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Here are some tips from Luke over on GayWideWebmasters on How to use Twitter for Business

1. Get to know the twitter language.
Take the time to read other posts and to see the language that is being used on the site. Here are a couple of things you should know before starting on twitter:
tweets – the name used for twitter posts
#word – use the # sign in front of a word to “tag” a word for tracking topics or events
@name – use the @ sign in front of a name to address a tweet to a specific user or to mention that user

2. Post daily tweets.
Make sure you post at least once a day to keep your followers interested in you.

3. Don’t spam, don’t post all day long.
Spamming will get you a bad rep fast, as does posting all day long (who has time to follow so many updates!) Keep your tweets meaningful and valuable.

4. Post your own links.
Your followers are interested in what you are doing, so every once in a while, why not give them your links and let them see for themselves.

5. Engage in conversations.
Engaging in others conversations and starting your own interesting conversations will get you a lot further than simply posting one-liners with no real lead to anything else.

6. Monitor what others are saying about you.
Search for @mentions and respond to all direct messages, even if its negative messages to you.

7. Use twitter partner services.
Use services like TwitPic, TwitVid, Yfrog, etc to post pictures or videos. This can help you stand out as well as help your branding.

8. Create lists.
List can be fun, interesting or just plain crazy! Creating lists that are relative to your product will help you build your community of followers.

9. Have fun.
Don’t forget, Twitter was started to be a fun tool, so don’t be so serious and have a bit of fun too!

I was browsing the web for new ideas on building up blog traffic and came across One Cool Site Blogging Tips, and an article that timethief had written about the difficulties adult bloggers face when trying to promote their blogs. She aptly points out that conventional means available to non-adult site bloggers just aren’t feasible for the adult blogger.

timethief writes: The most effective way of promoting a blog within the WordPress.COM community is to seek out other blogs in the same niche as our own blog and post meaningful comments to posts in them.  However, those who have blogs with legal adult content have far fewer opportunities to locate blogs within the same niche, and promote their blogs within the WordPress.COM community than bloggers with blogs in other niches do.

Links, Backlinks and PageRank

Links signify relationships and commenting on blogs in the same niche leads to creating relationships with fellow bloggers that may result in backlinks. Backlinks are incoming links to a website. A backlink is created when another site or a blog links back to your site, and the value of that backlink is related to the PR ( page rank) of the site linking back to yours. A site with a lot of backlinks implies that many other sites link to that site.

If you want high search engine rankings so your blog will receive more organic (unpaid) traffic it’s important to have backlinks. Google ranks your site from 0 to 10 based in part on the PR of sites that link to yours. If you have backlinks from high PR sites in the same niche then Google will rank your site higher in search engines results, and as your site gets more backlinks Google will see your site as one of increasing importance. This will be reflected in your blog’s PageRank. The more quality backlinks your site has the higher your Google PageRank rank will be, so understanding backlinking, using all means available to locate other blogs within the same niche, and obtaining backlinks is important.

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This article was posted on GayWideWebmasters in 2007, and every mistake listed is still pertinent today, so I asked about reprinting the tutorial and got a thumbsup to do so!

Ten Mistakes That Reduce Your Profits by Rach

In my professional experience as a sales and marketing consultant, I’ve had the opportunity to work with a number of small business owners on various issues related to sales and marketing. The owners who are struggling to keep their businesses afloat tend to engage in some, or all, of the following mistakes that reduce profitability.

Mistake #1: They fail to market or market inconsistently. Once you have committed to owning and running a business you must be equally committed to marketing and selling the products and services of that business. It is difficult, if not impossible, to stay and remain profitable without a commitment to ongoing concerted marketing.

Solution: Market all the time, every time.

Mistake #2: They hesitate to ask for the sale. Rather than seeming pushy or obnoxious they let profit-producing opportunities pass them by. They worry more about what someone thinks of them than they do about bringing more money into their business. If you find it difficult to ask for the sale, you can be sure that you’re not bringing in as much money as you could be.

Solution: Practice asking for the sale.

Mistake #3: They don’t ask for help or assistance in the aspects of the business where they most need it. Most business owners possess strengths in a particular area but whether by necessity or ignorance they often end up working in areas that arent part of their strengths. When business is not going as it should they delay or procrastinate in asking for help. Each day that goes by with your business running at less than maximum efficiency means dollars lost from your pocket.

