| Twitter is one of the social media. It is pretty | | | | as a "base" account out of that list and start |
| much a blog combined with a chat room, so, | | | | following people who are following that account. |
| basically, it allows you a platform to get your | | | | I should insert a word of caution here: Twitter |
| ideas out before a group of people in real time. | | | | does have a follower limit: you may follow no |
| Before we get into the meat of my article, I | | | | more than 2000 at a time until 2000 or more |
| want so share something amusing that happened | | | | people are following you. After that point, you |
| as I was writing it: As I was dictating the title of | | | | may follow an additional number of people no |
| my article, my dictation software spat out this | | | | greater than 110% of the number of people |
| sentence instead: "how to use torture as a | | | | following you. |
| marketing tool" | | | | Accordingly, you should be careful about whom |
| Back on topic: It might be helpful to briefly discuss | | | | you follow. Don't feel the need to follow someone |
| how Twitter works: It is sort of like a walkie | | | | just because they're following you. You want |
| talkie in that only people who have switched on to | | | | followers who will actually read your tweets, and |
| your channel (by following you) can receive your | | | | are not just following you to increase their |
| messages. In the same way, you will only receive | | | | follower count. |
| messages from those people whose channel you | | | | Once people start following you, you will be able |
| have switched on (by following them.) | | | | to send them messages. What should you |
| So, the first order of business, after you join, is | | | | "tweet" about? Well there's no hard and fast rule |
| to start adding people to your followers list. You | | | | here, other than you should always aim to send |
| will then be switched into their channel and be able | | | | no more than one promotional message for |
| to receive their messages. | | | | every three messages that you send out. The |
| Who should you follow? Anyone who is interested | | | | reason for this is that you want to give your |
| in your niche. So if you are promoting a make | | | | followers a reason to keep following you, and |
| money offer, you should follow people who are | | | | constant promotional messages (like one after the |
| interested in making money. If you are promoting | | | | other, all day long) is probably the fastest way to |
| a dog training book or technique, then people | | | | get "unfollowed" really quickly. |
| interested in dogs would be appropriate. Use the | | | | If used judiciously, Twitter can be a great |
| "find people" tool at the top right of your screen | | | | marketing resource. You can use it to build a list |
| when you are logged into your Twitter account | | | | of followers highly interested in what you have to |
| and type in keywords related to your niche. You | | | | say. That, in Internet marketing terms, is like |
| will then pull up a list of Twitter accounts tagged | | | | having money in the bank. |
| with those keywords. Pick one or two accounts | | | | |