Stealth Marketing With Social Networking Giants

2009-05-05T17:03:00.001-07:00

SQIP LAUNCHES FIRST PORTAL APRIL 28TH!

2009-04-27T14:48:00.000-07:00

Hello All My Connected Friends & Followers!

I have an URGENT MESSAGE for you, do not delay! Please read!

The Sqip Portal WILL GO LIVE TUESDAY, APRIL 28TH, 2009!!!

Join with me FREE in SQIP here:
http://affiliate.sqipcom.com/?user=shelleykraus
Be sure to listen to the audio!

Shelley Kraus
integrityandwealth@comast.net

FYI NEWS:
The Sqip Portal WILL GO LIVE TUESDAY, APRIL 28TH, 2009!!!

SQIP offers multiple sites, features, opportunities and our Member Reward Program.

Sqip members share in the profits generated by the entire Sqip membership; not just the direct sales commissions from their own referral network. With our member reward program you get 100 FREE PEPs as soon as you sign up…no strings, no catch, no small print…just free for joining & checking Sqip out.

PEPs are Private Equity Points. PEPs are reward points that grow in value & pay cash dividends. The PEP value is calculated every week and increases as the membership in Sqip grows.

Profit Share:

For every Euro in sales 50 cents is allocated in real time to pay commissions to the referrer network and 50 cents goes into the dividend pool. The total amount in the dividend pool is divided by the total PEPs owned by members and credited to their accounts. This is the daily dividend payment.

Naturally, the amount will vary from day to day but we expect to pay dividends of up to 5 Euros per PEP over a 12 month period.

Please manage your expectations. Dividends will be fractions of a cent to begin with but will increase and keep increasing as more income streams are activated and the membership grows and expands globally in over 30 languages.

Commissions:

You can earn cash commissions & bonus PEPs on purchases made by anyone in your referral network and you never need to buy or sell anything yourself.

You are paid 5% commission from every purchase made by anyone in your referral network.

Your referral network is 10 levels deep with unlimited members on each level.

You also receive 5% in matching bonus PEPs from all additional PEP purchases made by any member in your referral network

Commissions are allocated and credited to your account in real time & paid out every Friday.
PEP dividends. The more PEPs you own, the bigger your dividend payments can be.

Dividends are calculated by pooling the net profits from purchases made throughout the entire Sqip membership network and sharing those profits out on a per PEP basis.

The purchase of additional PEPs is not included in the dividends.The purchase of PEPs generates 50% commission paid to the referrer network with the balance being used as working capital in SqipCom.

Buy back Plan:

The total number of PEPs available is strictly limited and allocated or sold on a first come basis.When these PEPs are gone new PEPs will not be issued.thus ensuring the continued growth in value of the PEPs that are allocated. This is why only a small percentage of the total membership will have the opportunity to own PEPs.

The PEP value is pegged to the membership growth of Sqip. When the membership reaches a certain level we will buy back your PEPs.

This can mean a profit for you of up to 10 Euros or more per PEP paid in a lump sum cash dividend.

You don’t have to wait until then. You can sell PEPs at any time on the Sqip Bids auction site.
Income streams. Sqip will have over 50 income streams that you share in. Some of these have a mass market appeal like flat rate international and mobile calls.

Other services are more niche market like multi user video conference upgrades with real time collaboration and desktop sharing features. Other income streams are based on mass use like our Sqip Bids auction site or our online Green Lotto program.

Some income streams will grow very quickly; others will take more time to develop...but together we can build something stunningly successful.

What you get when you join SQIP:

· 100 FREE PEPs when you sign up
· 5% cash commission & bonus PEPs when members in your network buy more PEPs
· 5% cash commission when members in your network buy any Sqip service
· Cash dividends from purchases made throughout the entire Sqip network
· A lump sum ‘buy back’ dividend of 10 Euros or more per PEP
· Sell PEPs at any time you want to take profit
· No obligation to refer, buy, or sell. No qualifications. Ever!
· Matching bonuses of up to 100% if you purchase PEPs

To Sum It Up:

Sqip is all about people telling people…it’s viral. And when new members join Sqip they will spread the word .... creating millions of members around the world producing sales which generate commissions and dividends & keep pushing the PEP value up to the point where we will buy back all your PEPs for a lump sum final dividend pay out.

