As you may know, twitter is a place where you post a profile/bio to introduce/define yourself and orient other people in the world to what you're about. Of course there are all kinds of folks with all kinds of interests ranging from business to cooking to music to simply socializing. But, what's of interest to us, internet marketers, is that there are thousands of us of various different stripes and experience levels in various locations all over the world who are looking around, touching base, and sharing inspiration and ideas.
So how do you develop communication with bunches of folks you don't otherwise know? Well, you can look for famous folks or your favorite business leaders and then follow them and their followers. You can then expect that a number of folks will "follow" you back, and as with facebook friends - you start sharing posts.
Yeah, in addition to news and commentary, there is also a lot of sharing of links to your favored business opportunities or affiliate programs, but again - go back to the basic marketing ideas I set out below - don't just shout and sell - show yourself as a person of integrity offering something of value. That'll get you better responses.
As for the details - the "tweets" sent or posted on twitter are limited to 140 characters, so you've got to not only be concise, but if you are sharing a link, you've got to use a shortening tool like bit.ly. Check it out - it's handy for making your links small & cloaking them, too.
If you want some help developing your "following" without spending hours of your own time clicking, you'll find numerous programs that do just that. Here's an example: http://bit.ly/rT9Ih
Until next time - share good things with good people, and happy tweeting!
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