Hundreds of millions of active Instagram users every month are posting forty million photos a day on Instagram. Think about those numbers for a few minutes. Now that they’ve sunk in I think we can agree that learning how to use Instagram to best promote your business, product or service is a very, very wise move indeed. The potential it offers is really “mind blowing”, for lack of a better description.

Even more good news is that there is solid techniques and methods that can help you make the most of Instagram that are both easy to implement and execute.

Here’s 8 reasons why Instagram is good for your business.

Why Instagram Is Good For Your Business

1. A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

No it’s not a cliché at all. Do you have a product that you can display in a really visual dynamic way? Or a service that some great photos can highlight in an emotionally charged, dramatic manner? If you can translate the passion of what you offer or do into a visual image this opens a fantastic door of opportunity. Most people like to look at interesting images and if you can “draw” them in with a photo that is an “ad” but isn’t, it could end up worth as much as some of the best advertising campaigns out there. Be creative!

2. Instagram Can Offer A Behind the Scenes Look

When you share some photos that offer a behind the scenes look at your business, it can go a long way towards building a sense of rapport and familiarity between your work and those you are offering it to. This is one of the most powerful ways social media can help you change the game. A photo of your product being made or the service you offer being performed from the perspective of an “insider” can really intrigue and fascinate potential customers and clients. This is one of the reasons why television is packed with shows of people working at interesting jobs. It’s human nature to be curious about what’s going on “behind the curtain”.

3. It Encourages Customer Participation

Once you have built a reasonable amount of followers the door is wide open to encourage customers to exchange and participate in exchanges involving your business, through the use of things like hash tags. Why not encourage them to share photos of themselves using your product or service, if appropriate? Social media is social after all. This is why people love it so much and the more fun exchanges they have with your business in social media the greater chance they will end up spending money with you and encouraging their whole social circle to as well!

4. Instagram Allows You To Build a Personality for Your Business

Instagram should be an intricate part of building a distinct and winning personality for your business. Combined with other forms of social media, your website and your advertising, you are given a great opportunity for moulding how your business is perceived by your customers and potential leads. Are you trying to convey lightheartedness, seriousness, or some other “feel”?

The right photos shared on Instagram can go a long way in building a personality and “aura” for your brand. Don’t underestimate the potential value of this universally…… especially in niche markets where personality is even more important.

5. Trust Building

The online experience can take a human face away from our business interactions. This is a bad thing if you are looking to build trust in what you offer. Instagram lets you put a face, literally, on your efforts and in ways that can be targeted to help build confidence in you. This is a very good thing.

If you learn how to use Instagram to help build or reinforce trust in your efforts this will quickly equal more sales and more happy customers. Don’t neglect the occasional happy go lucky photos which can go a long way in this direction.

6. Instagram Keeps Your Name In Conversation

Learn how to use Instagram to keep people talking about your business. An idea that’s been proven to work again and again? Holding Instagram contests.

Instagram is the ideal platform to hold contests to promote your business. The options are only limited by your imagination. “The best photo shared featuring what you offer receives a free product” is a popular formula that works again and again.

Contests are a great way to get Instagram users and other lovers of social media talking about you and what you do!

7. Instagram Helps Promote Special Events

Are you planning on going to a trade show or something similar? Promote the fact you are going, on Instagram, to draw support and interest in your attending. During and afterward, document your trip with cool and fun Instagram photo shares. Focus on some containing yourself and customers or other business associates. Nearly everyone loves this type of fun attention. People also don’t like to feel like they are missing out on something so they may be interested to rock up at your next show to experience the adventure in person.

8. The Chance To Go Viral

Think company mascots, pets, adorable babies or animals doing funny things around your logo. It only takes one home run to change the public profile of your business forever so don’t laugh this off. It’s also a nice thing to encourage employees or friends and family to participate in sharing the word about your business. Yes, one cute kitten photo shared for free can equal tens of thousands of dollars of advertising. Welcome to the age of social media. Learn how to use Instagram along with the other more obvious platforms and become a social marketing guru of the digital age!

You can see with a nice dose of creativity, some thought, a plan and the right spirit can go a long way towards Instagram becoming a real asset in helping your business. Jump right in and don’t be shy. Getting your feet wet in Instagram is something you can do right away, and the more you use it the more comfortable you will become in the Instagram arena.

I hope our 8 Tips are helpful in your learning of how to use Instagram and achieving continued success for your business!

Article By: James Porrazo | Addicted2Success.com

Apply just a few of these techniques and you will rapidly double, or even triple, your devoted following of Twitter fans!

How To Get More Twitter Followers

In this revealing and informative article we will look at 10 of the best and most effective techniques to get more Twitter followers.

Strategy #1 – Use A Great Twitter Profile Photo!

When people scan through the list of potential Tweeters to follow one of the first things they will see is your profile photo. As such, you want to make sure that your photo is unique, interesting and eye-catching.

With a great photo your likelihood of attracting new twitter followers is significantly increased. It is also a good idea to change your photo regularly as this keeps things fresh and exciting.

Strategy #2 – Have An Interesting Biography!

Your biography is, by necessity, short and so you only get a few lines to make an impact. Therefore, you want to write something that inspires people to follow you. Whether by signalling the topics and themes your Tweets are generally going to be about or by engendering a little curiosity and mystique, this brief bio needs to be impactful, noteworthy and able to inspire people to follow you.

Strategy #3 – Tweet On A Regular Basis!

Unless you are already extremely famous, it is almost impossible to build a sizable following without Tweeting on a regular basis. You should ideally aim to send a Tweet out at least once a day, if not twice or even more. Being visible to your followers gives your Tweets more chance of being Re-Tweeted and shared which will further increase your number of followers.

You can also use BufferApp to pre-load tweets and schedule them in if you are going on a holiday or have a jam-packed week of exams ahead of you. This is a must if you strive to keep your tweets consistent.

Strategy #4 – Tweet Interesting, Newsworthy Information!

If you Tweet thought-provoking ideas and information then you exponentially increase your chance of being Re-Tweeted. Since Re-Tweeting is, undoubtedly, one of the easiest ways to gain more visibility among potential followers you need to make this a key part of your strategy.

Strategy #5 – Choose Your Hashtags Wisely!

If you want to get your Tweets in front of other people with related interests then putting a bit of thought into your Hashtags can pay off handsomely! Think of something relevant that is likely to be shared or might even trend and you can be onto a real winner.

Strategy #6 – Don’t Be Overly Promotional!

Perhaps the quickest way to lose a whole bunch of previously loyal followers is by promoting too heavily. Twitter is not designed to be overly commercial in terms of content and affiliate links so you should keep any form of advertising to an absolute minimum.

Strategy #7 – Request A Re-Tweet!

This tactic won’t always work but, when it does, it can be extremely effective. The key idea is to get either a celebrity or a key Tweeter in your niche to Re-Tweet your message. If you are successful with this then you can get your message seen by potentially hundreds of thousands or even millions of people. That sort of visibility can increase your total of followers incredibly quickly!

Also if you know that your tweet is quality content, it doesn’t hurt to ask your community once in a while if they can RT your link or tweet. This has actually proven to increase your chances of a Re-Tweet by 2X. Just don’t over do it on this request.

Strategy #8 – Follow Similar Tweeters!

