Business Day posted an article last week on a rising trend in social media: squatters.  Seems that the latest Twitter trend is for squatters to snatch up trademark Twitter IDs.  Nicole Kidman, Coca Cola, and Nike have all had their names snatched up by others.  (You can read the full Squatters Creating Twittering Confusion article.)

Celebrities and major corporations aren’t the only victims.  Some Internet Marketers who were late adopting Twitter had their names scooped up. @biz and @ev spoke about the trend on The View last week and outlined some of the verification strategies they will be putting in place to help prevent Twitter ID theft.

But what can you do in the meantime?

Join me this Thursday for a special LIVE broadcast where I’ll share some simple strategies to protect yourself from Cyber Squatters and what you can do if this happens to you. We’ll also share some Twitter Newbie Tips & what’s to come to help you use Twitter more effectively for your business.

Visit this link: “Chat with Coach Deb” for more details on the upcoming LIVE show, and join my Tribe to get on Thursday’s FREE Broadcast.

Deborah Micek is a co-founder of the international business coaching company RPM Success Group ® Inc. She and her partner John Paul are authors of the hit book Secrets Of Online Persuasion. They are creators of the ONLY Web site system to put New Media to work marketing FOR you — BLOG i360™. Also known as “The Twitter Queen” she co-authored the first published book on Twitter, available now in bookstores everywhere: “Twitter Revolution” Grab your copy now on Amazon and get the edge on the hottest social network!

@KeystoClarity has a radio show about her spiritual coaching business.

When she asked me to come on an talk about Twitter, I wasn’t sure what to expect… but glad to talk about the basics of Twitter and share some tips for tweeps that are just getting started.

Turned out very well. Great questions from @KeystoClarity, and we had a very interesting discussion about how we approach Twitter for business.

Listen to –> Keys To Clarity Twitter Show

Tonight’s Twitter Radio Show will answer questions:

• Why do people follow you?
• What tools can help you tie Twitter and Facebook together?
• Can I use Twitter to promote my book?
• Can you learn anything from a marketers luncheon?
• Will there be a new TwitCastRadio theme song?

It’s Questions and Answers night on the TwitCast. I’ve got a guest coming to tell you about a cool new tool for sharing books and promoting yourself.. then we take on your questions.

Submit your question as a comment below or Tweet me (be sure to include @WarrenWhitlock and #TCR so we all can see it)

The show starts at 10pm Eastern time zone.. or see your time zone here

The people live beyond that ridge. I’m going to try to find them on next weeks trip to AZ. Tweet me if you are in Scottsdale for the InfusionFest

kukral, https://crm.infusionsoft.com/go/demo/a1646/

I’ve been thinking about the Top 50 Tweeples to FOLLOW survey, and wondering what YOU think.

Do you follow people just because a lot of other people do?

I find that the number of followers a person has is not always the best guide. I’m leary of a survey that is just a popularity contest.

Don’t get me wrong.. I’m hoping you will vote for @coachDeb, @WarrenWhitlock and the cool Tweeple we have on the TwitCast… We’d like the publicity for the radio show, this site, and the book.

What say you?

Do you follow people that you know in real life? Those you meet elsewhere on the net? friends of friends who are saying cool stuff? Or just popular tweeple?

Leave a comment here. Then join me on the TwitCast tonight. We’ll be talking about “follow worthy” and answering your questions.

You can see what time the TwitCast airs by clicking here.

Twitter’s help desk is here

For the past few days, there have been problems with the cache system at Twitter.

It was worse for the heaviest users… but most reported missing tweets in their feed.

Here’s the official page with news from Twitter

Additional help

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