Have you noticed that while many people user their names for Twitter (a great idea in my opinion), some use much longer usernames, such as their first name and the name of their business.

For example, SandyAtMyBusinessName

What’s wrong with this?

While having your name and your business name is a great idea for remind people who you are, with Twitter, it’s too much.

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Twitter is a fantastic, fun way to build business relationships with some really fascinating solo business owners! Here are 10 tips for getting the most out of your Twitter experience.

1. Twitter is about conversation. Don’t just post updates; reply to things other people say that interest you and that you can add something to.
2. Talk to others they way you’d want to be talked to; respect the opinions of others. Read the rest of this post »

I’m a culprit-I used to think that way…I’ve recently analyzed my ROI, and decided not to renew - memberships can be pricey!  Joining LinkedIn or Ryze or MYSpace is FR*EE.  Blogging is Fr*ee and is also fun - I love to write!

The point is - I’m now concentrating on getting more out of my LinkedIn, adding a MySpace page & putting my expertise on Internet marketing & Career Transition “out there.”.

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For about 1 month, Terri Z. of Solo-E.com, had been ‘twittering’ with Twitter.  She had some interesting observations and results that she decided to share with our panel of Solo-E Experts.   If you are toying with the idea of Twitter, but are not sure if the efforts vs. results are worth it, check out this mock case study.  Terri writes:

“I put in a good number of hours of effort over about a month to get my twitter follower list to 400. I achieved this on Oct. 6. Since then, I’ve minimized my time spent — I follow a few interesting people mentioned by others I follow, I twitter a bit every couple of days, and I auto-post all new Solo-E blog posts and free/low-cost teleclasses.

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Great question. And it’s one that keep popping up over and over again.

The short answer is yes – it’s VERY possible to make money using social networking and Web 2.0 tactics. Both MaryPat and myself are doing it and we can show you how.

In fact, there are a number of ways you can make money from social networking and Web 2.0:

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What a wonderful post from someone I just started following: Twitter going full loop. I’ve become a twitter-holic in the last couple of week, and I’ve met dozens of fascinating, inspiring, funny people. Try Twitter for yourself, and if you like, follow me.

The answer, courtesy of Denise Wakeman of the Blog Squad, is yes! Read all about how to do it in her Biz Tips Blog article, Building Your List With Twitter.

After a couple of months of spending more time in FaceBook deleting junk messages (invites to classes and groups and time-wasting applications that let me send ice cream to friends) than building relationships , I think I’ve finally figured out one way to make it more fun and less work.

I’ve seen folks adding updates to FaceBook via Twitter, so I thought I’d try it. I didn’t really get it at first. But since Twitter made some changes Read the rest of this post »