Another effective strategy that always works is to follow people with similar interests. When you follow someone who is a good match in terms of hobbies, interests and opinions, there is a high likelihood they will follow you back. If you do this enough times you can build up a very large Twitter following using only this one strategy.

You could use TweetAdder which is great for finding people to follow who have followed your role models or competition.

Strategy #9 – Add Your Profile To Twitter Directories!

Strange as it may sound, but, some people literally trawl through the main Twitter Directories to find people to follow. It doesn’t take long to add your profile to the main Twitter Directories, such as JustTweetIt.com and WeFollow.com, and it can boost your following significantly over time.

Strategy #10 – Tweet Neat Pictures To Your Followers!

For some unknown reasons, Tweeting pictures works spectacularly well on Twitter. If your pictures are at all interesting or comment worthy then you will effortlessly generate a lot of Re-Tweets. This increases your visibility and inevitably means you will gain more followers. As such, you should make this a regular part of your Twitter strategy.

Strategy #11 - Stay Engaged

You have to stay engaged with your followers. If I go to your Twitter page and you are just writing about yourself and you are not “@replying” to your  followers then chances are I am not going to be interested in connecting with you. I would consider you as the type of guy who goes to a party and only talks about himself and is not willing to interact with anyone else or even ask how they are doing. People want to see that there is a real human being on the other side of the keyboard that they can get an honest answer or interaction out of.

You want proof on how the @reply works. check this link out and also follow @garyvee, Gary Vaynerchuk has millions of followers and interacts with nearly anyone who reaches out too him.

Summing Up

There are a number of ways to quickly and easily increase the number of your Twitter followers. To maximize your results you should use consider using these strategies in combination. Pick a few of the 10 strategies outlined above, start applying them today and you will soon see amazing results. Good luck with your Tweeting!

Article By: Kenneth Lindsay & Joel Brown | Addicted2Success.com

Here’s the bad news: Thousands of people start an online business every day. However, only a small percentage of these online businesses actually succeed.

Here’s the good news: There are certain basic rules you can follow to turn your online business into a successful one. Here are the 9 prime rules for running a successful online business.

The 9 Golden Rules For Running An Online Business

1 – Keep Your Website Design Simple and Well-Organized

People have a tendency to want to over-design their website in an effort to make it stand out or look cool. They may add flash animation, sound in the background, and load the site up with large graphics. This is a huge mistake, especially for business-oriented websites. It is much more important to make sure your design is organized in a way that visitors can easily find what they are looking for at a glance. Music blaring out is actually a pet peeve of many internet shoppers, especially if they are surfing at work as many do. You also want to make sure that the text is easy to read. Dark text on a simple light background is the safest way to go.

Apple.com is the perfect example of a well designed website. Apple.com has some of the best web designers in the world who develop their website, check them out and also other big company sites for ideas if need be.

2 – Respond To Your Visitors Promptly

When a visitor, a potential customer, emails you or fills out your contact form, it is imperative that you get back to them as soon as possible. People always take mental note of how long it takes an online business to get back to them. Even if you are on vacation, you should either have an employee answering the emails in your absence or take your laptop along and answer the emails while your out-of-town.

There is way too much competition out there now for you to let potential clients slip through the cracks because you weren’t diligent enough to follow through.

3 – Engage Your Visitors

If you can turn your visitors into active participants on your website, you will increase loyalty and sales. The simplest way to do this is to add a blog and open it up for comments from your visitors. Advertise your posts in your newsletter and ask for comments. For larger sites, you may want to add a discussion board where your visitors can create their own topics.

Set yourself up on a number of Social Media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest or LinkedIn and conversate/share/inform your customers with high quality answers and content. Also make sure that you have a follow, Fan Page ‘Like” widget or a Pinterest badge on your website so that people can follow you through their favorite social media platform and stay in tune with your progress and updates.

Checkout Gary Vaynerchuk’s advice on growing your business using social media, Gary is an Ace! and definitely someone you should look up to in the Online Business world.

4 – Give Your Visitors a Reason To Come Back

Repeat visitors to your online business will increase sales for sure. You can give your visitors a reason to come back in many ways. For example, you can let them know that once a month you post a one-day only sale. Another example might be to write an article and let the readers know there will be a follow-up next month. Make the topic of the follow-up something that people really want to know.

Just adding quality content on a regular basis is a good way to get repeat visitors.

5 – Do Not Over-Sell To Your Visitors

No one likes a pushy salesperson in a brick and mortar business. Online business are no different in this aspect. People hate to feel like they are being overly pressured to buy something. You can point out the advantages of your product or service but try not to over-sell. Watch out for superlative spammy language too. It will usually backfire on you!

6 – Do Not Over Optimize Your Website

You have probably heard of the term, “search engine optimization” or SEO. This is where people design their webpages with the intent of ranking higher in the search engines, particularly Google. Many online businesses push this way too far. Their sites end up being demoted or even banned from the search results because the search engines view their efforts as spam. Over optimizing pages also makes them less likeable and readable by real human beings.

7 – Do Not List Your Website In Bad Neighbourhoods

For a long time, it has been well-known that Google and other search engines look at how many links there are to a website as one important factor in determining how to rank that website in the search engine results. This has prompted online business owners to want to get as many links as they can. Sometimes they even pay for links in directories and blogs. However, in most cases, these paid links are sites that are known as bad neighborhoods by the search engines. In other words, they are spammy sites and having your website listed in them can actually hurt you, not help you!

8 – Maintain a High Quality Mailing List

Ask your visitors to sign up for your newsletter when they come to your online business site. Give them an incentive to do so such as a free report or free e-course on a topic related to your business. Having said this, respect your visitors and their time. Be sure not to send out your newsletter too often, perhaps once a month and occasionally send a special announcement. Also, make sure to put quality content in your newsletter and give your subscribers an easy way to opt out.

9 – Remember At The End Of The Day Your Customers Are STILL Real People

A lot of people forget this, they are not treating their customers as real human beings and are not putting themselves in the customers shoes. Customer service will always be around, that’s why we need to stay good at looking after our clients. If you can’t help them with their request, get back to them and let them know that you have exhausted every avenue to find a way and maybe even refer them onto someone who can help them. Even though you may not be able to help them at that very point in time, they WILL remember you went the extra mile for them and will tell their friends via word of mouth or by social media (which would be great promotion for you), either way, you can rest your head at night knowing that you are doing everything you can to hold a good name for your business and that every one that deals with you is satisfied. Tony Hsieh has his staff at Zappos practice this commitment with their customers and he has managed to build his online retail store to a $1.2 Billion Dollar company.

This is how you secure yourself as the “go to guy in your industry”, and as time goes by and all these “short attention span, new comers” are so use to ONLY dealing with their customers over a keyboard and text conversation, they will be skimming over life long customers and potentially huge clients for the future.

No matter how digital the business world gets, you are and will always be DEALING WITH REAL PEOPLE. Reputation is everything, don’t forget that.

Article By Joel Brown | Addicted2Success.com

It looks like Tumblr’s new ad push plan has worked.

Tumblr managed to generate $13 million in revenue in 2012 and is in hopes of bringing in a further $100 million in revenue in 2013, according to a recent Forbes interview with Tumblr’s CEO David Karp.

David Karp, the founder of Tumblr mentioned that his company did not previously have a revenue model in place. It looks like Tumblr was more focused on improving the site and keeping the traffic coming through, a smart move for a patient entrepreneur such as David Karp.

