I have to admit, when I first learned about Twitter, I was totally unable to get interested. I really had no desire to learn the minutiae of other people’s lives.
So I put it aside for a year or so.
And in that year, it was either Twitter or me that evolved… not sure which. I read an article about using Twitter for business, and I looked again. And this time, I decided to get involved.
Turns out, Twitter can be a pretty powerful tool, as long as you use it properly, and don’t abuse it.
It’s relatively easy to locate people who have similar interests to your own. You can “follow” them, which simply means you’ll receive their updates mixed in with others that you follow (they might even follow you back). You can peek into their lists of followers (along with the lists of people THEY follow) and in a very short time, you can develop a significant network.
Twitter is also a fantastic way to get an announcement out to your followers very quickly.
According to Twitter 101, the official business guide from the Twitter site, businesses are even using the service to announce special offers to their local customers. I even saw where a mobile food vendor announced to their Twitter followers that they would be at a certain corner of the city at a certain time.
They were inundated by their fans, and sold everything in the truck almost immediately.
This social networking service isn’t for everyone, but it’s certainly worth taking a good look to see if it might be your kind of deal.
To get you started, here is a free report, The Twitter Quick Start Guide. (You will need a pdf reader to open this file. If you don’t have one on your computer, you can get a free one here).
Oh, and by the way, I want to invite you to follow me on Twitter:
www.twitter.com/sherri_stockman
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