Nov/094
2 Secrets to Get People ReTweeting Your Messages
I’m about to show you how to really SUPERCHARGE your Twitter efforts by getting people to click on things that you send out, and more importantly how to get your followers to actually ReTweet your messages. When they do this, it gets your Twitter ID in front of their followers; their followers will very often come check YOU out & consider following you as well.
(And for all you Search Engine Optimization experts out there, your head should be spinning at how awesome it is to get people sending out LINKS to your Twitter pages. But I’ll leave that conversation to the experts of that field.)
In my last post I talked about building a relationship with your followers and gave you an easy to follow daily process of things that you can to do to help you start connecting to people in the right way. I also mentioned jumping into conversations where you feel you might have relevant or interesting things to contribute.
That’s all well and good, and it works, but there are some things that you can put into place that will literally put your Tweeting and newfound relationships with your followers into hyperdrive.
One of the keys to the success of this approach is not just getting people to talk TO you, you want them to talk about you as well, and that’s where Retweeting comes in. The funnier, more interesting, & more emotional your tweets are; the better chance that they’ll be ReTweeted. But don’t think that just because you’re witty and handy with a good line or two that it will entice people to retweet what you’re writing.
There are some proven tactics that will get people spreading your Tweets all over the Twitterverse and I’m about to share a couple of them with you right now. Not only that, once you engage your followers and start giving back, they’ll click your links AND retweet them as well! (I love it when I see people ReTweeting links of mine that actually have *affiliate URLs* in them – but that’s a topic for my CoupDeTwitter members only – heh heh.)
Okay, so how do I get people to start retweeting me?
Once again, this is not nearly as hard as you might think. One of the most popular and MOST retweeted segments that you can put out there are: Famous Quotes. It’s true. People simply love to retweet good quotations. It might seem silly but there’s actually a ton of value in doing this. It’s a great use of Twitter to instantly get a motivational thought coming through the timeline and it turns out that people just love to ReTweet them back out.
There are a bunch of places you can go to find great quotes.
My wife bought be a book called “The Most Brilliant Thoughts of All Time” which has 100’s of quotes in them. Every once in a while, I pop open the book & look for a quotation or two that I like. But even easier for you would be to find a website that has quotes that you can cut and paste right in. Instead of me telling you my favorite quotations websites; just go ahead and type “motivational quotes”, “success quotes”, “sports quotations”, or whatever tickles your fancy into your favorite Google .. er, I mean, your favorite search engine and you’ll find more than what you’re looking for.
Once you get into the groove with this, I recommend even using a service like TweetLater to automatically send quotes out from your Twitter account for days and months to come. I love me some TweetLater & this is a great use for that service.
Once you find a quotations site that you like, you’ll find literally hundreds if not thousands of quotes. Some of them are obviously too many characters to fit in a single Tweet, but there are many to choose from that fit right in. Oh, and one rule of thumb especially with things that you’re wanting to get retweeted… even though you have 140 characters to work with, keep your quotation tweets down to around 120 which gives people room to retweet them and not have to modify them at all since they’ll be putting “RT @yournamehere” in front of each Tweet when they re-send it out (which is, of course, the entire point of this little exercise).
A little something else regarding quotations that I love to do is to pick a person that is currently in the news. Recently we had a rash of celebrities passing away – I went out and Googled quotations from those very people & helped to honor them with good positive quotes from them. Great stuff. People seemed to really appreciate (and retweet) those quotes.
That’s enough about quotations, I’ve got one more big tip for you…
Alright, now another thing you’re going to want to tweet of real value is pertinent, up to date and breaking information about your particular interest or niche. How do you keep right on the cutting edge of things related to your business or niche? If you didn’t already know about this, you’re gonna freakin’ love me for telling you about it.
Google has a service called “Alerts“.
When you sign up at http://alerts.google.com, you can have the god of the internet, Google, send you all kinds of information right into your e-mail that keep you completely up to date on just about any topic you can imagine. You should put in pretty narrow keyword terms so you don’t get too much crap to sift through. But even if you do, you can always adjust it later. Just get out there and get started.