Tumblr kicked off their first ad revenue model in February 2012, starting with Highlighted Posts, which function like promoted posts on Facebook and Twitter. In the months to follow, Tumblr implemented several additional features, including a Radar option, Pinned Posts, and an analytics tool for brands that is priced at $500 per month.

Tumblr pulls in more than 18 billion page views per month and was recently listed in the Top 10 most trafficked websites in the US by QuantCast (A web analytics company). David Karp raised more than $125 million in funding so far and mentioned to Forbes that he has managed to keep “most of it”, only spending about $25 million for platform servicing and operations last year, they expect to ramp it up to $40 million for their big plans in the year ahead.

In September 20122 Tumblr was valued at $800 million, making David Karp’s 25%+ stake worth more than $200 million.

It sounds to me that the balls only just beginning to roll for Tumblr, it sounds like David Karp and the gang have an exciting year ahead.

Article By Joel Brown | Addicted2Success.com

These simple life rules that Jack Dorsey lives by, may be the reason why his company Twitter has reached a massive 500 Million+ user base over the past 6 and a half years.

Jack Dorsey, the creator of Twitter and the founder of Square, shares his most valuable advice for a successful life in 10 simple steps.

Twitter Founder, Jack Dorsey’s Rules For Success:

• Don’t be a jerk
• Don’t take anyone for granted
• Enjoy the moment
• Be honest, always
• Be humble
• Be kind
• Respect people’s wishes
• Allow endings
• Fail openly
• Have an amazing haircut

Also, here is a great Picture Quote of Jack Dorsey sharing some sage advice for up and coming entrepreneurs:

Do you want 1,000,000,000 followers on Twitter? How about 10 million? Or even 22 million?

While studying at his parents house in London, Nick D’Aloisio came up with a brilliant idea to create a revolutionary app by the name of Summly which changes the way that you read your favorite websites and social media feeds. This idea scored this 16 year-old genius a flight to New York and some serious money in the bank as a result of an official partnership with the eleventh wealthiest billionaire in the world, Li Ka-Shing who will be overlooking the production and release of this app.

Read on to see how Nick D’Aloisio was able to achieve such a great feat at the fresh young age of 16.

Many young entrepreneurs say they want to create the next Facebook, 16-year-old Nick D’Aloisio wants to solve the problem social networks have created in the first place.

The teenager built an iPhone app called Summly, which automatically generates summaries in the form of bullet points to help you filter through all that information.

With more than $250,000 in seed funding from Hong Kong billionaire businessman Li Ka-shing, D’Aloisio spent the last six months in his parents’ London house building Summly.

It was Sunday at 4 a.m. London time when D’Aloisio enthusiastically IMed me over AOL Messenger to make sure the news of his app made it to my Twitter stream. He was excited that 23,000 people have downloaded the app since it launched last week.

D’Aloisio was inspired to build the app after he signed up for Twitter, and got a flood of information from AP, Reuters, and other people’s Twitter handles.

Interested in finding out more about D’Aloisio, we called him to ask him about this machine learning technology and how he balances his startup with school work. We could hear his faint Australian accent — he’s originally from Perth, Western Australia, (wow, this is where Joel Brown from Addicted2Success.com is from

Nick D’Aloisio – The Boy Genius Of Summly

Interview With Nick D’Aloisio

Boonsri Dickinson: How do you see the future of search and the Internet?

Nick D’Aloisio:  Consumers want information instantaneously and the search interface needs to accommodate this.

We don’t need more social networks. The new wave of technology will now stop encouraging content creation. Twitter and Facebook is enough…we have too much information. We need to try to filter the content and make it more digestible. Zite and Flipboard attempt to provide the user with the content.

We want people to use Summly once they have found content they are interested in or know what they are searching for.

BD: So how did the app evolve into what it is today?

Nick: Six months ago, we released something called Trimit. It was about content creation. It was a more gimmicky app, where you’d input an article and summarize to 140 characters for Twitter or other restrictions for Tumblr, Facebook, and email. But I found that people were using for consuming content.

Trimit taught me people want content consumption tools not content creation. Now with Summly, you can have a computer to aid that process.

BD: What’s the market for it?

Nick: It’s Cliff Notes for a mobile device. It takes a second to return any search result.

It’s a bit magical. People don’t believe what it can do, then they have a “wow” moment. You can share the summary. You can quickly evaluate the content now.

In the future, it can be applied to email. It’s easy to train it for colloquial language used in email. And eventually it can be used in other areas such as enterprise, consumer markets, and education. We will probably license the technology though monthly fees.

BD: How did you learn to program at age 12?

Nick: Books. C For Dummies. Online Tutorials. Trial and Error.

The first app I built was called Facemood when I was 14. It automatically deduced the mood of a Facebook friend using their latest Facebook status.

Even now, I’m not that confident. As I said I prefer the graphical/product aspect.

BD: What do your classmates think of you?

ND: I’m in year 11 here. I just turned 16 in November.  I hope they just think I’m a nice guy. You wouldn’t know I do this stuff. I’m really happy with the response I’ve been getting. People are amazed.

With all that, I don’t feel like I need to change my life in any way. I play sport — rugby and cricket. And I go out.

I work on the app when I can from like 9-11 pm. And on Sundays. Between school work. It’s pretty hectic.

BD: Who inspires you?

ND: Anyone who is crazy enough to create what’s in their mind. Steve Jobs for his obsession with attention to detail and his advice on failure and success. I’m inspired by designers and typography designers. And innovators like Sergey Brin and Larry Page, the founders of Google, and Jack Dorsey and the other founders of Twitter.

BD: What’s next for you?

ND: I still have three years left of schooling and plan to continue with my education into university, where I hope to study a combination of philosophy and economics, and perhaps continue learning Mandarin. I learn Mandarin because I’m interested in Chinese culture and enjoy languages.

Now, check out more about the app in this video:

Introduction Of Summly

Interview By Boonsri Dickinson from BusinessInsider.com

So here we are, finally, with Part 2 of the 101 Amazing Quotes About Marketing. These 51 Quotes are a mixture of shared thoughts by many great marketing geniuses.Live by these and you will take your business to the level needed in the competitive world of business.

Amazing Quotes About Marketing

The right people to start video blogging are those with a passion to tell a story. – Steve Garfield (Author Of Get Seen)

I am all for conversations. But you need to have a message. – Renee Blodgett (Blodgett Communications)

Your network is your filter. – Don Tapscott & Anthony D Williams (Authors Of Wikinomics)

When you’ve got people commenting on your stuff or calling you out or challenging you – you have to be prepared to guard yourself from being something that isn’t you – David Armano (Edelman Digital)

No matter your sector, chances are that people are already twittering about your products, your brand, your company or at least your industry. - Tim O’Reilly & Sarah Milstein (The Twitter Book)

What happens online is you are constantly dealing with invisible audiences. – Danah Boyd (Social Media Researcher – Microsoft)

Twitter is not a technology. It’s a conversation and it’s happening with or without you. – Charlene Li (Co-Author Of Groundswell)

To trust agents, hyperlinks are the twenty-first-century equivalent of the name-dropper. – Chris Brogan & Julien Smith (Authors Of Trust Agents)

Good-bye broadcast, Hello, conversation. – Shel Israel (Co-Author Of Naked Conversations)

Marketers need to build digital relationships and reputation before closing a sale. – Chris Brogan (New Marketing Labs)

As you’ve noticed people don’t want to be sold. What people do want is news and information about the things they care about. – Larry Weber (Author Of Marketing To The Social Web)

You wan’t to invent new ideas, not new rules. – Dan Heath (Co Author Of Made To Stick)

Businesses should follow and learn from others successes and failures in order to better understand and predict their own. – Ben Mezrich (Author Of The Accidental Billionaires)

Companies are learning that it’s much better to offer customers a place to give direct feedback at their virtual doorstep than to ignore complaints and let them crop up everywhere – Brian Reich & Dan Solomon (Authors Of Media Rules!)

