What is Twitter? And how to use it for Web Marketing!

Twitter, twitter, twitter ~ it's all the rage, but what IS twitter?

There are many network marketers that are afraid of a twitter, they think it may bite, hurt or sting. They hear about it. The stars are doing it. The news is doing it. But is it dirty, mean and nasty?

"What's a 'tweet'?" they say wide eyed and curious...

Let me explain! Twitter is a micro blog. (now if you are wondering what a blog is, well, THIS here that you are reading http://www.multimediamom.com/ is a blog!) The twitter micro blog is a blog format in which you can post (aka tweet) 140 characters of text at a time. Mini, aka 'micro' sentences about your day, your business, your ANYTHING!



It is educational, amusing, sad and interesting. You choose people to 'follow' and when you follow them you will see their 'tweets' (micro blog posts) on your twitter page. And people may choose to follow you, in turn, they will see your 'tweets' on their twitter page.



Some people use twitter just to update interesting points about their day. Some people seem to live on twitter telling every moment...sometimes...they...say...too...much!


Now, utilizing twitter for marketing your business online can be an amazing tool to gain new customers and/or recruits. And, it can also be damaging to your business career, if you are not careful!


Twitter is another Social Networking site (tool) like Facebook and MySpace, where you connect with people you do know and also reach out to a potential audience of millions of people you don't know.


Twitter Online Marketing Don'ts You do not want to over do your marketing! The best rule when marketing is "DO NOT DO TO OTHERS WHAT YOU DO NOT WANT THEM TO DO TO YOU!" A few of the most important ones are...

• Don't tweet your opportunity over and over and over.
• Don't use the DM private message feature to push your opportunity.

Twitter Online Marketing Suggestions Remember, you are casting a light (or shadows) upon you and your character. You may want to re-think a few of these before doing them...

• Tweeting twitpics of yourself drunk or engaging in embarrassing acts.
• Taking 'surveys' and posting the info of things that shadow you as a person.

Twitter Online Marketing Do-s You are on twitter to socialize. People become your 'followers' on twitter because they are curious about you.

• Utilize twitter to sprinkle bits of who you are so people can get to know you.
• Occasionally tweet your business, i.e. was it in the news, is there a new product out?

Use your good judgement! Remember, if you post something it is instantly sent in feeds to the Internet. Even if you delete it, it could already be OUT on the Internet and that comment is frozen in time. When you delete it from twitter the site, it is NOT deleted from other places twitter feeds to.

People get to see 'who' you are and by the tweets you show and some will become curious about what you do. I have generated many, many leads from my twitter page. I sprinkle information about what I do, adventures I have and more!

Check back tomorrow for strategy on following and gaining followers, the right way!

Alethea Anderson
Twitter Tweeter