Twitter is a fast growing social networking tool and a microblogging service. Twitter enables you to send tiny little blurbs about anything, using no more than 140 characters. You can send out a blurt (aka tweet) about your day, what you are eating, or a new book your reading. Anything you can think of, you can pretty much say. Twitter can be a great self-promotion tool, if used wisely.
When marketing yourself or your business online, Twitter would be a great addition to your marketing arsenal. With over 105 million Twitter users, and 300,000 users signing up with Twitter daily, Twitter is a must for marketers. I have outlined some core tips for how to market with Twitter. These tips are not limited to the categories below, but they will get your brain thinking about other ways that Twitter can help you market yourself, your service or product:
Retailers, Ecommerce Stores: Tweet your sales and deals. Offering coupons? Tweet them! Here is an example of a tweet, "@ABC Retail Store: 20% off any one item at our store throughout the weekend. Hurry and grab the latest Nike apparel, or Gucci handbags! 50% off all clearance!"
Blog? Tweet a link to your latest blog posts for more exposure. You are sure to attract new readers! Use an URL shortener to fit your long URLs in without exceeding your character limits. Make sure to mix in tweets about you personally if you are marketing yourself in the blog, and not necessarily a product or business. I am not talking about giving out your SSN and Drivers license! I am talking about tweeting about your day, and events throughout your week. Tweet about your likes and dislikes, or about the latest book you are reading.
Business Opportunity Website: Tweet about your opportunity, i.e. "@SuccessWithJaneDoe: Where will you be 6 months from now? Stuck in a financial rut? Join my team and be on your way to success! [link to site]" If you create a special report on say, "Success through Attraction Marketing Online" tweet a link to it! You would want to house it on your site, and have them download it there to get them on your site, rather than having them just go straight to a download.
Keep one thing in mind, don't make it all about business! Your followers will soon tire of your promotional tweets. Focus on at least 20% of your tweets being personal. People want to get to know you to be able to trust you. Heck, you can tweet about how you just ate the best PB&J sandwich ever! Share ideas, ask questions of your followers, share interesting resources! Have fun with Twitter. Also be sure to put your website or blog link on your profile page.
Like the idea of marketing with Twitter, but still want more ways to drive traffic to your blog? Download my special report at my blog on online marketing. Happy marketing!
Veronica Yager, an Internet Marketer and Online Business Mentor, teaches her team members how to use the power of the Internet and become a top income earner online. To learn more about Veronica Yager and to join her team, visit Veronica Yager's website at http://www.AchieveFastWealth.com now!
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