To be successful and grow your business and revenues, you must match the way you market your products with the way your prospects learn about and shop for your products. – Brian Halligan (Co Author Of Inbound Marketing) 

Smart phones are re-inventing the connections between companies and their customers. – Rich Miner (Co Founder Of Android)

Understand the key factors in the math behind viral marketing, and use those to figure out what it takes to get viral growth. – David Skok (Matrix Partners)

You’ve probably got a device on you that can shoot decent video,  so what’s stopping you? – Steve Garfield (Video Blogger)

Think like a customer – Paul Gillin (Author Of The New Influencers)

Effective engagement is inspired by the empathy that develops simply by being human. – Brian Solis (Author Of Engage)

From Sixdegrees to Friendster to Facebook, Social Networking has become a familiar and ubiquitous part of the Internet. – David Kirkpatrick (Author Of The Facebook Effect)

We’re all learning here; the best listeners will end up the smartest. – Charlene Li & Josh Bernoff (Authors Of Groundswell)

Marketing isn’t magic, there is a Science to it. – Dan Zarrella (Social Media Scientist)

Holding back technology to reserve business models is like allowing blacksmiths to veto the internal combustion engine in order to protect their horseshoes. – Don Tapscott (Wikinomics)

The future of business is social. – Barry Libert (Author Of Social Nation)

Keep your eye out for hot topics and trends. The media is constantly looking for timely stories. - Jim Kukral (Author Of Attention!)

Traditional methods of sales prospecting are grossly inefficient. – Jill Konrath (Author Of Snap Selling)

I can take what I learned from writing articles, educate a new audience with a new channel, and leap frog other companies who aren’t embracing this now. – Brian Carroll (CEO, InTouch) 

By publishing content that shows buyers you understand their problems and can show them how to solve them, you build credibility. – Ardath Albee (Author Of EMarketing Strategies For The Complex Sale)

Already, companies that speak in the language of the pitch, the dog-and-pony show, are no longer speaking to anyone. – The Clue Train Manifesto

Authenticity, honesty and personal voice underlie much of what’s successful on the web. – Rick Levine (Cluetrain Manifesto)

Your organization is becoming hyperlinked. Whether you like it or not. It’s bottom-up; it’s impossible. – David Weinberger (Everything Is Miscellaneous)

When all you’ve got is a hammer, bad service looks like a nail. – Doc Searls (The Cluetrain Manifesto)

Take two ideas and put them together to make one idea. After all, what is a Snuggie but a mutation of a blanket and a robe? – Jim Kukral (Attention!)

Recognize that give away items serve as silent ambassadors, reinforcing your Expert Identity – choose them carefully. – Susan Friedmann (Author Of Riches In Niches)

Money follows Passion – not the other way around. – David Garland (Rise To The Top)

For many businesses, the fear behind their social media reluctance isn’t just fear of failure but of blame and accountability – both individual and collective. – Jay Baer (The Now Revolution)

Companies need to lighten up and take themselves les seriously. They need to get a sense of humor. - The Cluetrain Manifesto

Until Facebook came along, there was hardly anywhere on the public internet where you had to operate with your real name. – David Kirkpatrick (Author Of The Facebook Effect)

By listening, marketing will re-learn how to talk. - Doc Searls (The Cluetrain Manifesto)

Companies need connections to their markets to create long-term loyalty. - Charlene Li & Josh Bernoff (Authors Of Groundswell)

There’s a lot of fear-mongering about “losing control” of your brand online, when, in fact, you’ve got control over as much as you always have: how you present your business and how you act. - Jay Baer (The Now Revolution)

Be passionate about the culture and the business, and remain positive, because it inspires others. – Barry Libert (Author Of Social Nation)

Good is the enemy of great.. The vast majority of good companies remain just that – good, but not great. – Jim Collins (Author Of Good To Great)

Those who build and perpetuate mediocrity…are motivated more by the fear of being left behind. - - Jim Collins (Author Of Good To Great)

One way to sell a consumer something in the future is simply to get his or her permission in advance. – Seth Godin (Author Of Permission Marketing)

In this age of micro-blogging and two second sound bites, almost no one has the attention span, or time, to read more than a few sentences. – Tim Frick (Return On Engagement)

Once you have your questions and stories, map them to the buying process – just as your prospect will experience them. - Ardath Albee (Author Of EMarketing Strategies For The Complex Sale)

What we really need is a mindset shift that will make us relevant to todays consumers, a mindset shift from telling to selling to building relationships. – Jim Stengel (Procter & Gamble)

It no longer makes economic sense to send an advertising message to the many in hopes of persuading the few. – M Lawrence Light (Former Chief Marketing Officer Of McDonalds)

When you break down all the fluff, there are two ways to promote and market your business, dumber, slower and expensive – or faster, smarter and cheaper. - David Garland (Rise To The Top)

There is no black magic to successfully attracting customers via the Web. – Rand Fishkin (Founder, SEOMOZ)

Stretched over two posts this week, we have 101 useful marketing quotes from some of the brightest marketing minds out there. Read the first 50 of Pt.1 here for some great advice on how to tackle your campaigns like a pro!

The First 50 Of 101 Amazing Marketing Quotes

If you wait until there is another case study in your industry, you will be too late! – Seth Godin (Author Of Permission Marketing)

People share, read and generally engage more with any type of content when it’s surfaced through friends & people they know and trust. – Malorie Lucich (FaceBook Spokesperson)

No matter what, the very first piece of Social Media Real Estate I’d start with is a blog. – Chris Brogan (New Marketing Labs)

Instead of one-way interruption, Web marketing is about delivering useful content at just the right moment that a buyer needs it. – David Meerman Scott (Author Of The New Rules Of Marketing & PR)

Increasingly, mass marketing is turning into a mass of niches. – Chris Anderson (Author Of The Longtail)

When you enchant people, your goal is not to make money from them or to get them to do what you want, but to fill them with great delight. - Guy Kawasaki (Former Chief Evangelist of Apple)

Remarkable social media content and great sales copy are pretty much the same – plain spoken words designed to focus on the needs of the reader, listener, or viewer. – Brian Clark (Copy Blogger)

Next time you hear a Social Media myth, question it, ask for the proof, and ask out loud. – Dan Zarella (HubSpot)

Bring the best of your Authentic Self to every opportunity. - John Jantsch (Author Of Duct Tape Marketing)

There are no magic wands, no hidden tracks, and no secret handshakes that can bring you immediate success, but with time, energy and determination you can get there. - Darren Rowse (Pro Blogger)

Your culture is your brand. - Tony Hsieh (CEO Zappos)

