We’ve got a great line up for the TwitCast tonight.

With you on board, it will be even more AWESOME

The TwitCast is a live radio show, hosted on the Internet. Just go to http://TwitCastRadio.com to listen LIVE over the internet. You can get your own free account account so we’ll be able to see your user name and chat with you live during the call. Otherwise, just use this post to share your comments.

If you have a BlogTalkRadio account, it’s that same username… If you are creating a new one.. use your Twitter handle so we’ll all know who’s who. (this isn’t a rule.. you know how we feel about rules.)

Next step will be to Tweet to your followers. The bigger the crowd we get, the better the social experitment will work.

August 1, 2008 4pm Hawaii / 7pm PST / 10 EST Call-in Number: (646) 378-1641 or listen LIVE over the internet using Blog Talk Radio http://TwitCastRadio.com Comment on this post before and during the call using your Twit ID & name so we’ll have an organized place to pull from for the published Twitter Handbook.

Here’s the agenda.. Tweet away on:

	Special guest Rodney Rumford @Rumford will be with us. One of the smartest social marketing strategists on the planet
	A second guest, Matt Brown @MattSurfs popular speaker on social media from California will also be adding to the discussion on social media
	@CoachDeb is in the house tonight, back with me to put down a few more idea for our book
News of the Twitter Handbook… including a social engineering experience live during the call.

You may have seen some of the twitter sized events, promotions and happenings we be doing during the writing of Twitter Handbook.

Now’s YOUR chance to get in on this .. big time.

Now, one IMPORTANT REQUEST.

We need our feedback. The experience start now

Before you leave this page, place a comment here. In your comment, share anything you think might help bring more people into the movement, onto the TwitCast, or into our group.

If you can’t think of a great idea, post a comment about other comments, or ASK A QUESTION to help us clarify and refine this experience.

Your input is important. .. you see why when you join us tonight.

@WarrenWhitlock

Tonight I sent five tweets. Later, I notice that 3 didn’t appear in my archive.

Maybe the whale, maybe me… probably spared my weary readers.

Now, I can tell the story of “The one that got away”

One of the tweet was to about my post on TwitHire.com. She wants a similar name for Real Estate listings on Twitter.

Twitterstate?

TwitEstate?

What’s your suggestion?

You can Tweet to me @WarrenWhitlock, or post a comment here. I’ll read it, but don’t be surprised if my @ back is eaten

Need an employee?

Looking for a job?

Of course you’ll want to use Twitter… and now you can tweet and read with a wider audience.

TwitHire.com is simple.. here’s there entire “About” page

What is TwitHire?

TwitHire is a free job listing service for Twitter.

Our Mission

Our goal is to help employers promote job opportunities and reach out to candidates by simply tweeting.

Roadmap

We plan to support other popular micro blogging services such as Jaiku and Pownce.

Tell us what you think about TwitHire, finding jobs and listing employment ads on Twitter in the comments below. We are especially looking for success stories.

Make sure you include your Twitter @ handle so we can follow you.

It’s @Simonleung day for our tweeps.

As we’ve done before.. we’ve chosen to honor Simon on his birthday, but asking all our followers to follow Simon and tweet about it.

But today.. I’m adding a little bit of a twist…

I’ll be choosing one commenter from this blog post to get a day later this week.. some followers and perhaps some other gifts.

Here’s how to play:

1. Follow @Simonleung - He’s an ex Google employee, helped create Adwords, and super guy you’ll want to follow
2. Tweet to about Simon, and his blog posts or activities.. tell your follower to follow Simon
3. Send a “Happy Birthday” tweet to @Simonleung
4. Post a comment here. Share your best idea about what we should do for @Simonleung day and future promtoions like.

The best idea of the day, or comment here will win the prizes.

Here at last!  Here at last!  Let the Twitter Handbook Cover Design Contest begin! To vote, simply add a comment below (to keep it as easy as possible, please start your comment with "Entry 5" or whichever cover you like best).

Over the last 48-hours or so Twitter has been a mess. Following and Follower counts have been all over the board for most Tweeters. And with this comes a valuable lesson. As the dust settles, and Twitter finalizes their database updates, most people are finding a net loss of Followers.

This should be a wake up for you and anyone else who is using ANY New Media social channels like Twitter. The lesson learned is — DO NOT count on any social network to carefully hold and guard your followers, friends or contacts.

Social networks are merely communication channels, not storage vaults

Your main focus must be to leverage these social networks, not hang your hopes on them.

And that means moving people from interaction with you on the social network over to your New Media Marketing Hub that is FULLY under your control. (You do have one don’t you? If not, click here to learn more about the Hub concept.)

Once a person is at your Hub, you can welcome them into your subscriber family, and so much more when it comes to growing your business and boosting your bank account.

All this needs to be done persuasively, influentially and seductively. The move needs to be done without malice or manipulation. And definitely without using any of the deceptive methods of the Black Triad.

If you’re an entrepreneur, a marketer or a sales professional — you MUST take the time and effort to build your contact list separately; and in a way that is FULLY under your control.

That means:

1. An email subscription people can initiate on your New Media Marketing hub.
2. Building a database with off-line contact information (address, phone, etc) so you can employ a click-and-mortar approach to growing your Tribe

If you don’t take these actions, all your time, effort and connections could disappear without warning — literally overnight!

I just heard that Growing Wealth Magazine is doing a feature on social media in an upcoming issue.

Here’s the request I received from Geoff Williams.

Post a comment if you are interested and I’ll tell Geoff to connect with you

Needed: BIZ OWNERS/NETWORKING SITES

Media Outlet/Publication: Growing Wealth magazine

Region: USA

Deadline: 6:00 PM EASTERN - July 28

Query:

“I’m writing an article for Growing Wealth magazine about the

growing popularity of networking sites like LinkedIn, Twitter,

etc., among the business crowd, particularly business owners, with

a focus on making money through these sites (i.e., hiring people

through LinkedIn, meeting people who wind up being a supplier or

your biggest client). If you’re the owner of a business that makes

at least $1 million in annual revenue and you have some anecdotes

or advice to share about using online networking sites to further

your business goals, please feel free to drop me a line and

hopefully I can get you into my article.

@CraigEubanks shared this article.. simply a collection of great Twitter tools

10 Awesome Tools That’ll Make You An Expert Twitter User

It’s @DonnaFox day for the Twitter Handbook team.

A friend, contributor and all around great person, Donna Fox is celebrating a birthday today, and so we’re using Twitter for what Twitter does best… We are spreading the news fast.

To participate, just follow @DonnaFox. If you are already following Donna, Tweet to let your friends and followers know about her.

It’s a simple concept, but uses the best of Twitter

• We are helping another person
• The participants get to help as little or as much as they want
• The meme (Idea) is simple. You can do this in 140 characters

We’ll have more information and ideas on the TWITcast tonight. Clilck on the TWITcast link to test your system and see what time the TWITcast occurs in your time zone (neat eh? http://TwitCastRadio.com set up your view of the web page with your computer’s local time)

Join us tonight, (or listen to the recording) Tweet to @donnafox and wish her a happy birthday, and comment here with your ideas

Read the full transcript:
Interview With Evan Williams: Summize Acquisition, API Issues And Their Revenue Model