How to find and unfollow Twitter users who don’t follow you
Ever wanted to find out which Twitter users you follow are not following you? Here is a handy tool to do just that:
To drop a user from the results, right-click on his or her icon to open their profile in a separate browser tab. There you can unfollow that user.
An ASStute way to get noticed
Let’s face it: sex sells.
This is a truism that is as old as human civilization itself (you know what they say about the world’s oldest profession).
Everyday companies ranging from Coca Cola to Godaddy.com to Penthouse use sexual imagery– in varying degrees of explicitness– to help sell their products and services.
There is a solid psychological basis BEHIND the effectiveness of sex in advertising. Advertisers realize that consumers respond not only to reason and logic, but also to feelings, emotions, and various impulses. By appealing to both the decision-making apparatuses that lie between people’s eyes and those between their thighs, they’re able to cover all fronts (even BACKS, too).
The BOTTOM line is, whether subtly or overtly, sex sells. As a blogger you can use sex to attract visitors to your site in various ways, including incorporating sexual imagery into your ad banners, website graphics, and even your post texts.
BUTT…it’s important not to get carried away. Moderation is key. Knowing where to draw the line is what separates the more reputable companies like Coca Cola and Dove from those who peddle straight-up porn.
If you’re going to use sex to attract attention, think of more subtle and tasteful ways to do it. If you go overboard, you risk offending and alienating your readers, in which case you’re not being too ASStute….but ASSinine.
Why avoid EC quick drop lists?
I’ve already showed you how to create your own targeted Entrecard “drop list” on your Firefox browser as a better alternative to using those quick drop lists that have become very popular among EC users.
Here is an even more compelling reason to avoid some of those “quick drop” sites:
VIRUSES!!!
With those “quick drop” lists you don’t get to specify which sites pop up on your browser. Not surprisingly some of them contain viruses, pop-ups, and other unwanted intrusions. These sites aren’t supposed to be Entrecard members, and the quick drop list owners aren’t always quick to remove them from their sites.
How to get targeted Entrecard traffic
If you’re an active Entrecard user, you might have noticed that a significant percentage of your Entrecard traffic comes from blogs on which you dropped your card.
Participating in drop clubs is one way to get lots of ECs quickly, but none of the drop clubs I’ve come across organize sites by category.
Why is it important to group sites into categories?
You might want to drop your card on only those sites that are related to yours, so that those bloggers who return the favor by visiting your blog are more likely to be genuinely interested in your content.
Here is an easy way to create your own EC “drop list” on your Firefox browser:
1. Go to Entrecard.com and search for blogs that are related to yours. You might search for the most popular blogs within your niche.
2. Visit each blog from the search results and look for the EC widget on each site.
3. Bookmark sites that load relatively fast and display EC widgets at prominent page locations. You’ll want to place the bookmarked sites into separate folders, each containing no more 10 or 20 sites (or 5 for slow internet connections). You might name your folders Entrecard1, Entrecard2, Entrecard3, and so on. If you put 10 sites in each folder, you’ll end up with 30 or more folders containing only sites that are related to yours.
4. Once you’ve bookmarked your favorite sites, click on “Bookmark” on your Firefox browser menu. Next move your mouse cursor to the Entrecard folder containing the sites you want to visit (e.g. Entrecard1) and right-click on the folder to bring up the pop-up menu. Then click on “Open All in Tabs” to open all sites within that folder on your Firefox browser. Now you can drop your custom targeted “drop list”.
You’ll want to update your bookmarks regularly, adding relevant blogs and removing those that load too slowly or bury their EC widgets within clutters of ads or in hard-to-find locations.
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