What is Twitter?

Twitter is a micro blogging tool. You are limited to 140 characters including letters, numbers and spaces. If you want to get the latest updates from the people you are following, you just subscribe to the person’s Twitter feed. For instance, you can follow either Erin or me by clicking on the Twitter icon on our Home page, or you can click here to subscribe to our feeds:

http://www.Twitter.com/gaildoby

http://www.Twitter.com/eWeir

Here is a helpful excerpt from Mike Filsaime’s email to all of his Twitter followers. He is a successful internet marketer that specializes in building lists of followers.

Quote From R.E.M. - “FOLLOW me, don’t follow me…

I’ve got my spine, I’ve got my orange crush”

Quote From Mike Filsaime -

“Follow Me and I Will Follow You!”

If you are like many. You are wondering

what the heck is TWITTER.

If you are like SOME, you have already

realized that Twitter has become one of

the most revolutionary communication tools on the planet.

Heck, even the new President of the USA, Barack Obama, uses Twitter. In fact, he has more followers that ANYONE in the world.

Why is Twitter one of the most revolutionary communications tools?

Well, imagine if you combined the following:

- Blogging (Twitter is actually Micro Blogging)

- SMS text messaging

- Instant Messaging

- Chat Rooms

- Communities Forums and Social Networks

- Personal Email

- Email Broadcasting

- Search

- Viral Marketing

What would you have?

You would have the most addicting, most

powerful, and most incredible communication tool ever made.

TWITTER can be used as a marketing tool, but beware. It is a relationship building tool and the marketing is a NATURAL byproduct of the relationship you make with people as you build self and brand awareness.

It works with your Laptop or PC or MAC. It works on your iPhone or cell phone.

There are dozens of “Apps” and websites popping up that support it for sending not just quick updates, but pictures and even maps of where you are right now.

I would LOVE to tell you all the cool

“Apps” there are for Twitter, but for now I just want to talk to you about twitter and maybe a few “APPS” you should use.

First off let me get this point out.

YOU WILL NOT UNDERSTAND what the heck TWITTER is until you

1 – Join

2 – Follow 10 people you like (you can search for people)

3- Make your first “Tweet”

I also HIGHLY recommend you install “Twhirl” (Google it)

Twhirl allows you to use Twitter more effectively, sort of like a an Instant Messenger Client like Yahoo Instant Messenger or AIM etc…

So what Tweets are good?

Anything really.

- What you are reading now.

- Ask a question

- Take a poll

- What you thought of a TV show you just watched

- When your new website is going to launch

- Ask what is a good name for your new book

- A picture of your cat

- Ask what are the top 10 MUST HAVE Twitter Apps.

- Reply to someone else’s tweet publicly or private to them.

- Retweet someone else’s tweet that you like.

YOU NAME IT…

It is my predication, as well as MANY, that Twitter will become a MUST have tool for your business and life.

Start using it and start “tweeting” and watch how people start to follow you.

Hint: reply to other peoples Tweets with interesting stuff, and people will find you. Why, that person will reply with YOUR name and many will see you.

Example if You reply to me. I may reply to you like

@johndoe, You really did not like that movie. I did.

But I will make sure to watch the Brad Pitt one as you suggested.

–

Now 6000 of my followers will see his name and can follow him with 1 click! Now John Doe can communicate with his followers.

When I first started using Twitter, my followers we slow. It took me MONTHS to get to 1000 people following me.

I went from 4000 to 5000 in 7 weeks.

I went for 5000 to 6000 in 14 days!

I am now getting about 75 new followers per day.

I even add a note in my SIG file when I email people to follow me on Twitter and put logs to do the same on my blog.
Your next step…sign up for Twitter and invite your clients to follow you!