Chris Brogan, author of “Trust Agents,” recently spoke at the Web 2.0 Expo as a keynote speaker. I found a video of this speech on his blog and wanted to share it with you, because it provides what I think is a much needed reminder of the true purpose of Twitter and other social media sites.

I have been revisiting my health and fitness archive. Prior to pursuing a career in business, I was a personal trainer in Sarasota, Florida. I focused on corrective exercises (i.e. bringing the body back into alignment) and functional training methods (i.e. not doing bicep curls).

To build and maintain a successful web presence, you need to follow and expand on the roadmap I am going to outline for acquiring customers online. Your ultimate goal is to join the online conversation. You can do this by leveraging a blog, Twitter, YouTube, and other social media tools.

The best way to become a master video marketer is to make sending video emails a habit. We’ve found that our members who send the most video emails get the best results. On average, they save more time and are more comfortable sending videos.

Name: Lee Matthews
Business: Financial Concepts West
Member Since: October 2009

I have made 5 new blog posts and 3 weekly reviews. We are really starting to pick-up the pace and hone in on specific tools and strategies that will help a business grow. We also recognize that not all growth is equal–our focus is creating incremental and sustainable growth.

To my knowledge, no one has focused on automation with a human touch, apart from us! We have created something very special. It is not our software alone that defines us. It is our service; our methodology for teaching small business owners how to leverage the tools and strategies that put them in the driver’s seat of their businesses.

It’s been a very busy few days. We just finished deploying our slightly improved homepage, updating our video servers, and ending the beta period. Also, our blog traffic has more than doubled in the past month. We must be doing something right.

I can’t resist the urge to say, “Take 10 minutes and install the TweetMeMe and Facebook Share plugins on your WordPress blog that is if you have one. ” If you do not have these plugins installed, you are missing out on the benefits of these mechanisms, i.e., totally free viral traffic.”

I also just learned a nifty little SEO tweak–nofollowing outbound links to increase your Search Engine Results Page (SERP). Unless the link has value to your SERP rank, i.e., it goes to similar content, nofollow that puppy. It is my understanding that Google’s algorithm favors sites that like to related sites.

The quality of your video emails and web videos is directly tied to two things: 1) The physical hardware that is used to capture the source footage & 2) The encoding format. While both are important, using good quality hardware is essential for producing videos that have crisp images and clear audio.

A few weeks back, I wrote a post entitled Rich Media Presentation – Effective? You be the Judge. In this post, I mentioned XPLANE and embedded their Did Your Know 4.0 presentation which contains facts and stats about the evolving media landscape, including convergence and technology.