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TheCEOMamma Twitter Chat Party Recap Aug 5th

CEOMamma — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 15:00:17 +0000

Last night TheCEOMamma’s and our new friends, had another fabulous Twitter Chat Party! Our focused topic was on Online Small Business Start-Up and we shared lots of great tips and attendees shared some amazing resources including: Blackberry Marketing, Informational Blogs, Upcoming training webinars and more!

What I really love about our Twitter Parties is the amount of new connects and networking that takes place. If you haven’t joined us yet, you are missing a great opportunity to learn new skills and meet new people.

Check out the feed below and see what we were up too!

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Tamyka Washington is a wife, mother to six, Founder/CEO of TheCEOMamma Network, marketing strategist, coach and mentor. Tamyka empowers new and seasoned women entrepreneurs to business breakthrough by blending powerful attraction marketing methods with effective social media strategies to establish a CREDIBLE brand and profitable freedom based business online. Visit here website below, to learn more:

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TheCEOMamma Top Tips for Social Media Marketers

CEOMamma — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:00:12 +0000

Building an online business using primarily Social Media, has been the most effective way for me to establish my brand, generate qualified leads and increase sales, all while investing next to nothing, excluding my time.

Although Social Media Marketing is an easy way to gain exposure for your business, there are still rules and procedures that need to be adopted to assure a productive marketing experience.

I have compiled a list of my top posts in 3 sections, to help you understand and grasp the concept of marketing your business online using social media.

Networking – Building Professional Relationships

Facebook – Establishing Connections & Leads

Twitter – Developing a Business Presence

With all this information, it can seem like a lot and be can be bit overwhelming to grasp but with discipline and a sound, structured system in place that works for you, you can manage it. Read my post: 5 Tips for Effective Time Management and Business Productivity for more tips to assist you with managing your online business and to see how I can help you!

CEOMamma

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TheCEOMamma Twitter Chat Party Recap July 8th

CEOMamma — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 14:00:16 +0000

What an awesome turnout and a phenomenal group of women! Our topic focused on Marketing & Business Building with lots of great advice, questions and resources being shared. Check out the feed below! (hover over the right side to scroll down)

Our next party: July 22nd @ 8pm EST

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TheCEOMamma Twitter Party Recap

CEOMamma — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 15:00:50 +0000

Did you miss last night’s Twitter Party? No worries…you can still get in on the action and get the recap below. Some of the topics we talked about were mindset and motivation, networking, blogging and ebooks.

Take a look and be sure to join us at our next one on July 8th…stay connected with us on Facebook so you can stay in the know!

CEOMamma

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Announcing TheCEOMamma Twitter Party

CEOMamma — Sat, 21 May 2011 15:30:51 +0000

TheCEOMamma’s first Twitter Party:
Happening this Friday May 27th @ 8p EST and YOUR invited!!!

Since TheCEOMamma is all about Social Media…it makes perfect sense for us to Rock Out, Party and Chat about…of course…SOCIAL MEDIA!

This is a great and fun way for ALL TheCEOMamma’s to come together, meet, network, ask questions, share tips, resources and learn more about what we all do! Some of the topics we will discuss:

Getting started blogging
Generating traffic to your website/blog
Free online business tools
How to make money online
And more…

PLUS…GIVEAWAYS

One lucky attendee will receive a FREE 45 minute consulting session with me and have the opportunity to get some resolve to whatever is keeping you “stuck” in your business.
Five lucky attendees will receive a FREE copy of my eGuide: 10 Steps to Building a Profitable Business Online

There are also some surprise SPECIAL PROMOTIONS I will be sharing with all who attend.

How to Attend:

RSVP by sharing your Twitter Handle (@YourTwitterName) below
Follow @TheCEOMamma on Twitter
On May 27th @ 8pm EST, login to TheCEOMamma Chat Room we will be following the hashtag #TheCEOMamma (*note: you will need to have a twitter account to join the party)
Ask a question in the comments below and it may be one of the selected to be answered during the party.

*NOTE: For a Chance to Win a Prize You Must RSVP Below AND Be Sure to Attend the Party!
(link title is @YourTwitterHandle URL is http://twitter.com/YourTwitterHandle)

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3 Reasons Why Twitter is Important for Business

Sylvia Browder — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 15:48:50 +0000

By: Sylvia Browder

Regularly, I travel to several rural counties in southern Alabama providing business counseling and training to local business owners. In discussing the importance of incorporating social media into their marketing plan, some clients are not sure if it is relevant for their businesses. In fact, a few give me that ‘deer in the headlights’ look when I introduce Twitter as a viable way to increase their client base. By educating them, I help them understand the benefits.

