Here is a video of Gary Vaynerchuk‘s take on Twitter having 250 million tweets a day. What are doing as a “tweeter” to stand out or get your message across?

You can follow Gary Vaynerchuk Twitter @garyvee

Twitter has now closed the deal acquired TweetDeck for over $40 million in cash and stock, our sources report.

CNNMoney has also confirmed the deal.

TweetDeck is a Twitter client that brings more advanced management to the web service than the native client offers, and this purchase fuels speculation that Twitter is looking to improve its offerings for power users.

I get it you are using Twitter like your cell phone and saying bye to the other 1000, 100,000 or how ever many “Followers” you have. However, Twitter isn’t a cell phone and your not talking on a conference call. And in most cases after you saying “ok I’m done with Twitter today” you have your 85,789th tweet 10 minutes later and you really don’t sign off.

It’s a symptom of a disease you have called Twitterism. You are a social media addict and can’t admit it. You think you can sign off but never really are. And even when you logout of Hootsuite or close your Twitter app on your smart phone you are still thinking, wondering, and feeling the urge to jump back on and see if anyone @, DMed, or Tweeted something you can Retweet as your own. You want to be the first person to tell everyone what TechCrunch and Mashable just tweeted in your stream.

It’s ok, you are a Social Media Addict and Junkie and I’m sure there will be a chance for you on a Reality TV show in the future with Dr. Drew called Celebrity Social Media Rehab.

It’s the new word of mouth. You really need to start thinking about a co-managed or fully managed Social Media Marketing strategy.

Check out this video of the New Twitter and here is a more information about Twitter launching a new version of their real time information network.

If you would like to add the Tweet button to your blog or website here is a link to the Twitter Tweet Button Code.

Also, I think it’s important to have my personal Twitter account @TJLoftus seperated as its own brand just as our other web properties have their own Twitter accounts to be laser focused on their engagement with people that follow or we follow, @ reply, and DM with as we listen on the search.twitter.com streams for people hashtagging about our common ground.

In separating @DIAPMedia and @TJLoftus I realized in just two days I had almost 100 followers already even though admittedly I followed over 100 that I was following at @DIAPMedia those were people I felt could care less about the SEO, microsite, and internet marketing tweets or retweets I would pump out. Also, most haven’t followed back on my new personal account yet or maybe won’t and that’s fine too. I prefer quality over quantity all the time. This is even reflective in my business where I only help clients that do not compete with our existing clientele.

In looking at the new followers in only two days of being live, I noticed a lot of spam and Twitter accounts that either had duplicate profile pictures or no Tweets. I could care less about the 100 plus followers in two days other then maybe 25% of them that were actual people I did want to engage with again. But the point of this is, yes you can go follow everyone on Twitter or at least now 1,000 per day before Twitter cuts you off and then repeat and use Twitter tools like ManageFlitter.com to rinse the accounts that don’t follow you back after a few days and look like a “social media rockstar” but really its all B.S.

The video speaks for itself but I do battle back and forth between using Twitter and Social Media and using more results focused methods to get leads. However, if you are a business and use it correctly and even use tools to schedule tweets, use Twitter search to listen and engage, and have accounts to take a more holistic approach to SEO I do see value if you can track a Social Media ROI.

Sometimes I scratch my head though at people that follow me that have no profile picture, website link, and are just tweeting away not tracking anything and just telling everyone “Hey I’m in Hawaii all week and gone from my home so come rob me” or “I just ate dinner and it was good yumm”

Twitter like Facebook is a still a strong must for brands and business and soon will be another dominant internet advertising platform to help get leads and grow their business. For now, I’ll keep focusing on Local SEO, Local PPC, & Microsites first.

Setting up Twitter, Facebook, and social media accounts was easy, the interface was user friendly and all the data they provide and track is an added value that I haven’t seen with other platforms. So I ran an experiment and sent out 35 tweets/posts to Facebook since Dec. 30th up until today Jan 23rd just to track the clicks back to whatever link I sent out. I know “clicks” are not the same as “conversion” however you need the clicks to a URL in the first place and with Social Media unless you run a CPC Facebook ad campaign it is completely free. Also, I think a click from someone that is “following” you on Twitter or a Fan/Friend on Facebook should be a higher conversion because most of the time they trust you, like your content, and it is like word of mouth online which word of mouth offline is the highest converting of all forms of marketing.

The results so far have been 355 clicks and these clicks were free other then my time for the 35 tweets (messages) to Twitter & Facebook but HootSuite also has a built in Feature that allows you to schedule tweets or posts to Facebook and other Social Media accounts.

The other benefit of something like this is that those links that I tweeted and posted to Facebook are out there forever so this number could grow over time and again it’s not limited by a budget I set. It just comes down to how often I want to send out my message, a client’s message and interact with the social communities I set up in my Hootsuite interface.

All in all, if you are not adding Social Media to your internet marketing portfolio you are missing out big time. This also helps with SEO and minisites that we set up and is part of a comprehensive online marketing and branding plan that we offer. We believe in all types of internet marketing for our clients and do not discount one over the other. The best thing to do is have a complete internet marketing plan covering all aspects from search engines and social media, to online classifieds, online directories and review sites.

Whether you are a celebrity, small business owner, or a Fortune 500 company if you want to beat the competition you better get in the Social Media game and get your internet marketing portfolio set up, transferred to DIAP Media like a 401k transfer, or get in the game!

As always, thanks for clicking and reading my thoughts on this and as Chuck Zito says,  “see ya when I’m looking at you.”

My favorite line of the whole video comes from Mark Suster, who said “Why do I give a #$%^ if I have 16,000 followers that don’t care about me?”

Here is a great presentation provided by Twitter to help you better understand it’s value.

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