Social Networking and Article Marketing Videos added to the Club

I've just added 2 new products to the members discount area of the SBM Marketing Club.

Social Networking For Newbies

This Step-By-Step Breakthrough Video Series Shows How Any Internet Newbie Can Quickly and Easily Build High Converting Leads For Their Niche By Using Social Networking Sites!


Article Marketing Made Easy

Discover How Easy It Can Be To Launch A Successful Article Marketing Campaign Today! - MRR Included


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Sharon McPherson
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Joel Comm To Host a 12 Hour Live Ustream Tweet-a-Thon

If you were to ask me which web site is the MUST use site to get free traffic, there can only be ONE answer.

It's not MySpace.
It's not YouTube.
It's not Facebook.
And it's not even Google.

These are all valuable sites, but the one site that should be a part of your traffic strategy in 2009 is...

...Twitter!

I'm going to cut straight to the chase...

If you aren't using Twitter, you are missing out on the greatest opportunity for building relationships with your customers and prospects.

You are missing out on the best free branding tool on the web.

And you are missing out on the BEST site to get gobs of FREE traffic!

There's just no excuse for any business, whether small or large, to not be using Twitter.

So how do you get started?

And once you start, how do you leverage Twitter for your business?

You may have a lot of questions...

.. and there are answers.

Do you know Joel Comm?

A New York Times best-selling author and one of the web's most successful marketers, Joel is a Twitter expert.

Last year, he wrote a 30-page report that has been downloaded thousands of times.

That report caught the eye of a major New York publisher who asked Joel to write the definitive guide on Twitter for business.

The result is his brand new book, Twitter Power: How to Dominate Your Market One Tweet at a Time!

The book has just become available on Amazon and if you are serious about harnessing the power of social media to get free traffic to your site, you really should get a copy now!

Anyway, Joel's going to be doing something significant for the official launch on Thursday, February 19th. It's a completely new approach to a book launch and may be a model for those who want to do likewise.

On that date, Joel will be conducting a live broadcast Tweet-a-Thon!

The Tweet-a-Thon will be a live Ustream broadcast for 12 hours straight, and he's got an all-star cast of power Twitter users lined up. It's going to be big... VERY big.

I'll be there for as many hours as I can, and I'm hoping you'll join us for lots of fun and FREE training from some of the most respected leaders in Social Media, Marketing, Business and Entertainment, including grammy award winner, MC Hammer - Tony Hsieh (pronounced "Shay"), CEO of online shoe seller Zappos.com - Wine Library TV's, Gary Vaynerchuk and more!

By the way, if the people I mentioned above use Twitter to build and promote their brands and/or businesses, don't you think you should be too?

Open your free Twitter account here!


Sharon McPherson
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Social Media Profit Coach Explains What Twitter Hashtags # Are & Why You Should Use Them

One of the most frequent questions I see asked by new Twitter users is...

..."what the heck does the # sign mean, and why are so many people using it in their tweets?"

Plain and simple, the # sign, or hashtag as it is commonly referred to on Twitter, is a convenient way to group tweets about a particular topic into one centralized Twitter stream.

For instance, as I'm writing this, one of the more popular hashtags being used on Twitter is, 6nations. So, if you go to http://search.twitter.com and type #6nations into the search box, you'll find all of the messages that were tweeted about Europe's International Rugby Tournament that included that hashtag in the tweet.

The video below by Social Media Profit Coach, Scott Tousignant, walks you through in more detail what a hashtag is, why you should look for trending hashtags, why you should participate in hashtag events, and why you should create your own hashtag event.

After you've watched the video, please use the "post a comment" link below to let me know if you've found this post helpful. Thanks!

Sharon McPherson
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How a Bankrupt Fitness Trainer is Using Social Media to Dominate Affiliate Marketing

When I first started using Twitter 9 months ago, Scott Tousignant, also known as @FatLossQuickie, was among the first users I started following.

My first impression of Scott was that this was a guy who truly demonstrated what the word "social" really means in relation to "social networking".

Apparently Clickbank thinks so too, because in November of 2008 they featured a 3 part series that Scott wrote about how you can promote Clickbank products using Twitter on their blog.

And when Deborah Micek (@CoachDeb), co-creator of Blogi360, and one of the social media experts I most admire, started raving about him, I knew I had made a smart decision when I chose to follow him.

That's why I was happy to learn that Scott recently launched a new training program called, Social Media Profit Coach, where you will discover how you too can use the same strategies he did to harness the power of Web 2.0/Social Media to take his Fitness Training business online, build it to the point where he no longer has to have a brick and mortar business, can operate it from the comfort of his home, set the hours he wants, and enjoy the freedom that his new lifestyle offers.

The strategies that are taught within the Social Media Profit Coach program can be applied to any business in any niche. And you don't need to be an experienced online marketer to begin taking immediate action applying these strategies.

