Plurk, Jaiku, identi.ca. All New Media marketing channels. Services that are trying to topple the king of the micro-blogging hill — Twitter. But they’re all falling short. And understanding why they’re failing will help you attract, grow and protect your business — no matter whether you’re selling widgets in Peoria or downloads worldwide.

See — it’s not just the Twitter API or its coding that is insulating Twitter.

Nope! Far from it.

And it’s not all the cool apps that have been built around Twitter (like Summize, Twemes, Twhirl, etc.) They help solidify Twitter’s position. But they’re all actually a RESULT of Twitter’s leadership, not the cause of it.

The reason Twitter still stands as the top choice for the #1 choice of micro-blogging for New Media marketing goes much deeper than coding, apps or APIs.

It’s all about seduction…

Three Tribal Seduction™ principles keeping Twitter at #1

Let’s take a look at the real reasons for Twitter’s current ability to fend off all comers, and see how you can apply these lessons in your own business.

1) Fantasy (or “story”)

Twitter, Tweets, the Twitter Fail Whale and the entire cast of cartoon-like characters in Twitterland — they all make using Twitter fun. It’s engaging and entertaining.

It’s a fantasy land where you can make up your own stories.

2) Insider language

If you use Twitter you’ve probably grown accustomed to using terminology like Twemes, TwitCast, TwitAholic, follow, @, DM’s, and more.

It’s an environment we can escape into using a language that “outsiders” just don’t understand. That’s key in Tribal Seduction for the same reason it’s key to the power of cults. It makes members of the Tribe

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Last night I was at Ala Moana Shopping mall in Honolulu. Coach Deb was trying on what seemed like an endless rack of clothes. And the two girls helping her didn’t seem to have an end to their “suggestions.”

So of course I did what any guy does in this situation. I went on the prowl for some examples of Tribal Seduction marketing. And what I found was shocking!

Now what I’m about to show you is not the most subtle marketing you’ve ever seen, but women — tell me if this does not speak to you?

Honestly ladies – you’ve gotta admit this speaks to just about any woman regardless of age, shape or size. Doesn’t it?

I mean Coach Deb plays tennis for two-hours 5x per week. And she can run circles around me aerobically. But she still went ga-ga over this new line of pants and jeans at Cache. And the two girls helping her (both of which had rail-like model bodies) were raving about them too.

The truth is this Tribal Seduction marketing at it’s best

It’s simple. To the point. And hits on every trigger ingrained in women’s subconscious since they were little girls playing dress-up.

This is a great example of the Tribal Seduction CHARM Formula in action.

But what makes this the ultimate Tribal Seduction (at least from our experience at Ala Moana Mall,) was the way the manager and her assistant made us feel. Like a Tiffany Charm in the little blue box, they wrapped it with a ribbon of passionate support.

They locked the store down at 9pm, their normal closing time. But then they turned all their attention to making sure I was comfortable, and that Deb had an endless rack of suggested clothes to try on.

We walked out of there at 10:20pm! Both of us were thrilled with the 90-minute experience. (Though I must admit, I thought we left with far too many bags. But Deb thought it was just the right number for some reason. )

What about you?

How would you have felt if that all happened to you?
Do you agree it was a great example of Tribal Seduction?
(Including the “raised rear” and “drop in one size”?)

Share it in some graffiti down below.