Every once in a while something new takes center stage in Internet Marketing and when it does it just makes a bunch of people a whole lot of money.
I've seen it time and time again with near predictable outcomes.
Currently it's about Social Media and Social Network Marketing.
Not totally new, but increasingly there's a lot of BUZZ about it and its ability to make us all filthy rich.
That is potentially true.
Social media Web sites as you may already know, (sites, such as Twitter, Facebook, MySpace and hundreds more) are now front and center in the lives of everyone: entertainers, factory workers, students, stay-at-home moms high profile celebrities such as Oprah and others, even politicians and major news organizations such as CNN have joined the bandwagon.
But for many of us in the world of business, particularly in the Internet Marketing arena, they've become the new trend setters in terms of marketing and advertising.
Even widely regarded as the internet equivalent of the TV commercial--minus the cost.
The big secret (if there is one) is finding a way to to stand firmly on the shoulders of these new, 21st Century Marketing Giants, capitalize on this like new trend like a Marketing Pro and take your online business as far as your dreams will.
Twitter for instance is a micro blogging service with millions active users interacting with each other.
140-character messages, yes, yet that is what makes it such an incredibly powerful marketing tool.
But Twitter is by no means a blatant, in-your-face advertising platform for promoting your own product or affiliate links nonstop, to the annoyance of others.
It's a business model built on a peer and social-networking principle aimed at building virtual communities where people with shared interests meet, get to know each other and stay informed, so relationship building is key here as opposed to blatant, in-your-face advertising that can get you banned outright.
It must be of real benefit to your audience so, choose good quality information with your audience in mind! Credibility is critical here.
You want your followers to take you seriously and trust your recommendations going forward.
Here are 10 quick tips to get you off to a really good start:

1. Brand your Twitter Profile for best results.
   Add a picture - people want to see who they're talking to or doing business with!
2. Build Followers related to your niche.
   Use services such as Search.
   twitter.
   com or twellow.
   com with keywords related to what you do!
3. Find and follow experts in your field!
4. Follow only those at the start of a key player's list -- the first 5 or 6 pages!
5. Build your following vigorously and quickly!
6. Automate or save time using sites such as socialoomph and twollo.
   com!
7. Respond to messages specifically directed at you!
8. Use your Web site or blog as a natural extension of your tweets!
9. Talk with your Followers about their interests -- not just your own, and point them to interesting links -- not just yours!
10. Use the smartest tools in the business to add impact to your advertising but without breaking Twitter's advertising rules!

Overall, running a successful business or making money via Twitter isn't as difficult as you may think.
Start by offering value to your Followers.
As you continue to interact with them and as they get to know and trust you all kinds of possibilities will present themselves: opportunities to connect with others, build a huge opt in list, establish sound working relationships, etc.
, but more importantly, the chance to generate a secure ongoing income, even multiple income streams that can keep you financially free for life.
The sky's truly the limit.