You can earn commissions on purchases made by anyone in your 10 level deep referral network and you can have an unlimited number of members on each level. You can earn from over 50 income streams; NO selling, NO Obligations, NO Qualifications.... EVER!

The more PEPs you own, the more income you can earn from EVERY purchase made by the ENTIRE Sqip membership network (not only your 10 levels). And again - NO QUALIFICATIONS. EVER!

Quick FAQ:

How long will PEPs be available for?
That depends on how quickly Sqip grows. We can have millions of members but only a small percentage of the membership can own PEPs.

Are PEPs actual shares in SqipCom Ltd?
PEPs are not registered shares in SqipCom Ltd. Even though many members have come to think of them as shares because they see the PEP value increasing and will have dividend rewards.

What can I expect to get in cash dividends?
Dividends will start small and grow as more income streams are activated and the membership increases. To begin with you will see only a fraction of a cent every day but this will increase over the weeks and months until you are seeing between 1 and 2 cents per PEP per day. So the more PEPs you have the more dividends you will get paid.

When can I expect to receive a final lump sum of up to 10 Euros per PEP?
Our goal is within 24 months after launching.

Where is SqipCom based?
SqipCom is decentralized with operations located in several countries including the USA, UK, India & Germany.

SqipCom Ltd registered Office:
Suite 1, Mec Complex, Avenue D’Aroha, Providence, Mahe, Seychelles

SqipCom does not offer any guarantee that you will make money with the Member Reward Program. The structure of the program is designed to be member driven. SqipCom will provide the portal, web sites and potential income streams in the way of services, upgrades subscriptions etc but it is up to the members to promote SqipCom with the goal of generating sales that subsequently create commissions and dividends.

Join with me FREE in SQIP here:
http://affiliate.sqipcom.com/?user=shelleykraus
Be sure to listen to the audio!
Shelley Kraus
SQIP: integrityandwealth@comast.net

SQIP NEWS UPDATE: April 10, 2009

2009-04-10T16:07:00.000-07:00

Heeellooo...!?

Are you guys paying attention to SQIP? IT'S FREE TO JOIN. Why anyone in their right mind would NOT join this company and receive their own 100 free private equity shares in this upcoming giant, is totally beyond me. Just do it people, before all shares (PEPS) are gone!

http://affiliate.sqipcom.com/?user=shelleykraus

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The PEP shares are worth .38 cents today and SQIP is GIVING you 100 shares just for joining.

The goal of SQIP is to get your private equity value to over 5 Euros per PEP by December 2009. You can help do this by introducing SQIP like crazy.

DO THE MATH!

That's 500 Euros to you in PEP value by Dec 2009 and you did nothing but just join. You can certainly buy more shares in this company if you wish while they last. The shares value will just keep growing!

Go to the website to learn more: SQIP

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FROM SQIP HOME OFFICE:

News in brief…We are on target to go live in a few days from now.

Other news…We are introducing additional payment options in your back office area. You will see that Pay Pal is already there and a few more will be added in the coming days.

Locking in the current PEP price with a monthly payment plan is also available again.

This is currently only available via Pay Pal but we will be adding other options soon.

Weekly payouts: Starting in a few days you can request a withdrawal to your Towah account. Pay Pal and other options will be included soon.

This is the first step in providing you with your SQIP E-wallet.

You will be able to withdraw funds DAILY in the very near future

Commissions and dividends will be credited to your e-wallet daily…so you do not have to wait until every Friday to get your commission or once a month to get your PEP dividends.

Other features being added later include…

Make instant payments to any SQIP member from your e-wallet.

Merchant tools for members using our auction and other E-commerce sites.

Direct transfer to local banks in 34 countries at local transfer rates.