You’ll have blog posts, news items, and web pages sent directly to your inbox. Scan through it looking for what you feel is the best articles and then viola — use that content in your tweets! Sending out this sort of information will train your followers that you’re a giver of good information; and, more importantly, it will train them to click on stuff that you send out. Many will even ReTweet these posts, thus telling their followers that YOU are a good source of up-to-the-minute information as well.
Putting your Twitter marketing efforts on hyperdrive, my friend, that’s what CoupDeTwitter is all about.
Try these tips for yourself! You’ll be shocked at how well this really works. And when you do, please let me know through my Twitter account @harrisfellman. I’ve got tons more to share with you when you decide to become a member of the growing “Twinja Army” – people just like you who are “taking over” Twitter with my incredible Coup De Twitter system. I hope to see you in my private forums soon!
Sayanora Future Twinjas,
Harris Fellman
CoupDeTwitter.com
Oct/093
Why Build Relationships on Twitter?
Okay, here’s the real magic of using Social Media, like Twitter, for marketing purposes…
You can build relationships with and connect to REAL PEOPLE. Oh, Big Advertising, the trade winds are a shifting. Consumers are way past the tipping point now where they tend to trust ‘Regular Joes’ now more than Big Giant Corporations.
My guess is, that if you’re reading this article, you’re probably more likely to be a Regular Joe than the CEO of a Fortune 500.? (Dare I coin a new phrase? CE-Joe? Hmm, no – I’ll pass.)
So, the real glory of Twitter is not so much that you can easily build a list of followers as I discussed in my last post. It’s the fact that you can build RELATIONSHIPS with them. And this is where you, the Regular Joes, have an advantage!
What I’m going to do for you in this post is get you started creating those relationships. I’m going to give you a daily process that, if you follow it, will easily turn your Twitter account into a magnet in whatever industry or niche you may be in.
In some of my previous posts, I already got you started on the path to Twitter greatness. So, let’s recap my 4 main rules of engagement shall we?
- Get Followers
- Build Relationships with them
- Get them Clicking & Retweeting and…
- Make Money.
In my last blog post I talked about how to get tons of followers and gave you some (hopefully) compelling reasons why you should bother. If you took action as I suggested, you will have literally thousands of new followers very soon.
So, Now what?
This brings us to the next phase of this Twitter takeover. It’s time to start to really build a relationship with your followers. But first let’s talk about why it’s so important to do so.
So here’s the question:
Who do YOU trust?
Sure, you might say your Mom or Dad, but really for most things… you trust your closest friends. What we’re talking about here is who you trust for recommendations. But to put a finer point on that and put it within the framework of a business discussion:
Who do people buy from? People (and companies) they trust!
Therefore, as you’re building your relationships on Twitter or any other social networking site, that’s actually what you’re doing… building TRUST. And it’s imperative that you do.
“How?”, you may ask. It’s not that hard really.
You’re going to want to first start by engaging your followers. This can be as easy as a simple and personal welcome message when they follow you. Some people I know actually do this manually (by hand) for each and every follower that they obtain. I can see the validity of this method – but it’s awful time-consuming. Especially considering that there are a number of services out there that can help you do this.
My personal favorite is Tweetlater.com. It’s free and easy to use. Not only does it send out automatic welcome messages for you, it also allows you to schedule tweets to go out in? the future among many other very powerful features. Go check it out Tweetlater, it’s an incredible free tool.
You’ll want to be sure to create a welcome message that adds value or engages your new follower. Otherwise, you’re just creating spam straight to their direct message inbox. Stay away from even attempting to tell your new follower about any product or service that you might have. It’s a sure way to turn them off and have them unfollow you immediately.
What you want to do is get them replying back to you right away. For instance, ask a question that’s easy for them to answer – their favorite gadget, football team, or whatever’s appropriate to your interests.