As I explain, Twitter is used by millions of people each day who share, connect, promote and brand their business image. If you, like them are still not convinced, here are 3 reasons why Twitter is important for your business.

Connect

Imagine having a captive audience waiting for your information every minute of the day. By positioning yourself as an industry expert, you can grow a small community of followers who will have a direct connection to you and who recognize your name and business brand! You can also barter, search for independent contractors or find employees. Twitter provides a great platform to connect with the right people to fit your business needs.

In addition, this is great way for existing customers to provide feedback.

By connecting with similar companies will enable the sharing of idea, best practices and opportunity to gain insight on improving your business.

Market

Most small businesses have a very small marketing budget which results in continuously looking for low cost and innovative ways to leverage their products or services. Twitter is a free social network that can be a rewarding marketing tool for your business. A few examples:

Your message will appear across the Twitter board over and over by your followers who will retweet your message to their followers. Can we say ‘viral?’
Stay abreast of industry trends to market effectively to potential customers.
Publish your Twitter handle on all email newsletters, direct mailings, on your Web site and all other marketing channels.
Promote your latest blog posts and newsletters

Still having doubts? Well, let’s say you manage an online specialty athletic shop. You can:

Track new trends your customers are talking about using Twitscoop or Trendistic
Share exclusive Twitter coupon codes using Coupon Tweet or TwtQupon
Promote special offers, promotions and events using Twitzu

Sales

Increasing your sales and profit margins are imperative for success and a matter of survival. By using twitter to announce upcoming sales or events, you will drive potential customers to your website or physical location. For example, I assisted a client who owns a Mexican Restaurant, with setting up her Twitter and Face book Fan page. Every day, she posts daily lunch specials. Last year, she reported a 9% increase in sales from travelers who used social media to find a local restaurant.

The point is, with little effort and signing up for Twitter’s free social network, you can drive prospects to you by sharing relevant information about your business.

Handy Tools to Manage Your Social Media

Every day, 365 days per year at 6:00 am Central Standard Time, my followers from Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, Blog and Community, receive a daily inspirational quote. Do you really think that I get up every morning, log on to my computer and tweet? Absolutely not! Though I get a chuckle from people that think otherwise! To help manage my various social networks, I use a tool called Hootsuite, which enable me to schedule each message into the future to one or all of my social networks. That’s reaching thousands of my followers in a single message!

As Twitter surges toward an estimated 190 million visitors each month who generate over 65 million tweets per day, there are many tools available to help you manage your time and productivity. Here are a few of my favorites:

Desktop Managers

Hoot suite: a web-based tool that allows you to set up a number of social media profiles to manage. The free application offers basic analytics and five social media profiles including LinkedIn, Face book and Twitter. www.hootsuite.com
Market Me Suite: allows thousands of small businesses to manage their social media. It allows each of your individual tweets to say, www.yourwebsite.com or via your name. http://marketmesuite.com/
Seesmic: a powerful collection of social management tools that provide businesses and individuals with everything they need to build their brand online. With applications on every platform, Seesmic is the most comprehensive solution on the market. http://seesmic.com/
Tweet Deck: your personal browser for staying in touch with what’s happening now, connecting you with your contacts across Twitter, Face book, LinkedIn and more. www.tweetdeck.com

List Management

MyTweeple: a great way to manage your Twitter people in one place. You can easily see who you are following and who’s following you. With a simple click, you can follow, unfollow, or block people, and these changes instantly update Twitter. http://mytweeple.com
Tweeter Karma: a flash application that fetches your friends and followers from Twitter when you click the “Whack!” button, then displays them for you, letting you quickly paginate through them. http://dossy.org/twitter/karma/
Twit Cleaner: Analyses the profiles & tweets of your followers, looking for certain patterns of behavior, such as overly repetitive, common spam tactics, and posting the same links repeatedly, thus, allowing you to decide who to save & who to unfollow. www.twitcleaner.com
Twibs: Give twitter users a place to find businesses on twitter. www.twibs.com

Hash Tags

Hash Tags: You can find information pertaining to tags, users, trends and whatever else is available or site if you are lucky.http://hashtags.org
Twitter Search: Twitter Search helps you filter all the real-time information coursing through our service. http://search.twitter.com/
We Follow: view popular tags, the most popular people on Twitter by tag usage. http://wefollow.com/

