4 Ways To Attract Twitter Followers

1. Get Listed- Unless your famous (which contrary to your own beliefs, you’re not) chances of getting listed on Twitter’s suggested user list when a new account is created, but Twitter has now allowed users to create their own lists which allows someone to group people they are following by a common theme. For example: “Indianapolis Business”, “Marketing People”, “Inspirational”,...

5 Ways To Make Money On Twitter

I’m sure you have heard by now that Twitter is the hip thing to do now online. What is Twitter? Well besides a website that loses money, it’s a micro-blogging platform that allows you to post your thoughts in 140 characters or less. A majority of users look to Twitter for a social outlet, but some are actually making money using Twitter. Here are 5 easy ways to make money on twitter. 1. Turn...

What’s the Point of Networking?

If you were to go to a networking event and ask everyone the same question, “Why are you here?” most likely the most common response would be “I’m here to grow my business.”  What we have to remember is that the people we meet at these networking events may not be our next clients, but they may refer us to someone who will be. I have to remind myself of this on a regular...

5 Tips to Remember Someone’s Name

If you’re like me, you meet a handful of new people every week. On an average week I’ll run into 20-30 new people at networking events. One of my biggest struggles when networking is remembering someone’s name when running into them the following week. I am horrible with names, absolutely horrible. Almost to the point to where it’s embarrassing because the person’s name whom I forgot...

Beale Street Blues

January 1, 2010 brought a new year and a 7-hour drive southwest to Memphis, TN. Nicole, her brother Logan, and I loaded up the car eager to arrive in Memphis. We were heading to watch my Alma Mater East Carolina University play Arkansas in the Liberty Bowl. For those who aren’t familiar with ECU, we’re about the size of Ball State located 1.5 hours east of Raleigh, North Carolina. 7 hours...