There is some debate about automatic welcome messages and I’ve had several discussions (some heated) with people on Twitter about it. The bottom line is this: You must give value and further your cause in some way. It’s a delicate balance. You can’t just say “Hey look what I got, don’t you wanna buy one”. And be warned, “Hey thanks for the follow, looking forward to tweeting with you” ends up being just as useless to you in the long run as well.
Finally, what I really wanted to do was give you a quick “daily process” that you can follow to really ensure interaction on Twitter. Feel free to add in more than this if you want to, but if you do this each and every day, you can be certain you’ll have a growing base of people you’re starting to build a relationship with.
Daily Process For Your Twitter Account
- Read your @mentions and reply to all of them.
- Post what you’re actually doing or thinking about right now.
- Post a favorite quotation, recent news link, or just basic info (this can be from online or offline resources) HINT: Go to http://alerts.google.com and set up some alerts for your interests to be automatically sent to your inbox.
- Scan your own timeline & look for conversations to jump into.
- Go to http://search.twitter.com, search for topics of interest to you, and get into a few conversations there as well. While you’re there, go ahead and search for your own name and/or company name to see if anyone is talking about you
- Check your direct messages (DMs) and reply to them as well.
- Repeat this at at least 3 times a day.
In a future blog post, I’ll share with you? some awesome secrets about how to get your Twitter friends to click on stuff you send out, and even more importantly how to get them ReTweeting like crazy as well.
If you like what you’re reading here, you’re going to love my Coup de Twitter system. It covers all 4 of the main steps to Twitter Domination in easy-to-follow and easy to swallow step-by-step video format. But first, check out the FREE video on the home page – no sign-up required.
Now get out there and kick some Twass & be sure to follow my Sensei booty @harrisfellman on Twitter.
Thanks again for reading,
Harris Fellman
Marketing Sensei
CoupDeTwitter
Oct/091
Get Targeted Twitter Followers – The Easy Way!
Maybe you’re like I was just a few months ago, thinking:
“Twitter is short for Time Waster”
or
“Twitter is just not a business tool”
or
“I joined Twitter and I just don’t get it”
I’ve introduced a number of people to Twitter and I hear things like this all the time. Especially the last statement. Typically what happens is someone will join up, invite some of their friends, and then lo and behold, sit there and wait around for something to happen. Although the founders of Twitter claim that it’s just a micro-blogging tool, it really has become a rapidly growing , if somewhat rudimentary, social network.
Like I said in my last blog post on the subject, there???s a right way and a wrong way to go about attacking Twitter for your own purposes. If you’re jumping into Twitter and looking at it primarily as a way to make money, you’ll fail miserably and you’ll fail quickly.
Allow me to remind you of my rules for “right” Twittering:
- First get a good network of followers going.
- Build relationships with your network.
- Get your followers to click on your links & tell others about you by retweeting your messages
- Then, and only then, consider how you might monetize the network.
I actually recommend that you don’t even bother thinking about making any money with your twitter contacts until you’ve got at least 5000 followers. I know what you???re thinking. HANG ON THERE! 5000 followers? How am I gonna get 5000 followers? The answer is quite simple, my friends.
Follow other people first.
It???s based on the law of reciprocity: you follow someone, they follow you back. It’s really the ‘way of the world’ on Twitter and it works far better than any one of the other systems out there. Some of those other ideas for getting followers can work, but truthfully, at the core “follow others and they’ll follow back” is the best system out there. You’re in control of who you’re following & thus what ‘target audience’ you’re hitting as well.
Depending on what niche or business you happen to be in you can expect somewhere between 20 to 50% of those people to follow you back.
Wait a second, Harris… What’s this “business or niche” part?
Let me explain:
One of the coolest aspects of Twitter is that you can really focus down and TARGET people who are interested in what you have to say. I first recommend that you create a good profile and decent background for your account that really shows off your personality and main interests. Make it, what I call, “Follow Friendly” so that when you follow people, they see your Twitter account, the right people will want to follow you back. (The ‘right people’ being people that are also interested in what your key interests or business is all about.)