Some of these features will be available now or over the coming days…others will be implemented into your new back office system which will offer you amazing ‘State of the Art’ features.

We will also be doing your marketing for you. We are setting up a direct call teleseminar system via the internet with 14 scheduled multiuser calls every week.

This is a free to use online system for all of your referrals. You simply go to the site at the scheduled time to ‘watch and listen’ as our live presenter takes you and a few thousand other people through the amazing SQIP opportunity.

This is simply one of the most powerful and easiest ways to get more sign ups.

Details will be available in the next updates…

Our developers are in the process of merging the affiliate back office area with the portal login system. We were aiming for this to be completed today but it is not quite ready yet.

Apart from minor bugs the sites are functioning well and what bugs have been discovered by our testers are being fixed.

Almost there…!

To Join SQIP:
My referral URL is: http://affiliate.sqipcom.com/?user=shelleykraus

SQIP... Is An Advanced Social Networking Platform That Offers Everything You Could Possibly Need In One Site!!

2009-04-09T14:38:00.000-07:00

It's Yahoo, Google, Myspace, facebook, (etc.) & a business selling platform, email, messenger, music player, (etc.) all in one site.

Best of all, it's FREE!!!

They are launching VERY soon and instead of spending their money advertising they are offering...for a limited time ONLY....100 free Private Equity Shares.

The more people that sign up the more value the shares have. It is the easiest way to advertise!!!

This is so exciting!

SQIP is big and will certainly blow everyone away when the news really gets out. This is a no-brainer people!

Just sign-up, it's free and you get 100 free shares just for joining.

Listen to the audio on my website here: SQIP

Everything you need under one site! Get in now while they are new and upcoming and private shares are still available!!

What In This World Is A SQIP!

2009-04-06T15:20:00.000-07:00

...is positioned be the Next Mega Internet Success Story!!

You Can Get Paid to Give-Away Ownership in What May be the Next Mega Internet Giant!

Wouldn't you have loved owning shares in Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Google, etc...?? How about owning shares in the "NEXT BIG THING!" now??

If you ever use Yahoo, AOL, Myspace, Youtube, Facebook, Skype
etc you will begin to get an idea of what Sqip offers in its' Mega Portal!
(+ 80 possible streams of income!)

With more features that you can shake a stick at; you will love what you discover in Sqip ...there is something for every one....and it's always free to use!

I promise you this is "THE NEXT BIG THING!!"

I am so excited about this. There is no way to tell you everything in a post. TIME SENSITIVE!

Go to the site and just listen to the 8 minute audio. I know you will be as excited as I am.

Then be sure to resister and receive your 100 private equity shares in this new company for free!

Then listen to the 40 minute interview from the link in your back office with the founder of the company.

If that doesn't excite you, your wood is wet!

This launch is like, ... right before Google launched, or right before Facebook, Ebay, Twitter or any of those big boys launched.

The difference is... an income stream and ownership in the company!
Please go here quickly and get involved at the start.

PS: Have a wonderful and blessed Easter.

-Shelley

MySpace shrinks as Facebook, Twitter and Bebo grab its users

2009-04-05T12:29:00.000-07:00

MySpace shrinks as Facebook, Twitter and Bebo grab its users

10 Ways To Increase Your Twitter Followers

2009-04-01T06:06:00.000-07:00

Leads Everywhere I Turn!

2009-03-30T13:30:00.000-07:00

I never thought this would all happen so fast, ...leads, more than I can get back with...

Today I am literally posting for myself. I was making so many notes to myself this week trying to keep all these new websites straight when it acured to me, that's why I started a blog! ... to journal the networking process from scratch in real time.

I needed to log all the sites I have opened and which ones are truly gaining followers, friends, fans & members! I told you I would be writing detailed articles concerning how to utilize and market with the major giants in social networking and I am.

Now in order to give you a first hand accurate report, I knew I must do exactly what you would do if you were learning to market online from scratch. I will be giving you a numbers report tomorrow about which company sites are producing what amount and kind of leads; that is truly interested people, or just name harvesters who will probably take my email address and funnel it all over the internet. Also, which methods are semi-easy for the newbie to set up and gain numbers right from start. Most of my new site links are dotted all around this blog. Check them out to see which ones you think you'd like on your website or blog.

