Apparently Twitter and Facebook are the two fastest growing social networks online.
Twitter answers the question "What are you doing?" - just like going to a meeting or a party where you're mixing with business contacts etc. A kind of "Speed-networking" or micro blogging using no more than 140 characters (akin to SMS messaging) online!
What can Twitter do for you?
Twitter is like "PR" - enabling you to keep your ame and Brand 'top of mind'. It's great for direct, brief communication and will get people's attention! It can expand your Network, contacts list etc outside of your own region which in turn may lead to more business.However, as with all business communication, follow a process !
Instead of shoving your business opportunities down everyopne's throat (especially when they haven't asked for it) is just about the biggest mistake most people make when networking. you can usually accomplish more by following a simple approach and using some patience!
Coach Deb Micek suggests First of all get people to know, like and trust you.Some of the amazing sites Deb and her team run are Blog360 and her handbook is here
It's important to identify like-minded people and grow your list - rather than just try to get as many people as possible to follow you. getting people to opt-in to you (so to speak) will be more productive. The more authentic your list of followers the more likely your success.
So the process is something like, people meet you on twitter, they visit your profile where they should be able to click the link to your Blog. the idea being that any brief conversation started by the Twitter message can be continued online using the benefits of Web2.0 technology i.e interactive chat online.From there, people will notice or look for your links to business sites / opportunities and deepen the relationship with you IF it appeals to them or contact you for more information!
Hint: there's plenty of robots working Twitter so one way around this is to ask people who want to Twitter with you to use "@ message" e.g. @mygoodbusiness ahead of their message - this will ensure you talk to people.
Twitter also has an excellent search facility which, used correctly you can search keywords which match what you're targetting. Coach deb's handbook reveals more.
TIP: 'Anyone Know (the problem you want to resolve) ' "search.Twitter.com" can lead you to find people looking for that solution!
Frank Heath
Tel: 0064 9 5291195
Skype: frank.heath1
Email: morecontacts@gmail.com
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