If you have been paying any attention, you heard that Twitter was hit by a denial-of-service attack, and people I know have been experiencing Twitter withdrawal.

So what do you do if you suddenly have all this extra time on your hands? Here are a few things you can do:

1. Write A New Blog Post. If you want to succeed with social networking, then you must blog. Your blog is the place that you can use to share tips, connect with your social networking connections on a deeper level and promote your expertise.

You should blog on a regular basis, so that you can share your blog posts on a regular basis.

2. Facebook. There are tons of things to do on Facebook - learn how to use an application you always wanted to use, update your group page, start your Fan Page or join my page

3. Re-write One Sales Page or Squeeze Page. You can always improve you on a sales page or squeeze page. Pick a page you haven’t updated in a while, and re-read it. Now make changes to make the page more compelling.

4. Write An Article. Write an article of interest to your target market and submit it to article directories to get more web site traffic!

5. Optimize Your Web Site For Search Engines. Find good keywords that your potential customers use to find your services and then use those keywords to optimize your web site.

Please comment and tell us what you did when Twitter was down!

Many of my clients have been talking to me about their social networking overwhelm. Every day they hear about different social networks; they are not sure how social bookmarking is different from regular bookmarking; they want to add more functionality to their blogs to make them more “social” and then they still have to find time to work with their clients.

If you are completely overwhelmed with all the information you hear about social networking and everything you have to do to participate in social networking, step back, take a deep breath and follow this plan to get out of social networking overwhelm and get social networking to work for you:

Make A Conscious Decision To Make Changes To Your Social Networking Process

Nothing will happen until you decide to get out of the overwhelm and create a new system that will be easy to follow and that will bring you better results.

Commit to making small changes and you will see how much less overwhelming social networking will become for you.

Create Your Social Networking Shortlist

You must be visible and active on social networks to get clients. But if you are a member of 10 or 15 social networking web sites, you simply do not have the time to be visible and active on all of them. As a result, you will not get clients on any of them.

Instead of trying to be active on 10-15 social networks, pick 2 or 3 and spend time there. Become visible, become active and become helpful - you will get many clients that way.

Don’t Feel Guilty When You Can’t Get To Your Social Networks

There will be days when you are just too busy with clients and will not be able to get to your social networks. Don’t beat yourself up for that. Instead, schedule your social networking activities for the next few days.

Automate As Much As You Can

There are quite a few things that you can automate in social networking. For example, you can have your blog posts posted automatically to your Facebook and Twitter accounts.

You can pre-schedule your Twitter updates. You can have your Twitter updates posted automatically to your Facebook account, and more.

You should still add a personal touch by personally participating in social networking, but automating certain aspects of social networking, such as posting blog posts, will simplify and enhance your social networking at the same time.

Create A Social Networking System

Having a system will tell you exactly what to do and when to do it on social networking web sites. It will tell you whom you want to connect with, what you want to share and how you want to do that. Knowing that will completely simplify your social networking and help you get more results at the same time.

If you are feeling overwhelmed with social networking, you are not getting the results you could be getting. Instead of continuing this way, step back and use the ideas above to simplify your social networking. Click Here To Join Me For A FREE Call On How To Simplify Your Social Networking and Get More Clients

Biana Babinsky

If you have a Facebook Fan Page, then you probably know that you need to have at least 100 fans if you want to have a vanity URL for your Fan Page. A vanity URL is a short link that will bring people to your fan page. If you don’t have at least 100 fans, you have to refer to your Fan Page with a long, unruly URL.

So what do you do if you don’t have 100 fans yet? You can create your own short URL that will lead to your Fan Page! Either one of these methods will work. The first one will re-direct from your own web site and will help you with branding. The second one is easier to do.

#1. Create a folder on your web site, and call it fbpage. Create a file in that folder, call it index.html

Now, inside the head of index.html file, use this code:

<meta HTTP-EQUIV=”REFRESH” content=”0; url=LINK TO YOUR FACE BOOK PAGE”>

Change LINK TO YOUR FACE BOOK PAGE to the actual link to your FB Fan Page. The above code tells the web site to send everyone who comes to your fbpage folder to the FB Fan Page.

