1. Log on to facebook
2. Search for “extended info” in the facebook search at the top right of your facebook profile.  Extended info will be the first application listed.  Click on View Application to the right.  You will then land on the Extended Info facebook fan page.  Click on the blue Go to Application box on the top left.
3. You will now need to fill in some information in the Extended Info page.
   • Add the image url, you can create your own follow me on twitter image or you can use this one.  Just open the link in a new tab or window
   • Copy link and past into the Image url
   • Add the link url, my link url is http://www.twitter.com/alanunderkofler
   • You can add a header or caption if you want.  View my facebook profile to see how the header looks.
   • Dimensions:  You can change this if you want buy the default is set to add the follow me on twitter badge to the left sidebar on your facebook profile
4. Save the changes
5. The Extended Info application will then ask if you want to share this with your friends.  If you decide to share the news it will show up on your news feed and you may attract a few new twitter followers.
6. The next step is to add the badge to your profile.  To do this look at the top right corner of the Extended Info Facebook Application for the blue Add to Profile box.  Just click on the box, choose the Wall or Boxes tab, it will then show you where it will be placed on your facebook profile for your approval.
7. The final step is to click on the link and make sure it goes to your twitter account.

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Twitter Talk Radio is recorded live in the WSRadio studios in sunny San Diego! You can listen to the podcast by clicking on the links below and sign up for our RSS feed at the bottom of the page.

Each week on Twitter Talk Radio, we spend an hour broken up into four segments when we cover:

• Two Guests Offering Great Case Studies and Examples of How People and Businesses are Using Twitter for Business and Social Media
• Useful Tips for Listeners on Twitter for Business
• Twitter and Social Media Happenings in the News

Podcast One: Angie Swartz Interviews Duct Tape Marketing’s John Jantsch

Angie Swartz and John Jantsch discuss the Duct Tape Marketing book & small business marketing system, his award winning blog & website and how he produces content for all social media outlets.  John talks about his own social media strategy, how his business has evolved and grown with social media, his twitter strategy, the importance of business strategy and who does the work at his business.  Listen in for more about niche social media sites like BizNik and BizSugar.

Podcast Two:  Duct Tape Marketing’s John Jantsch Gives Advice on Growing a Local Social Media Presence

Angie Swartz and John Jantsch discuss John’s time commitment for managing Duct Tape Marketing’s social media campaigns, tips for getting started with social media and how to grow a local social media presence.  In this podcast, John gives lots of great advice for small businesses.

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1. With over 50 million users and the top companies and decision makers on Linkedin, why would you not be active here?
2. Profiles on Linkedin are made up with all types of people, top executives, middle management, sales people, business owners, consultants, and micro business.  Your target customer is on Linkedin!
3. Companies can complete a simple informational profile but are limited to adding information only and cannot interact with Linkedin members as the company.  This means on Linkedin you have the opportunity to engage real people.
4. You can use Linkedin to maintain top of mind awareness with your customers and prospects.  Linkedin is one of my favorite tools to achieve top of mind awareness.  Once setup it’s pretty simple, easy to update, and takes very little time.  You just have to consistently do a few actions on Linkedin to really maximize the results.  Things like status updates, updating your profile, and receiving new recommendations is all it takes.
5. Use Linkedin to find potential customers.  Chances are very good your next big customer is already on Linkedin!  Who are you trying to find, what company do you really want to land as a customer?  Are you searching for a way in?  Linkedin is the answer!  By using Linkedin correctly you can be introduced to the person you need to meet to turn a prospect into a customer.
6. Use Linkedin to find your next job.  Linkedin is often used to post jobs and openings.  You can easily search job openings and apply for the job through Linkedin.  If you are seeking a job, Linkedin is a must have tool!
7. Are you hiring?  Linkedin is fantastic place to look for new employees for the position you cannot seem to fill.  Linkedin is a powerful tool to find potential candidates for the openings at your company.  You can post jobs and attract both people actively looking for a job and people who are passively looking for a job.  Often times Linkedin job postings are forwarded by contacts because they think it might be a good fit.  This creates a viral effect for your job postings!
8. Using Linkedin to network and generate referrals.  Often times when I am speaking on Linkedin I am asked “how do I use it” or I” have a profile and don’t do anything with it, I am really not sure how it works”.  Like anything you have to engage and participate to reap the rewards.  On Linkedin the rewards are there…  One way I attract more business from Linkedin is simply sending a short welcome email to all new connections requesting a 20 minute phone conversation where we can learn more about each  other.  This step alone generates business for me every month and also increases my referral potential on Linkedin.  The more people who know about me and what I do the more referrals I attract!
9. What are your goals for Linkedin?  Having goals gives you something to reach for!  On Linkedin your goals might be to connect with more people, to recommend 5 people in your network, or to receive 5 recommendations, or simply to meet with 5 connections this month on the phone or live in person.  Having a few goals for Linkedin is essential to insure you receive what you are looking for on Linkedin
10. Are you a local business looking for local customers or are you a national or worldwide business?  Any size business can use Linkedin to effectively grow.
11. Linkedin Answers is a powerful resource for any business or professional.  What do you need help with?  Are you deciding between two software products for your business?  Are you looking for the best email service for your company or personal newsletter?  All of these questions can be asked on Linkedin and within minutes you will start receiving answers to help you make a good decision or direct you to a good solution.

