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Although Twitter did finally add their own Twitter retweet function, many realize that it has several serious drawbacks. San Antonio Real Estate agent Matt Stigliano wrote about them in Why Twitter’s One-Click Retweet Function is Absolute Garbage.

So many have complained about it that Twitter co-founder Evan Williams wrote Why Twitter Retweet Works the Way it Does.

The major reason I never use Twitter’s retweet function is that you can not see what the Tweet will look like and it often truncates (cuts off) links, Twitter usernames and other important information.

A retweet with a broken link is not much good to anyone.

Virtual Assistant Michelle Mangen (Twitter) recently pointed out 4 Reasons she dislikes the new Twitter retweet function including this important drawback: the RT no longer shows up as a @ mention. Apply Valley Ohio Real Estate agent Sam Miller suggests using Google Alerts to Track Twitter Retweets. While that is an option, I prefer not to use the Twitter Retweet function because I use these much more effective methods: [click to continue…]

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Happy New Year 2010 - image credit ToToWeb

Happy New Year 2010 - image credit TotoWeb

I wanted to let all my regular readers know that although I have not published lately it is all good. The pipes are finally thawing out, the propane is holding out, and a new exciting strategy is almost ready to share with you. I also have some draft posts I hope to publish soon, interruptions allowing.

I have been busy testing a new strategy and sometimes testing and assisting small businesses is more urgent than blogging. In the long run, those activities are beneficial to all who read what I share here. This one is simply awesome so do be sure to watch for it. [click to continue…]

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Whether you have an existing wedding related business or have an interest in selling or writing about a new niche market, demographic predictions* related to the wedding industry point to strong potential growth.

Couples spend hundreds of billions of dollars a year getting married … and that number is about to get bigger.

Regardless of your current business, you may be able to position products or services for the predicted wedding boom. [click to continue…]

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Congratulations Murray Newlands - Finalist for Best Blogger - Affiliate Summit Pinnacle Award

Congratulations Murray Newlands - Finalist for Best Blogger - Affiliate Summit Pinnacle Award

Congratulations to Affiliate Marketing Expert Murray Newlands on being selected one of  three finalists for the 2010 Best Blogger Affiliate Summit Pinnacle Award.

Murray is also one of the affiliate marketing speakers on the 2010 Affiliate Summit West Agenda.

Gold and Platinum Pass Holders can hear what Murray and the other speakers listed below have to share about this topic:

Monetizing Blogs for Affiliate Marketing and SEO (Session 2a Location: Brasilia 1-2 Time: 1:30pm-2:30pm) ~ Learn to maximize affiliate commissions using blogging, increasing your community, and utilizing SEO.

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What are the Top 50 Most Popular 2009 Holiday Gifts? Click image to find out.

What are the Top 50 Most Popular 2009 Holiday Gifts? Click image to find out.

Businesses have access to a new TipTop Twitter search tool that allows them to do real time semantic research into holiday purchases.

While a little late for this year’s peak holiday shopping season, what the results reflect can be used for positioning offerings to match what consumers are most interested in. This allows ecommerce  stores and affiliate marketers to prioritize what they choose to promote and which pages of their sites to optimize first.

Imagine being able to find out what gifts are most popular before you decide which products to feature in your newsletter, on your blog, or to share across Social Networks? Now you can. [click to continue…]

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Whether you believe tomorrow is the Online Holiday Shopping Deadline or today is the last free shipping day for online shopping, if you don’t want to pay hefty expedited shipping charges today is a great day to finish up your shopping. [click to continue…]

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Programmers, coders and application developers are invited by DonationCoder to participate in the NANY 2010 Annual Challenge. New applications must be released by December 31, 2009 and those interested are asked to pledge soon – ideally by this Friday, December 18, 2009.

N.A.N.Y. stands for “New Apps for the New Year“, and is an event where we try to get all the coders who hang out at DonationCoder.com to release a brand new FREEWARE/DONATIONWARE application to celebrate the coming of the new year. The NANY event is a celebration of software – it’s not a competition and there is no winner.”

My regular readers may recall that I wrote about them previously in my Tools Wanted for Power Bloggers and Social Media Users. There are so many good things I could say about Donation Coder that I don’t know where to start, so I am going to hit some highlights and let you read more about them elsewhere. [click to continue…]

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Link Luv Chain

Link Luv Chain

What if you could easily do one thing today that would greatly benefit your favorite bloggers?

Would you do it?

Would you only do it if it benefited you directly or would you be generous, knowing that paying it forward really works?

When I saw AussieSire’s new Wassup blog post Why I No Longer Link to the Likes of Problogger and John Chow in Kikolani’s latest Fetching Friday link round-up post I knew I had to read it.

When I found this paragraph within the post I decided to kick off my new LinkLuv Meme by sharing some of his favorite blogs with you. Sire (Twitter) shared these thoughts on each blogger: [click to continue…]

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Don't Hide From Your - Photo Credit PRactical Ramblings

Don't Hide From Your Market! - Photo Credit PRactical Ramblings

Many seem to be following the “if you build it they will come” business plan.

That simply does not work.

Most of your market is trying to find you by searching somewhere – whether that is on a search engine, blog search, on their favorite Social Networking sites, using search tools like FeelTipTop or in Local Search Directories.

The key questions you must answer when building traffic for your Web site are: [click to continue…]

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