Analytics and Tracking

Qwitter: a service for tracking the tweeps that unfollow you. http://useqwitter.com/
Tweet Stats: graph your twitter stats. http://tweetstats.com/
TwittUrlLy: tracks the URLs around the Twitter verse and provides a quick, real-time view of what people are talking about on Twitter. http://twitturly.com/

Applications or ‘Apps’

Social Oomph: a service that provides free and paid productivity enhancement services for social media users. A focus on productivity solutions for users of Twitter.com. http://www.socialoomph.com
Twitter Feed: tweet blog posts. http://twitterfeed.com/
Twit Dom: The Twitter Applications Directory with over 2000 apps. http://twitdom.com/
Klout: A tool used for an individual to measure and leverage their influence on twitter. www.klout.com/

In conclusion, by now you should see the value of using Twitter to help you market your business. Right? So what are you waiting for? Go register for Twitter now! By the way, feel free to follow me @sylviabrowder and retweet this post to your Twitter followers, Facebook Fans and fellow bloggers!

About the Author Sylvia Browder

Sylvia Browder is CEO of Browder Consulting Group, a virtual small business consulting firm and is founder of National Association Women on the Rise, a membership association for aspiring and established women entrepreneurs. Other posts by Sylvia Browder >

Sylvia Browder

Sylvia Browder is CEO of Browder Consulting Group, a virtual small business consulting firm. In her role, she helps women in business grow and succeed. She is founder of National Association Women on the Rise, a membership association for aspiring and established women entrepreneurs. In addition, she is publisher of the popular Sylvia Browder’s Blog for Women Entrepreneurs.

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12 Reasons Your Small Business Needs a Twitter Presence

CEOMamma — Mon, 10 May 2010 17:34:38 +0000

As a small business owner, you’ve undoubtedly heard that your business needs to have a strong Twitter presence. So, you have dutifully signed up for a Twitter account, have a some followers and have even sent out a few Tweets. Now, you’re wondering how in the world Twitter will actually help your business.

Here are 12 reasons why your small business needs to be on Twitter:

1) Build Authenticate Relationships. Twitter allows you to begin building authentic relationships with your prospects, clients and customers. As a small business owner, strong customer relationships are one of your greatest assets.

2) Share Your Expertise. If you provide valuable, interesting and compelling Tweets, you will begin positioning yourself as an expert in your particular field and industry.

3) Generate Traffic To Your Website. As you build a strong presence on Twitter and offer valuable Tweets, your followers will begin to take notice of you. Consequently, they’ll naturally want to visit your profile to learn more about you and your small business.

4) Obtain Qualified Leads For Your Business. If your Twitter profile gives your followers a compelling reason to visit your landing page or website, they will take action. Make sure that your landing page is set up to collect their name and email address (in exchange for a free downloadable offer) to begin building your list.

5) Allow Others To Spread Your Ideas. As others retweet your quotes, ideas and strategies, your ideas are spread to hundreds, even thousands, of fresh, new eyes around the world.

6) Extend The Reach Of Your Brand. If your Tweets are filled with expert tips, advice and strategies, Twitter becomes an amazing tool for establishing a strong presence for your brand.

7) Discover The Latest “Buzz” About Your Company. What’s the buzz about you and your company? If you subscribe to http://www.TweetBuzzer.com you can keep abreast of everything that is said about you in the Twitter world.

Get In Front Of High Profile Individuals. There is simply no better way than Twitter to connect with high-profile individuals. As long as a high-profile individual follows you back, they have access to your Tweets. Think of all the possibilities!

9) Track Your Competition. Twitter is a wonderful way to keep an eye on what your competitors are doing. As a marketer, it’s imperative to understand what is happening in your industry, and your competitors are a great place to start.

10) Conduct Market Research. Big companies pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to perform market research. But, through Twitter, you can perform market research for free! Through the use of quizzes, polls and surveys, you can discover, first-hand anything that you want to know about your target market.

11) Keep Current Within Your Industry. As a small business owner, it’s essential to keep current with the latest trends in your industry. You can subscribe to the Tweets of bloggers, PR professionals and others Twitterers connected to your industry to stay fresh and updated.

12) It’s FREE. As a Shoestring Marketer, there’s nothing better than tapping into a low-cost, high-impact marketing tool to help build your small business.

So, take the time to build your Twitter presence, tap into its power and build your small business on a shoestring marketing budget!