Focus on the core problem your business solves & put out lots of content & enthusiasm, & ideas about how to solve that problem. - Laura Fitton (OneForty.com)

You can’t just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they’ll want something new. - Steve Jobs (CEO of Apple)

The biggest mistake we see companies make when they first hit Twitter is to think about it as a channel to push out information. – Tim O’Reilly & Sarah Milstein (The Twitter Book)

Clarity trumps persuasion. – Dr.Flint McGlaughlin (Director, Meclabs)

Don’t be afraid to get creative & experiment with your marketing. – Mike Volpe (HubSpot)

You need the kind of objectivity that makes you forget everything you’ve heard, clear the table, and do a factual study like a scientist would. – Steve Wozniak (Co-Founder Of Apple)

Make the customer the hero of your story. – Ann Handley (Marketing Profs)

The Internet has turned what used to be a controlled, one way message into a real time dialogue with millions. – Danielle Sacks (Fast Company)

In todays information age of marketing and Web 2.0, a company website is the key to their entire business. - Marcus Sheridan (Author Of The Sales Lion Blog)

The way you can understand all of the Social Media is as the creation of a new kind of public space. – Danah Boyd (Social Media Researcher – Microsoft)

Presentations are the most amazing persuasion tool available in organizations today – Nancy Duarte (CEO – Duarte Design)

What makes content engaging is relevancy. You need to connect the contact information with the content information. – Gail Goodman (Constant Contact)

Give them quality, that’s the best kind of advertising – Milton Hershey (Founder Of Hersheys Chocolate)

More contact means more sharing of information, gossiping, exchanging, engaging – in short, more word of mouth. – Gary Vaynerchuck (Author Of The Thank You Economy)

Think about what a user is going to type. – Matt Cutts (Google)

For corporate marketers pod-casting is low hanging fruit. – Paul Gillin (The New Influencers)

Video is just one part of a marketing plan. It fits certain messages & people better than others. – Steve Garfield (Author Of Get Seen)

Instituations that once had to go through media to deliver information are now themselves media - Andrew Nachison (Founder We Media)

Before you create anymore “great content”, figure out how you ae going to market it first. – Joe Pulizzi & Newt Barrett (Authors Of Get Content, Get Customers)

If you have more money than brains, you should focus on outbound marketing, If you have more brains than money, you should focus on inbound marketing. - Guy Kawasaki (Former Chief Evangelist Of Apple)

People shop and learn in a whole new way compared to just a few years ago, so marketers need to adapt or risk extinction. - Brian Halligan (Co-Author Of Inbound Marketing)

Understand why and how your audience uses technology and then start trying to align your communications efforts. - Brian Reich & Dan Solomon (Authors Of Media Rules)

Audiences everywhere are tough, they don’t have time to be bored or brow beaten by orthodox, old fashioned advertising. - Craig Davis

The attention economy is not growing, which means we have to grab the attention that someone else has today. – Brent Leary (Co-Founder of CRM Essentials)

We have embarked upon the world’s largest and longest cocktail party, and every issue imaginable is up for grabs. – Geoffrey Moore (Author Of Dealing With Darwin)

Social Media are tools, Real Time is a mindset. - David Meerman Scott (Author Of The New Rules Of PR & Marketing)

Increasingly, search is our mechanism for how we understand ourselves, our world, and our place within it. – John Battelle (Founder, Federated Media Publishing)

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing about. – Benjamin Franklin

Search, a marketing method that didn’t exist a decade ago, provides the most efficient and inexpensive way for businesses to find leads. - John Battelle (Founder, Federated Media Publishing)

For the past 10 years, corporations have been trained that they should use all the different media… But the internet is becoming the umbrella. – Larry Weber (Author Of Marketing To The Social Web)

Doing well with blogging is not about writing one key post, it is about performing day after day and helping a few people at a time. – Aaron Wall (Author Of The SEO Book Blog)

You can’t expect to just write and have visitors come to you – that’s too passive. – Anita Campbell (Founder & CEO Of Smallbiztrends.com)

Word of mouth marketing has always been important. Today, it’s more important than ever because of the power of the internet. - Joe Pulizzi & Newt Barrett (Authors Of Get Content, Get Customers)

In a way, the web is like your Hollywood agent: It speaks for you whenever you are not around to comment - Chris Brogan & Julien Smith (Authors Of  Trust Agents)

For business, our internet love affair was a gift from the gods. – Gary Vaynerchuk (Author Of The Thank You Economy)

Corporations must answer questions about why they should be in the blogosphere. Small Businesses need to answer questions about why they shouldn’t. – Paul Gillin (Author Of The New Influencers)

Good content should be at the heart of your strategy, but it is equally important to keep the display context of that content in mind as well. – Tim Frick (Author Of Return On Engagement)

No Matter what or who’m we’re talking about, from movies to chiropractors to books to financial planners, the consumer hankers after specialization. – Susan Friedmann (Author Of Riches In Niches)

Guy Kawasaki, once the Chief Evangelist of Apple, now Author of 10 Venture & Small Business development books. Guy runs his own investment bank at Garage.com, helping entrepreneurs raise money from venture capitalists.

I heard the name Guy Kawasaki pop up every now and then and have been meaning to checkout his work. I came across one of his speeches a few nights ago and I have to say, I’m very impressed! In this video Guy shares his Top 10 Guidelines for Entrepreneurs along with a bunch of Microsoft jokes and what its like to work under the incredible innovator, “Steve Jobs“.

(Video) Guy Kawasaki “The Art of the Start” @ TiECon 2006

(Bonus Image) Guy Kawasaki – How To Increase Your Likability

Twitter is an excellent resource for learning, especially those who are building a business. You can learn about marketing, finance, and business lessons that you won’t learn in school, as well as see what other successful entrepreneurs are up to. Check out this list to find 100 awesome twitter accounts that every entrepreneur should be following on Twitter.

100 Awesome Accounts That Every Entrepreneur Should Be Following On Twitter

Groups

These groups on Twitter cater to young entrepreneurs.

1. Mediabistro: Mediabistro is a great community for news, opportunities, and more for media professionals.
2. @yeos: If you’re a young entrepreneur in Sweden, be sure to follow @yeos to learn about networking, inspiration, and idea exchanging.
3. @texasventures: Texas Ventures is an entrepreneur network and student organization for Texans.
4. @TheSuccessKing: A Group of Tweeters sharing quotes of Success & Inspiration for all aspiring Entrepreneurs out there.
5. the_pitch: You can learn a good deal about pitching from this contest for entrepreneurs.
6. @thestartupeu: @thestartupeu represents a group that supports startups, entrepreneurship, venture capital, and more.

News & Advice

Follow these Twitter feeds to find news, advice, and more.

