Well another way of saying that is 50% of tweets are not in english.

I was reading Techcrunch and few stats popped out.

1. Twitter now processes 50,000,000, yes 50 MILLION tweets per day.

2. 50% are not in english, more or less.

So if we do some quick math, let me see here, carry the four, yep, that’s 25 million english tweets per day or:

9,125,000,000 (9 Billions Tweets a Year and Growing!!!)

Honestly, do we really have that much to talk about?  I love twitter , I use it, I get my news from it, I tweet my news and news which is important to me from it.  This post will go out to the tweet universe for people to read.

What’s my point?

Once again I will state loudly, SOCIAL MEDIA IS HERE, IT IS NOT GOING AWAY, LEARN TO USE IT AND INTEGRATE IT IN YOUR BUSINESS.

Nuff, said!

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Oh the drama!

With social media being the rage today, and a full gaggle of people preaching about how they can help you, you have to ask yourself what do I do?

Well what a great question, and I’m not going to answer it for you.  I will give you some thoughts on twitter which you may find interesting.

So the story starts with:

An interesting thing happened to me on my way to the net today! I was doing some reading on the ole Twitter, and ran across a message about Fauxlowers? What is a Fauxlower? Well let me tell you.

It’s a fake follower, someone who follows you just to have you follow back, they have no interest in what you say. Doesn’t that just get your goose! Yeah ok, anyway.

So a number was tossed around something like 62.5% of all twitter followers are Fauxlowers. Which lead into a huge discussion about engagement. Now when I mean huge discussion, it was really me talking to myself, because I work at home with my cat, who really does not care about engagement.

Anyway, if a large percentage of your followers are only following you so you follow them and no one really cares about what you are saying, then have you accomplished anything or are you actually speaking to yourself and your cat. The answer is, sort of and not really.

Take a look at this really technical graph.

What you are seeing here  is a representation of engagement.  The only thing that matters in any marketing effort, especially from social media.

As the number of followers increase the percentage of people who respond decreases.  So if you have 10 followers maybe 1 person responds, 10%, but if you have 1000 followers then maybe 10 respond, only 1%.

So are you better to have a smaller group with a higher level of engagement, Fauxlowers.com says probably, but I say NO.  You still want as many followers as you can get.  I’m going to clarify that, you want as many targeted followers as you can get.  If you’re a Realtor in Miami, you want as many people looking for and living in Miami, as an example.

For two reasons:

1. More followers means more Social Proof that you are worth following and have something interesting to say.

2. More followers still means more engagment. 1% of 1000 is more than 10% of 10.

However, you still need to make an effort to interact, and as your followers grow it becomes a lot more difficult to be personal.  Which is where Twitter Lists comes into play.

What’s the moral here, probably don’t talk to your cat as much.  But if you want more great info about this subject go to Fauxlowers.com and subscribe to the newsletter, they have some great back issues and some good info on what happening in social media.

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We have two videos for you today. Well it started out as one video and quickly turned into two.

We’re continuing the series on Building an Web Presence. This episode focusing on Social Media, Facebook, Twitter etc. So grab a snack, maybe a fresh cup of coffee and let’s do some learn’in!

Part 1

Part 2

You can find the other videos for this series at – Building a Real Estate Web Presence.

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There’s a few views on what type of Domain name(Web Address) you should have for your real estate web site. In this episode we cover the pros and cons of different names so you can make an educated choice!

You can watch the other video is the series here!

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We talked last time about using Tweet Deck to search for local Twits(Twitter users) and to start follow them.

Well here’s another good reason to perform that local search. Tweet-Ups! not sure what a tweet-up is? Watch the video!

Starting to get the point of this little social app.  It’s not all about finding out what someone had for lunch after all!

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I was talking with a client today and I was going over how twitter can help her business. Once the meeting had ended I realized I should be sharing with everyone!

Here’s a quick tip on how to build your local followers and start building relationships with people within your area.

Enjoy!

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Looking for strategy this year to make 2009 your best year yet.

Well for your website it’s starts with a game plan and we thought you could use this little diagram to get you started.

Is there something we missed? Add your comment below we loved to hear from you! Click the thumbnail for the full size image.

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It’s time for another book give away!

This is for all the Realtors out there that want to take thier business to a whole new level.

Rules are the same as last time.

1. Add comment below with your Twitter ID

2. Make sure to tell people why they should follow you.

That’s it!

Goodluck and here’s to next year being a huge success!

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I know a lot of people out there don’t get twitter yet. They thinks it’s all about people telling other people they went o walk their dog.

But we know better, in fact twitter passes us information, news and friendship from across the world keeping people in touch at all times. I’ll admit I was skeptic and it took me much longer than I care to admit to finally get on board. But I’m a convert, evangelical in nature even.

But my conversion can be attributed to those who make the effort to provide real value out to the twitterverse. That’s what this post is all about, paying homage to those I respect and follow.

1. From http://www.hubspot.com.
@mvolpe and @Karenrubin – Because of Hubspot.tv and the fact that these two use twitter to answer question during the show. They also showed me the benefit of binding Social Media, SEO and Web marketing together for best benefits.

Also, special shout out to @ellieeille for her excellent linking and great sense of humour.

2. From http://jimsmarketingblog.com @Jimconnolly for his constant support to the community. His blog is fantastic! A good example is this post here. He answer direct messages and replies with thought, and tells the truth about what he thinks when you ask his opinion.

3. @joelrunner he was one of the first to actual follow and retweet one of my post. I don’t think people realize how excited a person gets when they see something they spent time and energy on get reposted. I’m know that many of my leads came from his first retweet. Not sure how I’ll repay the favour, since he never wants anything in return. You can find his blog at: http://activerain.com/blogs/joelrunner

4. @BeeRealty if you choose to follow anyone follow this Lady, she’s amazingly funny, tweets about all sorts of things, and must cause me to follow have a dozen new people each day just to find how she even got on a subject. I’m pretty sure she’s the reason Twitter exist. Her website is: http://BeeRealty.com

There’s more, and I’ll add them in another post down the road. But I promise you if you start to follow these people you’ll get what Twitter is about, and you’ll see why I’m convert now.

What or who caused you to be a twitter addict?

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I figured a good bribe was in order so here it is.

I’m giving away a brand new copy of “The Emyth Revisited” by Michael E. Gerber.

Anyone one who wants to grow their business yet free up your own time to enjoy your life needs this book.

That leaves only one question, how do you win.  Well you made it here so that’s a good start.

The next part is just as easy, submit a comment below, be sure to include your twitter name.

If you’re feeling really generous, retweet the contest out to the Twitterverse, be sure to include @tlyons in the tweet so I see it and I’ll give you 5 extra chances to win.

Be sure to follow me on twitter, that’s how I will announce the twinner(tweet winner), on Friday, December 18, 08.

Make sure to include your twitter address in your comment below and in 140 characters or less, tell other what you do and why they should follow you.

Goodluck and let’s have some fun Tweeple!

UPDATE:  Congratulations to Dave Blockhus,  @losaltoshomes

Winner of “The Emyth Revisited”

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