Twitter is becoming a favorite of online entrepreneurs and online marketers nowadays because it is a useful tool for communicating to audiences and customers. The cold corporate face of a website is not very effective anymore since the emergence of the Web2.0 (the fad of social networking). Businesses should be more transparent in order to be effective these days. What is twitter anyway? there is no definition I found better than in Wiki:
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.
Brad Callen, an internet marketer has this statement in his newsletter:
Hey Lito, as 2009 is quickly approaching, there’s 1
thing that I see as becoming critical to our businesses.… and that one thing is to “become more transparent” with what
we’re doing in our online businesses.As the internet grows and develops, one thing is becoming
evident. We cannot ignore the fact that social media is taking
over the internet.It’s no longer enough to have just a one way communication between
product owner and customer. In my opinion it needs to be a 2
way conversation.A 2 way conversation where you get to see what I’m doing,
working on, etc. each day, and vice versa.In 2009 it’s my goal to become closer friends with everyone.
I can’t stand the “big business” mindset, and hopefully you can
tell that I like more of a “personal approach”.
How to Twitter
- If you don’t have a twitter account yet, you can follow me here >> http://twitter.com/LitoMontala and click “Join Today!”
- After signing in, find people who already have a twitter account by clicking “Find People” link or go to http://twitter.com/invitations
- Search for a username, first or last name by typing it in the box shown on that page. If you want to add friends you don’t know, you can follow other people on twitter. If you want more details, just follow here >> http://twitter.com/help/how
Posted by Manuel
Manuel Montala was an online entrepreneur who enjoys blogging about entrepreneurship and gathering information for his blog to help budding entrepreneurs. You can also reach him on twitter: http://twitter.com/mmontala
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Hello,
Thanks for sharing about Twitter. Care to connect? i am a nurse, a consultant and a starting entrepreneur.
My Twitter id is LADYwSENSE. See ‘ya!
@Janice Dimaano
Sure, I’ll follow you. You can also follow me by clicking the twitter widget I have on my sidebar.
hi…reading your post is very informative. I’m still beginning to use and be familiar in using blogs and twits, since I’m use to the old version of tangible marketing. But your right in this new generation of personal acquaintances and business marketing using the web by blogs and twits are very much the most “sooth of”. Right now I’m still practicing in using this medium since me and my partners are going to launch a business and we needed some interaction to people who are vast knowledgeable with the web. To be frank the only inter active I have use in the web is the email to my friends and families, but now I would try to tap on the other side of the web which is twit and blogs. I hope you can be a part of my “master mind” in this journey.
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