Solution: Get expert advice from an attorney, accountant, or other service professional before you really need it.

Mistake #4: They don’t follow up with past customers. It is usually much easier to reactivate a former customer than it is to attract a new one. If you are not following up with past customers on a regular basis you are reducing your profitability potential.

Solution: Develop and implement a regular method for customer follow up.

Mistake #5: They don’t take regular stock of their expenses. Savvy business owners regularly appraise their business expenses and find ways to reduce costs without sacrificing quality. If you havent completed a cost analysis lately, you might be paying more than you need to be, which will reduce your profitability.

Solution: At least once per quarter review expenses and negotiate for adjustments as appropriate.

Mistake #6: They spend large amounts on glossy, slick marketing materials and expect business to pour in without any additional effort. Glossy brochures and slick marketing materials are a nice addition to more active forms of marketing such as meeting people, calling people and speaking to people. Brochures and business cards, no matter how beautiful, do not replace direct contact. If you are spending money on flashy marketing materials rather than marketing directly you will be less profitable than you could be.

Solution: Take those glossy brochures and hand them out directly to people at the next possible opportunity.

Mistake #7: They spend a significant amount of time in low-return activities (as measured by dollars and personal satisfaction). If you are spending the majority of your day completing tasks which are administrative in nature and/or which can be easily completed by other people you are reducing your profitability.

Solution: Track your time and figure out how much you’re making per hour. Hire an assistant if you are spending the bulk of your time in administrative work.

Mistake #8: They charge less than they desire. This challenge seems to arise especially for consultants, coaches and solo entrepreneurs who sell services. It is often tempting to accept less money than you need – so you get some money rather than no money. After time, working for too little can leave you exhausted and resentful and it takes a deep cut out of your profitability.

Solution: Commit that, at the next opportunity, you will ask for full fee. And then do it.

Mistake #9: They make infrequent or no use of technology which could save them time and effort. As a business owner, you have a fixed amount of time and energy within which you must maximize your profits. Technology can help you do this in the form of autoresponders, voicemail, wireless internet connections, speech recognition software and the like. All of these tools are designed to save you time and effort. If you are not making consistent use of technology in your business you are likely not as profitable as you could be.

Solution: Look for ways that you can make your business processes more efficient by using inexpensive technology.

Mistake #10: They adhere to outdated business models or plans. If you do not stay up with the trends in your business you will notice a steady decline in your profitability.

Solution: Attend meetings and conferences that will keep you on target with your market. Implement new means of doing business and update your business plan at least every couple of years.

If you are serious about improving your business profitability, start by implementing the suggested solutions to these ten common mistakes. Together, these solutions will help you make more money and have more fun in your business. Try them and see.

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For myself I was surprised to see just how many of those mistakes I was already taking steps to correct, especially #7 through #10, without ever having read the article!

#7 for me has more to do with my having to do everything. Implementing new site and project ideas, the planning, figuring out the expenses involved, what new script do I need to learn to use, and so on. Doing all the grunt work behind every marketing venture is a tough way to go for the solo webmaster. Anyone who thinks this is a cushy 3-4 hour a day job isn’t really “in the biz”! I often put in 10 and 12 hour days, and weekends are just another day to work on something that needs doing if I’m going to make enough money to pay the bills.

My solution to the profit/time dilemma was to take a hard look at what I was doing on a daily basis and figure out what things I could achieve faster with some sort of script. Next was to look at the profits of said activity. If tgp submissions were taking a nose dive, then I’d best get some Tube sites onto the to do list, and high on the list at that! I’ve also forced myself to get away from the computer for a few hours each day, and to also plan on special full day excursions. I find this brings me back to work feeling refreshed and energized.

The #8: Asking for a fair amount for work received was a long time in happening, and it did require me accepting that yes, I AM worth the fees I am asking to be paid!

With #9:  Making infrequent use of technology to save time and energy. Buying and learning to use the voice recognition software so as to reduce the time I spend in typing out blog posts, directory listings, etc. is my most current profit “fix”. I took advantage of a nice sale/rebate* combo offer at Tiger Direct for the software and will be learning how to use it over the next week or so.

*rebate offer good through Dec 31,2011.

