Phrases I wish would Die is trending on Twitter today.

• ‘Eric, your child support check bounced again’
• “Just Sayin’” is Passive Aggressive for “Please don’t hit me for my obnoxious remark”. I hate that one too.
• “LULZ”, “Awesome Sauce”, “Social Media”… anything taken from 4Chan by the uncool kids, and run to the ground…

I advise this stuff all the time to clients and to people who ask me how I built a following so fast.

*Promote others and talk less about yourself.*

Sometimes you get more out of giving to the community, than you do taking and expecting.

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Someone else’s lifestyle is no threat to my Manhood. Unfortunately, that is the source of the bullying in schools. #SpiritDay

Wear Purple on October 20 for Spirit Day #SpiritDay | GLAAD
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Millions of Americans wear purple on Spirit Day as a sign of support for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youth and to speak out against bullying. Spirit Day was started in 2010 by teenager Brittany McMillan as a response to the young people who had taken their own lives…

I used to believe that people online wanted to be seen and their works appreciated.

But seeing there are people still blogging on MySpace, I was so wrong.

Some things I have learned in my time on Twitter that are very effective in building a following and becoming an influencer…

• Rule of 3: When you’re mentioned, a person clicks your name, and sees your last 3 tweets. Make at least one of them interesting.
• Are you following a lot of people? Make a list of the people you are REALLY close to here, & tune the rest of the noise out.
• Charlie Sheen, Justin Bieber and Nicki Minaj can skip this one: Unless you are a major, well-known celebrity, there is no excuse for not following people back. I use Tweepi to keep track of who is following, and reciprocate. Unless you are incredibly engaging, and liked, people WILL drop you if you aren’t returning the favor. It causes hard feelings. Who are you trying to impress anyway?
• A well-placed hashtag will pick up the attention of targeted followers and newsbots. I have found #TeamFollowBack to be very effective for new followers, and #photoshop, and #jquery lands me in auto generated e-zines all the time. Some unique hashtag like #TeamEric… well, not so much.
• You guys, trying to look like “influencers” by unfollowing half your friends… well, look like a douche to everyone. KNOCK IT OFF.

More as I think of them…

‘Cheerleader Randi’ – On display now in my Facebook Gallery: http://t.co/3ZymfgM

Cheerleader Randi
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Nothing makes the offices in CyberTown happy at 9 O’Clock in the morning like a good cheer.

Oh, and she’s also on Twitter too.

Randi, my 3D Vixen Spokesmodel, now on display in my Facebook Gallery: http://t.co/AA3qgBm

Randi

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Website Spokesmodel for EricBrooks.Com and 3D digital hottie and smartass. ?

Oh, and she’s also on Twitter too.

I thought when I joined twibes.com, I was going to be greeted by Elmer Fudd with “Hewwo and Wewcome to Twibes”.

Read more of my obnoxious statuses by following me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/EricBrooksCom

• I am so tired of everyone telling me that I am a selfish brat… why don't you people think about how that makes ME feel? #
• Anyone see that ad on Facefook for 'Help with Anxiety'? Is it any good? Cuz I'm afraid to click on it. #
• Popular Social Media Personality Trey Pennington Dies Unexpectedly http://t.co/9KyZWvK via @mashsocialmedia @mashable @treypennington #
• ???????????? ??? ???????????
  ??. ?????@followmeifollwu | http://t.co/q3JKd3O ????? . ??
  ? ????? #SHOUTOUT #iPROMO #FOLLOW ?????? #
• RT @ElenaVerlee: Get rid of your overwhelm” for good http://ht.ly/6nKsV #
• HAHA!!! RT @staceys55: Grandma, the words are very similar, but you 'butt dialed' me. You didn't booty call me. #
• Am I drawn to crazy women? Let's see. My last date ended with her screaming 'PIKACHU, I CHOOSE YOU!' and slamming a hamster into the ground. #

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