Small Business Tips On Using Twitter

Small Business Tips On Using Twitter

With all Social Networking sites there are rules of etiquette and these can maximise or diminish your followers. Twitter is no different. By applying the Twitter rules of etiquette your Twitter following can greatly increase! Also doing the same for your business's awareness and sales. If you follow the suggestions listed, you will stand out in the Twitterverse, in a positive way:

• Talking about other Twitter users / people and their interests, will show others that you are human.
• Point out interesting things in your space, more so than yourself.
• Share with others links of interest in your community.
• Instead of trying to SELL make links appear to be useful and of suggested help.
• If you have employees, tell others about their 'out of work experiences.
• Direct your Twitter followers to pictures. Use twitpic.com to share pictures.
• Twitter about non-business.
• Twitter about other humans and other businesses.
• Share information about what has caught your attention.
• Ask questions instead of a direct 'promote' approach.
• Run polls and surveys. Add your input to our poll at twtpoll.com into Preparation For Loss / Disaster.
• Twitter about other users products.
• Make sure you are not always tooting your own horn!
• Retweet other users tweets, known as RT. Your followers will find this useful.

If you are a small business still deciding whether Twitter is for you, make sure you read our article Twitter Social Networking - Marketing Your Business posted on our Home Inventory Service blog. This article describes the advantages Twitter can offer a small business.

Check out how we use the power of Twitter and other social networking sites, to increase the awareness of our business. Visit our Social Networking page.

If you are looking for tips on how to make the best use of Twitter, visit our Twitter Tips page.

Small Business Tips On Using Twitter