TWITTER -

Many of today’s online marketers are serious in using Twitter to drive traffic to their business sites. The social network is considered as one of the most effective and impressive ways to increase traffic. But, how do you get the most out of your twitter network?

First off, you need to let people know you have an account. (gasp! a truly obvious point) I would stress right now, you need to have a separate business account.  You may want to have some of your contacts on both your personal and business accounts, but some people really are only interested in you and will, most likely, never buy from you or need your service.

Add value to your Tweets.  Treat your twitter posts like a micro-blog.  When you’re writing on Twitter, approach it the same way you would approach your blog or copy – only publish posts that add value to your followers.  Generally speaking, you shouldn’t be broadcasting what you had for breakfast or that you are late again – carefully time and use status updates to tell your network that you are speaking at a conference or launching a new product line.
 

If you are nervous or unsure how to begin tweeting,  you should be! Your brand is on the line you don’t want to risk a social backlash. You don’t normally go “all or nothing” with a new product or service and the same rule holds true with any potential social media program. Mitigate risk by hiring a professional who knows the platforms and can objectively consult your business on best practices.

Twitter-jack Active Social News & Twitter Users’ Friends – When you find a popular Twitter user who’s also using your social sites a lot, go through the list of people they’re following and follow them too. This can be a long but rewarding process. It may take hours, but it may ultimately lead you to a lot of new Twitter friends.

You may want to use a 3rd party  software program like Hummingbird -            http://www.twitaddict.com/hummingbird/

this is a quicker means of adding followers and thus more potential clients.

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