Well this last week I have been very busy, designing and posting brand new Bemicall named websites and profiles in all these areas:

Squidoo (3) Business - Using it to explain Bemicall
Squidoo (3) Personal, Motivational & Inspirational Videos
YouTube Channel really cool... alot of fun...
Delicious feed ...couldn't hurt...
AdlanPro Account for networking, great numbers building everyday
Veretekk Affiliate for marketing, even the free Silver program is good.
Facebook Profile, ..fun for ole friends and family, private
AHH, but also a Facebook Business Page... cool public
Registered this blog with Networked Blogs
Learned about Blog Talk Radio, ... really want a show there, in time.
Last.FM... enjoy using it in Facebook
Blip FM ... enjoy using it on Twitter
Tecnorati cool widget on this page I really like
Easy Video Producer ... great product I look foward to making my own video soon
Blog Catalog I could not get off this site I made new friends by joining group immediately
Feed Burner, unsure really more for me I think...
Feedly, it opens when I save a feed
Oh course upped my game in Twitter & added 1000 people in this first month
Tweetdeck
Twitter Power
Retweet
Tweet Later
Twitter Counter Stats, ... a real favorite
Twitter Tips
Digg, ...one of my favorite! Gained many people first day, please digg my site too. :)
and honestly Plaxo. An old method I used a few years ago and it's really paying off.

So after I tally up all the numbers to see which lead capture methods are truthfully, honestly capable of producing for me the kind of quality leads I'm looking for, ...the kind you need for your marketing program too, who are the winners? I'm not totally sure yet, except I know I have about 2,000 leads with contact information. Yea, I know... mercy. Stay tuned... that's my homework for tonight. After all it's about making friends, right? We all know the old rule; people do not want to do business with a stranger, they want to share a business with a friend.

So therefore, ... want to be my friend? :)

Comments are welcome. I really listen.

How To Receive A Free BemiCall Membership!

2009-03-27T13:02:00.000-07:00

Hello Friends,

It is my joy and desire to help those whose mission in life is helping others.

As many of you know my primary company is BemiCall. I have many reference links throughout this blog explaining my involvement and information about the company and the compensation plan. I will not re-iterate this here. You can read some of my archived articles from February and early March, 2009.

I only wish to inform those of you who ARE interested in this program, there is NOW a way you can have entrance into this company with a free membership for one entire year!!

If you are interested, please read the following. This is a private offering from me alone, not from the company of BemiCall.

...Therefore, after studying the BemiCall program, (from the main website here) and you now see the great value of our products and services and the unlimited commission possibilities in our compensation plan, but you are not in a comfortable place financially concerning the $30 annual membership, (as many are during these hard economic times) I will offer to pay your membership fee for you, if the following simple criteria is met: .... ...continue reading....

(There is now a permenant link to this "offering" website on this blog to the left under private links.)

...continue reading here....

Guy Kawasaki Can Handle Being Called a Spammer

2009-03-25T16:15:00.000-07:00

By Andrew LaVallee

To kick off his keynote speech at SES, a marketing conference in New York, Guy Kawasaki asked how many people in the audience were on Twitter at that moment. Hands shot up across the packed ballroom.

“Yeah, that’s what I was afraid of,” he said.

The former Apple marketer and current venture capitalist, book author and Web site operator was there to tell attendees how he uses Twitter and interconnected social-media tools like Twhirl and TweetDeck to generate buzz and monitor what others are saying about him.

An unabashed fanboy when it comes to the service, Mr. Kawasaki called it “the most powerful marketing tool that I’ve seen since probably television.” Toward the end of his talk, he added: “I love Twitter as much as I love Macintosh. And I love Macintosh.”

He also made enough provocative statements to guarantee that he’ll be retweeted — the Twitter equivalent of forwarding an e-mail — all day. One of the first was his advice that to be successful on the site, you need lots of followers. “I believe that Twitter is a numbers game,” he said.

