A lot of companies nowadays use Twitter to help their business.
Are you one of them? If not, here are 5 tips to help you: 1.
Use Twitter to promote your business: The key to building your business is to spread the word.
Build your Twitter profile, make sure it looks professional, and post tweets about your business on a regular basis.
With Twitter, you can post a lot of things - from links, pictures to videos, etc.
Just make sure to keep your tweets interesting, and don't promote too much.
Post several personal tweets.
Tweets that look like it's written by a bot may be seen as spam to others, and people will not likely follow you.
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Use Twitter to help you connect with your clients and acquire new ones: For one thing, Twitter is being used by many people.
It is also so easy to use and can be accessed through your computer, cellphone, etc.
With Twitter, you can easily communicate with your clients by posting messages such as offers, advices, etc.
and also instantly respond to people who may have questions or suggestions.
In short, create a forum.
When networking in the real world, hand out your business card with your Twitter username so people can find you on Twitter.
Post a link to your Twitter profile on your e-mail, other social networking sites, etc.
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Use Twitter to know what people want and don't want: Every businessperson needs to do some research, especially when it comes to what their clients want and/or need.
Go ahead and search for keywords related to your business, and you may get to see what people think of that certain topic.
You may also get to see what people think of your own product.
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Use Twitter to connect with other businesses in and out of your industry: Expand your horizon.
Twitter is used by so many people across the globe.
With the site, you can share views, ideas, and many more which can be helpful for your business.
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Use Twitter for their applications/tools: Twitter has so many applications and tools for you to use for your business.
One example is strawpoll where you can easily make poll questions.
Another is Tweetcube which lets you post files on Twitter - from JPEG files to MP3 files.