Twitter is a phenomenon. I head about Twitter quite a while ago, and I paid no attention. It seemed foolish to be telling people what you are doing in little 140 character messages. Sounded like a complete waste of time.
I was dead wrong about that.
Over the past month I’ve been exposed to Twitter almost everywhere. I was shopping in a convenience store and I saw a news broadcast that was covering Twitter. I bought some Thai food and while I was waiting for my order I browsed a news magazine ( I think Time) and found an article on Twitter. I opened the newspaper and found an article on Twitter.
As a marketer, Twitter offers a way to get in touch with like-minded people much more easily than ever before. Today, I tried Twitter for the first time and within 30 minutes I had 16 followers. By tomorrow I could easily have over 100 and then I’ll use my tactics to get more.
All of these people are at least somewhat interested in what I have to offer. And when I deliver value to them, they will become even more interested and want to visit my blog, or my website. And then I can have a more in-depth relationship than 140 characters at a time.
I found it quite fun to blast out a few messages and watch the followers build up. I will continue my practice of giving away valuable information in my Twitter announcements, so I suggest that you sign up to follow me. You can do that here: www.twitter.com/Phil_McCollum
Next, I will integrate this follow feature into my blog.
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