Twitter is the hottest buzzword in social networking today. If you do it right, you can expand your business connections rapidly. What exactly is social networking? Why is it so popular and how do you do it?
Secrets to Successful Social Networking
You don’t need to attend an expensive seminar taught by a big-name guru to find out what social networking is. Social networking is basically the process of getting out there and letting other people know who you are and what you are doing. Social networking is to get to know more people.
That’s it. We all learned social networking in our school playgrounds. If you are nice to other kids and share your toys with them, you make new friends.
If you are self-centered and never share anything with anybody, there is a pretty good chance that you will be shunned by your peers. The same rule applies when you make social contacts through Twitter play nice, share, and make a lot of friends.
Today Twitter is the number one place for social networking. If you haven’t done it, get a Twitter account now and start social networking. Use your real name or your business name, whichever you prefer, and upload your real picture.
Compose a brief bio telling other people who you are, and make a link to your website or your blog. Don’t forget to let them know your area of expertise.
What you need to do after that is to post a few tweets saying hello to the folks out there and giving little tips or info relating to your expertise. Next, you need to start following people. A little problem you may encounter here is you don’t know whom to follow. No problem.
Use the link at the bottom of your main page called Twitter Search and type in keywords related to the topics you are interested in. It is best to start your Twitter networking by following people in your own field.
After typing in your industry, you will see a long series of usernames pouring in. Click on some of those usernames and find out who they are. Sooner or later, you will find some folks you like to get to know better.
The most common mistake a newcomer to Twitter makes is to get started by posting link after link about your own business without interacting with other people first.
You are not likely to get many followers this way. A better approach is to share some juicy and useful information about your business. You should start by sharing not selling. Give away free information and you will find a long list of followers.
