Can it Be Focused on Business
Friday, July 31st, 2009Twitter seems to be growing in popularity every day. Most people have heard of twitter either on the news or sports channel or even in print media. It’s quite easy to build a large network of followers on twitter in a very short period of time that can include friends, associates, business partners, or even people that might be potential customers to your brick-and-mortar business. Twitter seems to be taking the social networking section of the Internet by storm.
When you use twitter you create your own personal brand and you can possibly dominate the niche you are focusing on. Let me explain. You have 140 characters to get your message across. This means a fast paced conversation. This is really a good thing because it doesn’t allow anyone to monopolize one conversation for a very long time. It also makes for a very fast conversation that can be exciting and interesting.
Unlike a webpage or a blog this can result in quick relationship building and even quicker dumping is you are not on point with the conversation. It’s very easy to get unfollowed. The good thing is you can spice up your message with audio and video if you know how. This is what makes Web 2.0 so much different than Web 1.0. Web 1.0 would be a webpage updated itself perhaps at bats once a day. Using Web 2.0 social networking sites updates themselves constantly. Most of the time is updating is around one time per second.
There are also many other twitter applications that are third party in nature that will help twitter to be a more effective tool for your business use. If your friends, and other acquaintances, or even relatives use twitter you might want to invite them to follow you.
Other applications include things to show pictures and send video messages with. And that’s only listing the applications that are directly related to the message in twitter. There are other applications that allow you to find like-minded twitter users easier.
When promoting your business you should follow experts in their field. You should focus on the most powerful users of twitter. Marketing on a social network is different than marketing anywhere else including webpages, blogs, or e-mail. You have to be less in-your-face and offer beneficial information which leads your follower to the place you want them to go to see what you have to offer.
Once they follow you back, you should take the time if you can send them a message saying thank you. Another trick is to un follow any of those people that have not followed you back within three days. This will keep the total number of people that you are following to a minimum.
Twitter relies on each other treating each other with respect and decency throughout the community so that people that are following you will want to continue to follow you. And if they decide not to with just the quick press of a mouse button to unfollowed you.