On Friday’s episode of North San Diego Business @Large I interviewed Bridget Ayers of GSW Consulting. Bridget was very gracious with her time, and knowledge.

Much of the hour we spent together we discussed Twitter and it’s place in our overall marketing strategy. Right now, Twitter is experiencing a leveling out after the dramatic growth in the first half of 2009.

Here’s the interview with Bridget. Enjoy, and let me know what you think by commenting!

According to a study done by Sysomos about Twitters growth, and entitled  Inside-Twitter-BySysomos, Sysomos discovered the following:

• 72.5% of all users joining during the first five months of 2009.
• 85.3% of all Twitter users post less than one update/day
• 21% of users have never posted a Tweet
• 93.6% of users have less than 100 followers, while 92.4% follow less than 100 people.
• 5% of Twitter users account for 75% of all activity
• New York has the most Twitters users, followed by Los Angeles, Toronto, San Francisco and
• Boston; while Detroit was the fast-growing city over the first five months of 2009
• More than 50% of all updates are published using tools – mobile and Web-based – other than
• Twitter.com. TweetDeck is the most popular non-Twitter.com tool with 19.7% market share.
• There are more women on Twitter (53%) than men (47%)
• Of people who identify themselves as PR professionals, 65.5% have never posted an update
• Of the people who identify themselves as PR professionals, 15% follow more than 2,000 people. This compares with 0.29% of overall Twitter users who follow more than 2,000 people.

On Friday, June 19, 2009 Lisa Bentson, Leads Club Inc., and I discussed low cost marketing strategies and networking tips.

We talked about the different types of business networking opportunities various organizations provide. We also discussed follow up strategies. One strategy Lisa and I agree on is the use of handwritten notes.  Here’s a shameless plug for an Italian Stationary site that provides first class stationary for those times when you really want to make an impression.

Listen for the special offer Lisa makes and a link for you to a report on Social Networking for Business. Let me know what you think by commenting!

These are the episode audios from May 2009′s North San Diego Business @Large. Enjoy

May 1, 2009 Internet Marketing Basics with Peter Robinson, Keys to Business Success, Tenants Rights, Med2.0

May 8, 2009 Twitter For Business, Tech Talk, 12 Keys to Business Success

May 15, 2009 Getting Your Marketing Message Heard, Keys To Business Success

May 29, 2009 Creating Passive Income For Your Business

On Friday, May 5th’s episode of North San Diego Business @Large, Michelle Bergquist will share tips on how you can build a million dollar database for your business. The how begins at 3pm PT.

Michelle recently published How To Build A Million Dollar Database after being know for years as the “walking rolodex.”  She knows that business and success is all about relationships.

While she speaks on a variety of business topics in relation to networking, relationship building, customer loyalty, entrepreneurship, communication skills, sales and maketing, she’s most known for engaging audiences on the power of relationshps and how well you connect and relate to people determines your success in business and life.

This is your chance to discover how you can build a million dollar database for your business.  In the chat room, during the show, you can ask Michelle your questions about building and marketing to your contact database.

If you have any burning questions, feel free to contact me using the North San Diego Business Contact Us page.

On May 14th at the Del Mar Fairgrounds, the 10th Annual Women In Business Symposium will take place. There will be a couple hundred women business owners and managers.

I had the opportunity to speak with Bobbi Lee, a Sprint Area Director, about their involvement as a sponsor and their participation with women in business. This is that interview.

On Friday, February 6th the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce’s First Friday Breakfast will host Jana Barnhill, President of Toastmasters International. Jana will be presenting "Effectively Communicate To Give Your Business An Edge."

Jana graciously accepted my offer to interview her on Toastmasters International and how speaking skills enhance your business success. Here is the audio of that interview, and a shameless plug for my own Toastmaster’s Club, Tick Talk Toastmasters. We meet each Thursday evening at 7pm at Carlsbad By The Sea located at Carlsbad Blvd. and Grand Ave. Stop by and see what we are all about.

I spoke with Bill Miller, Call Solutions Group about how his company makes solopreneurs or home based businesses sound bigger than they physically are through communication technologies.

I think with companies talking about laying off employees, there may be executives who are ready to take control of their future by starting their own consulting business. However, unlike me who loves being homebased and am very proud of being homebased, not everyone wants their clients to know they work from home.  Call Solutions Group provides a sophisticated telephone service that leaves the caller with the impression they are speaking to a much larger firm.

Take a listen and let me know what you think by commenting, and give Bill’s site a once over.

Last week I posted about an interview I did with Penny Haynes, creator of the Commercial Creation Center, about using audio and video on your site. I wanted to share this week’s show with you.

I just finished my online radio show on syndicating your content.  Here is a list of the websites I refered to on the show.

• Article Marketing
  http://www.ezinearticles.com/

• Directory of Articles
  http://www.arcanaweb.com/resources/article-directories.html

• Ultimate Article Directory
  http://ultimatearticledirectory.com

•  Submit Your Articles
  http://www.submityourarticles.com

• Blogging – posting regularly – use your articles, or use your posts for articles
  Free at – blogger.com and wordpress.com
  even though Google owns Blogger, I haven’t found it to index any faster – free sites traffic belongs to them, can pull down your blog at a moments notice
   
• Guest Blogging
   
• FeedBurner
  www.feedburner.com – has a feature, Buzz Boost, that allows you to import your content into a website
   
• Social Networking – Facebook has notes that let you post to Facebook – other social sites have blogging features
   
• MyBlogLog – allows you to import your blog feed
   
• Blog Carnivals
  http://blogcarnival.com/bc/
   

This is a continuation of yesterday’s video interview with Liv Kellgren, Conscious Environments. She’ll be speaking to The Meet Market networking group on Friday at Shadowridge. Liv will be sharing how you can Transform Your Office Into a Powerhouse of Success. Please join us. You can get more information at The Meet Market.