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		<title>Review MarketMeTweet &#8211; Twitter Branding and Management Tool</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:28:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AnnieInfinite</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now not only does the new MarketMe Tweet brand your tweets it's a complete Twitter desktop management tool, with plans to keep it updated, relevent and add more features according to users requests - who could ask for more?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px;"><a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thezenbull.com%2Fblog%2Findex.php%2Freview-marketmetweet-twitter-branding-and-management-tool%2F"><img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thezenbull.com%2Fblog%2Findex.php%2Freview-marketmetweet-twitter-branding-and-management-tool%2F" height="61" width="51" /></a></div>Copyright &copy; 2010 <a href="http://www.thezenbull.com/blog">AnnieInfinite</a>. Visit the original article at <a href="http://www.thezenbull.com/blog/index.php/review-marketmetweet-twitter-branding-and-management-tool/">http://www.thezenbull.com/blog/index.php/review-marketmetweet-twitter-branding-and-management-tool/</a>.<br /><p>A few posts ago I raved about a new <a class="zem_slink" title="Twitter" rel="homepage" href="http://twitter.com">Twitter</a> branding tool called TweetBrand a free little Twitter app put out by the makers of the all new and amazing <a title="MarketMeTweet " href="http://www.marketmetweet.com/idevaffiliate/idevaffiliate.php?id=111">MarketMe Tweet</a>. This cute little desktop app is able to brand every tweet with your URL and a link back to your site in place of the usual via ?? seen at the bottom of all tweets.</p>
<p>As you can see in the image below it works without taking any space from your character count and as far as I am concerned is a sweet use of Twitter real estate.</p>
<div id="attachment_75" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 630px"><a href="http://www.thezenbull.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Tweetbrand-image.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-75" title="Tweetbrand image" src="http://www.thezenbull.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Tweetbrand-image.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="303" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">How TweetBrand rebrands your Tweets</p></div>
<p>Now along comes the much awaited MarketMe Tweet taking this tool to a whole new level! After using the original Tweetbrand for a week or so, I emailed the lovely people at MarketMeTweet and asked them if they had plans for a multi-account version and lucky for me the reply was, &#8220;Wait until you see what&#8217;s coming, you&#8217;re going to love it!&#8221; They were right!</p>
<p>Now not only does the new <a title="MarketMeTweet " href="http://www.marketmetweet.com/idevaffiliate/idevaffiliate.php?id=111">MarketMe Tweet</a> brand your tweets it&#8217;s a complete Twitter desktop management tool, with plans to keep it updated, relevent and add more features according to users requests &#8211; who could ask for more?</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thezenbull.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/mmtscreen.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-120" title="mmtscreen" src="http://www.thezenbull.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/mmtscreen.png" alt="Market Me Tweet" width="456" height="241" /></a></p>
<p><strong>Let&#8217;s have a look at the most relevent functions of Market Me Tweet:</strong></p>
<p><strong>Multiple Accounts:</strong><a href="http://www.thezenbull.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/MarketMe-Tweet_brandmanagement.jpg"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-112" title="MarketMe-Tweet_brandmanagement" src="http://www.thezenbull.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/MarketMe-Tweet_brandmanagement.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="410" /></a></p>
<p>MarketMe Tweet allows you to handle multiple accounts right from it&#8217;s interface, users must first login using <a class="zem_slink" title="OAuth" rel="homepage" href="http://oauth.net">OAuth</a> and then follow the protocols set out in the user help files.</p>
<p>Once it is done you will have the ability to brand any and all of your user accounts right from your desktop. Changing accounts is as easy a choosing from the list you have created, and can be done on the fly as you tweet.</p>
<p>To Setup Your Brand: Go to Step 2 ‘Create Your App’ &gt; Sign in to Twitter account &gt; Go to Brand app &gt; Retrieve the consumer and secret key &gt; Step 3 to fill in fields.</p>
<p><strong>Shrink your links with Bit.ly:</strong></p>
<p>Users can now shrink their links with Bit.ly right from the app via a little button that&#8217;s even easier than using my previous favorite Twitter app Seesmic.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.thezenbull.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/rep1.png"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-121" style="margin: 6px;" title="rep1" src="http://www.thezenbull.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/rep1.png" alt="Market Me Tweet Reply Campains 1" width="336" height="310" /></a>Reply Campaigns:</strong></p>
<p>Tracking keywords just became so much easier with<em> MarketMe Tweet</em>, not only you can track multiple keywords at the same time (and filter out unwanted terms for accuracy using ‘Negative Keyword’ option), you can also include reply templates for targeted users.</p>
