Boosting business with Twitter
Most people hear the hype about Twitter (and Facebook) and how some users are using this technology to enhance their businesses. Many think they just signup at Twitter and the other followers will come. Not actually the way it works, and that’s what I’m going to discuss today.
Top Twitter posters and how they send tweets
1. The way I see some of the top Twitter posters using the service is by sending out mass tweets (what some call the short 140 messages sent out using the Twitter service) with all types of interesting information. Out of all these constant tweets there are only a small percentage that mention anything relating to the business the person owns that is sending out the messages to its followers. While posting tweets frequently may work for them, I don’t advice it because if you are on Twitter often like I am, the constant tweets will keep you from viewing tweets from someone else you’re following. This can get annoying quickly and I end up unfollowing them.
2. Some other top posters on Twitter use the occasional method of posting tweets to their followers and that may seem like they are too busy to post. You may already know that poster is an expert in his or her field and to know they are busy just helps reiterate that point. If their busy, they must be good at what they do because they don’t have time to even post on Twitter about their own business.
3. How I post on Twitter is by sending random posts as a business owner, telling others about my services or about new articles they can find on my blog (this one). I will also post links to SEO blogs I find interesting. If you follow me on Twitter @WebHelpNetwork you will notice I post links to random fun things too.
These are just some of the ways to post on Twitter.
How do you use Twitter to boost your business?
I have been checking out various social interaction sites and Twitter seems the most useful for business. I have been using Twitter, MySpace and Facebook for a while and I have come to the conclusion that for me Twitter is better than Facebook and MySpace for business.
The reason why I prefer Twitter for business is because Twitter is more instant bits of information orientated, whereas Facebook is more personal based and MySpace is more music orientated. In the case of Facebook you also have other distractions and I think people deviate to other things like games, listening to other music or reading blogs. With Twitter you dont have all these distractions and that is one reason why its better than Facebook. If you’re experience is different, please leave a comment.
I am mainly using Twitter because I simply write one or two sentences and get to the point. I only send Tweets when I have some of interest to the general user. If you send too many tweets people over time will ignore them and in some cases they will unfollow you.
With regards to point 3 in the article, ‘sending random random fun things’ is a nice idea because it adds a bit of variety to your tweets.
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