How to Twitter for Business

Do you want to use Twitter to promote your business? Get in line. There are currently 14 million Twitter users in the U.S. Expect that number to grow exponentially. But because Twitter is a huge online community, there are plenty of niches that you can carve out for yourself. Make sure you follow a few tried-and-true steps of gaining a Twitter following, keeping it, and marketing your business on Twitter.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• a Twitter account
• a website or blog

1. When you sign up for a Twitter account, make sure that you upload a picture and fill out your bio. You won't have any credibility at all on Twitter without these two things at bare minimum.

2. Start using Twitter right away by posting tweets about yourself and your company, and make sure they're interesting. Do not post the same URL multiple times in a day. This is annoying to Twitterers.

3. Follow other people and businesses on Twitter and retweet their tweets. If you don't retweet, you won't gain a Twitter following.

4. Do not DM people on Twitter with spammy tweets to your URL or product line. When you DM people, they often get that tweet on their cell phone and a charge by their cell company is implemented. If you DM people, make sure it's for a real reason. The Twitter community gets super mad when they get direct messages for lame reasons (like spam).

5. Check out what other people in your industry are tweeting about and keep an eye on your brand by searching Twitter often.

6. Always reply to your @ replies on Twitter. If you're using Twitter for business, this is extremely important.

Resources

• Twitter

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[amersoft]

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