I can vividly remember back in November when my wife Idy and I decided to venture into new territory and pursue our dreams of writing.  It seemed that it was almost accidental finding Joel Comm.  I was researching a web developer’s site and came across Joel Comm’s free Adsense Secret 4 book (Adsense Secrets 4.0).  I was wondering who this Joel Dot Com guy is?  I down loaded the book and the rest is history!  I had never read or written a  blog before.  Within a few days, I had started 3 Blogger blogs.  My wife started 2.

I really knew that we were on to something.  Shortly before Christmas, I watched a video with Mike Dillard and this funny  guy named Perry Belcher talking about Twitter.  Twitter?  Perry Belcher?  It almost seemed like a joke!  Whoa!  Joel Comm announced  that he had authored a book called “Twitter Power”   Maybe this Twitter thing was not so weird after all.  I pre-ordered Joel’s book and impatiently waited 6 weeks for it to be delivered.

The book is an easy read.  You don’t have to be a geek to understand it.  Joel explains that it okay to be yourself.  However, he insists that you use proper “Twitter etiquette”.  We could all use a little social etiquette in our day to day talking.  Don’t interrupt a conversation.  Don’t walk up to strangers in a cafe and just sit down and start talking.  Twitter works the same way.  He explains the proper way to enter a  Twitter conversation.

What I have learned most from Joel’s new book is to properly brand myself.  I have only one shot on Twitter unless I change my name.   Joel says that the only way to be successful is to really give more than you receive.   Twitter is not the place to directly sell your stuff.   Building a following is more important than making a sale.  Joel is market savvy and knows how to monetize  his followers.   Joel’s methods have really worked on me .  I went for the free Adsense Secrets 4.0 book.  I get his monthly news letter The Top 1% Report.  I purchased Twitter Power.

Do you want to learn how to dominate Twitter?  Get the book.  Sure you can wait until you find a used copy online.  By then your competition will have over 10,000 Twitter followers and you will have your 1000.

Small is good.  140 words at a time.

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