Below you can see a screen shot(click to enlarge) of the ManageFlitter.com once you are logged in. Here you can see users you are following who are inactive, not following you back, those who are quieter or more talkative. Once you have selected one of these tabs you can you use the Check Fox add-on to select all the people showing up on the page. This tool makes this job much easier in many different online situations, allowing you to check all the boxes displayed on a page. You are then also able to filter out users who have verified accounts or who are “popular”. If you scroll over users you can get more detailed information about them, helping you decide if you want to unfollow or not. You are also able to use the filters on the top and sort the list by followers, following, listed, tweets, username and last tweet.

For me personally I went in there and unfollowed anyone who had not tweeted in over 2 months. Then I pretty much unfollwed anyone who was not following me back. I am at an unstable follow count, making it difficult to really use the main Twitter stream. Relying on lists and hashtags is more my focus and concentration and how I use Twitter.

Of course we then have the follow tab – showing you what users are following you, that you are not following. You are able then filter to see people who you are not following that have Retweeted any of your tweets or have @replied to you. How awesome is that!!! Of course then you are able to use the general function of following people who are following you and you are not.

Then we have the track tab. This tab can be an emotional one as you can clearly see who has unfollowed you. Of course it’s always interesting to see that sort of stuff. You are able to see who followed you, unfollowed you , you unfollowed, all changes and some nice graphs for your reports (if you do that sort of thing).

Much like any tool out there – there is a pro version that gives you the following benefits: You can see those benefits by clicking here.

From Left to Right: Mike Whitmore, Nadia Aly, Kris Krug & Marcus Nelson

I had been waiting for Affiliate Summit West since Affiliate Summit East back in August of 2010. I have grown to love conferences and among the top of them sits Affiliate Summit. For those of you who don’t know what Affiliate Marketing is – it’s pretty much working mostly with 3rd party networks and using their ads that they have with their advertisers. You can do all sorts of marketing such as Search, Social and Email Marketing. These are the three main revenue streams for most affiliates. Personally the networking at this event was beyond valuable for me it was priceless.

I had entered a panel called ‘ Social Media Business Etiquette | The Does and Don’ts.

As time moved forward I had some great people on the panel lined up. Marcus Nelson, Director of Social Media for SalesForce – Mike Whitmore, President of Fresh Consulting and Kris Krug, Static Photography. These three did a great job on the panel, bringing up all sorts of situations and advice for the audience.

A great memory will be after the panel when we all sat down at the Wynn Buffet. The bonding in these conferences are just great experiences.

I spent 7 days in Las Vegas. It was a great time that took a lot of energy to execute.

You can browse through their Application Gallery Here.

They have :

• Free & Basic Apps
• Pro Apps
• Premium Apps

You can use TWO applications for free and then you may want to move to a pricing plan!

You can see their pricing plans and options here.

Below is what the Flickr option and branding looks like on a fan page:

Below is screenshot of what Twitter looks like on a Fan Page – Branded Nicely!

This past weekend I was honored to speak at Wordcamp Vancouver. The conference focuses on many different aspects of Word Press. From the latest version to the most useful plug-ins, this a place for learning and asking questions. There was an amazing presence of different skill levels and of course wonderful people.

I was lucky to start off the event with a talk on how to socialize your blog. Instead of creating a  traditional power point presentation, I decided to make a Word Press website! Just fits the situation too perfectly, also after seeing some great presentations at Social Media 201 , that were shown as websites, I thought this was the wave of the future. I have never been a slide-show kind of person anyway.

SocialUrBlog.com is the domain I decided to start building my showcase of tools for others to conveniently access at anytime.

If you need help or have questions- feel free to ask on Twitter – @DigitalkVan

Description:

Empire Avenue is a revolutionary online influence stock exchange combined with an advertising platform that allows individuals and organizations to convert their online influence and reach into revenue.

To this end we will be connecting advertisers, consumers and influencers in a manner not as yet undertaken in the online space. Through the Empire Avenue influence stock exchange and its tracking features we will measure the influence value of individuals registered with Empire Avenue.

I personally haven’t seen a game that uses Social Media so well. I was just introduced to Empire Avenue a few days ago. My addiction started right away. This is great for any social person out there who has any type of social network. So what exactly do you do in Empire Avenue?

Well first thing to note is that it’s in beta right now, so you will need an invite. If you would like one, just comment below and I will try my best to get you hooked up.

Once you are logged in, you see that the game is much like a stock market. Instead of investing in companies, you are investing in people. The value of that individual is based on content creation and activity. The more you create the more influential you are – the more your stock price will rise.

You are quickly prompted to a video tutorial, showing you how to get started:

You are given some money to start buying stock in other people. Much like the stock market, you can look at graphs, see their opening and closing trade prices and much more. New users start at $10.00 a share. You can see how many people are invested in them and who they invest in. Shares do run out on people, so you can request to purchase stocks and will be prompted when stocks are available. You obviously want buy low and sell high- just like the real world! Although if you see someone who is very active you may want to jump on their stock right away- as you can assume it will rise.

The more active a person is with their connected Social Networks, the higher that set users shares will rise in the game. Thus persuading users to be active content creators on their connected Social Networks.

Like Foursquare- there are achievement badges that when unlocked rise your influence and gain you more credits. You can see what you need to do in order to unlock these many badges.

There also many communities within the game that you can join. You can join regional communities- allowing you to find people in the region communities you decide to join (usually where you live). There are also communities based on interest- when you first join you are only allowed to join 2 of each. You are allowed to purchase slots to join more:

Shout Outs- are messages you can leave for people- on their profile. You need to be connected to that user in order to do so. Either buy owning shares of their stock or through following.

This is a great game for really social people. I have a feeling that it’s really going to take off, once they are out of beta. I haven’t heard anything negative from current users- they just seem to love it just as much! This is just booming with creativity and I am excited to see how the site does!