Twitter Means Business… Book about Twitter

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Hello all,

Getting ready for 2009?? I sure am!

A couple days ago I posted an entry about Twitter. I said I'd be posting more shortly, so I'm back here again.

I was doing some research on Twitter the other day and found out that there is a book written about it, and it's called “Twitter Means Business… How microblogging can help or hurt your Company” by Julio Ojeda-Zapata. Now if you're interested in purchasing this little eBook, do a little search on Google and it will show up as the first result. I’m not adding a link on my entry because when I do that, a small yet very annoying paragraph promoting the book appears at the bottom of my post, which messes up the layout and format. As you can see, the format of my entry is still MESSED UP because I added that link. So I apologise, as I was not able to fix this, no matter how many times I erased and reposted. I would have to type everything up again!

I haven't purchased it myself (and after incident I probably won't lol), mainly because I don't think it would be of much use for my business. We'll get to that later. This is not a review on the book,  just my personal impression.

So, for what I've read, the book has 6 chapters:

Chapter One: “Twitter: Why you should care”
Chapter Two: “Five Companies Using Twitter”
Chapter Three: “Still More Firms on Twitter”

Chapter Six: “Twitter Tips, Tricks and Tools”

Chapter Four: “Twitter and Public Relations”
Chapter Five: “The Twitter Experts Weigh In”

Each chapter on the eBook focuses on different corporate subjects, as you can see. Below is a briefing of each:

 

Chapter One: “Twitter: Why you should care”
Get an overview of the service and learn about its growing relevance to businesses of all sizes. This chapter summarizes the ways firms use Twitter: In stealth mode, as a way to push out information, and – most vital – as a way to start conversations with customers.

Chapter Two: “Five Companies Using Twitter”
Dig into five detailed case studies. The famous companies profiled here – Dell, Comcast, JetBlue, Whole Foods and Zappos – have led the way in corporate Twitter use. They use the service in different ways, which shows the flexibility and versatility of this medium.

 

 

 

Chapter Three: “Still More Firms on Twitter”

Chapter Four: “Twitter and Public Relations”
Read about public-relations agencies that use Twitter. As the PR industry has embraced Twitter en masse, it is persuading its business clients to give it a look. Firms such as the Graco baby-product maker use Twitter, thanks to advice from public-relations advisers.

 

 

Chapter Five: “The Twitter Experts Weigh In”

Chapter Six: “Twitter Tips, Tricks and Tools”
Get Twitter basics, then dig deeper. This chapter shows you how to bend the service to your will. Tour the vast ecosystem of services and software meant to augment Twitter. Learn about Twitter competitors like Friendfeed, and how to juggle multiple services.

This seems very interesting, and if I were to get it would be mainly for the case studies and what's on chapter six. Case studies are one great way to improve your knowledge in Marketing. Success and failure stories are always helpful and you can always take out something positive for your own personal development.  Of course, it's always good to know what to do and what NOT to do. But why am I not finding it that useful for myself? First of all, the book seems to focus more on Companies than individuals. Being in the Network Marketing busines, I am more interested in branding oneself than branding a Company. We need tools that help promote ourselves as a Brand, and as valuable people to the World. a Company doesn't need this, and we don't want to give it to them, especially not for free. Then again, they keep getting more and more ways to get free exposure, which is not bad at all. My point is, this book doesn't seem to be focusing on self branding, but on corporate branding. At this point, I guess we can expect a Twitter book on self branding real soon.

I have learnt several branding techniques in my career, as well as on the internet over the last year. They come from different sources and in different forms. The idea of putting them all together in one eBook certainly haunts my mind from time to time 🙂 I might do that when I get a chance.

Back to Twitter, as I have mentioned before, value is the key word. And you also need to have a theme. For the last few days I've realised that depending on the description I write about myself (on my twitter profile) I get more or less followers. Now, most of these followers seem to be adding me so that I follow them in return. I have come across a few people who follow me because they truly care to connect with me for who I am and for what I acn bring to their lives. Those are the type of people You want to attract to you, not the ones who are simply looking to expand their network, so that they have more people to spam. Not the type of people who follow you because they want to add you to their mailing lists so that they can spam you even more. Those are the people who are still doing Network Marketing the Wrong way. And you don't want to associate with those people. If anything, you want to teach those people the right way to do things. That's one of my goals with this blog. I want to reach more people so I can help more people. I find more value in Giving rather than Receiving.

You know what the problem is with most people doing business on the Internet? All they care is about making money and reaching Financial Freedom as they call it. Money isn't everything. And the reason why so many people are failing is not because they're doing things wrong, they just have the wrong focus. Let me explain.  when you want something so bad that it's all you think is abotu getting it there's a big chance it will not happen. I have learnt by experience and from wise people in this world, that in order to get what you want, you must not focus on the lack thereof. You should always live as if you had everything you need. If you need money, Don't Worry about money. When you worry you immediately program yourself, and remind yourself that you lack money. Hence… what do you think will happen? You will continue to lack it; because when we claim that we need something, we declare ourselves in a state of Need. When you build your business, either online, or anywhere, always focus on success and always remember that you already have everything you need. This is how you will attract Good to your life. It's true, you already have everything you need… we just take too much for granted in this life. And this is a lesson for life too, not just business. Stop thinking about the things you need, and start realising the things you have.

 If you read this entry and you have read this book about Twitter, then I will ask you to please give me Your opinion, and whether I should buy it or not. Right now I am confused, especially with all the ebooks, strategies and sales pitches that are out there. It's hard to tell the good from the garbage. Again if you have read the Twitter book, please advice. I want to get my hands on some more Marketing knowledge, but these days you have to be very careful. Sort and sift what's good and aim there. Get rid of all the bad.

Cheers, thanks for reading.

 Much Success.

Carolina.

 

 

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