Answering WHY people don’t follow you also answers  ‘how to get people to follow you’.

Jennifer Slegg answers both questions with her blog Post ‘Why People you Follow on Twitter don’t follow you back. She brings up some very important Twitter points including personalizing your profile (Give me a visual)  with a photo and your URL and participating in active conversation.

For those who have signed up on twitter but are still “Haven’t updated yet!” Jennifer has some advice for you as well.

Stop By Jen’s Blog and learn some good Tweet Etiquette.

Track the clicks of your Tweet Links in three easy steps at Tweetburner.

Log on with your Twitter ID at TweetBurner.

1.) If you do not want your stats to be ‘public’ be sure to click on the button:

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I was reading a post about the relaunch of the the International Blogging & New Media Association at One by One Media’s blog.

According to their website; “The International Blogging and New Media Association was formed to promote and advance the blogging and new media industry through research, information, education and advocacy.”

Membership is only $25 and includes:

* Secure access to IBNMA Member Intranet with exclusive tools and resources
* Subscription to industry leading Blogger and Podcasting Magazine (current benefit)
* Monthly email newsletter
* Discount on training and certification classes
* Discount to registration to BlogWorld & New Media Expo (current benefit)
* Member to Member chat rooms and discussion groups (coming in late July)
* Discounted rates on publications and special offers at the online IBNMA store

If you are interested in blogging or social media I suggest checking it out.

Another great Social Media book marking tool to help you connect with like minded internet geeks or to promote your blog and service. What ever your reason if you haven’t joined Furl its time to do so. So lets get started. I have been told you like steps so here they are ! (This is written for the beginner so if you are Social Media or Internet Geek really just go to http://www.furl.net and register

Step one go to furl and register (right click and open in a new tab) of course this would be much easier if you were using Fire Fox you are using firefox right ?

Remember to use the SAME user name on all your social media related accounts so others can find you.

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As promised I have selected one random poster to the comments on the How to create A twitter profile post here at Her Media and the winner is …..

Jenn from Mom needs Coffee

As soon as she provides her preferences I will get started and post the finished screenshot.

I have already had one person request that I spruce up their twitter profile page a bit. So I am accepting requests this week only (really i have limited time and for a small fee of $25.00 I will spruce your twitter profile up. Simply Contact Her Media

Looking for some tweetable persons with similar interests ?

Check out the following Twitter Directores and Communities;

http://twitdir.com

http://www.twittown.com/directory

http://www.twellow.com/

Be sure to follow GreatAupair on Twitter for the latest childcare industry, nanny, and aupair news.

Their Twitter profile is up and tweets will be appearing shortly!

Great Aupair’s Twitter Profile can be found HERE.

I registered for twitter a LONG time ago. I didn’t get it so I  never really returned.

These  last two months I rediscovered twitter. Today I jumped into the world of a more personalized twitter home page.

Simply create a side bar image aprox 250 pixels wide and 700 pixels high then upload it (do not TILE) on your Design your twitter page http://twitter.com/account/profile_settings

Adjust the template colors to create a unique personalized twitter profile. Take a peek at mine and follow Her Media on Twitter while you are there.

Need a sidebar image for twitter ? Leave a comment and I will pick one random person to whom I will provide a unique twitter side bar. To be announced while I am at Blog Her 2008 !!!!

Staying close to the topic of promoting your business online, as an entrepreneur I have learned its often who you know, not just what you know.

I discovered this from a post back in 2007 on Guy’s blog How to Change the World.

• The average number of LinkedIn connections for people who work at Google is forty-seven.
• The average number for Harvard Business School grads is fifty-eight, so you could skip the MBA, work at Google, and probably get most of the connections you need. Later, you can hire Harvard MBAs to prepare your income taxes.

I am new to Linked in, so I have been doing some research on how to get the most out of your linked in membership.

Be sure to check out Jason Alaba’s Linked in pages.

If you haven’t already found Her Media on Linked in stop by and say hello. The link can be found on the right side bar of our blog.

Kudos go out AGAIN to Mashable for sharing these top 30 Firefox plugins you need.

I can’t wait to check out the Colorful tabs and Facebook tool bar.

Of course a few of them look as though they would only be adding to my already endless to do list. So be sure to only download those you feel you would really benefit from.