1. @Addictd2Success: We don’t do this too often but a little self promotion is needed now and then. This is the twitter page for Addicted2Success, followus now to keep in the loop with all things awesome =)
2. @guykawasaki: Check out Guy Kawasaki for news in business and more.
3. @digg_frontpage: Find out what’s on the Digg front page from this Twitter bot.
4. @smallbusiness: Follow @smallbusiness to get updates on small business news.
5. @entrepreneurpro: Follow Ben Lang’s Twitter to learn about teen entrepreneurs.
6. @JohnChow: John Chow is a great person to follow if you’re interested in learning how to make money blogging.
7. @WebWorkerDaily: Follow WebWorkerDaily, and you’ll learn about better using the web for work.
8. @ginatrapani: Gina Trapani is the founder of Lifehacker, and guru of all things productivity.
9. @JasonCalacanis: Jason Calacanis shares news and more about social media, blogs, and online entrepreneurship.
10. @StartupGuru: Brian Tsuchiya’s feed is full of useful startup news links.
11. @IncMagazine: Follow @IncMagazine, a magazine for entrepreneurs.
12. @College_Mogul: @College_Mogul reports on startups, entrepreneurship, innovation, and technology.
13. @EntMagazine: Follow Entrepreneur Magazine on Twitter here.
14. @barefoot_exec: Carrie Wilkerson aims to educate, empower and encourage entrepreneurs young and old.
15. @wiredmag: Get the official news feed of Wired magazine here, especially useful if you’re a young entrepreneur into technology.
16. @onstartups: Read about startups from the founder and CTO of HubSpot.
17. @teenbizcoach: Check out Shonika Proctor’s feed to learn how to use your talents for business.

Marketing

If you’re interested in learning how to better market and brand your business, be sure to check out these Twitter feeds.

1. @zappos: Follow @zappos to learn a thing or a thousand about good customer service and marketing.
2. @missrogue: Tara Hunt is a great person to follow if you’d like to learn about marketing that works.
3. @mashable: @mashable will help you make sense of the social web.
4. @chrisbrogan: Chris Brogan is the president of New Marketing Labs, a social media agency and education company.
5. @adbroad: Helen Klein Ross shares information about social media and more.
6. @WillieCrawford: Willie Crawford is an excellent resource for learning about Internet marketing.
7. @eMarketing_Tips: Get tips for emarketing, social media, and more from @eMarketing_Tips.
8. @problogger: Follow Darren Rowse to learn how you can more effectively use your blog as an entrepreneur.
9. @nichelady: On @nichelady’s feed, you’ll learn how to make payday come every day.
10. @smmguide: Social Media Guide shares information about social media marketing.
11. @darrenmonroe: Darren Monroe shares lots of tweets about leadership and web marketing.
12. @marketingwizdom: Follow Robert Clay to learn about low risk/high return marketing strategies.
13. @adhustler: @adhustler is all about affiliate marketing.
14. @wbaustin: Bill Austin shares news from Internet marketing and beyond.
15. @oudiantebi: Oudi Antebi is a social marketing expert and entrepreneur.
16. @MrSocial: Mr. Social is a marketing guru and social media expert.
17. @ScottAllen: Scott is an expert in social media, and loves to help entrepreneurs.
18. @TYSONtheQUICK: Tyson is a marketing student and COO of Meisab Labs.
19. @Debbas: Check out Debbas to learn about promotional items and printing from a professor of marketing.
20. @brianadrian: Read Brian Adrian’s tweets to learn about social media and web 2.0 marketing.
21. @DiyanaAlcheva: Diyana is a marketing specialist and Internet network marketing business coach.
22. @danschawbel: Dan Schawbel of Personal Branding Blog will help you brand yourself and your business.
23. @BrandKarma: Check out @BrandKarma to learn about branding for your business.

Coaches

Follow these business and life coaches who can help you get a better handle on what you’re doing.

1. @sacca: Christ Sacca offers advisement to startups.
2. @mariaandeos: Check out Maria Anros to learn how to attract a following and new clients.
3. @socrates_soc: Socrates is an Internet marketing expert and coach.
4. @MariSmith: Mari Smith is a friendly social media trainer that loves to help others grow their business.
5. @RonDavies: Follow Ron Davies to get coached in making the most of Twitter.
6. @AndrewWindham: Andrew Windham is a professional speaker, entrepreneurial and business coach, and more.
7. @GabeStrom: GabeStrom is a coach inspired to help you reach your full potential.
8. @Rob_Moshe: Rob Moshe is a life success coach that can help you with attraction marketing.

Entrepreneurs

Get inspiration, ideas, and more from these entrepreneurs on Twitter.

1. @randfish: Rand Fishkin is the CEO of SEOmoz, a search optimization and Internet marketing firm.
2. @richardbranson: Chairman of Virgin Group, Richard Branson is one of the most recognizable and successful entrepreneurs on Twitter.
3. @boutiquegirl: Maiken Jepsen is a work at home mom, designer, and the owner of a boutique clothing shop.
4. @RobMcNealy: Rob McNealy is full of inspiration for new entrepreneurs.
5. @tferriss: Tim Ferriss is the author of #1 NY Times bestseller The 4-Hour Workweek.
6. @kevinrose: This founder of Digg is full of random ideas.
7. @r27: Rajesh Pancholi owns and operates the creative UK studio known as R27 Creativelab.
8. @TEDchris: Chris Anderson and his organization share ideas worth spreading.
9. @tonyrobbins: Get inspired by @tonyrobbins.
10. @teenceo: Patricio Quezarda shares the details of being an emerging teen CEO and digital media mogul.
11. @StaceyMonk: Stacey Monk is an entrepreneur and dogooder.
12. @calbucci: Marcelo Calbucci is the founder and CTO of Sampa.
13. @IncSpring: Wes Wilson’s IncSpring is a social marketplace for entrepreneurs.
14. @stanleytang: @stanleytang is a 16 year old internet entrepreneur and best-selling author.
15. @garyvee Gary Vaynerchuk is the Social Media King & Owner of Wine Library TV
16. @sumaya: @Sumaya is a founder of The Cultural Connect, and has been recognized by Business Week as a top young entrepreneur.
17. @nlw: Nathaniel Whitmore is the founder of Assetmap.org and a founding organizer of Change.org.
18. Jeremy Schooley: Jeremy Schooley is the COO at Digital Labz.
19. @gotmelik: Melik Yuksel is a 14 year old blogger, web and graphic designer, and entrepreneur.
20. @sundaycosmetics: Beverly Davis is the entrepreneur behind Sunday Cosmetics.
21. @rseanlindsay: Sean Lindsay wears the hats of entrepreneur, creator, connector, technologist, and builder.
22. @darbydarnit: Petri Darby is the “Chief Darn Officer.”
23. Joann Sondy: Joann is a seasoned entrepreneur and owner of Creative Aces.
24. @netgeek06: Thomson Chemmanoor is the founder of Digital Labz.
25. @chrispund: Chris Pund writes a blog for young entrepreneurs and even manages two web-based companies of his own.
26. @RickM: Rick Myers is the founder and CEO of Talent Zoo.

Finance & Venture Capital

These Twitter feeds will teach you the economics and finance lessons you weren’t taught in college.

1. @freakonomics: Get more of the goodness found in the Freakonomics blog from @freakonomics.
2. @mintdotcom: Learn about finance, money tips, and more from Mint.
3. @turbotax: Check out Turbo Tax to get the tax help every young entrepreneur needs.
4. @planetmoney: @planetmoney will help you get a handle on the global economy.
5. @vctips: Get a look into the minds of venture capitalists from @vctips.

Blogs & Writers

Check out these Twitter feeds to find excellent advice from bloggers and writers concerned with young entrepreneurs.

