Using Twitter for Business: Step-by-Step Video
Interest in using Twitter for business is at an all-time high since so many are claiming huge success. I discovered this superb video on just that subject and thought it was just too good not to post it for you.
Oh ja, Twitter’s not going anywhere!
Borrowed from ZNet Blogs
In response to a guest post I did over at Search Engine People, a few people expressed opinions that Twitter is a flash-in-the-pan and won’t stick around like Google.
As Barry Welford rightly pointed out: We remember very clearly that when Google was new it was heralded as a flash-in-the-pan too. But I knew instinctively (OK let’s call it women’s intuition here) that Google was going to be big. I predicted it at the time, but sadly there are none of my web pages around from that time to prove it.
I’m predicting that Twitter will be even bigger than Google. NOTE TO TWITTER ADMIN: get ready for what’s coming now. You need to fix yourselves up so you can cope with the traffic and get some serious search algos in place. Don’t tell us that we didn’t warn you!
Just take a look at these Twitter stats. And it’s still really early days yet.
Twitition Launches
Today marks the birth of another brand new Twitter application: Twitition though, is a new concept so far.
I declare it the first-ever application that allows you to create, sign and submit petitions through Twitter. It’s a truly original idea that I think will go far. If you’re interested in receiving updates about petitions on Twitter, follow Twitition.
What is Twitter?
More and more online businesses are getting wind of the fact that an increasing number of successful entrepreneurs are singing the praises of Twitter. But still they’re not sure what it is or how to go about utilizing it.
So every day we get asked ‘what is Twitter?’
Essentially, as Twitter says itself, it is a microblogging application. This means that users are invited to register free of charge and post regular micro blogs or ‘tweets’ of 140 characters or less. To get you started Twitter invites you to tell everyone what you’re doing. Those who follow that advice usually fail miserably at a meteoric rate within the Twitter Village.
Those who go on to accrue a considerable following and to create their own vibrant little Twitter communities are those who realize that, for the most part, people aren’t interested in exactly what you’re doing. But if you Tweet about your latest discoveries online such as resources that everyone can use, or if you give away free niche advice that is useful to your followers, you’ll quickly make a name for yourself, and more importantly you can use Twitter successfully to build your business.
Mark that well, for if you want to unlock Twitter’s many benefits, you must first give to the community. Once you’re trusted you will be able to:
- Keep track of latest industry developments
- Follow what’s being said about you or your clients
- Get the word out about your goods and services (as long as you do it subtly and not in an aggressively promotional way)
- Get traffic for your website
- Learn about products, services and applications that will help your business
Why has Twitter been so successful? Because it’s so versatile. Twitter can, essentially, be anything you want it to be online as long as you bear in mind the guidelines above. It’s useful for just about any community online and it can be used across a wide selection of platforms, including iPhone and SMS. To add to its ease of use and popularity, literally thousands of applications have been created to make your use of Twitter more effective and more enjoyable.
Next we’ll take a look at some of those applications.
