• Tiny tweaks get massive results – simplest ‘how-to’ explanation of PPC I’ve ever seen http://bit.ly/8nEDhH #
• Google has bowed to pressure from newspaper publishers to limit free news access http://bit.ly/8FqWzJ #
• Got some gwave accounts to hand out. Only to readers of my newsletter. First 8 only. Just ask via http://philwiley.com/contact/ #
• Trendwatching’s 10 Crucial Consumer Trends for 2010 http://bit.ly/8H4mNn is worth a read. #

• CHARITY APPEAL. 25 Online Pro’s 2010 Success Tips. ALL proceeds to charity.
  http://bit.ly/8A0Kh2 (please retweet, and buy if you can) #
• >> BUY THIS EBOOK FOR CHARITY. Just launched 25 marketers tips for 2010 No aff comms – It’s $27 and ALL goes to charity.http://bit.ly/8A0Kh2 #
• My dentist is going to love this blog post. I bet she buys some http://headfoo.com/79/jewelry-made-from-human-teeth #
• In India there are more children under the age of 12 than the entire population of the U.S. Your future market? Disney’s moved in. You next? #
• Do you read my free no-hype ezine? You can get it here: http://philwiley.com/newsletter/ Content packed & published once or twice a month. #
• Writing a report on a great way of getting high quality and unique content that’s never ever been mentioned on the warrior forum. #
• Doing local? Cold calling you have 30 secs max to grab them. Don’t pitch you. Make it about them. Answer their unasked? What’s in it for me? #
• With face-to-face sales you’ve got to change the response from ‘that’s interesting,send me some literature’ to “we’ve got to talk, now!” #
• That last one wasn’t supposed to be a RT just a tweet. Donate at http://Niche2.com/50k/donate.php and help Dr Mani save children. #
• RT @drmani: http://Niche2.com/50k/donate.php Help Dr Mani save kids. I once donated $500 for a Dr Mani heart op. Surely you can top that. #
• Internet Vices (humour) http://www.patrickmoberg.com/internet-vices/ #
• Got my first spam tweet, from a woman who says she wants to do nice things to my body. Living proof she’s never seen me without a shirt on. #
• Only been using Twitter for 2 weeks and already feeling a bit like I belong in this cartoon http://ow.ly/GGls #
• Do you read my free no-hype ezine? You can get it here: http://philwiley.com/newsletter/ I promise I won’t swamp you with promo’s #
• Have fun with this generator that marries random Twitter updates with dinosaur graphics. Just refesh the page for more http://ow.ly/GFth #
• Would someone like to fly over to my house in Australia and make me this? Looks delicious http://ow.ly/GFlm #
• 3 Common Mistakes in Software Mind Maps (and how to stop making them!)
  http://bit.ly/6P89z8 #
• 10 Crucial Consumer Trends for 2010 http://trendwatching.com/briefing/ #
• Wow! 2 wild turkeys just came into the garden. Must be Thanksgiving refugees. Luckily my cat is sunbathing & feeling too lazy to attack them #
• Creating a business model where you bill by the hour for your time will make you a slave to your business. Find a different model. #
• Interesting Article: How to overcome anything like Tony Robins http://unstrappd.com/2009/11/17/how-to-overcome-anything-like-tony-robbins/ #
• 1 hour on crosswords and sudoku burns more calories than contained in chocolate chip cookie http://ow.ly/FJVt Maybe Twitter burns as many #
• Collection of 24 free photo themes for WordPress. Some lovely ones among them http://ow.ly/FtU3 #
• Just as I’m getting into Twitter http://ow.ly/FsQs #
• Three keys to self improvement : seize your strengths, address your flaws, and make sure you never stop learning. #
• One of the best unsubscribe pages? http://www.groupon.com/new-york/unsubscribed #
• Don’t spread yourself too thin. A dozen niches? Forget
  it. You can’t be the best in a dozen niches. Become ‘the’
  person in your niche. #
• Wouldn’t mind losing some of mine but not this way – Gang killed victims to extract their fat as an anti-wrinkle treatment http://ow.ly/ENqZ #
• Wow —- Congratulations Phil Wiley,You have just made a commission in the *.com affiliate program. Annual Plan Single User.Commission: 0 #
• Article: More on freelancing – Earn more money using your God-given skills http://ow.ly/Eyvo #
• Article: Time management: How to use fixed-schedule productivity + more http://ow.ly/Eyor #

In that month I’ve made 82 tweets which is amazing for me seeing I average about one ezine a month but seems to be incredibly low for Twitter with some people appearing to match my 82 every few days.