I’ll finish up this post by letting you in on some some great services that will help you find people who are in your niche and share your personal interests. Be sure to check out MrTweet.com, WeFollow.com, and Twibes.com. All you have to do at these sites is type in your keyword and find people in your industry or niche. What you’ll want to do here is find people on Twitter in your area of interest with (generally) between 2,000 and 100,000 followers. And then what you want to do is … not only follow them, but FOLLOW THEIR FOLLOWERS, TOO. Twitter allows you to follow up to 1000 per day – I recommend more like 300-500 per day.
And don’t think you have to do it all yourself – you can hire a virtual assistant to do it for you for a few hundred bucks a month or get a software tool that does this as well. And believe me, there’s plenty of tools out there! I’ve personally tested out a large number of these “follow tools” and the one I recommend is called “Twit FriendAdder“. It’s only $50 and does everything (and more) than software I’ve seen at 4 times the price.
Of course it doesn???t stop there. There???s a lot more to all of this than just following people (like creating avatars, building relationships, & making money!). And, as you can expect, this is all covered in my Social Media Income System entitled “Coup De Twitter“. There’s a free video for you there with no sign-up required to watch.
Lastly, if you have any questions for me, you can find me on Twitter – my ID there is @harrisfellman – I look forward to hearing from you.
Thanks for Reading,
Harris Fellman
CoupDeTwitter.com
Aug/092
What Are You Missing?
Probably like most of your mother-in-laws, mine forwards me a few emails a week. She’s a sweet lady with a good heart. So, the emails are usually just mediocre humor or some gushy lovey series of pictures. I usually zip past them without giving them much thought & I even MISS many of them.
Ah, the irony – thank goodness I didn’t miss this one. I’m not sure who wrote it originally – it’s a viral email is all I can tell ya. It’s a very quick, interesting, and profound story. Take a minute to read it – would love to hear your comments.
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Washington DC Metro Station on a cold January morning in 2007. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time approx 2 thousand people went through the station, most of them on their way to work.
After 3 minutes, a middle-aged man noticed there was a musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds and then hurried to meet his schedule.
4 minutes later:
The violinist received his first dollar: a woman threw the money in the till and, without stopping, continued to walk.
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6 minutes:
A young man leaned against the wall to listen to him, then looked at his watch and started to walk again.
10 minutes:
A 3-year-old boy stopped, but his mother tugged him along hurriedly as the kid stopped to look at the violinist. Finally, the mother pushed hard, and the child continued to walk, turning his head all the time. This action was repeated by several other children. Every parent, without exception, forced them to move on.
45 minutes:
The musician played.? Only 6 people stopped and stayed for a while. About 20 gave him money but continued to walk their normal pace.? He collected $32.
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1 hour:
He finished playing and silence took over. No one noticed. No one applauded, nor was there any recognition.
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No one knew this but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the best musicians in the world. He played one of the most intricate pieces ever written, with a violin worth $3.5 million dollars. Two days before Joshua Bell sold out a theater in Boston where the seats averaged $100.
This is a real story. Joshua Bell playing incognito in the metro station was organized by the Washington Post as part of a social experiment about perception, taste and people’s priorities. The questions raised: in a common place environment at an inappropriate hour, do we perceive beauty? Do we stop to appreciate it? Do we recognize talent in an unexpected context?
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One possible conclusion reached from this experiment could be:
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If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world playing some of the finest music ever written, with one of the most beautiful instruments…
How many other things are WE missing?
Aug/091
How to Take Over Twitter
It???s everywhere. From blogs to newspapers to books at Barnes and Noble. And it???s loud. Tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet.
It???s Twitter. And whether you like it or not (yet) it???s going to be around in some form or another for a long time I suspect. Might as well get used to it, right?
A couple of months ago I was in the same boat many of you might be in right now, wondering whether all this Twitter madness was of any use to me at all or whether it was just a bunch of noise, literally. But I started to hear a lot of Twitter related stories and talked to people that I personally know who were using it in ways that I hadn???t considered before.
