This is just a theory but it makes a hell lot to me so i thought i’d post this, now we all know Twitter is a great way to make your own little community of friends whom you can update about yourself at any moment and everyone on your followers list will get that message instantly, so i was thinking why not use twitter to build lists?
Its a simple 2 step process, signup and make your updates private and you are good to go then only the people who follow you (you will have to approve them before they can see your updates) can now see your updates and reply to you as well, so this way if you are building an information based incentive list like “I’ll teach you how to make money! Subscribe to me!” twitter will make it really easy for you to go about promoting yourself and your content, some features are:
Instantly Update - No hassle (short updates)
If you have long updates or static pages/blog post based updates then you can link to them
Instant updates on how money people are still following you and how many left
Perfectly Safe
Free to use
Great Speed
Twitter has a large community whom you can appeal to
Instant Traffic
Usually i’ve seen people use emails to get in touch with their subscribers, but twitter seems like such a better idea to me, any ideas on this appreciated!
After learning how to use Twitter..
Twitter has many applications for the Business User (web based or otherwise) and the following are just some examples
Feedback
Does your website appeal to people, is it easy to use, does it get the message across effectively. Ask people, if you have a following on Twitter, you can ask people to appraise your site, generating traffic, and who knows, if they like it they may come back.
Networking
The platform is a perfect way to connect with a network of peers as well as potential users, sharing ideas and product news/business tips and tricks. It’s fast and effective and basically free.
An Intranet
If you work with others, separated by distance and connected by computer, Twitter provides a connectivity tool similar to a local intranet. It’s easy and free to use. This especially useful for webmasters as they are often dealing with a number of people who are only connected by the internet.
Branding
The most important aspect to modern marketing is the Brand; it is used excessively in internet based business to establish new sites/products in a niche to users. Whilst it is difficult to establish a brand, it is often even more difficult to communicate that brand effectively to a wide enough audience. Twitter allows a free medium for communicating the brand of your company to interested users. (see my article here for tips on Branding)
An Office Tool
Schedule meetings, arrange diaries and manage time with twitter. If you find yourself using Twitter on a regular basis then why not use it as an all in one tool for organizing yourself. It is possible to utilize the application to manage all aspects of your working day.
However you use Twitter, you will find that it is an effective application which can benefit many aspects of your business.
If you use twitter, you will know that it is a platform designed to capture information in small bite sized chunks and present them for search to users. Twitter is the epitome of the lack of attention generation of internet viewers. We all of us spend far less time viewing and evaluating information on the internet than in any other media. Twitter is designed specifically to cater for this phenomenon. Its name, the sound of bird chatter, provides a good clue to how its use feels, it is distracting and at times irritating. It is also well used and has a large community.
Increasingly, Twitter is being used as a tool for marketing (there are those who would argue that it is the purest marketing tool there is as it is the home of the soundbite.) Actively used for self promotion, Twitter will deliver your opinions, links and products to a user base which is actively searching for them. Generate a following, and create a no cost mailing list that is immediately updated, and as Twitter is available via mobile device, you are in constant contact with your list.
Twitter is fast becoming the Loop with which people want to connect, users feel that they are on the cusp of the information highway, instantly sharing and reading many bites of information.
For those few of you who are completely new to Twitter, the following is a very good general intro to the site
If you use twitter, you will know that it is a platform designed to capture information in small bite sized chunks and present them for search to users. Twitter is the epitome of the lack of attention generation of internet viewers. We all of us spend far less time viewing and evaluating information on the internet than in any other media. Twitter is designed specifically to cater for this phenomenon. Its name, the sound of bird chatter, provides a good clue to how its use feels, it is distracting and at times irritating. It is also well used and has a large community.