Do you have suggestions on how to receive business on Linkedin or a great strategy you use on Linkedin?  Take a moment and leave your favorite Linkedin tip or suggestions by leaving a comment.

Need help maximizing Linkedin for your business?  Find out more about Linkedin and how to maximize if for your business with our 55 minute audio guide, The Roadmap to Using Linkedin to Grow Your Business.

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Casual conversations – Casual conversations on twitter start by just responding to the tweets from the people you are following.  You might respond to a question or make a remark about the tweet or possibly re-tweet something you liked.  All of these actions start a conversation and raise the awareness of the person you are engaging.  Over time your relationship will progress and parts of the conversation may take place through direct messages.

Direct Messages – Through direct messages or DM’s you can engage one of your followers in a private conversation.  In order to do this the person you are following needs to be following you back and most likely this has already happened from the casual conversations.  Direct messages allow you to have a one on one private conversation with the people you are following on twitter allowing you to take the relationship one step further.  At some point these DM’s will lead to the need or desire to have an actual phone conversation to explore additional projects, possibilities, or needs.

Phone Conversations – I am assuming you know how to use this!  If you have been on twitter for a long time you may need to freshen up on your phone skills i.e. talk in full sentences beyond 140 characters!  (it will be ok)  Phone conversations allow you to explore all types of possibilities.

Meeting face to face – Eventually someone you have been tweeting for months or even years will be in the same city or the same conference you are attending.  This is a great opportunity to take your twitter relationship to an actual live in person environment!  Many people I have formed relationships with on twitter feel like best friends, great clients, or huge contributors to my business.

At any stage you may acquire a new customer, prospect, referral partner, vendor, advocate, or friend.  I have had all of these relationships happen in each of the four relationship stages on twitter.  I would like to give credit to Delores Williams who stated me thinking about the four stages of the twitter relationship by mentioning it on Twitter Talk Radio with Angie A. Swartz.

Remember twitter is similar to any network.  People do business with people they know, like, and trust.  You can create know, like, and trust on twitter just like you can at a business network, association, Chamber of Commerce, church, or club.  If I still have not convince you to start using twitter in your business read 7,11, OK How about 11 Top Reasons Twitter is a Must Have for Your Business.

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Tamar has assembled 275 of the best posts of 2009 grouped in 30 categories.  Here are just some of her categories:

• Social Media: Small Business
• Twitter
• Video
• Reputation Management
• Search Enging Optimization: Strategy
• Everything Under the Sun.

This is a post you will want to bookmark and read at your leisure over the next month or so as you refine your social media strategy for 2010.  There’s so much good information here, I couldn’t share it with you fast enough! Enjoy!