And the lightbulb finally went off for me. There was some serious power in Twitter! People were not only using Twitter to make connections and network with others, they were making money too. Some of them making LOTS of it as I came to find out.
The biggest thing that stood out for me is this…
From a marketing perspective, Twitter = Listbuilding. Plain and simple. Proper listbuilding is all about building a list AND building relationships with the people on that list. And in many cases the people I was talking to confided in me that their Twitter contacts were more responsive than even their e-mail lists were. As a long time email marketer, I was pretty shocked. But I started doing research and I discovered several truths that I want to share with you.
There???s a right way and a wrong way to go about using Twitter, and some rules of thumb to keep in mind along the way. But there are several crucial steps you???ll want to take note of.
Here???s how this works:
2. Build a relationship with your followers. Yes, that???s right, you???re going to need to start talking with your followers! You want to treat them like you would anyone you might meet at any other social gathering, stipulating that you???re not at a professional wrestling event and everyone is already yelling at one another. <G>
3. Get them Clicking & ReTweeting. Once you build that relationship with them you want to encourage (gently) them to start clicking links you provide with items of interest and most of all to get them Retweeting your posts. Why? Because the *real* power of Twitter is NOT in your own list of followers. Nope. The real power is in the power of the exponent. If you give things of value to the Twitterverse, the Twitterverse will return the favor??» Tenfold.
4. Last but not least. You want to make money right? Of course you do. Once you???ve completed steps one through three, there are a ton of ways that you can start to monetize your followers??»their followers and their followers followers. But also beware: Twitter spam is on the rise and people are becoming wary of anyone who just jumps into the pool and starts shouting Marco Polo at the top of their lungs. You have to be very careful to craft your Tweets so that people are still getting maximum value from you.
Harris Fellman
CoupDeTwitter.com
Jul/0931
I’m Inside a Caribou
Just wanted to wish you a Happy 4th and let you know where I am this week…
I’m in Minnesota for the week and my mother-in-law actually doesn’t have internet access if you can believe that.
*PLUS* the local Starbucks was one of the 600+ that got shut down – so, I’m actually
writing to you from inside a Caribou…
Caribou Coffee that is. 
You may not be familiar with Caribou, but it’s actually either
the 2nd or 3rd largest coffee franchise in the world. And more importantly, there’s
one near where I’m staying up in Blaine, MN.
*AND* they have free WiFi … yay!
I’m here for a week – today, I’m running up to some very dear friends with lots of grand
kids to celebrate the 4th up in Oak Grove.
I love me some up-close fireworks. Should be fun. If you don’t follow me on Twitter, you may not know that I’ve lost over 35 pounds and I have 20 more to go till I hit my goal of 180 pounds… very excited about
that and will take some new pictures once I hit that goal.
Oh, and I know you don’t give a crap, but I thought it was funny … I get a “free day” from my diet every week and this one is gonna fall on today… the 4th of July .. Independence Day … FREE DAY.
Get it?
Anywhoo – peace out, happy 4th, God bless if ya believe in him, and Good Energy to ya if you don’t (or if you do, whatever).
Oh, one final thing…
Amidst all this economic turmoil, I’d like? for you to think for a second just how lucky you are for being born in a FREE nation (whether that’s USA, England,? Australia, New Zealand, Italy, Ireland, Wales, Germany, anywhere else in the E.U., — or wherever you may be from.)
Imagine being one of the 2/3rds of the country that just got screwed over in Iran right now…
… or being a woman in a country that still gives you no rights…
… or believing in a religion or race that is being extinguished by an attacking government…
Just imagine that for a few seconds and then be *so* thankful that you were born with the advantages that
you were born with.
I know I am.
Happy Free Day,
Harris
Jun/0949
My Easy Sales Formula Bonus
Below, you’ll find my bonus for Easy Sales Formula. (This is the first time I’ve done a bonus for anyone else’s product in a very long time. Find out why by watching the video below.) There’s also a bit of insider info re: Easy Sales Formula in the video that I don’t think too many people know about just yet.