That set off one of the first bursts of responses on Twitter. “Controversial?” asked Jeffrey Rohrs. “Twitter is a numbers game only for those who care about numbers. It is exactly what you make it,” wrote noahwesley.

But retweeting is also crucial, Mr. Kawasaki said. “Retweeting is the sincerest form of flattery,” he said. “When somebody retweets you, they really have made a conscious decision that they like what you’ve done.” He directed the crowd’s attention to Retweetist, which measures how often you’re echoed, and pointed out that he tops the list. “It’s kind of my scorecard,” he said, admitting that he checks it 5 to 10 times a day.

He noted that he employs people who help him find buzzworthy articles and post on his behalf, and shrugged that others might find that practice controversial. “Did you know that @GuyKawasaki has people he pays to tweet for him? I didn’t, but he just owned up to it,” wrote wrote Mike Pantoliano. Lisa Barone. “Not Cool,”

Even though he extolled the importance of followers, he then said that the number is becoming less and less meaningful, pointing out that CNN added 20,000 followers just yesterday.

That’s largely a function of Twitter’s “Suggested Users” box, which comes up after clicking “Find People.” “For the life of me, I cannot figure how you get into this box,” he said, highlighting Padmasree Warrior, Cisco’s CTO, on the list. “How is she one of the most important people to follow on Twitter,” he asked, moving on to Ryan Seacrest and Perez Hilton. “What is this world coming to?”

He admitted that some of his tactics, like encouraging followers to re-broadcast another site’s RSS feed, are ethically murky. “If I do it, it’s clever marketing. If it’s done to me, it’s spam,” he said.

His remarks sparked controversy on Twitter. One of the most-retweeted reactions is from Michael Gray, a search-engine-optimization consultant, who wrote “@matt_mcgowan or anybody else ask @guykawasaki if everyone used twitter the way he did would it be ruined.”

Mr. Kawasaki generally has a short response for online detractors, which he might repeat in this case: “UFM,” or “un-follow me.”

Twitter Unveils New Premium Accounts

2009-03-25T16:06:00.000-07:00

By Brian Briggs -
San Francisco, CA – Twitter co-founder and CEO Evan Williams today announced part of the company's long-awaited business model: Twitter Premium accounts.

Twitter has experienced phenomenal growth since its inception, but up until now it has remained a mystery what it would do to generate income. Many have speculated that premium accounts would be one way, and now that has been confirmed.

Williams explained, "Celebrities and large corporations have begun flocking to Twitter for their social media needs, and growth has accelerated. Many users have expressed willingness to pay for accounts, and now we give them that opportunity."

Williams stressed that free accounts will still be available to all users, and that only those wanting more services would pay. Premium accounts will come in four tiers: Sparrow, Dove, Owl and Eagle.

The details of the accounts are as follows:

Sparrow ($5/month) – Users get 145 character limit, 5 extra random followers.

Dove ($15/month) – Users get 160 character limit, 25 extra random followers, 1 random celebrity follower, auto-spell check, "Fail Whale" T-shirt.

Owl ($50/month) – Users get 250 character limit, 100 extra random followers, 2 random celebrity followers, 30 minutes on recommended list, auto-spell check, "Fail Whale" hoodie.

Eagle ($250/month) – Users get 500 character limit, 1000 extra random followers, 3 celebrity followers of their choice, 5 hours on recommended list each month, Twitter Concierge for Tweeting while user is asleep or busy (and more), auto-spell check, "Fail Whale" tuxedo, custom "Fail Whale" page when service is down.

Users in any tier will be able to purchase an EmbellishTwit add-on for $100/year, which directs tweets to a well-educated offshore employee who will embellish tweets. For example, "Just had a whole wheat bagel and coffee for breakfast," becomes "Just got in from clubbing all night and Heidi Klum is spreading brie on a baguette just flown in on the Concord for my breakfast."