<p>Once you &#8220;Run&#8221; a campaign tweets will show up from various users who used that keyword in their tweets.</p>
<p>Once you have found these people you can hover over the keyword in their tweet andthe word &#8220;Reply will appear justc lick on this to instantly send the auto-reply you have created to them, picking up another follower based on your niche keywords.</p>
<p>If you have a real distaste for automated Tweets, worry no longer you also have the option to reply live to them, still taking advantage of finding people who are interested in your niche.</p>
<p>No matter what your stance on automation and if or how you use it remember authenticity and being real are key elements for success.</p>
<p><strong>Scheduled Tweets:<a href="http://www.thezenbull.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/MMT_scheduling.jpg"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-122" title="MMT_scheduling" src="http://www.thezenbull.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/MMT_scheduling.jpg" alt="" width="399" height="367" /></a></strong></p>
<p>I don&#8217;t schedule a lot of tweets however it can be useful if you are planning to be away, or to use them for tweeting links out to your followers. I like to on Twitter myself to connect and interact on a very regular basis, but the truth it is, if I am on all day, I cannot hope to get much work done either. So I do automate some of my tweets, some quotes and links are loaded up each morning so that something  is going out every couple of hours all day and then when I am having a free moment I connect live and reply to my followers and friends, retweet great posts, answer questions and converse &#8211; the most important things you can be doing on sociall media.</p>
<p>That being said this function does save me some time and I love it!</p>
<p><strong>Threaded Con</strong><strong><a href="http://www.thezenbull.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/MMT_Groups-management.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-115" style="margin: 6px;" title="MMT_Groups-management" src="http://www.thezenbull.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/MMT_Groups-management.jpg" alt="" width="330" height="326" /></a></strong><strong>versations:</strong></p>
<p>This is new on Twitter and you don&#8217;t miss out on them using MarketMe Tweet right from your desktop &#8211; see who you are conversing with and read back the whole conversation via the threads &#8211; love this as sometimes it can be a while since I started a conversation and some replies don&#8217;t make sense unless I can refresh my memory.</p>
<p><strong>Follow/Unfollow Users: </strong></p>
<p>This is self explanatory but I have to tell you it means I can manage my followers right from my desktop &#8211; very useful.</p>
<p><strong>Group Management:</strong></p>
<p>Create groups of people right on MarketMe Tweet, easy to keep up with your favourites, or according to geo-location or niche. Works just like Twitter lists.<strong><a href="http://www.thezenbull.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/MMT_lists.png"><img class="size-full wp-image-118 alignright" style="margin-right: 5px; margin-left: 5px;" title="MMT_lists" src="http://www.thezenbull.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/MMT_lists.png" alt="" width="227" height="391" /></a></strong></p>
<p>Now that we have a full review of the features of this amazing tool, all I can say is the most attractive thing for me is the ability to brand my own and my clients Tweets with a linkable URL. Branding your business and your self online is about making yourself stand out in every situation and making it really, really easy for your audience to find you and come to your site to learn more, to purchase product or to book your services. <a title="MarketMeTweet " href="http://www.marketmetweet.com/idevaffiliate/idevaffiliate.php?id=111">MarketMeTweet</a> does this in such a way that no matter what you are tweeting, your link is available to your audience every time you tweet.</p>
<p>For a short time only this excellent Twitter Client is available for just $39 for life! and there is an <a title="MarketMeTweet affiliate" href="http://www.marketmetweet.com/idevaffiliate/index.php?ref=111">affiliate program </a>that goes with it where you can earn money for recommeding it along to your friends and followers &#8211; as far as I am concerned you are doing them a favour! <img src='http://www.thezenbull.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Review: Love it! Get yours <a title="MarketMeTweet " href="http://www.marketmetweet.com/idevaffiliate/idevaffiliate.php?id=111">HERE</a></p>
<p><strong> BREAKING NEWS:</strong> MMT now has Twitter List support! and coming soon Mobile support!!</p>
<p>I love that they are continuing to add features like this &#8211; thanks Tammy!</p>
<p><a href="http://thezenbull.com">The Zen Bull</a></p>