Feel free to comment on the blog here & ask me any questions you may have.
Jun/0918
Teaser for My Bonus for Keith Wellman’s Easy Sales Formula
Watch video above to:
- See how much weight I’ve lost
- Get a Sneak Preview of my bonus for Easy Sales Formula
- See me house that was used in a blockbuster movie
- Find out what the house has to do with the bonus
Any questions about Easy Sales Formula or my bonus??? Feel free to click on comments and I’ll respond ASAP.
Harris
Jun/0929
Improve or Die.
Recently, my good friend and boy genius, Sam Heyer, recommended that I read a book by Alan Deutschman called “Change or Die” because I’ll be releasing a community around my upcoming “Fail Your Way” brand. I’m wanting to create a totally new experience for people trying to make money on the web and he felt it would be good mental positioning for me to read a book about how people really change (or really IMPROVE) their lives.
First, I definitely recommend that EVERYONE reads this book. Don’t just order it. Read it because? It will have an immediate and profound affect on your thinking. Second, I’d like? to share with you my thoughts about what “Change or Die” has taught me so far in the hopes that it will inspire you to at least read the book and perhaps inspire you to make big improvements that you’re wanting to make in your own life.
Right off the bat, you should know that the title of the book is purposefully misleading. As it turns out, our normal methods of trying to change each other don’t work. These normal methods are “Fear, Facts, and Force”.
It’s a widely known fact that 90% of all open-heart operation patients return to their same lifestyle within 3 years. While 67% of ex-convicts return to jail within in the same period of time as well…
“Change your eating drastically and exercise or YOU WILL DIE”
“Don’t break the law of you will go to Jail!”
These are two very good (or bad) examples of how Force, Facts, and Fear simply DON’T WORK. Here’s another one for ya:
“Make money online this month or you won’t be able to pay your bills.”
But that’s a problem for a different day…
Change or Die gives some incredible case studies that have turned these horrible results around (as well as other “Change or Die” scenarios, too.) Without me getting into any details on the case studies, the reason they worked are because they all contain the three components of changing human behavior? that actually DO work: Relate, Repeat, Reframe.
First, if a person is to change, they must relate to a person or community. They must form a relationship that makes them feel good (or “the right relationship”). Secondly, they must repeat the new behaviors so they learn them. And then finally, one must REFRAME their belief systems. (For instance, most ex-cons think there’s no other way than a life of crime and poverty since it’s all they’ve ever known.)
So, as I’m reading the book and wanting to apply it to my new FailYourWay.com community… I can’t help but turn the mirror onto myself. I’m currently going through a weight-loss regimen. I’ve lost 36 pounds so far and have another 20 until my first goal. And, well, the book told me that 97% of the people who lose weight will gain it back within 5 years. Yes!
NINETY SEVEN EFFING PERCENT!
Been there. Done that. Have the postcards & stretch marks to prove it.
Secondly, I know many of you follow me because of my marketing and business teachings. But the truth of the matter is – I often don’t feel like I even *have* a business. Sure, I’ve got a few guys working for me on the payroll. But the ugly truth is, I make a lot of money – but I really just go from one product launch to the next and I’m freaking fed up with it. It’s been a roller coaster ride that I’ve been on for longer than I can remember.
So, whether it’s the roller coaster ride of my business or my weight-loss … what can I do to truly change for good. How can I, Harris Fellman, improve my life forever? The answer is:
Relate. Repeat. Reframe.
I’m already well on my way with regard to the weight loss. I have a great health coach that’s helping me get my eating habits in line. Her name is Lynette Patterson – you can find her on Twitter @LynettePatter. My next step is to locate a personal trainer or some group or groups that I *relate* to in order to get me exercising regularly.
(Yes, I’ve lost 36 pounds without really exercising all that much yet.)
