On The Twitter Revolution

How To Cash In On The Twitter Revolution

HOW TO CASH
IN ON THE

TWITTER
REVOLUTION

How To Cash In On The Twitter Revolution By James L. Paris © 2009

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 On The Twitter Revolution
How To Cash In On The Twitter Revolution

The latest Internet craze is a service called Twitter. Twitter is completely revolutionizing

the Internet. For the purpose of this e Book, I am going to assume that you are not an

Internet geek. Anyone with the ability to use e mail will be able to easily use and apply

this information.

The focus of this e Book will be to teach you a new way of building a following of

people that are interested in you, your brand, and your information. Once you have a

following, there are unlimited ways that you can cash in. Twitter is a simple way to

begin building a following that can be a part of the foundation of a profitable Internet

business. In my Internet Coaching Program http://www.christianinternetincome.com

I get into the details of making money from your web traffic (monetization). Believe me,

once you have traffic to your website or blog you can make a very good income from it.

What Is Twitter?

Twitter is known as a micro blog. A blog is nothing more than an online journal. You

can take a look at one of my blogs for an example. http://www.jameslparis.com A

typical blog will have an entry page which shows the most current article. It will also

contain an archive of past articles. So, a blog is really nothing more than an online

collection of articles. Not that difficult so far, right?

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What Is A Micro Blog?

A micro blog is a small blog. Nothing complicated about that. Twitter is extremely

unique, however, since you can only use a maximum of 140 characters on each post (only

about two to three sentences). As a result of the short nature of the entries, people can

easily (and do) follow hundreds of Twitter bloggers. Twitter is an online service that

allows you to broadcast short messages to your friends or "followers." It also lets you

choose which Twitter users you want to follow so you can read their messages in one

place.

What Can You Really Say In Two to Three Sentences?

That is part of the challenge of being a good Twitter user. Every word counts, so you

have to be very clever about how you use your 140 characters.

Twitter Stats

1 Million People Using Twitter

3 Million Posts Per Day (called Tweets)

Fastest Growing Social Network On The Internet

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What Can You Do On Twitter?

Share Your Opinion

Recommend Links

Suggest Resources

Answer Questions

Promote Your Own Website, Blog, or Podcast

Send people direct messages

Engage in a conversation

How To Get Started On Twitter

Set Up A Free Twitter Account

http://www.twitter.com

Upload A Picture To Add To Your Profile (You don’t need a professional picture, just a

picture with a digital camera will do).

Complete Your Profile Page (Be sure to include info about what you are interested in.

e.g. antique cars, etc…).

Start Following Some People (at least 50 to start).

Promote Your Twitter Page To Build Your Following

One of the easiest ways to promote your Twitter page is to add a link to it in your e mails.

You can do this by creating a signature in your e mail program. A signature is just a

small tag that you add at the end or your e mail.

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Here is the signature I use in my e mails.

Jim Paris
Editor-In-Chief www.ChristianMoney.com
Follow Me On Twitter
www.Twitter.com/Jameslparis
The Jim Paris Story
www.whathappenedtojimparis.com

How To Get People To Follow You On Twitter

The best way to get followers is to start following others. By following other users on

Twitter, you will learn first hand how the process works. The other part of following is

that many of those that you decide to follow, will follow you in return. When you follow

someone new, they will receive a message informing them that your are following them.

As a result, many will visit your Twitter profile and begin following you right away.

What Does It Mean To Follow Someone On Twitter?

Following someone on Twitter simply means that every time they make a new post (a

Tweet), you will be able to read it in real time on your own Twitter account. The number

of followers a person has is visible to everyone. This statistic is kind of a power symbol

on Twitter. Those with the most followers are considered to have the greatest influence

in the Twitter World. It is no problem to follow several hundred people, since unlike e

mail, you don’t have to respond (or even read) every post that someone makes. Twitter

can become a two-way conversation, but does not have to be. That is the flexibility about

Twitter that makes it fun. If you see something of interest you can read it or respond. If

not, you don’t have to.