Jessica Swanson, “The Shoestring Marketer,” has helped entrepreneurs, all over the world, explode their businesses using cutting-edge, proven and completely FREE marketing strategies. To download your FREE Marketing Kit, which has helped thousands of small business owners, just like you, learn the exact techniques for marketing their businesses for NO-COST, visit: http://www.ShoestringMarketingKit.com

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How to Create Connections to Expand Your Social Media

CEOMamma — Wed, 05 May 2010 17:23:11 +0000

Let’s be honest, we ALL want a ton of loyal followers and raving fans chasing after us online helping us expand our business, right? Wouldn’t it be great to wake up each morning to find that over night, a flood of new people joined your fan page or your twitter account had a sudden rush of new followers? I’m pretty sure it’s safe to say that this is the exact feeling most entrepreneurs would love to experience (myself included).

Even if you spend a large amount of time on social networking each day you still may not be getting the kind of followers and fans you want. The reason could be a few things but the main one could be your just not creating the right connections.

Let’s take Twitter for instance, if you are on there and your not actively seeking people to follow, more likely than not, you won’t have anyone following you back. If you do have followers and neither of you share anything in common, how exactly will you benefit from each other? Before you can establish the right connections on Twitter, you have to follow the right people.

Who are the right people and right connections? I’m glad you asked!

The good news is you can start creating the right connections today by simply tweaking your strategy. Before you jump back on Twitter or Facebook, you’ll want to think about the type of people you want following or connecting with you. Think about who you want buying your product, who you would love to work with, the type of people you’d like to partner with even consider the people you can learn from.

Those who want your product or service. Knowing what you offer, who are the individuals who will receive the most benefit? Are they women, are they mothers, are they mothers of children of a specific age… really narrow it down. These are the group of people you will need to start connecting with.

Those in your industry. Find and establish a rapport with people in your specific industry. Get over the competitive mentality, there is plenty of business to go around. It’s okay to “share” friends and followers of these people. Your not stealing business from each other, your simply broadening your network. Besides, people will do business with whomever they are drawn to and that’s a fact.

Those who are experts in other fields. Be open to partnering with experts in other industries who compliment your business and vice versa. Imagine how explosive it would be if you designed websites and you partnered with someone who has a web hosting company. The two of you could refer clients to each while both of you benefit from the almost effortless increase of income. Step outside of your comfort zone and reach out!

Those who are highly influential. I’m sure there is someone you know who inspires you on a regular basis. That person (or people) who has built your ideal business and has been your motivating force during your business journey. These are the individuals who already are, where you want to be! Connect with them, follow them, learn from them. You never know what could come of these types of connections.

Those who are your raving fans. These are the people who encourage you to keep going. They are not necessarily customers (maybe they can’t afford your product), they are everywhere you are (they could find you in the dark), they are the ones who comment on your posts often and share your links without being prompted (they totally support what your about). They are the ones who seem almost able to see your vision as you see it. You must connect with these people because they are the ones who truly believe in YOU! They sometimes get lost in the crowd or may even be considered the underdog BUT they are your virtual cheerleaders and even if you don’t realize it…you inspire them! They genuinely appreciate ALL that you do.

Making the right connections requires activity on your part, especially if your just starting out (or restarting). Put forth the actions now and you will reap the rewards soon enough. It doesn’t have to be a difficult chore if you start building relationships with the right people now.

So, take these tips and get to work!

Next up, I’ll share with you how to create your own network community designed around your business!

Share your thoughts in the comments below.

CEOMamma

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Working from Home in My Own Words

CEOMamma — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 18:19:02 +0000

Guest Post By: Treshad Washington (My Son) In regards to Take Your Daughters and Sons to Work Day!

Hi my name is Tre and today I stayed home with my mom for take your kids to work day. Today I learned how my mom builds her business on facebook and twitter by making friends and talking to them. Every day she checks her stats on her blog and on hootsuite to find out how she gets traffic. She runs a Facebook fan page and shares inspirational quotes, blog post, and other information. She talks on the phone with people who want to learn how to start a business, and it’s called coaching.

Today I learned to blog and post on the fan page and I learned how to network on twitter and facebook. I helped my mom get friends on facebook and twitter so she could get more people on her website. I learned about her social network for other ladies in business. I learned how other women start their own business selling stuff online.

Now that I know what my mom does everyday, I think its cool to be a marketing consultant and coach. I think it is a tough job to keep up with and keeping track of what you are doing. I think you need a lot of time on your hands and patience.

