Passions That Pay

Twitter

http://www.twitterholic.com/ – who are the big players in Twitter? Shows the top 100 Tweeters by number of followers.
http://twitterbuzz.com/ shows you what people are linking to in their tweets.
http://dossy.org/twitter/karma/ – sorts your followers and those you follow into different groups such as those who follow you but you do not follow back
http://twerpscan.com/ – highlights the people [...]

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If last weeks post about who is your ideal client sparked some new thoughts on the subject here are some ways to narrow down the specifics.
Demographics
This is fairly easy to figure.
Male or female?
Age range?
Income bracket?
Location?
Employment status?
Values
Think about the values that a client should have in order for you to do your best work.
Examples that I [...]

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I doubt I have to convince you about the power of blogging as you are at this moment reading mine. But did you know about blog tours and blog carnivals?
I have taken part in a few and they are both fun and a good way to attract new visitors.
Teresa Morrow from Key Business Partners, an [...]

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Have you thought about this lately?
Sometimes we start a business with a particular client in mind and over time we notice that the picture changes.
Sometimes as we are ourselves change and evolve so does who we most want to work with. Sometimes we were just wrong and who we thought would be attracted to our [...]

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To celebrate my 40th birthday today, I am sharing with you this song of peace. The brainchild of two of my UK countrymen, brothers Khurrom and Khaiyyam Mahmood, 8 out of the 10 most popular Pakistani pop artists were gathered together to record a song that makes it clear that most muslims are also against [...]

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Stumbleupon
The idea behind Stumbleupon is to have a collection of websites that have been voted for by surfers that can be visited according to set categories. Therefore I can select the category of business and marketing and stumble through (i.e. visit) a whole load of websites within those categories.
Stumbleupon is accessed via [...]

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I am really looking forward to this week. I turn 40 on Wednesday! Whoohoooo!! When I look back at my thirties and see how they started off pretty badly then just got better and better as I edged closer to 40, I can’t help but to be excited as to what my forties will bring. [...]

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Michelle Waters is passionate about physical products! As a business coach, she steers her clients through the difficulties of being a physical products seller. Along with Online promotions specialist, Teresa Morrow of Key Business Partners, she is  hosting Product Sellers Seminar next week, Sept 17-19, an online interactive seminar for physical product sellers.
So if [...]

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We are taught not to talk about the taboo trio of religion, politics and sex in polite company. Should we extend this to Twitter?
With the main party conferences behind us here in the US the lead up to the election has well and truly started. The political twitterers are ramping [...]

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I learned several tips from Linda Dessau during last week’s Passion Project BTR show. These are the particular standouts for me.
1. If you struggle with writing:-
a) consider if you really need to write. Although you may have had it drummed into you that blogs and article marketing are great (and they are!) they are not [...]

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