1. @YoungGoGetter: @YoungGoGetter will keep you up to date on the latest for young entrepreneurs.
2. @Retireat21: This blogger is all about helping young entrepreneurs make money online.
3. @TPEntrepreneur: The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur will help you go from aspiring young entrepreneur to industry leader.
4. @socialentrprnr: If you’re an entrepreneur focused on social change, be sure to check out @socialentrprnr.
5. @yarostarak: Yaro is a professional blogger full of advice for bloggers and Internet marketers.
6. @garyvee: Check out @garyvee to see how social media can improve your business.
7. @shoemoney: Jeremy Schoemaker is a blogger that can help you learn how to make money with your blog.
8. @Gladwell: Malcolm Gladwell’s Twitter will have you always thinking about success.
9. @venturehacks: @venturehacks aims to be a business school for entrepreneurs.
10. @MattWilsontv: Matt Wilson supports entrepreneurs under 30.
11. @doshdosh: @doshdosh is a great resource for Internet marketing and making money online.
12. @copyblogger: Brian Clark will teach you about new media content.
13. @thebizguy: Find tweets from Adam, a cofounder of YoungEntrepreneur.com on @thebizguy.
14. @penelopetrunk: Follow Penelope to learn about the intersection of work and life.
15. @ramit: Ramit Sethi of I Will Teach You to Be Rich and PBWiki is a goldmine of knowledge for young entrepreneurs.

Article By: By Tiffany Davis

We get it, capturing the essence of your business in 140 characters on Twitter is tough. This is more of a reason to be short & sweet. After searching through a wide array of business Twitter pages, there is a lot of fluff in the bio section that will make most direct their attention back to clicking on their “Home” or “Profile” button and leave the  non convincing page that runs with a weak bio behind. Since every word counts, here is how your average human being will react to the following words in a Twitter bio:

1. “Passionate.” Can you be “passionate” about four or five things?  One passion, maybe; four passions are interests, not passions.  And really:  Can anyone truly be passionate about “delivering lasting customer value” or “teaching small businesses to harness the power of social media” or “providing lasting solutions to common business problems”?  Focused, yeah.  Driven, sure.  Passionate?  Save that for your significant other.
2. “Authority.” As Margaret Thatcher said, “Power is like being a lady; if you have to say you are, you aren’t.”  If you have to say you’re an authority, you aren’t. Show your expertise instead.  “Speaker at TED Conference” indicates a level of authority.  “Social media authority” reads as “I spend way too much time on Facebook.”
3. “Workaholic.” I suppose the intent is to say, “My nose is to the grindstone 24/7.”  If you really do work that much, describe the successes all that effort produced instead. “Workaholic” has negative connotations and implies tremendous effort without tangible results.  Potential customers don’t care how much you work — they care about what you get done.
4. “Guru.” Forget the explanation; I just hate this one. (If you respond positively to “guru,” I would love to know why.)  I also hate “sage,” “connoisseur,” “guerilla,” “whiz,” “ninja,” and other allegedly clever descriptors.  Don’t be clever for clever’s sake.
5. “Serial entrepreneur.” A few people start multiple, successful, long-term businesses.  They truly are serial entrepreneurs.  The rest start one business that fails or does okay, try something else, and keep rinsing and repeating until they find a formula that works.  Those people are entrepreneurs. (And there’s nothing wrong with being “just” an entrepreneur!)  If you have two or three solid successes under your belt, listing them can be powerful.   If not, just say what you do now.
6. “Technologist.” I found lots of definitions for a technologist.  My favorite is, “A person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems.”  So: Is that really what you do?  Many people who claim to be “technologists” just like cool new products and applications. They’re interested in technology (again, nothing wrong with that!) but they are not technologists.  If you use scientific knowledge to solve practical problems, share an example.  Otherwise just say, “I love my new iPad 2!”
7. “Strategist.” Strategists look at the present, envision something different, and develop approaches to make their vision a reality.  For example, I sometimes help manufacturing plants improve productivity and quality.  There are strategies I use to identify areas for improvement, but I’m in no way a strategist.  I don’t create something new; I apply my experience and a few proven methodologies.  Very few people are strategists; most “strategists” are actually coaches, specialists, or consultants who use what they know to help others.  99% of the time that’s what customers need — they don’t need a strategist. Be who you are.
8. “Unique.” We’re all individuals, we’re all different, we’re all unique — and we all know it.  If I’m considering hiring you or buying your products, “unique” means nothing to me.  Tell me why you are better.

Here’s what catches the eye:  Plain language without hyperbole, exaggeration, or fluff.

While expressing personality and flair may work in some cases, if you use Twitter for business purposes plain language and accurate descriptions are what potential followers — and potential customers — really want to see.

Article By Jeff Haden, writer @ Owners Manual

With the advent of social networking sites, these are not only used for keeping in touch with friends and family, but as a business portal as well. With over 800 million users worldwide, Facebook is one of the most popular social networking sites that have become a portal for online businesses, groups, and personalities. Read on and watch the video by Social Media expert and Millionaire Business Man Gary Vaynerchuk to find out ways you and your business can benefit from the use of Social Media.

By creating a personal account, you can post the products and services that you are selling by creating albums, and indicating the necessary information that describes your product or service. You can also choose to subscribe through their advertising links to increase user views to your profile. Another option is to create a page rather than a personal account. This way, you can showcase your products or services in a more professional manner. Bands, artists, and other types of professional make use of the Facebook page to advertise and showcase their talents, skills, services, and other information.

For a more formal approach, LinkedIn is the perfect medium for advertising your skills as a professional to potential employers. The website is also used as a job portal for those who are seeking employment online. The website works in both ways where a company or employer can post a job opening, and a potential employee or freelancer can post his or her details for other viewers to see.

Social networking sites are also an excellent media for earning money online. Many companies are providing ways for users to earn a few bucks by clicking on paid advertisements for a specified time. Advertising is also an excellent way to increase viewer traffic to your site, but it does not guarantee that people who are viewing your web site or page will actually buy your product or service. Posting links of your web page or blog can also be helpful in increasing your user views. Twitter, MySpace, and other social networking sites are good examples of where you can post links to your products and services for others to see.

Blogging is also an excellent way to earn money. There are many creative and technical writers who are making money from writing user reviews and informative content for various kinds of topics. Digg, for instance, is an online community where people share their thoughts and reviews on movies, music, and anything under the sun. It is also a good place to post links to your personal blogs, online stores, and pages for your products and services.

Multilevel marketing is also increasing in popularity when it comes to social media such as Tumblr, Twitter, MySpace, and others. With this, you will earn commission from every successful referral of the business merchant which has an advertisement on your blog or personal website. With the right tools and knowledge on internet based businesses, it is very easy to earn and be successful online.

5 Good reasons your company should be using Social Media Networks:

• A great way to keep track of your peers and colleagues
• Easy access to thought leadership or information that can’t be found elsewhere.
• A good way to showcase tour company or yourself
• Easy access to learning and professional development
• You wish to find out what others think of your products, vendors or approachers

A perfect example of Success through Social Media is the man behind Wine Library TV, “Gary Vaynerchuk” who is worth over 60 Million Dollars. He is the Author of “The Thank You Economy” and he lives and breathes through social networks to reach his millions for success. Watch the Video Below as Gary explains why Businesses need to adapt to Social Media, this video is worth every second of your viewing time. I have not been paid by Gary himself to say this, I believe he knows what he is talking about.

