Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last few years, then you’ve heard of Twitter. I bet even your grandma knows about Twitter! But seriously Twitter is one of the most important social marketing sites available.

Almost ever major business uses Twitter. From small mom and pop shops to major corporations like tv stations. Twitter allows any size business to get in contact, and stay in contact with their customers for free.

To say that you should be using Twitter as a source to stay in contact, or even meet other people who are possible customers of yours would be a gross understatement. The reality is that if you aren’t you’re hurting you’re leaving tremendous amounts of money on the table.

So how do you effectively use Twitter to make money you ask? Well the first thing you want to do is create a free account, and personalize it about yourself, your business, or your niche.

The first process is by finding questions on Twitter that people are asking. You can then post your comment to the question. This is really effective, because if someone is looking for new computer speakers, you can then leave a reply about a special deal you have going on, or just that they can see some really cool speakers on your website. This will allow you to drop a link to an interested prospect. Unfortunately there aren’t always questions being asked for your product or service.

The next strategy that is definitely one of the most popular is to build a large list of followers who are interested in your niche. Let’s assume you have a WordPress plugin for sale. You simple find people who have chose WordPress as one of their interests, and add them. After a few days, if people don’t follow you back, simply unfollow them. This will build you a large list of people who are interested in your niche.

The most difficult thing about marketing with Twitter, like most internet marketing methods is that if you want to be truly successful with the site, you have to work at it. But once you do you can have some really great traffic from easy work.

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