Saturday, January 17, 2009

How To Get The Most Out of Twitter

By Taylor Tenretni

The growth of social networking over recent periods hasn't come as a shock to anyone. facebook was the latest giant to leap to the top and claim its spot in the lime light. But the new micro blogging platform from Twitter is now by far the most commonly used network out there.

As with all social media it can be used to communicate ad hoc to your friends and family. However, Twitter is starkly different. With a character limit of 140 per tweet its set aside from the crowd by the brevity of the post. You send out short twits to friends and family to let them what you are doing right now.

Some clever marketers are using to twitter to make money and drive traffic. address in with the view to driving lots of customers from Twitter to their sales page. twitter works well with other social networking sites too.

Take advantage of twitter using Tiny Url to truncate your domain name and getting some added juice for your search engine optimisation campaign. There is a little guide beneath which should help you with Twitter

Twirl The Twitter Client " installs on your desktop ensuring functionality at the click of a button. Enhances the speed in which you can deliver your sales message

Tweeting Search Engine - If you require information on something or need answers use the power of twitter to get you what you need. Just twit your little heart out and the solution to your issue will come rolling back to you

Twitter Analysis - Need info and options on something? Quite easily do your market research by tweeting your way out of trouble and then just using the info people give you

Twitter Simplicity - Use twitter feeds and updates to keep your followers informed of anything that's going on with your blog

Twitter Updates - Use info form Twitter news sites etc to always ensure you are at the forefront of anything going on

Twitter Discover - uncover untapped niche markets by searching via keywords and locations to uncover new markets to attack

Customer Service " You can use twitter as a dedicated customer care client. People can send in their tweet for you to assist

Twitter Cred - Join the growing communities and forums on twitter to help other s and boost your online credibility. Trust creates comfort which can easily turn a non buying customer into a captive customer for life

Stick to these guidelines and you will not only get some highly targeted traffic for your efforts but you might also have a bit of fun. Twitter has a page Rank of 9 so you can guarantee it is not going anywhere in a hurry. Join in, have fun and participate in the ever growing community, or should I say customer portal?

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