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One of my favorite things about Twitter is there is no frequency required on your posts.

It is kind of understood among Twitter users that each person will post on a schedule that

they decide. Some people I follow make 100 posts in a day, although most only post

once or twice a day. I average about 20 to 30 posts per day myself. My Tweets are

usually about news stories that I find interesting and are also links back to my own

website, blog, and podcast. There are no rules on this. You can make 10 posts one day

and none the next. You can even take a vacation from Twitter if you don’t want to Tweet

for a few days…..

What Is A Friend On Twitter?

A person becomes your friend when you are following them and they are following you.

If there is not a mutual following, they are not officially a Twitter friend. So, with that in

mind, take a look at a list of some of the top Twitter rankings (below). It is interesting to

see people from just about every walk of life on Twitter. You will find celebrities in the

top 100 people and also quite a few people that you may never have heard of. This

proves my point, that anyone can build a following with this kind of technology, even

people that are not famous.

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Top 100 On Twitter

# Name (Screen Name) URL Followers Friends Updates Joined

Barack Obama
1. http://www.barackobama.com 234,514 237,689 265 1.9 years ago
(BarackObama)

CNN Breaking News

2. http://cnn.com/ 131,722 1 609 2.1 years ago
(cnnbrk)

Stephen Fry
3. http://stephenfry.com 124,447 32,060 1,146 205 days ago
(stephenfry)

4. Kevin Rose (kevinrose) http://kevinrose.com 98,722 140 1,946 2.1 years ago

Leo Laporte
5. http://leoville.com 83,018 666 1,803 1.8 years ago
(LeoLaporte)

6. Twitter (twitter) http://twitter.com 81,810 30 250 2.0 years ago

7. Mr Tweet (MrTweet) http://www.mrtweet.net 65,364 69,372 142 92 days ago

8. Evan Williams (ev) http://evhead.com 64,490 925 3,847 1,052 days ago

The New York Times

9. http://www.nytimes.com/ 62,779 80 27,340 1.9 years ago
(nytimes)

Veronica Belmont
10. http://www.veronicabelmont.com 61,303 463 3,306 2.3 years ago
(Veronica)

Britney Spears
11. http://www.britneyspears.com 60,129 1,183 75 136 days ago
(britneyspears)

Lance Armstrong
12. http://www.livestrong.org 59,416 41 827 115 days ago
(lancearmstrong)

Michael Arrington
13. http://www.techcrunch.com 59,246 565 6,676 1.9 years ago
(TechCrunch)

Guy Kawasaki
14. http://alltop.com/ 59,197 60,437 18,066 1.4 years ago
(guykawasaki)

15. jonathan ross (Wossy) 57,991 242 979 67 days ago

Jason Calacanis
16. http://www.mahalo.com/answers/ 56,636 64,860 7,824 2.5 years ago
(JasonCalacanis)

17. Wil Wheaton (wilw) http://wilwheaton.typepad.com 56,073 89 4,026 1.9 years ago

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Robert Scoble
18. http://scobleizer.com 55,307 60,452 17,851 2.2 years ago
(Scobleizer)

19. Justine (ijustine) http://www.ijustine.com 54,925 1,997 6,187 2.3 years ago

Pete Cashmore
20. http://mashable.com 54,226 1,699 13,627 1.9 years ago
(mashable)

Zappos.com CEO –
21. http://www.zappos.com/ 50,837 55,440 1,421 1.6 years ago
Tony (zappos)

Rick Sanchez
22. http://www.cnn.com/ricksanchez 50,371 24,034 1,541 192 days ago
(ricksanchezcnn)

alexalbrecht
23. http://totallyradshow.com 49,260 33 1,496 295 days ago
(alexalbrecht)

Stephen Colbert
24. 49,193 51 60 1.9 years ago
(StephenColbert)

JohnCleese
25. http://headcast.co.uk 48,667 44 143 1.2 years ago
(JohnCleese)

MacRumorsLive
26. http://www.macrumors.com 45,796 3 126 1.9 years ago
(macrumors)

