Twitter is very misunderstood. I hear so many people say that they do not understand it, or they dont see the point of it. And it is difficult to put your finger on why it works so well, but it clearly does! Twitter is now the 13th most visited site on the internet, globally. There are several million users, although no official number has been released by Twitter as yet. Whatever the number, Twitter features almost daily in the news nowadays, whether it is a celebrity tweet or on the bad side a murder, following a dispute on Twitter, which is in the news this morning.
Twitter is the latest social media site to be used regularly for businesses. At first no-one understood how a business could gain from being on the site. Now it is well known that they can study what customers are saying about their brand and take action to keep on the right side of customers. They can also announce events and generally give good customer service by being available and approachable. In Network Marketing, many business builders are getting leads everyday from Twitter using Attraction Marketing. You need to have a good clear photo, information about yourself in your bio and of course a link, usually to your blog for anyone to go for more information.
Then you have your 140 character comments, or tweets. So what do you say? Well the question Twitter asks is ‘What are you doing?’ and whilst many people actually answer that, others may send out lots of other information. Inspirational or motivational quotes, jokes, photos using Twitpic or other services, or they may share something they have come across on the internet that they think other people may be interested to see. If you are a Network Marketer you can put out links to your blog when you have up-dated it in order to drive traffic to it, or maybe links to YouTube to a new video you have posted. It is all about getting more traffic to your blog.
And obviously the more followers you have, the more traffic you can drive. So you need to add more people to your followers everyday. You can put your name in Twellow, which is the equivalent to the Yellow Pages for Twitter. If you see a tweet which you find interesting and want to tweet it to your followers, you can Re-Tweet it. Just click on the button at the right. You can also Favourite any tweet that you see that you would like to keep, maybe like a saying you may want to remember.
One great way to have lots of tips and ideas on how to use Twitter is to download the Twitter Toolbar onto your web browser. This comes complete with 50 tools and resources for Twitter, and 100 Twitter Tips, by Dan Hollings, so you can get lots of ideas for how to use the site. And all that is free! And dont forget to put your Twitter address on everything you send out or subscribe to, because you will get lots of followers that way. You can link your blog to Twitter, so that a tweet is sent out everytime you post a new article, using the Onlywire service.
One last great tip!!
Sometimes it is difficult when you are offline, to bring your business into the conversation without slapping someone across the face with it. So if you meet someone and would love to approach them, ask them if they are involved in any social media sites and give them your contact details, such as your Twitter name, and ask for theirs so that you can connect. Its subtle, does not scare them away and it works!
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