Today I did a Facebook fan page quote that I found all by myself and somebody liked it, that made me feel special=[). If it was me doing all this marketing and networking I couldn't do it because you have to do a lot of typing and thinking and talking to people. My mom has to talk to people on the phone and help them and teach them about how to do their business. That's something I couldn't do because its scary to me.

In conclusion, I decided to never do marketing again because it was very hard, way to much work, and to much writing. Plus she made me write this blog post...just kidding!

by: Treshad Washington (my mom is TheCEOMamma >=])

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My Top 20 Influential Women in Business to Follow on Twitter

CEOMamma — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 17:23:28 +0000

As a women entrepreneur and small business owner, I’m often online seeking to connect with influential women in business and those who inspire me to achieve my goals and dreams. One of the easiest ways I have found to network with and learn from such women, is by utilizing Twitter.

I decided to compile a list of MY favorite Top 20 Most Influential Women I follow on Twitter. Don’t get me wrong, there are many encouraging, powerful, successful and inspiring women out there. These are the women who I follow who I feel bring value into my life and business.

Check these women out, and feel free to add your favorites in the comment section below!

My Top 20 Influential Women in Business to Follow on Twitter (In no particular order)

@SmallBizLady – Melinda Emerson is Host of #SmallBizChat, author, speaker, and smallbiz coach. Her expertise is in smallbiz start-up, social media marketing & developing content.

@evelynwrites – Evelyn Bourne is a freelance writer, blogger, social media fanatic and very internet savvy.

@vyctoriouswomen – Cheryl Pullins is about empowering women to live purposeful lives.

@MissMediosa – Kara Sweeney will tweets about your brand and identity online with, social media strategy & search engine optimization.

@therealwahms – Kimber King and Jodi Stott are 6 figure earning Wahms (Work at Home Moms)

@Ask_KimC – Kimberly Castleberry is a mentor, life coach and tweets about online social media marketing, networking and personal development.

@jackieulmer – Jackie Ulmer is a direct sales coach and mentor and shares online social media tips.

@juliannabrower – Julianna Brower is a internet entrepreneur and personal leadership coach.

@ProsperbyDesign – Melissa Galt is a marketing mentor and tweets about social media and motivation.

@blackbizwomen – LaShanda Henry is the founder of The #1 social network for black business women online and all women entrepreneurs of color.

@corpmomdropout – Lucinda Cross is a author, speaker and corporate mom dropout coach and virtual marketing implementation Team Builder.

@MarketLikeAChik – Coree Silvera is a social media blogger and named on Forbes.com as one of 30 Top Women Entrepreneurs to Follow on Twitter.

@janmariedore – Jan Dore is a marketing strategist and mentors women entrepreneurs.

@blogprwire – Karrine McFarlane will help you get your offers and press releases to bloggers.

@NaomiTrower – Naomi Trower is an internet entrepreneur and tweets about blogging, internet and social media marketing.

@SydniCraigHart – Sydni Craig-Hart is the Founder of Smart Simple Marketing, she is an author, speaker, coach and consultant.

@1successfullady – Tee Johnson is an internet marketer, success and empowerment coach, inspirational speaker and small business owner.

@JillKoenig – Jill Koenig is a peak performance trainer and goals coach, author, speaker and millionaire mentor.

@simplicityinc – A. Michelle Blakeley is the Founder/CEO of Simplicity Inc., a small business development firm. Also named on Forbes.com as one of 30 Top Women Entrepreneurs to Follow on Twitter.

@SheriMcConnell – Sheri McConnell is CEO of Smart Women’s Institute of Entrepreneurial Learning and the Global Institute of Associations, millionaire mompreneur and association consultant.

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TheCEOMamma Blog » Twitter

TheCEOMamma Twitter Chat Party Recap Aug 5th

TheCEOMamma Top Tips for Social Media Marketers

TheCEOMamma Twitter Chat Party Recap July 8th

TheCEOMamma Twitter Party Recap

Announcing TheCEOMamma Twitter Party

I’m so excited to Announce…

TheCEOMamma’s first Twitter Party: Happening this Friday May 27th @ 8p EST and YOUR invited!!!

3 Reasons Why Twitter is Important for Business

12 Reasons Your Small Business Needs a Twitter Presence

How to Create Connections to Expand Your Social Media

Working from Home in My Own Words

My Top 20 Influential Women in Business to Follow on Twitter

TheCEOMamma’s first Twitter Party:
Happening this Friday May 27th @ 8p EST and YOUR invited!!!