Rumors of a even higher level of service the secret "Black" account, which has J. K. Rowling, Stephen King and other famous authors write your tweets have not been confirmed.

Analysts peg Twitters value near the GDP of Canada.
Taken from : http://www.bbspot.com/News/2009/03/twitter-unveils-premium-accounts.html

Top Social Media Ranking

2009-03-19T14:39:00.000-07:00

Food For Thought:
Top Social Media Ranking

Social Network	Compete		Alexa
Social Network	Monthly Visitors	Rank	Rank	Pageviews
Youtube	61,597,018	6	3	17.54980999
MySpace	59,485,723	7	7	33.9887
Facebook	38,274,897	14	5	19.1856
Orkut	406,797	4,187	19	34.225789
Hi5	10,043,929	658	15	36.47
Flickr	68,968,387	22	35	9.51
Friendster	1,440,004	1,036	39	24.65
Bebo	2,614,098	508	113	30.41
LinkedIn	7,047,610	148	208	8.81
Last.fm	1,986,917	701	268	5.16
LiveJournal	3,953,429	302	58	11.8224
Twitter	2,218,330	627	1,006	5.66
Xanga	1,662,836	868	267	7.88
Imeem	9,920,224	91	127	6.19

*Published on 21/08/2008 with data from Compete and Alexa.

The Top 25 Social Networking Giants

2009-03-18T12:55:00.000-07:00

Do You Know Who They Are? ...& Are You Using Them To Your Advantage?

Basically, are you marketing the right way in today's virtual world?

Many of you may have noticed the title of this blog has changed. This decision has come after months of realizing the need to be more relevant if I want to truly be helpful to those of you who have followed me in the past. I enjoy all the fun videos and music clips, those will continue after all that is the beauty of a blog, you can make it what ever your personality dictates.

However, many business people I work with, who have been extremely successful in the recent past, marketing the old ways, (...the day of information!) are now completely lost in this new virtual fever fast paced world of social networking, (...the day of recommendation!) I have included myself here (to a degree) as I am continuing to learn every day just like you.

If this is you, I am now authoring some great articles to help you. The post-information will include examples, advice and tips from some of the greats in the social media networking industry. I am very excited to share this helpful information with you. You should subscribe to this blogs RSS feed ... which we will cover... or just bookmark this page. Check in often and let me know your question and curiosities! If there is a relevant topic you feel I should research and teach, drop me a line and perhaps it will be covered in due time.

I am preparing these articles right now to post very soon. I will not throw them all at you at once. We will settle in on one method at a time to make sure you completely understand that media or application process. You will be able to determine for yourself, as the weeks go by, which media or application is best for your particular online needs.

Now, to decide if this "study in social networking methods" is right for you, I'm going to ask you a few questions. Below are a few present day tools your competitors are using in the market place online right now to out sell, out perform and out "leads" you, (That is if you've not yet committed to a permanent place of online real estate for yourself and also if you've not established a visible, accessible & aggressive presence for yourself or your company.)

Just One Question: ...out of 25 future questions to ask yourself:

Are you using any of the below basic tools to: *market your website, *develop a massive lead database, *promote your products instantly, *handle your customers with personal flair, *or manage your online presence?

BemiCall Twitter Facebook My Space Skype LinkedIn Class Reunion Sites PayPal Delicious Squidoo Utterli Zazzle SitePal Cafe Press Pay Per Clicks Adsense Blip.FM Blog Radio Digg Rapsody YouTube Last FM Bebo Flickr Hi5

Humm, ...Your Answer? How did you score?

ENJOY: Radio Hits from 1972

2009-03-16T15:55:00.000-07:00

(Elvis Presley performs at Madison Square Garden in this June 1972 photo provided by George Kalinsky.)

FREE MUSIC ON RHAPSODY!

In Honor Of A Long Time High School Girl Friend's Birthday Today!

Here is a playlist on Rhapsody that is actually pretty good. Since 1972 was a good year.... for us all, thought this might be a good gift for you ...& great fun for the rest of us!

Also check out: 70 ' s Explosion There are 96 more great radio hits here!

