Over the weekend one of my family members asked me a question “What’s the benefits of using Twitter?” I have decided to put a short post together outlining some of them. I mostly use Twitter for researching and to promote my content. Usually when I have written a new post, I post a description with a link of the post I have made.
Find some benefits of using Twitter below:
- Researching: Research industry specific topics. Great way to get topics for new Blog posts;
- Communication Tool: Follow and be followed. Start a conversation;
- Twitter Feed reader: Yep thats right. You can subscribe to the people you are following’s RSS tweet feeds;
- News: People post news topics as they happen. Real time information;
- Recruitment: I follow some of these (http://twitter.com/NewYorkWebJobs);
- For Fun: What are you doing right now? Post it on Twitter and see other people’s responses;
- Competitive Intelligence: Find out what your competitors are up to. Be the spy;
- Engage with your target audience: Tell your Pizza fan club about the new Pizza you have made;
- Build a reputation: Post regularly about your topic;
- Build credibility: Become an expert in your topic;
- Build trust: Keep on doing the above;
- Promote your “content”: Share what you have posted, new website, pizza you have made, etc;
- Promotion: Promote your pizza;
- SEO Boost: Gain traffic to your website, blog, etc;
- Ask Questions: Most searches on the search engines starts with a question. Ask your question to your followers;
- Receive answers: Real time results are the best!;
- Press releases: Post about any press releases;
- Internal communication tool: Tweet that your secretary should come to work now;
- External communication tool: Tweet to your friends that you have been fired;
- For conferences: You can even have a conference on Twitter if you want to;
- Re-enforce Your Brand: Tell the world about your Pizzeria;
- Marketing Opportunities: Promote your pizza special on Wednesdays;
- Networking Opportunities: Maybe someone wants to buy your Pizzeria;
Found a post with 101 Twitter resources that can help you on your Twitter path. Find a couple below:
- My Tweeple – Manage your following and followers.
- The Twitter Blog – Follow their official blog.
- Explore Twitter – Learn more about Twitter.
- Twitter Search - Search in Twitter.
- TwitterVerse – What is Twitter doing lately?
- Tweetmeme – Twitter meme.
- The Twitter Blacklist – Spammers are everywhere. Protect yourself.
- Twitterholic – Shows popular Twitter feeds.
- YouTwit – Put Twitter status on Google maps.
- Twitterberry – Mobile client for Blackberry.
- Email Twitter – Mobile client.
- Twoble – Mobile client for Windows Mobile Pocket PCs.
- TwitterMail – Tweet via email.
- OutTwit – Use Twitter from Outlook.
