Hello Internet.
This is my first of a series of blog posts that will provide simple, effective tricks to help you promote your small business online. I have purposefully kept the tips simple so that you can easily integrate these tips into your new Social Networking strategy. In the future I will be posting progressively more advanced tips and tricks.
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We want to cut through all the clutter you hear online and give you specific examples of effective social media tactics that you can use for your business.
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Okay…. let’s get started….
Create a cool twitter background
• Nobody wants to look at your boring default twitter page. Spice it up with a really cool background graphic that matches your companies brand.
Here are some cool twitter backgrounds….
http://twitter.com/Go_Media
http://twitter.com/Hicksdesign
http://twitter.com/mailchimp
http://twitter.com/merylpixelmagic
Here is how to make one… http://theclosetentrepreneur.com/create-a-twitter-background-using-powerpoint
Make your tweets retweetable
• Try to link to something in your tweet… i.e. a blog post, photo, video, etc.
• Keep your tweets well under 140 characters… that makes it easier to retweet your message
• Try to tweet at least once a day (and at different times of the day)
• Make your tweets interesting
Follow People
• Follow anyone who follows you (and unfollow spammers).
• Support everyone and anyone who you follow or is following you (especially the least popular ones)
• Retweet as much as possible
• Follow people of similar interests
Update your profile
• Make sure you add your bio and picture. People like to know who they are tweeting to.
• Make sure you link your twitter account to your blog or website
• Share your twitter name on your facebook page, LinkedIn profile and other social sites that you use.
Tools of the tweeter
• Use Tweekdeck (http://www.tweetdeck.com/)
• Use URL Shorteners to keep your tweets small (http://bit.ly/)
• Read the twitter blog (http://blog.twitter.com/)