Tamar Weinberg’s Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2009

Oh, and be sure to wish Tamar a Happy Birthday when you stop by her blog.  She wrote this post as a gift to everyone else on her own birthday!  Happy Birthday Tamar and thanks for sharing such great content with all of us!  Cheers to great 2010!  Can’t wait to see your list for next year!  We’ll do our best to be on it

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When working with our Social Media Marketing clients at Square Martini Media we often discuss all current advertising methods and create ways to pull them together.  By linking different audiences or fans across multiple media platforms you create a synergy in your marketing efforts and increase the overall impact.   This is a major part in our clients marketing and Social Media strategy and should be included in yours.

You can learn more about the Trident Ad and how they showed testimonials from Twitter by reading: Trident Gum Turns Fan Tweets into Full-Page USA Today Ad, written by Jennifer Van Grove.  Learn more about Tridents Layers and what all the fuss is about by reading Trident Green Apple Golden Pineapple Layers Gum or just pick up a pack the next time you are checking out of the grocery store.

The question you should be asking yourself is how you or your company can leverage your Social Media marketing efforts with the traditional advertising you are currently doing?

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Every time you get together with a friend, business partner, customer, or prospect this holiday season, think about how you might use social media to let them know you felt extra special about the time they chose to spend with you.  Can you?

• Photograph them with you and your festive Candy Cane Martini then:
  • Tweet it (via Tweetphoto)?
  • Upload it to facebook and @”their name” posting it to both your wall and theirs?
  • Post it to Flickr and tag their name and company name?
  • Add it to a blogpost of your favorite holiday outings?
• Photograph them with their staff member and a festive Candy Cane Martini then send it to them so that they can do one of the above and make their staff feel extra special?
• Make a video with your flip camera of amazing brainstorming ideas shared over Candy Cane Martini’s and share them in the next staff meeting.

There are more social media activities than what we’ve listed above to help you create a little social media buzz.  The point is that people love for you to pay attention to them and almost everyone loves to be photographed.  Bring your cameras and video cameras with you when you’re celebrating the holidays and have a little fun.  Remember, these times can make for great content for your social media strategies.

Here’s a recipe to get you started compliments of Sandra Lee and The Food Network:

Candy Cane Martini….Ahhhh!

Ingredients

• 1 shot vanilla rum
• 1 shot white chocolate liqueur (recommended: Godiva)
• 1 shot peppermint schnapps
• Candy cane, garnish

Directions

Add all liquid ingredients to cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake well and strain into martini glass. Garnish with candy cane.

Enjoy!  and Drink Responsibly

Happy Happy Holidays from Square Martini Media!

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1. Web – 20.74% – The web means just using twitter.com to send twitter messages.
2. TweetDeck – 13.73% – TweetDeck is the most popular client for twitter and also connects to your Facebook, Linkedin, and MySpace accounts.  TweetDeck allows you to create groups with the people you are following on twitter.
3. Tweetie – 9.37% – Tweetie is the most used twitter client for the iPhone.  I have been using Tweetie for the last year and highly recommend it after testing many of the other iPhone twitter applications.
4. Twitterfeed – 4.50% – Twitterfeed is a simple twitter client designed to push RSS Feeds to your twitter account.  It’s used mostly for pushing your blog posts to your twitter profile automatically.
5. Seesmic - 3.94% – Seesmic is very similar to TweetDeck, you can create groups as well as post to your facebook account.  I use Seesmic for most of my tweeting activity.
6. Echofon – 2.94% – Echofon isa family of Twitter apps.  Previously Echofon for iPhone was called TwitterFon and Echofon for Firefox was called TwitterFox.
7. HootSuite – 2.85% – Is  a dynamic application similar to TweetDeck and Seesmic with additional features like scheduled tweets, tabbed layouts, and tracking statistics.

This data was collected from Twitstat.  View the full report from Twitstat to see the list of 245 twitter clients and where they rank.  What program or application are you using to tweet from?