For my business, I’m now on the hunt for a mentor or community to help ME get to the next level. I realize, actually, that in developing my own community designed to help people make money online, I’ll derive some benefit from that. But I’m looking for something to help me truly get to the next level with my business.
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I’m looking seriously into a group called CEOSpace right now? and there’s a couple others, too. I need to get my brain to flip the switch and think more like a business OWNER instead of someone who’s just self-employed. Honestly, I was introduced to CEOSpace as their former name 3 years ago (IBI Global), and after reading Change or Die I was thinking about it – and then OMG, someone from the company called me yesterday. One shouldn’t just brush things like this under the carpet when they happen, should they?
My good friend (and sometimes mentor), Tellman Knudson, has been telling me this for years. “Get a mentor and do exactly what he tells you.” I guess I’ve just never happened upon anyone (or group) that relates directly to me and what I want out of a business.
But just like weight-loss, it’s just a singular decision now. Once the decision is made, I’ll stop at nothing to achieve my goals. Honestly, the weight-loss has been incredibly easy – so easy that it’s STUPID to not just lose the weight.
Ha. As I write this, I realize that I’m actually afraid that the business changes are going to be very difficult to go through. But perhaps, just like the weight-loss, it will all be way easier than I think. Why not, right? Hmm, yes, I think I’ll go with that new belief. Improving my business and becoming more of a true business owner is going to be a lot easier than I ever imagined. Sweet!
Alright, that’s all I’ve got for now. Probably my longest blog post ever. When I told the twitterverse about reading a book about ‘change’, @CalebJennings wrote me back and recommended that I read “Virus of the Mind”. I quickly downloaded the Amazon app for my iPhone, ordered it, and a couple days later it arrived.
I’ll let you know what I think of that book soon as well.
I’d be interested to hear your thoughts on any big lifestyle changes you’ve had in your life and how you think “Relate, Repeat, Reframe” has played a role. I’d also like to know how many years ago that lifestyle change began. Just scroll back up and click on the “comments” link and talk at me.
To Your Ongoing Improvement,
Harris Fellman
PS Feel free to tweet this or tell your friends about it if you think they’ll benefit from the info as well.
May/090
Twits Tweeple or Twinjas
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What’s up, my Twinjas?
I tend to use the word “Twinjas” quite a bit to talk to my followers. People usually comment on it just above everytime I use it. @mike_wesely even credited me with coining the word. Now, I’m pretty sure I did *not* coin the word “Twinjas” (but I’ll take the credit if noone else will, LOL – it reminds me of the fact that a small town in Anoka in Minnesota calls themselves the “Halloween Capital of the World” – hey if nobody else claims the crown, wear it proudly, right?
Anyway, I digress….
Today I just wanted to know what other names you call your group of Twitter Followers.
I’ve seen Twits, Tweeple, and Tweeps pretty regularly.
I saw a little uproar when someone shouted out to “my twiggas”.
And, I know I use “My Twinjas” quite a bit as it seems like a strong, positive, exciting name to call ‘em.
Also, I *WANTED* to yell out “What’s up, Twitches!!” (Tw+Bitches=Twitches) But it really doesn’t work since ‘twitches’ sounds like someone has a nervous disorder.
Anyway, I’m curious – perhaps consider this your quick ‘waste of time’ conversation for the day. But tell me please – what are some other cool names you do or you could call your group of Twitter Followers. ? (Yuck – Twollowers could be another, but kinda lame, right?)
UPDATE: My Effing COMMENT FUNCTION is broken – so let’s just use Twitter. Be sure to have “@harrisfellman” and #twinjas in the post – as in “Hey @harrisfellman, I suggest _____ because ______ #twinjas”. Give me all your suggestions on twitter – I’ll award a winner from there (grrr – technology!)
Harris Fellman
@harrisfellman
P.S. Googling and Searching Twitter for “Twinjas” – I’m positive I wasn’t the first person to use it. <G>
P.P.S. I’m curious if anyone has an opinion on “My Twiggas”, too. Feel free to tweet that too, if U do.
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