tomorrow.
There are three social networking sites which are the recognized leaders in this field, MySpace, Friendster and Orkut. MySpace and Friendster do not need any introduction. MySpace is the all-rounder every social networking individual wants to be a part of, to avail of its multi-functional features. Friendster too provides similar features, but it is more towards attracting people with similar interests and developing relationships.
There are two upcoming networking site known as Squidoo which is fast becoming popular for an extra functionality and Yuwie: this one pays for content creation (blogs, pictures, comments, messages etc).
You can add gloss and glamour to your home page on the site once you are a member. You can format your page in many ways to make it look impressive; highlighting some areas with lenses and page building utilities as well.


Until next time,


Ed Torres
www.etorres.ws

Web 2.0 or online social network is taking the Internet by the storm.

Most of us probably joined at least one of them: MySpace, LinkedIn, Orkut, Facebook etc. At these site we are sharing pictures, videos, blogs, ideas, résumés, personal preferences etc.

Well, a new one was created this year and they decided to be the number one:

Yuwie.com

Their marketing strategy is to offer a free access to all their features, allowing us to network to thousands of people (around 137,000: an average 2,000 a day) and they are attracting several advertisers.

To me this will be soon a new YouTube phenomenon because they are paying commissions for the ones who are actively reading profiles, answering and sending e-mails, blogging, posting pictures etc.
If you have an online based business or simply want to make new friends and get paid at the same time I recommend to join Yuwie.com right away.

I did! :)


Until next article,


Ed Torres
www.etorres.ws

Interact With Your Classmates

Social networking sites are a good way to keep in touch with your classmates. As long as you are in school you have lot of friends who tease you, help you, play with you, make you happy, make you sad, and all this goes on till the last day of your school and then your college. All of a sudden you find yourself on your own in this big wide world. Some of the lucky ones keep in touch with friends while most of us start to fend for our lives and childhood memories soon become our best friends when alone. But now with networking sites it is possible to keep in constant touch with our good friends who always come up with bright ideas to keep the frowning lines away from our temples.

Relive The Memories Of Your School Life

The most popular site which is aiding in developing lasting relationships with your classmates is with the same name, Classmates. This is a unique social networking site which encourages you to keep alive the friendships you developed during your school and college by searching for them through their client base. However, you can make other friends along the way as well. Since our childhood memories and friendships are so important to us, the membership of Classmates comes with a price. The Classmates social networking site gives you a free plan to make you a temporary member with limited usage facilities till you pay up and become a permanent member. And the membership fee is not very dear and easily affordable. To make it more convenient for the members there are three levels of membership. The passive members can pay less and the more active ones can pay a bit more. The maximum you have to pay is just five dollars. It is very easy to get across to your classmates through the social networking site Classmates. All you have to do is to go to the site and apply for a membership. Even with a free membership plan you can make your own profile and view the profiles of your own classmates with whom you went to school. You simply have to enter the name of your school and the year in which you attended your school. You can choose your class and find the names you are so familiar with, with their present profiles and addresses. You can then contact them and relive those pleasant moments once again. But for that you need to take permanent membership and pay the requisite fee. Sometimes these relationships can be great motivators in times of distress in one’s life. So taking membership of classmates can be of great help to everyone.


Until next time,

Ed Torres
www.etorres.ws

If you are a newcomer and wish to start social networking, there are quite a few popular networking sites which are offering free services as well as paid services to members. Though there are sites which focus on certain groups and are based on status, profession, religion, business, and romance or even hobbies, however, the end result of all the sites is the same, to enhance social networking capabilities of its members.

Every Site Has Its Individuality
In most of the social networking sites you have to give a description of yourself, once you become a member. You have to give a general description of yourself like your name, address, likes, and dislikes, hobbies, interests, birthday, marital status and whatever other information you wish to give. This becomes your profile, which can be viewed by other members and you are judged for what you are on the basis of this profile.

