After promoting our first Twitter article several people have contacted me. They signed up but they just don’t get it. Well here’s some more specific details on how to get started, how to become popular and how to promote your business on Twitter for free.
Start following some people to see the different things that people are talking about. It takes a little while to get used to the 140 character conversations (Twitter limit). Some people are great to follow and give good advice on things like Marketing, PR, Staying Organized, Facts about Food, Popular Wines, almost anything.
Here’s the Twitter Getting Started page
Even though it may be intimidating start “tweeting.” (Tweets are the Twitter name for your posts). Try to avoid the mundane, like “I just got up and I’m having coffee.” Instead share facts about your industry, links to interesting website articles and then just sprinkle in a little self-promotion.
Important: don’t be a spammer and just talk about your biz or website. Try to respond to what other people are talking about and share info from all over the web.
Read our article on Twitter for Business which explains proper Twitter Etiquette.
When sharing the url to sites use tinyurl.com or a similar system to shorten the links and keep your whole tweet within 140 characters.
Let me know if this helps get you going. I was totally confused the first three or four times I went on there and hated it. But eventually I got used to it and really started liking it. Feel free to follow myself or John and check out the people we’re following.
Chrisanne - http://twitter.com/SternalMrktg
John - http://twitter.com/SternalPR
Best of luck!
Chrisanne
