Twitter – Are you using it?
Twitter has become a hot term. Oprah has publicized it. Watch the news and you are likely to get a mention to follow the news team on Twitter. Even Pro Football players and agents are using it for publicity.
Everybody is talking about it but the questions are…
Can you use it effectively for your business?
Can I make a return on my investment?
The answer is yes if you understand it and use it right. That is the key. Anywhere that you have that many people and that much buzz is the perfect place for a marketer to be.
The problem is you need to attract the followers. Just like building a subscriber list you need to attract people that are interested in what you are selling. You then need to build the relationship to cut through the clutter.
You need to do that without taking up an inordinate amount of time. I will warn you that Twitter can be very addictive and if you allow it it can become a huge time waster.
You need to understand how Twitter works. You are restricted to 140 characters each time you post. To understand the basics of Twitter I recommend you check out Twitter Effect 2.0.
Once you understand the basics then you need a specific plan to generate followers that are interested in your topic. You need to manage your time effectively.
Fortunately, there are free tools available that will allow you to do a lot of this automatically or at least partially automated. You will always be in the equation because it is you that is providing the value that draws and keeps people’s attention.
Advanced Twitter Marketing lays out a step by step plan and has been proven to take even new people with a basic understanding of Twitter and have them generate 500 followers in a week or less and start generating email subscribers and sales in that time period.
The final step is to provide cutting edge information to your followers. If you are like me you get way too much email but despite the clutter there are certain people that there name alone is enough to get you to read their email.
I am sure that is because you always get great value from that person so they have moved to the must read list. You need to become that type of person to your followers.
You do it by becoming a leading edge resource for your topic.
This is something that can be a time killer if you don’t automate at least the gathering of the latest information. This can be accomplished if you know how in less than 30 minutes a day and I cover all the steps in Twitter Time Saver.
So the answer to the two questions is a definite yes. I add followers, subscribers and make sales with Twitter each day and spend less than an hour on it.
It can be done in any niche easily if you understand the process.
If you need help with that check out the following resources.
Twitter Effect 2.0 – A basic primer on Twitter and how it works
Advanced Twitter Marketing – A step by step plan to monetize your Twitter usage in a minimum of time.
Twitter Time Saver – The key to staying on the cutting edge of your niche in 30 minutes a day or less.
Get the one that will best help where you are at in your Twitter journey but do take advantage of one of the fastest growing mediums on the net.
Mike Paetzold
Disclaimer: Some of the links mentioned within this post or posts it may lead to are my affiliate links and in such case I will get compensated for recommending those products. However, I will never recommend something that I don't personally believe in and I welcome your questions and feedback.
June 5th, 2009 at 6:55 pm
Thanks for the shout-out for my Advanced Twitter Marketing System, Mike! Definitely have to agree with you that your Twitter Time Saver is a fantastic resource, and the perfect system to combine with ATMS for best results when marketing on Twitter – congrats on such a great & valuable product!
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June 5th, 2009 at 8:26 pm
Two great resources if toy want to profit from Twitter. Both are giving very clear and precise instructions how to achieve that.
Can’t do without it!
Fred
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June 5th, 2009 at 9:08 pm
These are the perfect tools to have in the arsenal when working with Twitter. After having worked with them I wonder how I made it before without them. I sure know they have saved me some time. And the answer to the questions is a resounding yes.
June 5th, 2009 at 11:29 pm
Doug’s Advanced Twitter Marketing System is a great tool for marketing. Adding your Twitter Time Saver techniques makes a great combination. I have used Twitter a lot in the last month and I am not sure I would have every gotten around to using Twitter much if it were not for this system. It makes it easy an saves a lot of time in the process. Thanks to both you and Doug.
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June 6th, 2009 at 5:06 pm
Yes indeed travel HQR and myself have joined onto the wonders of social networking and twitter seems to be almost overtaking facebook lately so thats the one to go to, thanks a lot for the links, we were completely new to it like everything else so it helped us a lot, cheers.
June 6th, 2009 at 9:28 pm
I have found out the hard way that Twitter can be very addicting and a huge time hog.
Your Twitter Time Saver has definitely helped me out and would recommend it to anyone. It makes a great followup to Doug’s Advanced Twitter Marketing System, but also stands very well on it’s own.
Thanks for providing such a great resource!
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June 7th, 2009 at 10:59 am
Mike, reading Doug’s Advanced Twitter Marketing caused me to revamp my entire approach to Twitter. It was essential reading and gave me a strategy I could follow, but it also meant more work. Your Twitter Time Saver gave me the leg up on that. I now have seven twitter accounts that I am building, and if they are going to be successful in the long run, I need to provide them with worthwhile
information and not just affiliate offers ten times a day. Your system has allowed me to do just that for all seven lists in about 30 minutes a day. Some days a few minutes more others a few less, depending on the level of new information I find. When I started Dougs book about two weeks ago now I had about 1000 followers and was feeling pretty good about it. Now I’m at about 4500 spread over the seven lists. Some are pretty focused and I am now looking to build long term relationships and not just volume. The combination of these two eBooks has made what was a haphazard aimless Twitter adventure into a marketing machine. Thanks for sharing.
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