If nothing else, at least go there and download his FREE guide, Fat Loss Riches to discover how Scott cracked the affiliate marketing code to dominate the search engines for every product he promotes.

Sharon McPherson
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4 Twitter Tools I Can't Live Without

If you're a serious Twitter user like I am, I don't need to tell you that keeping up with tweets, replies (@) and direct messages can sometimes be overwhelming. Throw in trying to manage your followers and those that you follow and you may wonder if you took on a full-time job when you joined Twitter.

In the 8 months I've been tweeting, I've seen dozens of new tools and resources created to help make your Twitter experience easier and more enjoyable. The 4 listed below are those that I use on an almost daily basis.

1. TwitterMail - Enables you to send Twitter updates from your email client. Will also send you a daily email in digest form of all @ replies sent to you.


2. My Tweeple - Lists your Twitter followers and the people you are following in alphabetical order. You can follow, unfollow, block - or ding bots and spammers all from one site.
   
   


3. Twhirl - A pc desktop application that lets you read and send tweets, replies and DMs (direct messages) from one central location on your desktop. Also gives you the ability to automatically send retweets, favor tweets, follow and unfollow.
   
   


4. Twitrefresh - On those rare occasions I'm twittering from someone else's computer I turn to Twitrefresh, a web-based application that automatically refreshes your Twitter homepage every 60 seconds.

I'm interested in what you think of those I've listed, and if you have a favorite Twitter tool or resource you just can't live without please share it using the comments link found below.


Sharon McPherson
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Tweeting Minds Want To Know - Is she really a social media diva? Or does she just play one on Twitter?

"Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born". - Author Unknown

First I guess I should get the legal stuff out of the way with the disclaimer that I'm not really a Social Media Diva, I just play one on Twitter.

My name is Sharon Bray-McPherson, but oddly enough, since becoming a Twitaholic I find myself only answering to @SharonMcP.

Before starting my online business in 1998 my previous business experience involved being the assistant manager of an automotive parts store for 4 years and owner-operator, along with my husband, of a full-service gas station for two years.

I'm an 8 year charter member of the International Council of Online Professionals (iCop), and while I in no way consider myself a "guru", during the course of my 10 years as an online entrepreneur I have acquired experience in various aspects of internet marketing, network marketing and resale rights marketing and my partner Jan Tallent (@jantallent) and I currently have a digital products membership site.

But by now I'm guessing that the only question you want an answer to is, "why should I follow you on Twitter?"

And the answer to that question can be summed up in this quote written by one of my favorite authors, Og Mandino.

Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward.

That my friend is the philosophy that I strive to live by everyday, and the rewards that I receive from doing so are without measure.

My Twitter followers have described me as inspiring, helpful, smart, funny, sweet, loyal and transparent, which in social networking, is a plus.

The words they haven't used to describe me are gorgeous, sexy or ooh, she's so thin - so you know they can be believed.

Short Background: My birthplace was Cincinnati, Ohio on June 01, 1956, which made me number 12 in the food chain of 13 kids born to my parents. I've been married to the same guy for 31 years and have 6 children who have blessed us with 16 beautiful grandchildren.

Schools I've attended: Amelia Elementary '61 thru '67 - Schwab Jr. High '68 & '69 - Deerfield Beach High '70 thru '74.

Places I've Lived: Amelia, Ohio - Cincinnati, Ohio - Pompano Bch, FL - Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Altha, FL - Homosassa, FL - Beverly Hills, FL.

Hobbies: Fishing and attending Nascar races at Daytona Speedway whenever possible.

Favorite Sports Teams: Of course being from Cincinnati it would be sacrilegious for me not to be a baseball fan, although my loyalty has shifted from the Reds to the Marlins. HUGE fan of the Miami Dolphins and Hurricanes!

Music Interests: Country music, oldies from the '50s and '60s and recordings from the "Big Band" era.

I Read: Anything written by Og Mandino and C.S. Lewis. I also enjoy autobiographies and non-fictional books related to the civil war. Otherwise, all the books or magazines I read are those related to business and marketing.

Movies: I'm not a movie buff, but my two favorites are Gone With The Wind and North & South. I also like the old comedy classics with Carole Lombard, Irene Dunn, Cary Grant, etc.

TV: I don't watch much television other than CNN, Fox News, C-Span and The Golf Channel (it works wonders as a sleep aid). I will occasionally watch an episode of Law & Order and I must admit that I can't miss an episode of Hell's Kitchen or a Dolphins / Hurricanes football game.

Politics & Religion: I usually don't discuss politics or religion on Twitter, but I'm not ashamed to admit that I'm a Christian and a registered republican. And though there may be times when I don't always see eye-to-eye with my Twitter friends on certain issues, I will defend with my life their right to tweet about it.

Respectfully,

Sharon Bray-McPherson

P.S. Since starting my online business I've made many friends who have enriched my life in many ways, and I've built relationships that will last a lifetime. I'd very much like to include you. Click here to follow me on Twitter.

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