Going TNW Pro: A Smart Way To Make New Social Media Friends

Think where man's glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had such friends. William Butler Yeats

Screenshot of How TNW Pro Member Looks

 The Next Web (TNW)  is a terrific online publication that curates and shares the latest news on technology, business and culture. They have a global reach with about 7.2 million monthly visitors to their site. Visitors come to learn about the latest in internet technology and other hot button news.  So why am I telling you all this? Because TNW offers a great subscription with a fantastic gift attached to it. When you sign up, they offer you a one month free trial and then if you wish to continue, a one year subscription is only $30.

What is the gift? If you look at the frame above, there is a picture of me and my Twitter link. When you sign up with TNW, they offer you your own webpage on their site, and whenever you share a post from the site, your profile is attached and you increase your contact with others and the potential to make new friends. Typically, we send out a link with nothing more and others re-tweet, click or ignore it. With the byline, it draws attention and connections can be made.  How does this work?

Another Look at the Pro Member Image

I was curious how my Pro membership worked when I first read about it and so I explored further.  On their FAQ page, they provided the additional explanation below.

 How do I share as a Pro? Every post on TNW has share buttons for Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and LinkedIn. When you are logged in as a Pro member (you can see if you are by checking the menu bar. If it is yellow and shows ‘PRO’ that means you are logged in) the share buttons contain custom URLs with your unique ID in them. They are shortened using our own tnw.to domain. When you use these sharing buttons to share to Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and LinkedIn you are using the correct URL.

Each time your shared article is clicked on or re-shared your unique ID registers it. Of course, the more hot news we read and share the more others are exposed to it and TNW has a weekly update on the top 20 members who've shared newsy items. So give it a try. Funnily, I was reading another post from the site on 20 Ways to be Awesome on the internet and that post led me to this one. Two things that stood out for me on that post was: Be Useful and Love What you do. Would you be interested in learning about the other 18 points? The audio is below and it's a short and easy to hear recording. Go on, listen and then Go sign up on The Next Web and claim your Pro page.
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"I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult his calendar." Robert Brault

Shared Image Is Included in Link

If you'd like to read the actual post, the rest is here: 20 ways to be awesome on the Internet
Do let me know what you think of this and if you sign up, stop by and share your experience.


 Some Food for Thought: How do you connect with others on social media? Are you familiar with this and other tools? I would love to hear from you: Please leave me a comment. Thank You!

PHOTO CREDITS/ATTRIBUTIONS: All Photographs: Screen Shots from TNW or my personal collection.

Until Next Time…
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Elizabeth Obih-Frank
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