[cmoneyspinner]

Do you use Twitter? You can create an account free. In fact, you can create multiple accounts. I have four (4).

@cmoneyspinner ~ @EverydaySpices ~ @FoxMarks_ATX ~ @goshoppingbees

As soon as you open an account, the system makes suggestions for other tweeters to follow. That's good. Because more often than not they follow back. Every following has to have a starting point. Right? If you want followers, you must first start following other tweeters. Even if they don't follow back, posts begin to show up in your stream and you can get an idea of what's going on in Twitterland!

As for Twitter benefits? There are many. But the primary benefit is it streamlines my work process.

(1) If a tweet is posted it can be automatically shared to my Facebook profile and/or page via the interface process.

Just go into your profile settings, click on "Apps" and link your Facebook account. You can associate your profile and a a page. Some of my other social network accounts like LinkedIn and Tumblr, for example, give me the option to associate my Twitter account. So whenever I post there, it tweets automatically. Automated social sharing is a wonderful thing!

(2) Embedded tweets can be used at my websites and/or blogs. Saves me time writing.

See a tweet you like? In the right corner there is arrow to a drop down box. Click on it an you'll see the option "Embed Tweet". Click on that and it will give you the coding to place at your site. Simple. Surely you must have seen embedded tweets at other websites and blogs. Lots of people use them.

(3) A tweet of 280 characters can be expanded into a full blown blog post or article (although I have never done that, but at least I know I can). Consider Twitter and/or your tweets a resource where ideas for blog posts are generated. It's like an awesome content source.

(4) Since most websites and blogs have social sharing buttons it's easy to just click the Twitter button and circulate links to your articles, posts, etc. and share content published by anybody else that you like. It's easy to share, which is, in essence, sending and receiving traffic.

(5) Twitter is really good for quick research on a topic. The hashtags (#) are amazing! Just type a term in the search box with a hashtag in front of it and Voila! If I'm being honest, you don't even need to use the hashtag sign. Type in a word and you'll still get results. However, many tweeters use hashtags religiously. So it's probably a good idea to search that way.

(6) There are several tools you can use to help your manage you Twitter activity. At present, I use two (2). Crowdfire and Commun.it. If you're just getting started you may not need these. But if you stay active and start gaining followers, these will come in handy.

These are, in my opinion, advantages of using Twitter. There are more. The more you use Twitter, the more you will find ways to use Twitter.

There is a lot of business news about Twitter that is giving off signals that the owners are not making as much profit from this social media tool as they had hoped for. Nobody knows what the future holds for this company but I, for one, wish them success!


Source: http://personapaper.com/article/33901-active-tweeter-since-april-2012

[peachpurple]

How many times can you tweet the same tweet in a day? I tried twice but the message pop out you have retweeted.

I like twitter and I just knew how to use the hashtags

[thisnthat]

In what ways do the tools help manage your Twitter account? I am not at all familiar with this kind of stuff. In fact, I didn't know Twitter needed managing, lol. Can you group stuff up, like sort it and that kind of thing? That might be useful.

[Streamguy69]

I actually have 2 twitter accounts. one I use for bands and stuff and the other one I use is for my online programs. I have over 600 followers on the first one and just started the second one a few months ago so I have to build it up

[ken alto]

Thanks for sharing. I didn't know a small tweet can be expanded into a full blog article. Twitter has become very popular with millions of users daily though personally I don't tweet a lot but I'm glad to learn of this advantages,some of which I didn't know.

[madaora]

I don't have an account but sharing this useful benefits on twitter, i will certainly open an account . It will be rewarding to take advantage of the benefits.

[Husainkoliraskr]

Oh wow.its really very good information..i didn't know about it because i am nit so active in twitter..

[darkthorn]

I have a twitter account but I never use it because most portuguese people are on Facebook and twitter is not so use in Portugal, at least I think so.

[purple19]

thanks for the article great tips i love to use twitter and use the hashtag feature to find articles

[jackchun]

I am thinking of following more people on Twitter and hope some people will follow back. Then I will write blog posts and share my blog posts to Facebook and Twitter (But which free blog sites has Facebook and Twitter sharing button?)
And does it a good strategy?

thx!

[DavidDave]

Twitter is the best in posting information about your products and/or services is the obvious use. But Twitter also gives you another channel for listening to and finding out about your customers – what they like or dislike about your company, how they feel about your brand, what suggestions they have for improvement, what their favorite products are and why... all kinds of nuggets that you can use to make your business more successful.

[jackchun]

I can hardly find someone to follow me there. is there any strategy to get more followers ? thx!

[oldfriend]

I have just started using Twitter as a means to promote my online business.

It is easy to generate a lot of traffic and tweets and have nothing to show for it.

Then it is also easy to learn and study and figure out how to drive Targeted Traffic to your opportunity.

Currently I am using a Tweeter program that helps me promote and tracks my followers automatically.

I am currently on a Free trial that ends on the 30th of June. However, i have gone from over 100 followers to close to 700 followers at this time.

Oldfriend

[thisnthat]

Wow, Oldfriend, that is quite a nice increase. Can you share a bit more about how it works, please?

I'm going to have to look into this. I tend to like Twitter better than FB.

[peachpurple]

I have 2 twitter accounts too, one for social media purpose to promote my posts and the other is for my personal use, to interact with my ex classmates.

Finally, I learned how to twit my articles efficiently now.

[ladyninja]

@Jackchun, a strategy I found useful in getting followers is by identifying hashtags of things I am interested in. For instance, last month, my theme was #domesticviolence. I followed people who are very active in this field and @ them in my tweets. I change hash tags like every two weeks or month.

[ladyninja]

I use my Twitter account to max but each time I read articles like these, there's always something new to learn. I should make use of the embed code to link my tweets to my blog. And also follow more people;)