27. Al Gore (algore) http://algore.com/ 45,393 2 10 91 days ago

NPR Politics
28. http://www.npr.org/templates/... 44,553 44,975 7,585 1.8 years ago
(nprpolitics)

29. woot.com (woot) http://www.woot.com 42,668 16,929 2,354 2.0 years ago

Starbucks Coffee
30. http://www.starbucks.com 41,938 41,990 910 2.2 years ago
(Starbucks)

MarsPhoenix
31. http://tinyurl.com/5wwaru 41,545 4 659 274 days ago
(MarsPhoenix)

John C. Dvorak
32. http://dvorak.org/blog 40,995 673 1,103 304 days ago
(THErealDVORAK)

33. Dooce (dooce) http://dooce.com 40,778 63 368 1.8 years ago

Chris Brogan
34. http://chrisbrogan.com 39,685 35,437 33,596 2.3 years ago
(chrisbrogan)

Whole Foods Market

35. http://blog.wholefoodsmarket.com 38,396 40,931 1,295 234 days ago
(WholeFoods)

36. Hammer http://www.dancejam.com 38,323 21,571 2,144 1.7 years ago

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(MCHammer)

37. Felicia Day (feliciaday) http://www.feliciaday.com 37,222 85 1,564 1.5 years ago

THE_REAL_SHAQ
38. 37,042 385 275 79 days ago
(THE_REAL_SHAQ)

Arleen Anderson
39. http://www.AlohaArleen.com 36,165 39,580 11,078 112 days ago
(AlohaArleen)

astrospace
40. http://space.gs/news 35,729 34,894 175 126 days ago
(Astronautics)

41. grader (grader) http://twitter.grader.com 35,254 35,188 545 180 days ago

hotdogsladies
42. http://www.kungfugrippe.com 35,158 182 4,042 2.0 years ago
(hotdogsladies)

Darren Rowse
43. http://www.problogger.net/abo... 34,619 9,254 9,097 1.9 years ago
(problogger)

44. Biz Stone (biz) http://www.bizstone.com 34,261 175 3,087 1,052 days ago

Gary Vaynerchuk
45. http://garyvaynerchuk.com 33,821 4,385 4,351 1.8 years ago
(garyvee)

Darth Vader
46. 33,682 4,509 304 2.1 years ago
(darthvader)

47. Cali Lewis (CaliLewis) http://www.geekbrief.tv 32,983 3,910 2,835 2.0 years ago

48. hodgman (hodgman) http://www.areasofmyexpertise... 32,917 86 1,373 301 days ago

chrispirillo
49. http://chris.pirillo.com/ 32,479 32,200 6,802 2.0 years ago
(chrispirillo)

50. hashtags (hashtags) http://hashtags.org 31,657 34,069 10 1.3 years ago

Phillip Schofield
51. http://phillipschofield.com 31,309 386 1,054
(schofe)

52. TinaFey (TinaFey) 31,210 35 41 286 days ago

DowningStreet
53. http://www.number10.gov.uk 30,388 31,978 1,011 316 days ago
(DowningStreet)

Andrew Richardson
54. http://www.newsdigitalmedia.c... 29,960 31,817 352 1.8 years ago
(Andrew303)

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Scott Beale
55. http://laughingsquid.com 29,497 1,833 6,048 2.6 years ago
(laughingsquid)

56. ESPN Headlines (espn) http://espn.go.com 29,234 32,064 16,630 1.9 years ago

Tim O'Reilly
57. http://radar.oreilly.com 29,101 447 5,265 1.9 years ago
(timoreilly)

Perry Belcher
58. http://twitter.com/perryslinks 28,697 29,742 5,753 164 days ago
(perrybelcher)

Foodimentary
59. http://www.foodimentaryfoodfa... 28,475 30,307 1,155 90 days ago
(Foodimentary)

Remember The Milk

60. http://rmilk.com/twitter 27,652 30,413 1 1.9 years ago
(rtm)

Dave Troy
61. http://twittervision.com 27,072 38 263 1.9 years ago
(twittervision)

