Twitter is growing by leaps and bounds. Everyone is starting to get on Twitter. So why should you use twitter? Using twitter depends on what you have in mind. Before creating a twitter account think carefully on what it is you want to twitter about. Do you just want to make a few friends and send small talk? Do you have a business you would like to promote? Are you a writer, marketer, cooking expert or maybe you are looking for a job?
Lets begin with a few things about twitter:
First you can only type in 140 characters?
Second Twitter allows you to customize your twitter page with your own unique background. Good way to brand yourself or company name.
Third your twitters are easily picked up by the search engines. For example Google, and when Google displays a twitter post the whole post will be displayed as it allows 160 characters?
Fourth if you twitter about things that are interest to the general public you get followers and then some of their followers may start to follow you. Before long you have your own little network going just waiting to hear what you have to say.
When creating a Twitter user name keep it professional if you are going to use it for seeking work or promoting your business.
There are many tools out there that will help you with making tweets as Twitter calls them. One site is called http://www.twitterfeed.com you create an open source ID and then put in the URL to your blog and tell it the time and day to twitter for you. When you blog twitterfeed.com will make short tweets about your blog post with a link to your blog so your followers can read your entire blog post.
For example you offer a service or product. Who knows best about it? You do, so why not tell the world in a few short 140 characters to be picked up by the search engines.
Need help with a custom twitter background there are graphic designers that can help you – http://www.themesindesign.com/twitter_backgrounds.htm
Need a blog or a content management site there are web designers that can work with you in creating a site for you – http://www.themesindesign.com/content-management.htm
With today’s economy many are looking for work so why not blog about what you can offer a company and your experience. You can also post a link to your online resume. Job seekers are then expanding their network to many opportunities.
Job seekers make a video of yourself and conduct yourself like you are in an interview. Be will dressed and tell the world what you have to offer and how you can help their company. Then upload it to Youtube and post a twitter link with good keywords. Like “professional writter looking for work”. What better way to get an instance interview out there for an employer who is seeking to hire.
So why should you twitter?
