Do you Twitter?
By
Are you twittering? Well if you’re not then you should. Twitter is the most popular social networking site on the web. For those of you who do not know what Twitter is, it is a micro blogging service. Best of all it is free!! No hosting required. You get to send and read other peoples updates. It is a great way to get to know what others are doing and most of all what you are doing. If people like what you have to say they end up visiting your profile which can result in traffic to your website(s).
There are many applications out there on the web for twitter and I found a few great sites that provide us with info on the apps.
My favourite is Tweetlater. If you are too busy to tweet several times throughout the day this service is for you! You can schedule your posts and more. I also like Tweetake. You can backup your tweets and followers/ing so that if something happens to your account you have downloaded all the info and not starting all over again.
Last but not least having a custom twitter background and avatar is a great way to catch people’s attention. I am working on one for my own and am glad to say that I have partnered with yet another fabulous graphic artist that specializes in twitter backgrounds. Another Service to add to my never ending list of services.
Stay tuned for my next post on twitter etiquette.
By the way follow me on twitter www.twitter.com/vbsondemand and post your twitter profiles here too!
I like using Twitter because its fast and simple. And yes, I get traffic because I’ve developed a following.
What would be the best way to advertise your twitter id so that you can get more people to follow you?
AP,
The best way to advertise your twitter id is to advertise it as much as possible.
Some example:
Add it to your signature both email and forums
Add it to your website
Follow twitterers and chances are most or half of them will follow you.
If you have a facebook profile: There is a twitter application on Facebook so ensure that you have it installed on your profile
Add all your networking profile links in your newsletters
I hope this helped!!
I’m always curious on how people decide to follow me.
I’m going to take your advice and add my twitter feed to my email signature link, but then I have to be careful with what I say since It’s about being business professional, yet personable. Can you do both without alienating your followers?
AP,
Yes you can do both. You should actually do both. The one rule when it comes to social networking is to keep it low key and not only promote your business. You should keep it personalable and occasionally promote.
For example if you are going to tweet 3x per day:
Post 1. Going to the grocery store to make some chicken soup.
Post 2. doing some administrative tasks for a client.
Post 3. Check out my new services at yourwebsite.com etc.
No more than 1 tweet a day unless you are tweeting 10x per day then you can advertise your business several time.
If you only tweet once a day or a few times a week (which is not recommended) then do not advertise your business everyday or time you post, do it occasionally. To be honest you would be wasting your time with twitter if you do not do it on a daily basis. Sometimes you miss a day because you are busy or something comes up and that is fine. That’s what tweetlater and ping.fm is for. I will discuss that in my next blog post. I hope I was helpful.
Great info on Twitter! I just started using it on a more regular basis and my web traffic has definitely improved. The trick is to to try to follow people in your line of business, or who would be interested in your services… I find that helps to target my web traffic a bit better as well!
Thanks for the info~
Mirella
http://rainflowercompany.com
Serena!
Your blog page is awesome so informative! I wish I had your talent but I seem to ramble on. I really appreicate your guidance in helping me get started. I will make that a priority this year!
Your company is awesome and wish you happiness throughout the year……..(see what I mean) I can’t write lol
Ev