@GaryVee could be the poster child for the revolution we talk about here at Twitter Handbook.

After his awesome keynote at New Media Expo, I jumped on stage and grabbed this Twinterview:

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

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.

@rands writes in an excellent post called “We Travel in Tribes”

Don’t Give Me What I Asked For, Give Me What I Want

When I ask a question, I’m looking for an answer in one of three ways:

1. Specifics.
2. Like or Related.
3. Rock My World.

Read more at randsinresponse

An article on O’Reilly give some interesting stats about the growth of micro-blogging sites like Twitter

When Micro-blogging Grows Up - O’Reilly Radar

Some are saying that Twitter is replacing blogs.. or is it just expanding the market?

Post your thoughts here.. we’ll be adding this to the Twitter Handbook.

Here’s a story of Twitter marriage proposals on Twitter.

markdavidson: @DaisyAvenue Will you marry me? Please DM me with your response. Thank you.

Get the rest of the story here:

If you have a romance story to share for the Twitter Handbook, post a comment here. (don’t forget your @ handle)

Carol Dickson-Carr, @caroldc posted a video about finding balance and getting the most from your social media time.

A Holistic Approach to Leveraging Your Talents

Gary Vaynerchuk (pronounced VAY NER CHUK) on the Big Idea with Donny Deutsch tonight talking about how he went from a small business to a big business using new media marketing.

Enjoy this video of Gary Vee on the Big Idea from the CNBC TV show to see what I was Tweeting about this evening.

Below are my Tweet recaps from this evening from @CoachDeb. And since it’s in traditional blog/twitter format - you’ll want to read from bottom to top to catch the re-cap of Big Ideas shared on the Big Idea TV show with Donny Deutsch. (Ignore spelling and typos - as it’s Twitter style of spelling to fit in 140 characters + texting from an iPhone.)

Best line from @GaryVee this evening:

“Social equity trumps private equity.”

Gary Vee stated he’d rather have a million friends than 10 million dollars. Now here’s a guy who gets “social media” and how easy it is to activate word-of-mouth marketing to the masses in such a short amount of time, all because of the technology available to us today.

CoachDeb Hint - if took him 22 years to see his dream come true but he convinced them 2 go w him bc if his sheer enthusiasm fearlessness & devotion about 7 hours ago from txt

CoachDeb 3lb Mafia Tip: Ya just gotta ask: Why not me! & just go after what you want! about 7 hours ago from txt

CoachDeb Biz tip 4 early adopters: Be AHEAD of the trends & be on TOP of the trends by listening 2 your market

Biz Secret 2 getting BIG ya gotta have da Hoopla factor

Biz Tip: Put your Chips on talent. Amen!

@garyvee said it best on TV 2nite: social equity trumps private equity YES! about 7 hours ago from txt in reply to garyvee

CoachDeb: Watching The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch @garyvee is on w about 7 hours ago from txt

What impact does Gary’s appearance on The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch have on the growing popularity of Social Media?

Is it here to stay or a passing fad?