Review of the Twitter Traffic Machine…

I’ve been working pretty hard on Twitter and building a great list of friends and followers on Twitter so I decided that it’s about time I start to review some of the top products out on Twitter right now. Today I bought The Twitter Traffic Machine and did a review of it. Here’s the review and I hope it can either save you money or help you in any way. Please leave feedback if it helps.

This is a series of videos, 6 to be exact and it walks you through how to use a few different useful tools for Twitter. There’s also a .pdf file that goes along with it.

These videos are in a .SWF file form, so for me I needed to download a SWF player in order to view the videos. But, that may be because I didn’t have a Flash movie player.

The first of these videos is based on setting up your Twitter profile and the importance of having a great picture as well as an awesome background for your profile and the power of your website. Shows what to fill in for your bio, etc. Pretty simple walkthrough.

The second video is based on the Tweetlater Automation tool which allows you to automatically DM your new followers. This is important because it allows you to automate your twitter marketing which is great for if you are away from your computer for whatever reason…say, you’re busy enjoying real life?

The third video is about Twollo. This is a great tool that allows you to automatically target people and it automatically follows them for you, this way you don’t have to spend hours trying to find people who are into your chosen niche.

Fourth video is all about creating content and where to get your content/automate it. Pretty cool features here and I didn’t know about a lot of what they teach in this video so I recommend spending time watching it.

Fifth video = FINDING PEOPLE! If you’re looking to build a large list of followers who are targeted to your niche, you need to find people….right? This works similar to Twollo but you can do this in real-time and it allows for you to take place in conversations that are happening right now on twitter. Pretty interesting and works great to find people so I recommend taking notes on this video.

Last video= using the affiliate program to raise money with this. My advice = this is over-saturated but its a great tutorial. So just a little suggestion is to take this advice and take it to A DIFFERENT NICHE!

Brilliant concepts and put across in a nice way. Good job to Gabe Strom and Bill Crosby for setting this up. Definitely worth the price tag even for the experienced Twitterer. If you want to find out where to get the Twitter Traffic Machine, head to this site

Goal Setting – Planning and Strategy

What is Goal Setting?

I decided that I never really had a good definition for goal setting, so I went out and “googled it” and found a really good definition.

Goal Setting is a powerful process for thinking about your ideal future, and for motivating yourself to turn this vision of the future into reality.

The process of setting goals helps you choose where you want to go in life. By knowing precisely what you want to achieve, you know where you have to concentrate your efforts. You’ll also quickly spot the distractions that would otherwise lure you from your course.

Thank you to MindTools for this explanation! You can find out more at, http://www.mindtools.com/page6.html

So, How would you go about setting the goals and what would you do upon finding your goals?

You wouldn’t just leave them on that piece of paper would you? I tried that, it doesn’t work You must take ACTION!

What needs to happen can be explained in 2 easy steps.
1) Plan
2) Strategy

Step 1) The Planning phase.

-take the time to sit down and develop a plan, find a final destination and other short-term goals
-Inadequate planning and control is the leading cause of lost productivity in most businesses
-Planning GETS THINGS GOING. It provides you with a direction to aim and a target to hit

You must be AWARE of your “big picture” and keep this in mind daily.

Step 2) The Strategy phase

-slow down
-have clear priorities and take strategic view of daily problems
-set up short-term goals(30-60 days)
-set up intermediate goals (3-10 months)
-set up long-term goals (2-5 years)
-develop a “plan of attack”

Strategic Plans, The success of organizations today require that every employee, on a daily basis, considers the “big picture” and thinks strategically about gaining and keeping a competitive edge.

In general, there are 4 steps to approaching Goal Setting and Achieving your Goals. If you can master these, you can master your business.

1- Formulate Plans
2- Carry Out Plans
3- Compare Preliminary & Final Results With Plans
4- Take Corrective Action

After going through the steps, you improve and re-do, going back to step 1 and trying to improve upon the final goal.

One of the biggest problems today is the “Busyness Trap”
You do not want to confuse being “busy” with being effective and efficient, we all know that RESULTS do matter. Results are the reason we are doing the things we do. If we didn’t want results, we wouldn’t be taking action.

Remember that activities and speed without results are an energy-sapping waste of time.

Slow down, have clear priorities and take strategic view of the daily problems.

Tax Benefits- Important Info For Having Your Own Business

Let’s talk about one of the top benefits of Owning Your Own Home-Based Business.

Tax Incentives.

Many people overlook this very important benefit but it can make a huge difference for you come Income Tax Day. Running a business out of your home can save you up to $5,000 or more on your taxes every year even if you don’t have success!

Here are just some of the things you can write off:

— Your business start-up costs
— A portion of your house payment or rent
— A portion of your utilities
— Car expenses
— Magazine subscriptions
— Child care
— Telephone bills
— Postal
— Travel
— Meals
— Office equipment (need a new computer?)
— Software
— Bank fees
— Your Internet service

The list goes on. Many of these things you have and pay for anyway. But now that you can operate a business from home, they become a tax write off.

You can even pay your kids to work for you and write it off. Now that’s a smart way to save for college.

Of course you’ll want to consult your accountant as laws vary from state to state, country to country and year to year, but I can promise you this: having a home-based business will help keep more of your hard earned money in your pocket instead of The Tax Man’s.

Seriously, we don’t understand why everyone doesn’t start a home business? It must just be a lack of education in this area.

Get educated, it’s worth a GUARANTEED $3,000 to $5,000 a year in tax savings or more…

Here are the tremendous tax advantages from our business and you can instantly have them too:

http://lifetimeincome.net/assets/video/cantx2/index.html

I realize it can be a big decision to start a home business. But, please don’t hesitate to email or call me if you have any questions or just want to discuss options.

Until next time.

Did you know that you can start getting all these tax advantages just by getting started for $29.95? Click here and get started or call me and we’ll help you get set up.

Your paying more taxes than necessary. Let’s change that starting today!

Christopher Aaron Hughes is a Home Business Leader and you can reach him at 607-821-7129