62. Jeremiah (jowyang) http://web-strategist.com/blog 27,069 6,586 12,895 2.1 years ago

Rob McNealy
63. http://www.robmcnealy.com/twi... 26,937 28,216 8,144 1.2 years ago
(RobMcNealy)

Twitterrific
64. http://iconfactory.com/softwa... 26,769 10 453 2.1 years ago
(Twitterrific)

DaveJMatthews
65. 26,767 3 1,705 138 days ago
(DaveJMatthews)

66. The Onion (TheOnion) http://www.theonion.com/connect 26,755 21,729 1,685 339 days ago

Reg Saddler財閥
67. http://thedrilldown.com/ 26,089 27,192 4,908 1.5 years ago
(zaibatsu)

68. Rich (BigRichB) 25,904 28,119 1,730 107 days ago

69. BBC Click (BBCClick) http://www.bbc.co.uk/click 25,761 5 123 1.6 years ago

Jimmy Fallon
70. http://www.latenightwithjimmy... 25,020 53 268 202 days ago
(jimmyfallon)

71. eleesha (eleesha) http://eleesha.com 24,992 27,299 559 285 days ago

Peter Shankman
72. http://www.shankman.com 24,783 618 2,829 1.9 years ago
(skydiver)

73. Joe Royall (00joe) http://digg.com/users/2res 24,665 27,053 453 231 days ago

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TheBusyBrain
74. http://TheBusyBrain.com 24,516 25,305 765 298 days ago
(TheBusyBrain)

Casey Wright
75. http://www.wrightbroscom.com 24,422 24,142 1,066 245 days ago
(caseywright)

Ruben Harris
76. http://www.thesocialreformer.com 24,417 24,709 1,964 201 days ago
(redstarvip)

LeVar Burton
77. http://levarburton.com 24,250 53 241 41 days ago
(levarburton)

78. Julia (DesignPepper) http://designpepper.com/ 24,162 20,448 518 46 days ago

Jonathan Nafarrete
79. http://digg.com/users/digsome... 24,083 24,289 491 128 days ago
(DigSomeMore)

Brooks Bayne
80. http://brooksbayne.com/ 23,946 25,117 7,513 1.8 years ago
(brooksbayne)

Patrick Norton
81. http://www.tekzilla.com 23,761 91 1,004 295 days ago
(patricknorton)

Rachel Maddow
82. http://rachel.msnbc.com 23,683 548 154 154 days ago
MSNBC (maddow)

83. NPR News (nprnews) http://www.npr.org 23,648 19,549 6,054 1.8 years ago

BNO News
84. http://www.bnonews.com 23,628 11,146 15,268 1.7 years ago
(BreakingNewsOn)

85. CNN.com (cnn) http://www.cnn.com 23,539 6 7,768 2.0 years ago

Jim Connolly
86. http://jimsmarketingblog.com 23,256 20,609 5,279 322 days ago
(Jimconnolly)

Bloggers Blog
87. http://www.bloggersblog.com 23,062 12,466 2,220 1.9 years ago
(bloggersblog)

UstreamTV
88. http://ustream.tv/ 22,793 23,662 2,631 1.8 years ago
(UstreamTV)

89. TWiT Live (twitlive) http://twitlive.tv 22,579 22,912 255 332 days ago

ashton kutcher
90. http://blahgirls.com 22,531 39 183
(aplusk)

Social Media Club

91. http://www.socialmediaclub.com/ 22,426 22,622 1,320 2.0 years ago
(socialmediaclub)

92. Rob Bloggeries http://www.bloggeries.com/forum 21,578 20,719 3,432 290 days ago

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(Bloggeries)

amber mac
93. http://www.ambermac.com 21,266 1,905 1,792 2.0 years ago
(ambermacarthur)

94. Nansen Malin (nansen) http://www.seaviewwa.com 20,961 22,182 2,188 297 days ago

95. dcagle (dcagle) http://cagle.com 20,890 20,906 1,342 166 days ago

96. TwitPic (TwitPic) http://twitpic.com 20,815 30,193 244 1.0 years ago

JetBlue Airways
97. http://www.jetblue.com 20,806 21,367 444 1.7 years ago
(JetBlue)