Enjoy! ...& Happy Birthday Linda!

What Is A Squidoo & How Do I Get One?

2009-03-12T13:00:00.000-07:00

Join the Squidoo community!

No matter how diligent and thorough I am to explain this to you, no one on earth can explain it any better than the founder of Squidoo, Seth Godin. Click on the headline link and go directly to his "getting started" page.

Learn how to get started with Squidoo!

Not only can you make money but you can showcase your articles at the same time. You can have as many pages (lens) as you want. Share all your topics of interest with the world or only with your friends.

For an example of one Squidoo page, you can go to mine to see how customized a site can be. Go here: http://www.squidoo.com/USABemicall

Today's Lesson: What is Micro-blogging?

2009-03-10T11:59:00.000-07:00

This post is dedicated to my husband who is wondering right now 'What in this world is this twitter thing and why is my wife so consumed with it?'

OK, I suppose my dear you should first understand what a blog is.

Think in terms of a journal or diary. People who write blogs are openly sharing information concerning their life, their business, their hobbies or passions or just simply whatever they enjoy writing about.

Therefore my Blog post today will be to explain to you (and others like you who have not yet joined the online social networking clubs) the importance of this new and fast growing form of marketing and communication. Afterward, I hope you will better understand and want to join in.

NOW DEF: Micro-blogging is a form of multimedia blogging that allows users to send brief text updates (say, 140 characters or fewer) or micromedia such as photos or audio clips and publish them, either to be viewed by anyone or by a restricted group which can be chosen by the user. These messages can be submitted by a variety of means, including text messaging, instant messaging, email, digital audio or the web.

The content of a micro-blog differs from a traditional blog in that it is typically more topical, smaller in aggregate file size (e.g. text, audio or video) but is the same in that people utilize it for both business and individual reasons. Many micro-blogs provide this short commentary on a person-to-person level, or share news about a company's products and services.

I know it's easy to laugh at all the nonsense on Twitter.

The key question today isn't what's dumb on Twitter, but instead how a service with bite-size messages topping out at 140 characters can be smart, useful, maybe even necessary. Here's why I'm looking and here's why I now have multiple Twitter accounts. In the last few months, the traffic on Twitter has exploded, growing far beyond its circles of bleeding-edge tech enthusiasts and hard-core social networkers.

Businesses such as H&R Block and Zappos are now using Twitter to respond to customer queries. Market researchers look to it to scope out minute-by-minute trends. Media groups are focusing on Twitterers as first-to-the-scene reporters. (They were on top of the May 12 China earthquake within minutes.) Loads of new applications and services are growing around the Twitter platform, leading some to suggest that the microblogging service could become a powerhouse in social media.

Bit of History Concerning The Different Service Providers

In May 2007, 111 Twitter-like sites were counted internationally. However, the most notable service is Twitter, which was launched in July 2006 and won the Web Award in the blog category at the 2007 South by Southwest Conference in Austin, Texas.

The main competitors to Twitter have been Plurk and Jaiku.

Other leading social networking websites; Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, and Xing also have their own micro-blogging feature, better known as status updates.

With the growth of micro-blogging, many users want to maintain presence in more than one of these social networks. Services such as Socialthing and Profilactic will aggregate micro-blogs from multiple social networks into a single list. Services such as "Ping.fm" will send out your micro-blog to multiple social networks.

Is it all clear as mud now?

If you still need more information to to better understand the importance of Twitter in today's business world, I suggest you check out this 12 page slide show provided by Business Week at: http://images.businessweek.com/ss/08/05/0515_twitter/index_01.htm

I think we should open you a Twitter account and just let you "tweet" around till you get it. (NewAccount)

Now can you understand why your dinner may be a bit later on twitter nights?

Why I don't get out as much as I use to?

Why I get so excited when someone I believe is great, ... "Follows" me?

It's all good, they're not a stalker my dear. :)

Signed: ....Your loving wife

I really enjoyed this presentation.

