Twitter Marketing – Advice From An Expert
May 7, 2010 by author
Filed under Twitter for Begginers
There are three things you need in order to make money through using Twitter. You need a Twitter account, you need a way to convert links to money, such as a website or affiliate links, and you need experience in marketing with social networking channels.
The initial stages of this procedure are relatively simple; it becomes more difficult when it comes to having the knowledge needed for effective social network marketing. Below are some things you should remember…
- Talk to people instead of selling to them
Understand that your Twitter account is not to be used as a digital billboard. You will see some people doing this – they post tweet after tweet of links to products and services – but that does not mean that they are making any money.
To effectively market items through Twitter, you have to build up a network of people / potential customers with which to sell to. If people know you and begin to trust you, they are more likely to buy products you advertise.
- Market products or services that your followers need
It is of paramount importance that you select a product to market that you know your potential customer would actually be prepared to buy, it is a common and fatal mistake not to research this simple point.
The easiest way to research what your audience want is to ask them! Find out what product or services they want, then find the products or services to meet their needs.
- It is not a numbers game
As we stated earlier, it is important to get to know your audience. Adding hundreds of followers using internet tools designed to do so will not help you in the long run, it is better to have a few potential customers than a hundred ‘nobody’s’.
If you do not really know somebody who you are following, then you are unlikely to take any notice of their tweets. This is why adding hundreds of followers will not help you market products.
OK, so you may not be making money immediately, but if you follow the tips given above, within a month or so you should be seeing the fruits of your labor. Who knows, within a year you could be earning enough to give up your day job!
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