Archive for May 24th, 2011

May 24 2011

Twitter in the limelight – how it can help SME’s reach new customers

With all the current ongoing furore surrounding privacy laws, the real star of the show is turning out to be twitter. People have long appreciated the immediacy and uniqueness of twitter, without necessarily being able to turn that appreciation into an advantage in business terms. But few will disagree now that twitter is here to stay and that – used carefully – it can develop into an extremely powerful tool to complement your other online marketing activities.  But where to start? Once your account is up and running, take the time to search out who you want to follow – segmenting your target market sectors where relevant. Then make sure you follow everyone who starts to follow you and build your audience from there. You can keep up to date with what people are saying about your company or products and services by searching for your ID, company name and industry segment. Set up searches for things you’d like your company to be known for – and then tweet a response every time that search term comes up. And make it easy to share by adding a twitter button to your website. There are countless online guides to getting the most out of twitter but the best approach is to jump in and get tweeting.

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