98. Bill Austin (wbaustin) http://www.azhttp.com/ 20,732 21,626 9,752 1.9 years ago

99. John Gruber (gruber) http://daringfireball.net 20,648 267 4,911 2.2 years ago

Jim Long
100. http://www.vergenewmedia.com 20,562 22,038 25,626 2.3 years ago
(newmediajim)

Using Twitter Search

Searching Twitter can be very useful. First, you may be interested in a particular topic

and would like to read what people are Tweeting about it. Secondly, doing a Twitter

search is a very useful way of finding people to follow. Let’s say that you are an antique

car enthusiast. You can do a search for ‘1955 Thunderbird’ and see who has been

Tweeting about it. These could be ideal people for you to follow since you have a

common interest. http://www.twittersearch.com

Another method to quickly begin following a lot of people (which will in turn get them to

follow you), is to find one person you want to follow and then follow some of their

followers. This is very easy to do. First, do a search for a topic that is of interest to you.

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Once you find some Twitter posts on your selected topic, go to the profile page of the

individuals that made the posts. You will see a partial list of their followers on the right

column of their personal profile page. Click on this and you will see the entire list. All

you have to do is to click on “follow” next to any person on their list and you will be

following that person.

As a brand new Twitter user, I would suggest finding at least 50 to 100 people to follow

right away. This is sort of priming the pump to get your profile raised on Twitter.

Remember, many of the people that you follow will follow you in return. This is a great

way to start your following and meet some new people. Of course, you can also find

people one at a time and not use other people’s lists of followers. This will take more

time, but allows you to be a little more targeted in who you end up following. You can

always “unfollow” someone with the click of a button, so don’t end up with analysis

paralysis on the decision of who to follow.

Twitter Replies and Direct Messages

You can send a public message to another user on Twitter by typing @ in front of their

username. This is a message you intend for them to read, but can also be read by

everyone else following you and them. You can send a private message (known as a

direct message), to anyone that is following you. Send a direct message by typing d in

front of their username. TweetDeck is a really easy way to manage your Twitter account

and will not require you to remember these commands.

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TweetDeck

http://www.tweetdeck.com is a program you can download for free. Once you install

TweetDeck, you will be able to manage all of your Twitter activities (including direct

messages and replies) from an easy to use desktop application. What I especially like

about TweetDeck is how easy it is to read the posts of those I am following. The posts

stream across your screen in real time. Hard to explain, but you will see once you

download the program

Another interesting thing that I really like about TweetDeck is the ability to do searches.

You can set up a column and follow a word or a phrase in real time. Each time someone

uses that word or phrase anywhere on Twitter, you will see the post. There are a lot of

companies that use this feature to track what people are saying about them on Twitter.

Do You Want To Know What Topics Are Hot Right Now On Twitter?

One of the most interesting Twitter sites is called TwitScoop. TwitScoop follows all of

the conversations on Twitter and provides a list of the most popular topics. TwitScoop is

a great tool to see what the latest “buzz” is. If you want to be the first to know what is

happening keep an eye on TwitScoop. Earthquakes, plane crashes, and other major news

stories will appear on TwitScoop before CNN or other news outlets will even know about

them. http://www.twitscoop.com/

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Twitter Tools

http://mashable.com/2008/05/24/14-more-twitter-tools/

This link will take you to a page that has more than 140 tools that you can use with your

Twitter account. Most of these tools are completely free, so enjoy.

How To Make Money From Your Twitter Following

Once you have hundreds or even thousands following you on Twitter, you can easily

promote your Squidoo pages, website, blog, and other Internet properties to your

followers. The more people visiting your sites, the more money you will make!

e Mail Support

As a recipient of this e Book, you are entitled to 90 days for unlimited Q and A with me

on the topic of Twitter. If you have any questions, send me an e mail to

jim@christianmoney.com

Better yet, why not follow me on Twitter! www.twitter.com/jameslparis

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