Two of my tweets were product links, one for the videos on the new PPC Loophole /SpeedPPC site, and two were for the One Tip charity ebook both mentioned above.

The One Tip book tweet got about 20 clicks, which is excellent seeing there are only 280 people following me. Though I’ve no idea if anyone bought it/donated because it’s not an affiliate link because of all the proceeds going to charity.

The link on the PPC Loophole one got clicked 5 times in the first 5 minutes. And that one is an affiliate link.

So I can see that if I had 28,000 followers and the click rate stayed the same my aff link would have been clicked 100 times in those 5 mins, quite likely leading to 1 to 3 affiliate commissions.

But most likely the click rate would have been quite different because the bulk of the followers wouldn’t really know me or be all that interested in what I have to say.

At the moment most of those 280 followers are there because they want to read my tweets. With 28,000 many of them would be people using automation to follow people and then unfollow them when they don’t get followed back.

I know because plenty of people have followed me for 24 hours then vanished because I’ve not returned the favour.

I’ve checked out these automation tools and decided against using them. Can’t see the point in it.

For me, the thing I like most about Twitter is that I’ve caught up with a few old friends who I’ve not seen for a year or two, Rosalind Gardner for one and we found out that we’ve both been to Borneo and like caves

And Willie Crawford, Dr Mani, Alice Seba, and Frank Garon have all been in touch

So I can that it’s going to be useful for reaching people I want to do JV’s with. And it’s also great for teasing friends like  UK coach @MaryAMcNeil

Will I ever become a heavy duty user, making multiple posts a day?

I doubt it

But I can see it has its uses, and also how people can become addicted to it.

BTW, I’m @phil_wiley in case you’re interested.

Oh, just remembered a few more Twitter things

1. Last newsletter I said I’d try and talk my friend Megan Henshall into writing a piece about how she used Twitter to get four bookings in a week for her photography studio in the UK. Earlier today she agreed to write it. So it should be with you in the next newsletter unless she chickens out.

2. Was going to say I’ve added some Twitter plugins to my philwiley.com blog.

After looking at just about every Twitter plugin I decided to install Twitter Tools which adds your tweets to your blog sidebar, and creates an archive of all your tweets on your blog.

It can also create a weekly blog post featuring all your tweets of that week. And you can also set it so that it automatically tweets every new blog post you make.

So all in all it’s very handy. Especially at the price, which is zero.

The other Twitter plugin I’m using is WP Burn. It makes the Follow Me graphic you can see on the right side of the blog. It stays in place as you scroll so it’s always visible.

1. Interesting thoughts on the problems of in-stream Twitter advertising http://ow.ly/ExPT #
2. 20 popular sites using WordPress http://ow.ly/EvjT #
3. People keep asking what font I used in the header image at philwiley.com – it’s Hand of Sean from http://ow.ly/Evgi #
4. Ten tips for writing captivating emails/ezines (especially tips 6 to 10) http://ow.ly/Evdn #
5. Sixteen WordPress sites to help you build a better blog http://ow.ly/Ev7q #
6. Great free niche research tool http://www.watchcount.com/ Live watch counts. Search in category. Only then use your usual keyword tool. #
7. Just hosted a party for 16 women and 4 men. A good ratio. Women far more interesting and nicer to look at. #
8. Looking at http://topsy.com/ a tweet powered search engine. Check your own name, plus research what people are talking about in your niche. #
9. Just added myself to the http://wefollow.com twitter directory under: #australia #internetmarketing #writer #photographer #journalist #pub #
10. As a Twitter newbie I’m getting excited by apps you prob already use.http://twtqpon.com/ is one. Great for online product owners #
11. Here’s a post on my blog explaining why I got interested in Twitter this week. (finally) http://ow.ly/Dijs #
12. I know at least one woman as addicted to Twitter as the woman in this cartoon. She knows who she is http://ow.ly/DhdA #
13. My first tweet then lost internet for 2 days, plus 7 hours of no power today. 35 degree c humid heat and hot sun almost 2 much to stand. #
14. coming up with content ideas for report about about coming up with content ideas #