Author: Chris Garrett

10 Ways to Cut Through the Social Media Noise and Be Heard

by Chris Garrett / May 25, 2010

Once you find time for social media and move from social chatter to using social media for a purpose, you'll see firsthand how difficult it can be to get noticed.

You might be using social media for marketing, campaigning or bringing attention to a worthy cause, but you'll be battling against every other person who has the same intention or is just there for a fun time.

How do you cut through all the social media noise and get people to notice what you have to say?

Fact is, it's not

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7 Tips for Driving Targeted Traffic With Twitter

by Chris Garrett / February 16, 2010

Social media has many uses—from making contacts to performing customer service—but driving quality traffic to your site is Twitter's secret weapon. The big question is this: How can we get more of that lovely attention we crave?

As my recent poll shows, generating incoming traffic is the number-one need that people have right now, and for good reason. Traffic translates into:

Attention, engagement, conversation and recognition
Spreading your message far and wide
Prospects and subscriber opt-ins
Customers, increased sales and

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9 Ways to Get More From Twitter

by Chris Garrett / January 19, 2010

If you talk about social media, invariably someone is going to say something I'm sure you've heard a lot: "I don't have time to chit-chat. Time is money, and I don't care about a bunch of nerds' opinions anyway." ...or something along those lines! Twitter is often the target of such criticism.

Now, reading Social Media Examiner, you might be surprised to hear that sometimes I think people who say this have a point. Sometimes.

Fact is, if you see Twitter or any other social media service as a venue for chit-chat, and that's how you use it

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