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		<title>Brand Your Tweets with New Tool</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 04:19:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AnnieInfinite</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You know at the bottom of each Tweet where it says via ? e.g. via Seesmic, via Power Twitter, or via Hootsuite now it can say "via your url" and click through to your specified url of choice and it couldn't be easier to set up with full video and image support and best of all it is free.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px;"><a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thezenbull.com%2Fblog%2Findex.php%2Fbrand-your-tweets-with-new-tool%2F"><img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thezenbull.com%2Fblog%2Findex.php%2Fbrand-your-tweets-with-new-tool%2F" height="61" width="51" /></a></div>Copyright &copy; 2010 <a href="http://www.thezenbull.com/blog">AnnieInfinite</a>. Visit the original article at <a href="http://www.thezenbull.com/blog/index.php/brand-your-tweets-with-new-tool/">http://www.thezenbull.com/blog/index.php/brand-your-tweets-with-new-tool/</a>.<br /><p>Now this is interesting, I am testing out a new Twitter tool today and I am liking it more and more. <strong>TweetBrand</strong> is a Twitter App installed via Adobe Air that allows you to brand your Tweets with your own URL &#8211; any URL!</p>
<p>You know at the bottom of each Tweet where it says via ? e.g. from Seesmic, from the web, or from Hootsuite now it can say &#8220;from your url&#8221; and click through to your specified url of choice and it couldn&#8217;t be easier to set up with full video and image support and best of all it is free.</p>
<p>Who could ask for any thing more? Try it out today here <a title="TweetBrand" href="http://www.marketmetweet.com/idevaffiliate/idevaffiliate.php?id=111">TweetBrand</a> by Market Me Tweet</p>
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<p>This takes Twitter branding to a whole new level!</p>
<p>Watch this video for more:</p>
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<p>Get this cute little app today &#8211; it&#8217;s free! <a title="TweetBrand" href="http://www.marketmetweet.com/idevaffiliate/idevaffiliate.php?id=111">TweetBrand</a> by Market Me Tweet</p>
<p>Hint I have it up on my desktop screen all day and use it to Tweet whenever I have an idea &#8211; too easy!</p>
<p><a title="The Zen Bull websites marketing" href="http://thezenbull.com">The Zen Bull</a></p>
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		<title>Social Media: Does the one with the biggest following really win?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 02:14:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AnnieInfinite</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now as an online marketer I understand that “it’s all in the list” and a list can be a list of social media followers, friends and fans.. BUT! Yes there is a big BUT and not the kind you want to shake (as in booty) lol.]]></description>
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<p>Have you seen them? If you are on Twitter I know you have.</p>
<p>You know the posts that tell you how to join this site and add 5 Million new followers!!</p>
<p>Are you tempted? Ask yourself why?</p>
<p>Now as an online marketer I understand that “it’s all in the list” and a list can be a list of social media followers, friends and fans.. BUT! Yes there is a big BUT and not the kind you want to shake (as in booty) lol.</p>
<p>and here is <strong>BUT</strong> <strong># 1. </strong>What good is it to have a list of 5 million followers who all just want to sell their products to you? These people have their own agenda, they want to sell you on their product or opportunity they are not usually buyers.</p>
<p><strong>BUT # 2</strong>. If you are making real, authentic connections and you are passionate, really passionate about what you do or sell the right poeple will be immediately attracted to you and you will have a list of people who trust you, listen to you and ultimately buy.</p>
<p><strong>BUT # 3.</strong> When you give value to your friends and followers they know you are trustworthy, they know you know your stufff and they will follow (yes really, actually follow) your recommendations to them.</p>
<p><strong>BUT # 4.</strong> Ask yourself why you need so many followers or friends, if you have no connection with these people, you do not know them or what they are looking for or what they need or want, why do you want them to follow you?</p>
<p><strong>BUT # 5.</strong> Ask yourself, what if you could get people to follow you without following them first? What if you waited for them to find you, for them to optin to friending or following you, wouldn’t that mean they have chosen you and therefore have made a decision about you and what you have to offer and wouldn’t that mean that more of those people are ready not just to listen to you, but follow your lead? Wouldn’t this mean that most of those who made a decision to follow or friend you are not just prospects, BUT qualified prospects?</p>
<p><strong>BUT # 6</strong>. Don’t you think that joining and recommending these sites makes you look a little desperate?</p>
<p>I am a social media marketer, and not once have I followed more than a few people a week (not a day even), and my followings have always grown more from people opting to follow me than the other way around. I love this, it might seem slower but trust me the type of friend or follower you have is a higher quality, you might even make some really great friends (as I have) make some amazing business JV’s (as I have) and gather new clients (as I have) without all the madness.</p>
<p>Social Media is easy, it is not about “the one with the biggest following wins” it is about “those who create the most connections and have the most real conversations win” and it is a win for all. It is not about having the biggest audience it is about who is willing to listen to you and click on your links.</p>
<p>Nothing can beat being real, giving value and creating relationships – think about it word of mouth is only any good if you trust the source.</p>
<p><strong>Be a trusted source.</strong></p>
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