subject: The do's and don'ts in twitter marketing [print this page] The do's and don'ts in twitter marketing The do's and don'ts in twitter marketing
Deviate from using personal messages to probable buyers because this will not sound good. It's not ethical to send those messages through twitter. The twitter account should be used for the purpose of doing business alone but not on personal messages.
Spamming is another don't in twitter. Spamming may lead to blacklisting of your account and you may end up with a bad reputation if that happens especially for your website and your goods and services. Again spamming will make people not trust you at all. The other important point to note about using twitter is that you should only promote your goods and services indirectly. Do not promote your goods and services directly because this is also prohibited on twitter. In direct promotion with a link included is the best option you can use on twitter.
The other thing that should totally be avoided on twitter is putting pressure on your tweet followers to buy your goods or services. These people followed you as a matter of choice and you should not overburden them with other things. Use clever tactics to make them buy your goods and services.
It's good to include a link back to your site when you send tweets to your followers. Just do it tactically without over promoting your goods and services Let it look like you are just offering free information with a link back to your site.
It's also advisable to send tweets during working hours instead of sending tweets during odd hours at night. There are some people who may work till late but you should not assume that everyone works at that time. People need their free times and you should also respect that. You can use the twitter service for replies at your own advantage. There are people who will just tweet on what they personally do while others will only ask questions about certain services. . You can use Search Twitter .com for that purpose and in the replies that you send to those who are looking for goods and services you can always include a link that will direct people to your website.
All the above represent things that those who use twitter for the purpose of doing business can do to increases the chances of making money in their business using this free social media site called twitter. With twitter you get to know many of those people who can do business with you and it's only good if you are able to find the best ways in which you can relate to these followers for the sake of your business. If you avoid many of the above negative things and take only the positive ones you will increase traffic in your site and make more sales.
