Are you on Twitter already?
Do you twitt?
If not yet, then I think you are missing the current 'in' thing. Twitter is a social networking and micro-blogging service that allows you to send and read other users’ updates (otherwise known as tweets), which are text-based posts of up to 140 characters in length. I first encounter Twitter in a particular forum where suddenly every have been posting their twitter accounts and everyone and following each other. Its so viral that in to time most regulars in the forum are into it.
I think what makes it appealing is its relatively easy to use function. From signup to search, from following others to getting followed by others, to tweet or to retweet, to use the web or the phone, Twitter is just plain simple. Add to this the power of Twitter APIs, there are hundreds of tools, utilities and apps that continue to spring from nowhere.
Some use twitter for chit-chat. Ranging from “I am writing a blog” to “Join our Affiliate Conference”, much is being said in 140 characters or less. Folks are asking questions and people in hundreds respond. Advertisers market their products, Affiliates promote products, News sources announce breaking news and Bloggers post their blogs as tweets - whether for personal or for business, Twitter is seen everywhere and used by everyone.
It has never been easier to build a network of followers. Never before has it been so easy to build a network of a 1,000 followers who follow what you have to say and are ready to receive a message from you. And best of all, it costs nothing to do it! Just think about what you would have to do to get a following of a 1,000 people - whether it is cold calling, or mail advertisement, or opt-in email marketing or a paid squeeze page lead capture - it takes a lot of time, money and effort.
Twitter is a wonderful networking tool, where you can build relationships with others and communicate not just now, but for months and years to come. You can sure tweet for the moment, but you can just as well message the other person in private. And if it is true that Twitter is a social networking tool, and if others have something of value to offer to you in return, there is nothing unusual about you tuning into their message as well. After all, you only stand to benefit!
So come and follow me on twitter: EosWirelessAffiliateMngr
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12 March 2009
08 March 2009
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