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It’s a neat feeling. A big name in your industry is following you! You just received the notice that the one and only “john doe” is on your list of followers. You must be doing something right, huh?

Well, hopefully you are. But that doesn’t mean that “John Doe” is really following you. There are scores of scammers out there building profiles and twitter URLs using famous and easily recognizable names.

They follow you, hoping you’ll follow them in return. That gives them the chance to pitch their links to you. It’s a pretty inelegant form of spamming (and it’s hard to think that it would every really work), but there’s a lot of it going around.

Others pick up celebrity names or recognizable industry monickers for the sake of playing games or making fun of the person whose identity they snag.

If Brad Pitt or Angelina Jolie start following you, don’t expect to get invited to serve as a witness at their next adoption. You’re more than likely dealing with an impostor.

Sometimes, this can be harmless. In other cases, it can be a real aggravation. The people who are “losing” their names certainly can’t like it.

Although it probably won’t change the nature of your Twitter experience materially, you should be aware that there are Twitter fakes out there!

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Twitter Marketing Secrets – including MP3

Hi
Yesterday, I sent an e-mail to inform you that Turbo Membership is
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I was amazed when I checked my stats today that no one had taken
advantage of this yet.
This could be for several reasons.
* You are already a TM’er (I do have a lot of subscribers who are).
* Delavo is not tracking my recommendation (Nah – Impossible).
*…

Hi
Do you want to get up close and personal?
Here is how for $1 for 7Days.
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I am going to meet you in the Turbo Membership Forum as soon as you
sign up and answer each and every question you have of why you want
want to be a TM’er.
I will answer truthfully and be straight with you (hopefully John
will not…

You’re on <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/twitter” rel=”tag”>twitter and you’re active. That’s great. It does not, however, mean that you can abandon your blog for this brave new world of micro-blogging. Here’s why you need to keep your regular blog up and running.

First, you’re getting different audiences. Your blog is capable of generating search engine traffic in ways that your <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/tweets” rel=”tag”>tweets aren’t. You also probably have some RSS subscribers and daily readers who may not have an interest in Twitter. You can’t kiss a good chunk of your readership and potential traffic goodbye by quitting on your blog.

Second, your blog offers more flexibility. You can handle denser subject matter because you don’t have that 140 character limit to deal with. There are things you can address and statements you can make with a blog that just aren’t going to happen with Twitter.

Third, we know what blogging can do. We’re still learning what being an active Twitter user is capable of generating. You started blogging for a reason, right? That reason was based on evidence about what blogging can accomplish. Unless you know something the rest of us don’t, there’s no reason to think that Twitter is going to capture those same advantages.

Feel free to Tweet away, but don’t give up on your blog in the process.
Twitter Marketing Secrets – including MP3