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Before You Dismiss Twitter
| Guest post by: Lonny Dunn |
Article Overview: Many people I have spoken to are either no longer interested in Twitter, or don't understand it's value. Here are 7 very quick reasons not to dismiss Twitter, and to try a new approach.
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Before You Dismiss Twitter
Twitter like any Social Media site creates Text Tagged Article', 'Click', 'networking']);"> networking value, well beyond immediate
transactional ROI. As Text Tagged Article', 'Click', 'efficiency']);"> efficiency tool, it cannot be beat. Here are some reasons you might
wish to stick with Twitter and realize it's full potential. Could hundreds of millions
be wrong?
Tip 1. Don't let anyone tell you Twitter doesn't get results. You can follow a large
number of people daily, who can "follow" you back. This is the simplest form of network
connectivity at your disposal.
Tip 2. Before jumping into Twitter for your business, explore, and use it as efficiency
tool for your personal use. Follow people who interest you, tweet 5 times per day, and learn
how to structure a Tweet, protocol, manners and trends. Run feeds to LinkedIn and FB.
Tip 3. Have a plan for Twitter. Run a Marketing Proposal across your own desk, and
work on it, so you know what it entails. Some of the answers will be unknown to you;
but the process of writing a Marketing Proposal also opens your perception to efficient returns.
Tip 4. Social Media is not a "campaign" which if it fails, you try another. On the ever
changing Internet, the lack of Text Tagged Article', 'Click', 'social media']);"> social media presence means you lose business to your competitor
by default, regardless of the business you are in. We must use social media, or fall behind.
Tip 5. Managing your online profile is mandatory in the modern business world, as we have
an Internet imprint already, whether we realize it or not. We must manage the process, and
not leave it to the "geeks" or others who are not especially trained as marketers.
Tip 6. Managing your Online Image, and Participating in Social Media means that you have
to have some marketing skills whether you are a doctor, lawyer, schoolteacher, or stay at
home mom. Determine efficient, time saving Tips that broaden your online imprint.
Tip 7. Learn from someone who is not necessarily the best writer, or the has the most
followers, but from a person who has marketing, sales, advertising and copywriting skills.
Don't be afraid to ask someone for free tips, and commit yourself to 1/2 hour a day.
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Re: Using Twitter To Double Your Traffic?
- I'm sure in many cases Twitter sends more traffic than Search Engines because most people don't have good enough SE rankings to get SE traffic. But anyone can get Twitter traffic. The problem is that Twitter traffic won't convert for the most part and SE traffic will. I'd venture to say that 98% of the time getting just 100 visitors from search is better than getting 2000+ from Twitter.
How to Use Twitter to Market Products?
- How do you use Twitter to market products? Has the Twitter route given you good results? Please share your experience and ideas on how to use Twitter to take a product to the customers. Thank you in advance.
Re: Social Media Works If You Do It Right...
- Hi Michelle,
Ah, but it seems hashtags are still being used by a lot of people - including Twitter! So I would still use them for your keywords. It's just that if you are searching for something on Twitter you can either go the #hashtag route, or do a direct search on the Twitter homepage. I guess you could use #hashtags when searching on the Twitter homepage as well!
DH
Re: Facebook or Twitter?
- Thanks for the feedback guys! I personally started with Twitter and am now moving over to Facebook. I polled people on both my accounts and (not surprisingly) the Twitter people said Twitter and the Facebook people said Facebook!
The actual order of my social media presence looks like this:
1) LinkedIn (with little success)
2) Twitter
3) YouTube
4) Facebook
Re: Twitter vs Facebook
- I use Facebook pages for Business and rarely ever use Twitter. I hace lost count of the no. of Hotels that I have visited, regarding their marketing campaigns, that may have 5k Facebook Fans and only 100 followers on Twitter. It is a lot more difficult to engage with people on Twitter and thus harder to gain traction. If you are a business like Nike, then Twitter is great, but if you are an SME, then focus on Facebook or LinkedIn (if you are providing a professional service.)
You can always have your Facebook feed directly in to Twitter, so you can have a presence on both, but do the work on one. Also check out ping.fm for managing campaigns - it is a free tool, and a great time saver.
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