I recently had a discussion at an online network with a fellow member about using Facebook to promote our businesses.

I’ve been doing a lot of research in the area of using Facebook to promote a group or business, so I’ve got quite a few tips to share.

In the coming months, I’ll be posting about promoting your business on Facebook.  The first post in the Facebook for business series will likely be about one of the following:

* Why it’s important to create a “Page” at Facebook vs. using your personal Facebook profile, more…

I was reading a blog post the other day about Britney Spears’ Twitter account and thought to myself, “Oh, golly, another celebrity Twitter account!”

So many are filled with trite, silly tweets logged by their flunkies/managers/what-have-you’s, that it’s silly.

Being real on Twitter means being yourself

You’d think… here’s a person with such enormous celebrity and so many fans who listen to them, and they wind up being just another crappy PR Twitter account, blowing their changes to attempt to make a real connection with their fans, increase their credibility, etc. more…

I joined Twitter this summer, and have been actively using it for just over a month or so. In that time, I’ve made several observations of others and of my own habits with Twitter usage.

Here are some of my recommendations to being an effective and valuable Tweeter that folks will want to follow, take part in what you are putting out, such as clicking your links, etc., and ultimately one that people will trust and respect, leading to mutually beneficial relationships, and hopefully more business for you!
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