Let us discuss a few well known sites and their membership criteria. The first one is obviously Orkut. It was developed by a software engineer of the same name working with Google. You can make new friends thereon and exchange photos if you like to. Orkut does not charge any fee to enroll new members. This networking site has no ads nor does it give any.

Another popular social networking site is Friendster. Just like Orkut, you have to give a general description of yourself before becoming a member. The questionnaire is not as comprehensive as Orkut’s. Friendster is a site where you can meet new people and make friends quite easily. The attitude here is more open and inviting. There is no fee and there are no ads.

Tickle is another social networking site which goes a bit ahead and becomes a match-making site as well, offering test results and groups to its members. Some of the services of Tickle are free and some come with a fee. Tickle does some advertisements and it has a good base of members. As of today it has about 18 million members.

LinkedIn is a social networking site which provides an avenue to the professional fraternity to come together on one platform. To create the ambience it propagates, the registration form for new members looks like a curriculum vitae when it asks for your job profile. You have to give your job description, current employer’s details, past experience and professional qualifications to join in. Membership is by invitation only. Besides Linkedin there are other sites also like Ryze and MeetUp which are based on specific requirements. Both sites are by invitation.

Social Networking for online business owners
AdLanPro is a community that gives you a chance to network with network marketers who may be in the same field or share similar interests as yourself. You can also generate leads here because you develop relationships with people and thus they are more inclined to listen to your offers because of the relationship you have built.

Direct Matches is the first in the online business and social networking industry to deploy a multi-matchmaking system that helps people locate everything from business contacts to network marketing professionals. It is the first business and social networking service with a contact management system that operates on a "dynamic basis", where members are able to select from dedicated networking communities.

Until next article,


Ed Torres
www.etorres.ws

Have you heard of "Web 2.0"? If not, here it is a quick definition:

"Web 2.0, when used in the context of analysis and promotion of web-technology, refers to a perceived second generation of web-based communities and hosted services — such as social-networking sites, wikis and folksonomies — which aim to facilitate collaboration and sharing between users."

Read more: Wikipedia: Web 2.0.

Some of you (or your kids) are familiar with My Space and Fotolog. They are part of the Web 2.0 universe.

Nowadays online social network web sites are spreading like weeds all over the Internet and the task to follow them is sometimes overwhelming.

Here some strategies I recommend:

1. Have a personal blog and write something about the industry you represent. Blogger.com from Google offers free blog hosting.
2. Once you have a blog, don't forget to promote using FeedBurner.com (also a Google free tool).
3. Plaxo.com not only allows you to manage your contact list and keep it updated but also connects to several social networking sites trough a tool called "Pulse"
4. LinkedIn.com is primary for career-oriented networks but also works for business independent agents.
5. Online bookmarking or social bookmarking is now a mania and it is helping to promote sites, articles, press releases etc. Learn how to use them and promote your personal sites by bookmarking them. Here it is some of the online tools: BlinkList.com, Delicious.com, Facebook.com, Technorati.com. If you want a complete list, here it is a interesting tool you can add to your blog or personal site: http://www.addthis.com

Like any other marketing strategy, it takes time to build your presence at the Internet. Be patient, persistent and committed to your business.

Until next article,

Ed Torres
www.etorres.ws

Home businesses are transforming with the advent of internet marketing: home based business owners now have the opportunity to market more efficiently and contact more people.

Your home based business opportunity or internet home business can be exposed to hundreds or even thousands of people on daily basis. Impossible? Nothing is impossible if we have the right skills.

Internet marketing tools and strategies are the key for testing and promoting a home business idea.

Big companies, with deep pockets, are already hiring internet marketing consultants in order to promote their businesses or products.

The Pay It Forward for Profits gives me the opportunity to have access to the same internet marketing strategies. If you also own a home based business (or plan to own one) I really recommend it to give it a try and study the strategies. At least you are acquiring new internet marketing skills.

Until next article!


Ed Torres :)