Gary Vaynerchuk -The Thank You Economy: How Businesses Must Adapt to Social Media

Very Interesting InfoGraphic on The Social Media Landscape, Just to put things into perspective for you:

With almost half a Million people signing up to Twitter now each month, it seems like a great way for Motivational speakers and people alike to continue to spread their good words and beliefs to followers and friends through this Social Media platform “Twitter” in between seminars, book releases and youtube videos.

In this post we have a compilation of the Top 25 people to follow on Twitter for great Inspirational tweets daily, check them out, follow them and prepare to be Inspired.

1. @TonyRobbins

Author Tony Robbins has been active for over 30 years and became well known through his infomercials and bestselling self-help books. Robbins writes about subjects such as health and energy, overcoming fears, persuasive communication, and enhancing relationships.

2. @J_Canfield

Jack Canfield is an American motivational speaker and author. He is best known as the co-creator of theChicken Soup for the Soul book series with his writing partner, Mark Victor Hansen.

3. @MarkVHansen

For over 30 years, author and speaker Mark Victor Hansen has spread the message of opportunity and action, dubbing himself “America’s Ambassador of Possibility.”

4. @Deepak_Chopra

Indian physician and author Deepak Chopra has written extensively on spirituality and is a champion in mind-body medicine. As a TV personality and household name, Chopra has influenced the New Thought Movement in the United States.

5. @StephenRCovey

Who hasn’t heard of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People? First published in 1989, it is still a bestselling book. In it Stephen Covey promotes what he calls “The Character Ethic” or aligning one’s values with “universal and timeless” principles. At age 76, Covey is staying relevant by moving his message to the digital platform.

6. @TomZiglar

For over 50 years Zig Ziglar applied his “performance enhancement” principles to help Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, small businesses, schools and non-profits. These days Zig has passed the baton to his son Tom who is bringing the same personal development techniques to the digital age.

7. @paulocoelho

Paulo Coelho is a Brazilian lyricist and novelist. He is the author of the bestselling novel, The Alchemist, which has become one of the top selling books in history, holding the Guinness World Record for most translated book by a living author.

8. @TheRealLesBrown

As a child Les Brown was declared “mentally retarded” and suffered many setbacks and failures in school. Now a renowned professional speaker, author and TV personality, Les Brown’s own rags to riches story fuels his inspiring “live up to greatness” message to people of all ages.

9. @Marci_Shimoff

Marci Shimoff is the woman’s face of the biggest self-help book phenomenon in history, Chicken Soup for the Soul. One of the bestselling female nonfiction authors of all time, Marci’s a featured teacher in the international film and book phenomenon, The Secret.

10. @larrywinget

As the so called “Pitbull of Personal Development”, Larry Winget has evangelized his in-your-face approach to self help as a financial guru and author of books like his bestselling Shut Up, Stop Whining, & Get A Life: A Kick-Butt Approach to a Better Life.

11. @yossi_ghinsberg

Inspired by the nomadic Bedouins of the Sinai Desert after meeting them as a young member of Israel’s navy,Yossi Ghinsberg has since traversed the globe absorbing the spiritual lessons of the world’s indigenous populations. Ghinsberg has used this humanitarian approach to organize symposiums and publish works around issues like biodiversity, treating opiate addiction, and conflict resolution.

12. @SPiver

Susan Piver is a writer, teacher, and speaker on topics such as love, creativity, and spirituality. She is the New York Times bestselling author of The Hard Questions: 100 Essential Questions to Ask Before You Say “I Do” and the award-winning How Not to Be Afraid of Your Own Life, in which she offers insight and information about conquering the fears that hold you back.

13. @BrianTracy

A high school dropout, Brian Tracy spent most of his early work years as a laborer around the world until he tried his hand at sales and became a VP at the age of 25. A board member of Washington DC public policy institute The Heritage Foundation, Tracy has authored several books, audio materials and even an online leadership course.

14. @DrWayneWDyer

Dr. Wayne W. Dyer is a popular American self-help advocate, author and lecturer. His 1976 book Your Erroneous Zones is one of the bestselling books of all time and is said to have “[brought] humanist ideas to the masses.”

15. @inspiremetoday

Gail Lynne Goodwin is an Ambassador of Inspiration and the founder of InspireMeToday.com. She often blogs for The Huffington Post, and counts people like Wayne Dyer and Jack Canfield (also on this list) as her mentors.

16. @pwDan

Dan Millman is the author of thirteen self-help books, the most famous of which is the semi-autobiographical novel, Way of the Peaceful Warrior. Due to the varied topics of his books, his work is difficult to label, but is generally connected to the human potential movement.

17. @byronkatie

Byron Kathleen Mitchell is a speaker and author who teaches a method of self-inquiry known as “The Work of Byron Katie” or simply as “The Work.” She tweets a steady stream of inspirational messages.

18. @charmedlifelady

Victoria Moran is the author of ten books, a motivational speaker specializing in inspiration, wellness, and personal growth, and a certified life coach specializing in spiritual- life coaching. She also writes the Charmed Life blog for Beliefnet.

19. @_robin_sharma

Robin Sharma is an author of several internationally published books, and an expert on leadership and personality development.

20. @LouiseHay

Louise Hay has had an incredible life story, from surviving rape at age 5 to curing herself from cervical cancer as well as being an early champion of support groups for people living with HIV/AIDS. She is the founder of the Hay House publishing company, which publishes books by others on this list, including Deepak Chopra and Wayne Dyer.

21. @JimRohnQuotes

As an entrepreneur, Jim Rohn became a millionaire by age 31 and over the past 40 years has shared his story with millions of people worldwide that seek the guidance of Rohn’s unique personal development philosophy. He’s helped launch the careers of other motivational speakers in this list, such as Tony Robbins and Jack Canfield.

22. @soniachoquette

Sonia Choquette is an internationally acclaimed spiritual teacher, intuitive guide and masterful catalyst whose special gift is to energetically activate the highest vibration and free the authentic spirit in everyone she meets. She releases people from the restriction and fear of the ego and guides them through the portals to joy, wholeness, and personal empowerment in every area of their life.

23. @Debbie_Ford

Debbie Ford is an author who writes books that take the reader on amazing journeys into the internal world, laying out the blueprint of the human psyche. Debbie’s books are used by universities, teachers, lawyers, mediators, and therapists around the world to support others in a true healing of the heart.

24. @kenblanchard

Considered a management expert, Ken Blanchard is the “Chief Spiritual Officer” of the international management training company he and his wife co-founded in 1979. Ken has also co-authored over 30 bestselling books on the subject of leadership.

25. @marwilliamson

Marianne Williamson is a spiritual activist, author, lecturer and founder of The Peace Alliance, a grass roots campaign supporting legislation currently before Congress to establish a United States Department of Peace. She is also the founder of Project Angel Food, a meals-on-wheels program that serves homebound people with AIDS in the Los Angeles area. She has published nine books, including four New York Times #1 bestsellers.

*Thanks To Mashable.com for this well thought out list of Motivational Tweeters.

Sweeping the world with millions of new members a day, Twitter the Social Networking tool that is trailing right behind the world famous”Facebook” may only be a hop and a skip away from pulling Facebooks number of users within the next year or so with interest sparked and made popular by the likes of Charlie Sheen, Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, Oprah, Barack Obama etc….

This Documentary interviews Twitters CEO, Evan Williams and his team of creators and how they have come to be one of the most popular world wide networking websites out.

The Success Story Of Twitter