For #10: I’ve always been a big fan of automation, and any program or script I can learn to use to save myself some time is high on my “to do” list! Currently I am making use of scripts like TubeX, Ninja Affiliate, Blogs Organizer,  WordPress blogs and RSS feeds, and buying and using specialty WordPress themes to quickly build review, tube, paysite or directory websites.

I did stay abreast of new marketing techniques as others were becoming outdated and less profitable just by being active on the forums. Most webmasters are quick to give you a heads up if you take the time to participate and ask questions on the boards. Even so there were some things I should of seen and adjusted for a lot earlier than I did.

Overall though, if you tackle this list you’ll quickly discover that the solutions you come up with often address more than one of the “profit mistakes”.  What that  means is that a good plan of action will result in a quick recovery of your financial health.

In my last post I discussed how to setup a free tube site using WordPress and a free WPTube theme. Today I’ll go over a couple of points that can take you to the next step: converting your WordPress tube site into a membership paysite.

Using the free Wp-paysite plugin you can create a member’s area that is password protected.  This free PaySite script gives you the ability to run a membership site based on the WordPress platform. It covers both front-end and back-end functionality preserving generic WordPress features. As you add 30 second or 1 minute video clips to the tube in the public area, you’re add the matching full length video inside the member’s area.

Features:

• Handles both photo and video updates for the front-end.
• Automatically crops thumbnails for both front-end and members area
• Main update image for photo updates and adjustable number of additional images
• Integrated flash player for video updates display at the front-end.
• Any additional info pages for the front-end.
• Manages photo and video updates at the member area
• Possibility to categorize updates
• Dynamic or static front-end
• Multilingual support
• Configurable number of free tour pages and updates per page

Now create buttons that go under each tube clip that say something like “watch the full length video now!” or “view more” and link it to your join page.

You’ll need to setup a billing system, and I don’t recommend using Paypal, as they are quite likely to terminate your account once they realize you are processing payments for adult content. CCBill is an excellent processor, plus you can also use their services if you decide to open up your paysite to affiliate promotion. Other adult billing processors can be found doing a quick search via Google.

Once you have the site built, and your billing processor in place you’re ready to start promoting it. Look for linklists that accept paysite listings, get links and banners onto your other domain properties/blogs. Put together and submit some movie galleries to the tgp sites, and you can also submit some of your tube clips to other tube sites to bring traffic back around to yours. Now have some fun and good luck on generating a nice profit!

**Note: If you are having problems getting your video files to play, try using the free Anarchy Media plugin. There is also a version for non-wordpress websites.

How to Write a Proper DMCA Notice
A Proper DMCA Notice will notify a domain (hereafter refered to as xyzdomain) that is illegally posting your content of the particular facts in a document signed under penalty of perjury. We refer to this as a “Proper DMCA Notice.”  You can read and download more about the Digital Millennium Copyright Act here. To write a proper DMCA notice you should provide the following information:

1. Identify yourself as either:
   1. The owner of a copyrighted work(s), or
   2. A person “authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.”
2. State your contact information, including your TRUE NAME, street address, telephone number, and email address.
3. Identify the copyrighted work that you believe is being infringed, or if a large number of works are appearing at a single website, a representative list of the works.
4. Identify the material that you claim is infringing your copyrighted work, to which you are requesting that xyzdomain disable access over the World Wide Web.
5. Identify the location of the material on the World Wide Web by providing “information reasonably sufficient to permit the xyzdomain to locate the material.”
6. State that you have “a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agents, or the law.”
7. State that the information in the notice is accurate, under penalty of perjury.

Sign the notice with an electronic signature and email it, and be sure to send a copy to yourself, and to your lawyer.

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I’m sure most of you have been frustrated to learn that your carefully constructed site or blog theme that looks absolutely perfect in the browser you use, is all askew in a different browser, or even just a different browser version.

So how can you check what your site looks like in all the various browsers and browser versions? It’s certainly not realistic to install all of them on your computer, and it would be a designer’s nightmare to keep checking a site’s layout.

Adult Blog Builder’s Quick Tip Answer: Browser Shots Just enter your site’s url and check the boxes of the browsers and versions you want to see your site in and it will generate images of how it looks in each one …it REALLY is that simple!

A tip of the hat to the Gaydemon.biz forum for today’s quick tip!