Twitter Tip #8: Communicate To Your Staff

Posted on | November 30, 2009 | Comments Off

Intranets are private web sites only accessible from within an organization or business’ network. Many organizations have adopted Intranets to improve internal communication, business processes and sharing of company knowledge. A Twitter feed could be a great addition to keeping your Intranet up to date. If you’re a CEO or department manager, you could use Twitter to broadcast to your team your thoughts, ideas, company news and events. This could be a great way to keep your team on the same page with what is going on in your place of work.

What To Make Of Declining Traffic On Twitter.com

Posted on | November 23, 2009 | Comments Off

In a recent report posted on eMarketer.com, Neilsen had shown a slow down in traffic to Twitter.com – a decline of nearly 30% in one month. What does that mean? You have to also take into account that Twitter users have and will continue to grow (double digits in 2010) as more learn how to incorporate it in their daily personal and professional lives. In my view, the decline in traffic to Twitter.com means absolutely nothing. It may just be inevitable. Read more

Twitter Tip #7: Add Followers Quickly

Posted on | November 13, 2009 | No Comments

Are you struggling with increasing the number of followers you have? Well no worries. There are many tools out there that help you increase relevant followers to your Twitter page. I can’t stress “relevant” enough. Just as important it is to be following many people. It is important you have as many followers watching you. So you need to find people that are very likely to follow you back. Especially if you represent a company looking to talk to peolpe who have purchased your product, Prospective leads or potential employees. Search tools like Buzzom may work for you. With a simple keyword search it will find people that would be interested in what you have to say.

Twitter Tip #6: Start A Movement

Posted on | November 13, 2009 | No Comments

You have a cause that’s worth standing up for. It maybe political, social or environmental. But what a hassle it would be to go around town door-to-door to spread your word. Twitter maybe a great avenue to spread your word, include others and create a sense of solidarity. For instance there are a number of applications out that enable Twitter for online petitions. No more signatures! Just Tweets!! And the great thing is that everyone will no how much momentum is behind your cause by simply looking at your total followers and tweets. Act.ly is an example such an app.

Twitter Tip #5: Know Why You Are Using Twitter

Posted on | November 13, 2009 | No Comments

There is nothing more confusing that a person sending me Tweets and I haven’t got a clue why. As you look at your shiny new Twitter account it’s best to decide why you are using it. Read more

Twitter Tip #4: Fill Out Your Bio

Posted on | November 12, 2009 | No Comments

Who are you? And why are you following me? By completing your bio you let others know who you are. This adds credibility to your name and your tweets. The bio is the only place where this information can be told. It is also used by Twitter on their Suggested Users page.

Twitter Tip #3: Post Special Offers

Posted on | November 10, 2009 | No Comments

What’s a better motivation for consumers than 50% off? 55% off of course. If you want to engage your customers don’t be shy to post a special offer on Twitter. More and more trends are showing a great attraction between online consumers and their favorite brands. What’s even more important is how that engagement is encourage purchase decisions. So post that free offer on Twitter and don’t forget to add another 10% for me.

Twitter Tip #2: Post Your Blog Updates To Twitter

Posted on | November 10, 2009 | No Comments

If you host your own web site or blog post updates to your Twitter account. There are many plugins and extensions available online that will enable automatic posts from your web site to your Twitter page. For example, this site is built using Wordpress. But I also have an account with Twitter Feed. Now my web site is linked to my Twitter account. So each time I post a new article it automatically gets posted to my Twitter page.

(For you visitors who came from my Twitter page know what I’m talkin’ about)