Once you have this setup, just go to http://www.yourwebsite.com/fbpage and this address should send everyone to your FB Fan Page.

Here is an example of my page: http://www.avocadoconsulting.com/fbpage

#2. Another way to create a short URL to your Facebook Fan Page is by using a URL shortening service, such as tinyurl.com, is.gd or any other.

Here is an example of my short link: http://is.gd/1R9Zy

And don’t forget to join my Facebook Fan Page

Biana Babinsky

More social networking posts:

- Social Networking Mistakes You Making Now

- How To Create A Squeeze Page To Capture Your Social Networking Traffic

- Thinking About Leaving Social Networking Web Sites?

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Recently I have received an e-mail from a life coach who was in a state of panic. She had created social networking accounts on Facebook and Twitter, and, according to her, had spent over 400 hours using these social networking web sites. The time had come from her other marketing activities - she had put blogging, article marketing and other marketing on hold to jump into social networking.

She has met interesting people, and has been having fun, but didn’t get any clients or newsletter subscribers from her social networking efforts. She was panicking because she had spent over 400 hours without having anything to show for it, and wanted my advice about what she should do next, so that she can start getting results from social networking.

I asked her what her plan for generating leads on social networking web sites was, and she told me that she didn’t have a plan. I asked her how social networking fits into her overall marketing plan. She didn’t have an answer for me.

Truth is, social networking alone is not going to get you clients. If you are using social networking web sites without a strategy, you will still have fun, but you will not get results.

Here is what you need to do to get results from social networking:

- Decide whom you want to meet on social networking web sites. If you are using social networking web sites to get clients, then the people you want to meet are people in your target market. Spend your time on social networking web sites to connect with people who are your
potential clients and customers.

- Create a system to generate leads on social networking web sites. The most effective way to get results on social networking web sites is by using social networking web sites to get leads. Share your no charge articles, blog posts, reports on social networking web sites on a regular basis to generate leads.

- Create events and information products. People who know you on social networking web sites are ready to invest with your products and events, because they are priced lower than your services.

This means that you will get much better results if you promote your products on social networking web sites, and not your services.

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Are you on Facebook, but not sure how to fully use it to promote your business? Lately I have been hearing from many coaches and other service professionals who are not sure how to use Facebook to promote their businesses. There are just too many different options to choose from.

I have picked the top five actions you can take on Facebook to get more clients and build your list. Here they are:

Create An Effective Facebook Profile

Make sure to add your picture, your bio and a link to your web site. When your potential client comes to your profile page, they want to learn more about you. When you share this information with them, they connect with you and they remember you. That is exactly what you want your target market to do on your profile page - to learn more about you and to connect with you.

Add Your Newsletter Subscription Box To Your Profile Page

Use a Facebook application called Profile HTML to add your subscription box to your profile page. Doing this will help you get newsletter subscribers right from your Facebook Profile Page!

Add Your Blog To Your Facebook Profile Page

Got a blog? Use the Notes application to have your new blog posts appear on your Facebook profile. This way your friends will be able to read your blog posts, follow links in your blog posts and comment on your blog posts right from Facebook.

Create A Fan Page On Facebook

Create a fan page for yourself on Facebook to help you promote your business. A Fan Page has an important viral marketing aspect. Every time someone joins your Fan Page, this information appears on their Facebook Profile. This way their friends will see information about your Fan Page and will be able to join it too, giving you with more exposure.

Get Active, Create A Plan

Social networking is not a one-time action. To get results from social networking you must take action on a regular basis. Create a plan for taking action on Facebook every single day. Outline who you want to connect with, how much time you want to spend every day, what kind of actions you want to take, and what kind of results you expect.

Get started today. The sooner you start, the sooner you will see results. Grab the FREE How To Make Money And Get Clients With Social Networking to learn how to use Twitter to get more clients and leads.

Biana Babinsky

I have heard it many times. Many coaches who have been in business for a year or two have told me that even though they are in business, they are not actively marketing it.

