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Podcast Sisters 70 - Twitter Revisited

In this week's Podcast Sisters Podcast,  Krishna talks with Anna  talk about Twitter two years on. They discuss tips on protocol, finding conversations, and tips for participating in the 'twitterverse'.

SHOW NOTES

00:00 Introduction

04:14 Twitter - A business tool or a personal tool?

07:21 What is Twitter and how does it work?

08:38 How do you see what people are tweeting?

10:12 What other applications do people use to view conversations and make tweets?

12:58 How is Twitter used now?

17:11 How do you send, reply and track tweets and direct messages?

21:59 Different ways of using Twitter

24:38 How do busy people find time to do Twitter and Facebook etc

25:36 What is the demographic for Twitter users and how is it changing?

28:36 Is it good or bad that celebrities and politicians are starting to use Twitter?

31:37 How do you find people to follow them and what tools are there?

34:05 Things to remember before you tweet

36:13 How do you find out more about life in the 'twitterverse'?

38:35 Show ends

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Follow Krishna on Twitter

Follow Anna on Twitter

Krishna's video's to help you get started on Twitter

Nielsen Research Report on Twitter

TweetDeck

TwitterBerry

Mr Tweet

Twhirl

del.icio.us

Google Reader

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Podcast Sisters 69 - Is It Too Late To Join The Social Media Revolution?

In this week's Podcast Sisters Podcast,  Krishna talks with Anna about how to be creative in generating new business opportunities and in problem solving for clients to make your offering attractive to customers and clients. 

They discuss how a recession can provide opportunities for small businesses and focussing on key social media tools to help deliver your message can help make you stand out and build trust and reputation in the marketplace.

SHOW NOTES

00:00 Show Introduction

02:27 Moving Feedburner accounts to Google

Thanks to the following people on Twitter for their comments:

@joescanlon replied: just clicked on "move my feed" took about half an hour to do my one

ann_donnelly replied: I moved mine and you really just need to click a button, but mine are all Blogger blogs, so maybe easier 'cos all Google

Keppie_Careers replied: I moved my feeds - tx to your tweet, I think! No problems. Just clicked and watched.

05:05 Is it too late to join the social media revolution?

05:20 Celebrities joining Twitter

08:08 Is there a level playing field for small businesses and corporates in social media?

08:22 The quality of content

09:57 Monetisation of social media

12:14 The dangers on reliance on free services

16:52 Is their still room for new entrants to start using social media?

23:25 Social media tools and time commitments

26:22 Is social media for everyone?

30:30 Online and offline networking formats and how to use them

37:28 Show ends

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Podcast Sisters 68 - Being Creative In A Recession

In this week's Podcast Sisters Podcast,  Krishna talks with Anna about how to be creative in generating new business opportunities and in problem solving for clients to make your offering attractive to customers and clients. 

They discuss how a recession can provide opportunities for small businesses and focussing on key social media tools to help deliver your message can help make you stand out and build trust and reputation in the marketplace.

SHOW NOTES

00:00 Introduction

01:31 Review - Shoutouts

David Jones The Inside PR Podcast

PR Works Blog

Neville Hobson and Shell Holtz

Chris Ritke - Project Thingy 

Hjörtur Smárason Marketing Safari

06:43 Pride in your business

19:49 Being creative in business generation during recessionary times to create new business and customer loyalty

26:39 How can you make your offering more attractive 

33:25 Tools for creativity

46:59 Show ends

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Podcast Sisters 67 - How Industry Awards Can Raise The Profile Of Your Brand

In this week's Podcast Sisters Podcast,  Krishna talks with Heather about her recent success in winning the Dell Global Small Business Excellence Award and how entering for awards can raise the profile of your business.

You can even see a video of Heather being interviewed by Dell about what the awards means for her at the end of this post.

SHOW NOTES

00:00 Show introduction

00:59 Shoutouts: Copyright Licensing - OurFirstDance.com

04:14 Heather's Award

08:43 Why should we consider entering awards?

12:49 Raising the game

22:27 Leveraging an award

30:38 Awards for others

37:29 Other third party endorsements

43:50 Show ends

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Podcast Sisters 66 - Using Squidoo To Make Money Online

This week's Podcast Sisters Podcast,  Krishna talks with Paul Duxbury about using Squidoo.com to extend your presence online and create niche resources.

SHOW NOTES

00:00 welcome to the show

02:26 What is the best way to generate traffic?

07:54 What is Squidoo?

13:24 How to decide what the theme of you Squidoo page/lens should be

17:24 How to come up with ideas for content of the lens

19:02 Localising product pricing 

21:56 How to display the top items and best sellers form Amazon and E-Bay on your Squidoo lens

24:37 SEO and customer reaction to obtaining 'best prices'

26:41 Interaction on your Squidoo lens

29:16 Sharing comments and promoting causes

34:32 Keeping your Squidoo lens content topical and upto date using a Twitter feed

38:37 Other tools, keyword focus, Squidoo groups, lens rolling and choosing your niche

44:10 Making money and promoting through Squidoo lenses and other social media tools

48:39 Paul's top 3 tips to get started with Squidoo

57:17 If Paul were to start over what tips does he have for us

60:29 Contact and Resources

64:34 Show ends

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Paul Duxbury's Christmas Toy Store

Follow Paul Duxbury on Twitter

Squidoo Groups

Reddit

Pingler

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