Twitter Viral Marketing Strategies

Oh Twitter how I love thee! Let me count the ways…Although you might not hear those exact words said very often online, you know it’s true when you login to your Twitter account or visit someone’s blog.

The question posed by Twitter, “What are you doing?” has become almost as popular as AOL’s “You’ve got mail.” So much so that it has even caught the eye of offline news mediums such as USA Today, CNN, and ABC. This helps to make the application popular all on its own.

Twitter, twitter, twitter...Everyone is asking What is Twitter? How do you use it? I've heard people say that they signed up but didn't catch on to it. Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that allows its users to send and read other users' updates (otherwise known as tweets), which are text-based posts of up to 140 characters in length.

Many people use this for fun to meet new people, some use Twitter to get traffic to their blogs or websites and some use Twitter to gain more knowledge from well known experts in a certain field. Here are some Twitter tips that I implement that brings me new followers and customers every day.

1. Post Some Interesting Things Going on In Your Life - people are interested in learning more about you as a person.

2. Target your market by searching for your niche area - find and follow people of interest that you can learn and grow from in your niche market.

3. Join Professional Social Networking Sites - find the Twitter groups and write a blurb about yourself. People that are interested will follow you.

4. Post a question with a poll - of course your poll will be on your website or blog but announce on Twitter that you have a poll.

5. Ask for help or direction in an area where you need clarification - people love to share their experience and knowledge to help others.

6. Don't just post tweets, get involved with conversations - it may seem awkward at times but join in and respond to tweets. The more involved you are, the more friends that you will establish.

7. Review your followers and decide if you want to follow them back - some people may unfollow you if they feel you aren't responsive or engaged. You don't have to follow everyone but it's a great idea to follow the ones that you feel would be a great asset to your knowledge base.

8. Sign up for TweetLater to help with automation - you can set it up where an instant thank you message is sent to all of your followers.

9. Post your Twitter link in your social networking sites like SUP.biz, Myspace, Facebook (has an application that automatically shows all of your Twitter updates), LinkedIn, etc.

10. Search for a big name/successful person in your niche market - go to their followers list and start following them. Most of these people can be potential customers that are looking for more information. You can follow a max of 2000 people until 2000 people are following YOU. Then you can get past the 2000 mark.

11. HAVE FUN WITH TWITTER!

Feel free to follow me at Naomi's Twitter and Fat Loss Mama

Also feel free to email me with Twitter questions.

Naomi Trower

Stay tuned for my next blog post which features the Retweet feature on Twitter which when used correctly can really get the viral juices going on your website! Here's a fun video of a guy that is making the most of the Retweet feature on Twitter.

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Comment by Bill Kendall on April 3, 2009 at 1:11pm: Thank you Naomi .I just joined twitter and your comments are helpful

Comment by Martha Jette on April 2, 2009 at 12:50pm: Thanks for the advice, Naomi. I just started Twittering a few days ago and am still trying to get the hang of it.

Comment by Emmanuel Benedict on March 30, 2009 at 10:33am: Have you counted the ways you love Twitter? Do you know how the list of ways seem to get longer as the days go by? Real genius, the guy who invented twitter. And really nice of you for sharing with us ways to use it 24/7(?)
Thank you, t(s)weet Naomi.
Hope I can be your corny friend.

Comment by YODspica on March 28, 2009 at 2:53pm: great post, I'm also on http://twitter.com/YODspica
its so easy to use, doesn't take much of your time as is only 140 characters, and its great to meet new people in your area which otherwise would not be possible as well as putting your personality and trust across to potential new customers.

Comment by Debbie on March 24, 2009 at 6:17am: Very good info easy to read and great layout. Twitter is a great exposure for your business. Very easy to use, easy to promote. I'm on Twitter - directshop8

Comment by T.M. Carr on March 24, 2009 at 12:32am: I know its time for me to tweet the first Twitter profile I ever saw was Lavar Burton's and he seems to be interested in some of the same issues I am SO I guess he's gonna be my first big name Twitter personality to follow.

Comment by Cassandra Clifford on March 23, 2009 at 8:32pm: Thanks for all the advice, I have just recently gotten a twitter, http://twitter.com/CassieClifford and I am really learning how to use it and capitalize on it, so these tips are really helpful. I think its a key in all social entrepreneurship and nonprofit sectors as well as business.

Comment by Cheryl Piemonte on March 20, 2009 at 5:45am: Thanks for the information. I too joined Twitter but, have not had a chance to really look around in there. Your information will help provide the correct steps to take to advertise and, get more acquainted with the site. Thanks again!

Comment by Kevin on March 18, 2009 at 12:36pm: I am getting used to Twitter - though finding something interesting to say each time I go on is bit difficult. So I now have days where I have links to my various business interests on there - other days I will have a favourite quotation. Then on other days I will just say something about what I am doing at that moment in time(as long as it's not too embarrassing ! lol)

Kev

Comment by Naomi Trower on March 15, 2009 at 8:09pm: Hi Jane,
I love Tweetdeck and I use it often! I usually make a point to keep my Twitter interactions to about 15 min in the am, 15 min in the afternoon and 15 min in the evenings so it's not so time consuming. I hope that helps!