When I ask why not, it always seems like they are waiting for something before they can start marketing:

- Waiting to get yet another professional certificate

- Waiting to …

These people have been waiting for over a year to start marketing their businesses. Since they haven’t marketed their business yet, they do not have many clients and they are not able to support themselves with their business revenue.

Waiting for something to happen before you start marketing actually sabotages you and your business. If you are waiting for something to happen before you can start marketing I have a challenge for you — go ahead and get started. No more excuses of not having enough certificates or not having finished your web site re-design. The faster you start marketing your business, the faster you will build a successful business where you have as many clients as you need and where you work at times that are convenient for you.

Here is a plan for you to get started with marketing today:

- Do a comprehensive marketing review of what you have already accomplished. Do you already have a newsletter? Have you done some search engine optimization? Have you already written effective web site copy?

Don’t re-invent the bicycle. Make sure that you put to good use all the marketing materials you have already created. Doing this will save you time going forward.

- Create a marketing plan for your business. Based on what you have discovered during your marketing review, create a plan for going forward with your marketing. If you haven’t done that much in terms of marketing yet, I recommend concentrating on three marketing areas in the beginning: create an effective web site that sells your products and services, get more newsletter subscribers and write and publish articles online.

If you have already done some marketing, your plan may include more advanced techniques.

- Make a commitment to marketing. Marketing is not a one-time action; it is a process that you need to participate in every single day in order to see results. This is why I am asking you to make a commitment to following your marketing plan and promoting your business.

Once you put some time into marketing your business, you will start seeing results.

Stop waiting for something to happen before you start marketing. Create your marketing plan and start marketing today — doing this will make your business more successful and will help you earn more money. Learn how to create a marketing plan for your business in the How To Get More Clients Online Home Study Guide

Biana Babinsky

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I have been watching hundreds of coaches struggle to get clients for their businesses. The most common reason for this is not having a marketing plan. Instead, they do random marketing techniques from time to time hoping that one of them will stick and bring in clients. If you do not have a plan, you will not be able to get clients.

Here is a 5-Step Plan that will help you get more clients for your business:

Become Clear About Your Goals

This is really the first question that you must ask yourself, because what you put into your Marketing Plan will depend on what you want to accomplish. Without knowing what your goals and intentions are you will not be able to find the right marketing actions to market your business.

Find Your Target Market

A lot of the marketing that you do will depend on who your target market is. Decide on your target market before doing anything else. As soon as you are clear on who your target market is, it will become much easier for you to market and it will become easier for you to build your list and get clients.

Create An Effective Web Site For Your Business

Your web site is the tool that helps you build your list and sell your products and services. Your web site must have pages specifically for selling your products, pages specifically for selling your services and pages specifically for building your list. By creating pages with a single purpose your will focus your web site visitors’ attention and inspire more of them to take action with you.

Build Your List

Very few people who come to your web site are going to become your clients immediately. This is because they don’t know you yet and they do not trust you yet. People buy from people they know, like and trust.

When people visit a web site for the first time, they forget all about it a few minutes after they leave. This means that they will only come back to your web site and may potentially become your
clients if you are able to remind them about yourself.

Your newsletter is the best tool you have to get your potential customers to keep coming back to your web site.

Drive Traffic To Your Web Site

Now that you have effective web pages that sell your products and services, as well as a large list list, you must bring in web site traffic.

There are many marketing techniques that will help you bring in traffic. Social networking, article marketing, business blogging, and search engine optimization are all great techniques to bring traffic to your web site.

Start with one and learn how to use it to get web site traffic. Once you are comfortable with using it, move on to the next one and master that approach. This way you will master all online marketing techniques one technique at a time.

Having a marketing plan is the best way to start getting clients for your business. Take an hour right now and start creating your marketing plan to create a successful business!

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Biana Babinsky

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Spring is finally here! Here are some fun pictures I took:

Looks like a small sun:

Lots of pink flowers:

I love violets:

A bright yellow flower against a gray background:

More violets:

Biana Babinsky

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