Using a twitter application is something we recommend to all of our Social Media clients as it dramatically increases twitter effectiveness.

If you are new to twitter or just not sure how to use twitter for business you might consider our newest release in the Social Media for Business Series: How To Make More Money Using Twitter in Your Business

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Twitter Talk Radio is recorded live in the WSRadio studios in sunny San Diego! You can listen to the podcast by clicking on the links below and sign up for our RSS feed at the bottom of the page.  

Twitter Names:   @MariSmith, @Aaswartz.

Each week on Twitter Talk Radio, we spend an hour broken up into four segments when we cover:

• A Guest Offering Great Case Studies and Examples of How People and Businesses are Using Twitter for Business and Social Media
• Useful Tips for Listeners on Twitter for Business
• Twitter and Social Media Happenings in the News

Podcast One: Angie Swartz and Mari Smith  discuss Mogul MC Hammer,  The IPhone BUMP Application and Pokens

Angie A. Swartz and Mari Smith discuss Mogul MC Hammer, his presentation at Gravity Summit, his use of Twitter, and the “bump” App.  Mari and Angie discuss how The Bump App and pokens make it so easy to collect contact information from everyone you meet.  Are we on our way to the end of business cards? There will always be a place for them. Think about your message before you start using the tools and how much time should you spend on social media?

Podcast Two:  Mari Smith on Personal Branding and What is the Proper Ratio of Marketing to Personal Tweeting?

Angie and Mari discuss Mari’s virtual b-day party, personal branding and what is the proper ratio of marketing to personal tweets? Everything that you do needs to be done with a strategic plan. Companies are worried about making mistakes but it is important to just get out there and start engaging. Educate yourself. Don’t compare yourself to how the celebrities are using Twitter. Social media is not finite.  The Facebook fan page now offers a Twitter app.   Hootsuite allows you to pre-schedule tweets.  Facebook fan pages are great for seo, unlimited fans and can send updates to certain target audiences. Static FBML allows you to customize your facebook fanpage. Volkswagen is a great example of what you can do with a Facebook Fan Page.

Podcast Three:  Mari Smith the Scandifornian Talks about Mark Zuckerburgs Goal to Connect the World Through Facebook

Angie and Mari discuss how Facebook Founder, Mark Zuckerburg hopes that Facebook will connect the World, how building your brand through conscious social media can cause a “ripple effect” and have a great impact on people all over the world.  They also discuss the death of DJ AM and how his partner tweeted his raw feelings over twitter and his reactions to the sudden loss.  Mari and Angie talk about how to get fans and once you have them how to keep them and the “stickiness” of your pages.  You should think of Facebook as an extension of your website and blog.  Mari shares loads of tips so be sure not to miss this one!

Podcast Four:  Mari Smith on the Merits of Facebook Groups versus Fan Pages

Angie and Mari discuss the difference between Facebook Groups versus Facebook Fan Pages.  When should you use one versus the other?  What are the benefits?  Mari shares some great tips and some news about “secret” groups! They also discuss how quickly the industry is changing, how to play to your strengths and different social media groups.  Angie and Mari also discuss the merits of My Space.

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Well, maybe it is for you…. If you live under a rock or on a mountain top where there’s no possiblity of ever getting internet or wireless phone signal.

But, if you are one of those businesses out there wavering on whether or not it’s time yet to stick your toe in the social media waters, you might want to watch this video. Yes, it could be a publicity stunt but even if it is. The groom, Dana Hanna, took time out from his wedding day to update his facebook and twitter statuses.

Why is this important? It’s just one more example of how these tools are an important part of some peoples every day life. And the questions you as a business owner have to keep asking yourself is,

• “Are they part of the demographic that make up my prospects?”
• “Are they my potential customers?”

Something happens almost every day to remind us that Social Media is here to stay.

How long are you going to wait until you pay attention to these priceless tools that could possibly jettison your business to a level you haven’t even imagined yet?

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