It was so wonderful meeting and interviewing Maritza Parra of matizaparra.com, socialmarketingblueprint.com and now the new onlinebizshow.com.Maritza is known as the product creation queen and has been interviewed by Oprah Winfrey on her techniques for community building through meetup.com.

This is a very open and honest look at a lady with determination and focus, who never thinks it can’t be done just how can I get it done. Maritza talks about how she uses ‘pain’ as her motivation … the pain of having a real job! But in seriousness Maritza provided us with some fabulous resources and insights for using Twitter, even revealing information from hers and Jeff Herrings Social Marketing Blueprint. I was told after our interview that the Social Marketing Blueprint will be opening up course places in the coming weeks so Twitter Business Women interested in learning how they can really use, attract, build and sell using social marketing tools can opt in to Martiza’a list and be amoungst the first people to have access to the new placements.

We also discussed how children are becoming interested in their parents and relatives internet based businesses and wanting to begin their own online ventures.

Listen to my interview with the very Tweetyliscious Maritza Parra

I like to ask my guests what their biggest Twitter Tip and Twitter Mistake is;

Top Twitter Mistake

Not making any offers, it is OK to make an offer, equally people who only make offers are making a big mistake.

Top Twitter Tip

Using Twitter for Market Research via SurveyMonkey.com is an awesome way to find out what your customers want. Also create a Tweetimonials page or rather Twitter Testimonials, by favouriting comments from people who have complimented your products, services and you.

Resources & Links

These are the resources and links mentioned during our Tweetcast with Lynn today;

Laurel Papworth Coming Soon

It was an extraordinary honour to interview Lynn Terry today. Lynn is a super affiliate marketer who has been in business for 13 years while 5 years of those have been as a full time blogger, and is well known for her blog at ClickNewz.com, where Lynn teaches people wanting to learn about internet marketing. Her simple outline style of writing is straight to the point and helps thousands of people learn internet marketing daily.

Lynn also owns Self Starters Weekly Tips, where I first met her, which incorporates a highly active public forum all about – you guessed it, internet and affiliate marketing. There is also the ‘private‘ forum which is a mastermind group of highly motivated and inspirational people who are all about helping each others businesses grow. The funny thing about both of these forums is the very welcoming and generous culture that has been cultivated.

My interview with Lynn was a personal look at a woman, mother, entrepreneur and a self starter! Lynn revealed her tips for finding focus, motivation, inspiration and balance while dealing with all that daily life presents. I even managed to secure some free reports for you!

If you are looking for easy to follow reports and information about improving your blog or home based internet business ClickNewz.com is packed with practical information that you can ‘actually’ apply to your business straight away. If you need more detailed information or even very specific advice and support then head over to the Self Starters Weekly Tips forums, Lynn doesn’t even mind if you are a lurker so long as you are learning and most importantly taking action … But I guarantee you won’t be lurking for long!

Listen to my interview with the very Tweetyliscious Lynn Terry

I like to ask my guests what their biggest Twitter Tip and Twitter Mistake is;

Top Twitter Mistake

Don’t auto tweet, it is so simple to type your own message rather than auto tweeting it,  make your messages personal and engaging. The other thing that is a mistake is lack of response or engagement with followers.

Top Twitter Tip

It wasn’t a surprise to learn that Lynn’s top Twitter tip is to build relationships in your reply or mentions columns of your chosen Twitter client, be sure to see our Twitter client review coming soon, “If you don’t have much happening in these columns then this is where you need to be focusing your attention,” said Lynn.

Resources & Links

These are the resources and links mentioned during our Tweetcast with Lynn today;

Whether you are a Twitterholic or completely curious about how to Twitter and how to use it, the ‘What is Twitter all about?‘ video really explains it in plain English.

Recently reported globally in the news was a report titled ‘In the World of Social Media, Women Rule’,  where statistics relating to the use of social networking by women. The report showed women dominate the social networking sites like Twitter, Facebook, FriendFeed and Ning, amongst many more.

It stands to reason that learning how to Twitter or ‘Tweet’ can be advantageous to your business bottom line but also provides a much needed element for solo/ work from home business women and that is interaction. Whether you use it to promote products and services or as a vital tool in your business collaboration endeavors, Twitter is an integral part of online business.

Warm regards
Leigh Kostiainen

The boom of Twitter in online and offline media has seen an enormous trend with women who are taking  it up world wide by using this micro blogging sphere to communicate, connect, collaborate and develop business connections. Recent reports show women being the majority users of Twitter along with almost all major social media services, see our review What is Twitter?

As a result, Twitter women promoting home grown businesses dominate the use of  Twitter and has produced collaboration and connections between some of the most amazing and successful business women in the world. Twitter Business Women is here to bring you their success stories and help you connect and grow your business with other awesome Twitter Business Women.

You are a Twitter Business Woman and this is your story.

You will find many ways to express your Twitter Business Woman pride with a free Twitter Name Directory; add your Twitter name in your industry category and help other awesome Twitter Business Women find and connect with you. Or maybe you want to nominate a fabulous Twitter Woman who you would like to hear an interview with, you can also list questions for your nominee. While you are here pick up a “I’m Tweeting This” T-shirt from our geeky friends at ThinkGeek.com, all the geeky girls are wearing them these days

And why not link to us and really show your Twitter Business Woman pride with a button or banner on your site and help spread the #tBWrocks word. Well that leads me to tell you about our #hashtag which will help all of the Twitter Business Women community follow the conversation … let’s face it, there is bound to be a lot to say with this particular demographic

These awesome and beautiful Twitter Business Women interviews will be coming soon.

November 2009

Lynn Terry - Out Now
@lynnterry
www.ClickNewz.com
www.selfstartersweeklytips.com

Sarah Prout
@sarahprout
www.sproutpublishing.com
www.sarahprout.tv

Rebecca Varidel
@frombecca
www.insidecuisine.com

Loretta Oliver
@retta719
www.lorettaoliver.com

Laurel Papworth
@silkcharm
www.laurelpapworth.com