2009-03-09T10:30:00.000-07:00

Social Media Trifecta

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2009-03-07T09:45:00.000-08:00

Your Personal Invitation From Us

2009-03-06T15:49:00.000-08:00

Dear Friends,

In this dark economic day and age when everyone is looking for that certain
magic formula to enhance their income and trusting no one has it.
.....We submit one successful alternative solution.

Would it help if you could just eliminate your phone bills, but still
keep your number and network?

How about being able to own state of the art phones and blackberrys at no cost?

What about having an additional serious income stream to help pay off all your other life expenses and fund your retirement?

What about being able to legally deduct many normal home expenses from your taxes because now you have a HHB?

What if this could all happen for only $30? Nothing monthly!

What if you could join a membership program for $30 annually and by referring only 3 people to join the same program, you could begin receiving a very generous CASH residual income and eliminate you phone bill entirely while still keeping your present phone number and network!

This is just a very beginning of what is possible with the BemiCall Plan.

Because of the very low cost and no other expenses or personal involvement needed, we believe this program to be the very best new company venture worth our time. Everything you need and need to know is online.

NOTE: In fact for those of you who have achieved significant success in other companies and need to keep your identity secret, you can. Everything is by ID# number - only if you wish. (Many direct marketing or MLM companies will not allow you openly market and receive serious income from another opportunity if you are a leader with them. ...Competition.)

Please receive this link as our personal invitation for you, our friends and family, and all our social networking and home based business friends, to join us in our new business venture, BemiCall.

Please review all the detailed information on the main Company site HERE to determine your interest.

Then join with me inviting and helping other people become debt free as well.
Feel free to forward your opinion to us. We look forward to hearing about your success.

May God bless you all.

JOIN NOW!

BemiCall - My Journey

2009-02-28T12:23:00.000-08:00

Recently I was invited to join a new company, BemiCall.
BemiCall JUST Launched in February, 2009.

It is one of those online home marketing deals... hummm?

After very little time evaluating the program, I can say I have decided to join this program without hesitation.

I was personally invited by one of the Founders in Batam, Indonesia who helped start BemiCall in Indonesia. I have great confidence in this man's business integrity and I owe a great deal to him for the past opportunities he has invited me to be a part of.

Over the last eight years, this person has proven to me to be a “leader of leaders” in the financial and investment arena. He has a true heart for member concerns and I stake my own reputation on his loyalty to his business passion. His credibility weighed heavily on my decision to look at the program. I am now committed.

Upon joining, I was given a referral website from the company. I can now begin offering this same opportunity to others.

To learn more and join me as charter members go to https://www.bemicall.com/index.php?ref=780896

I only hope others will see what I see and believe in it the way I do. I want others to become debt free and I know this opportunity will help many achieve this.

I will invite everyone I know - via this blog - to look at this plan. I will not try to choose who should and who should not be in this program. I learn decades ago, network marketing is a fickle creature. Some days everyone wants what you have. Other days, it seems no one does.

I love the journey of marketing a new company and I love to see the ebb and flow, like the tide moving in and out, all the nuisances of a new business venture.

I have "birthed" many massive downlines over the years with new companies. (Haven't we all!) I have recruited thousands of people the old fashion way; "RAH RAH meeting"! Oh, the glory of the annual convention! All the awards passed out on stage, people clapping because you did what you were suppose to do. Everyone knowing exactly how much $$ you made that year... I did love that so.
*sigh.

This is a new age. I can feel it. Today, a vibrant, aggressive network marketer gains success instantly, online. What it use to take months even years to do face to face can now be accomplished in an incredible short time for the person who knows how to market online.

Yes, this is my time. Finally, I can shine in my own geeky way. No meetings, No Trainings, No faxes, No 200 person scratchy conference calls, No one complaining at my door at inappropriate times, and No one actually needing me.

I can build a business anonymously and watch it grow from the beaches of Hawaii! Building a dynamic down-line of quality people who want the same things in life as me: Money and the time to enjoy it!

Yes, I will keep you posted. This blog is dedicated to my journey in BemiCall.

Shelley Kraus