Social Media Marketing over the last few years has grown exponentially. The rise of FaceBook was iconic, but not nearly as impressive as the latest new kid on the block. Twitter is a micro blogging platform that has quite literally taken the online world by storm.

Social Media is great for communicating with your loved ones, but where twitter is different is that it gives you a real time account of what people are doing right now via sending tweets to you followers.

Some clever marketers are using to twitter to make money and drive traffic. They give an update to their followers with their website in with the view to driving lots of customers from Twitter to their sales page. twitter works well with other social networking sites too.

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Use Client Software – You can install this software from Twitter straight onto your machine and easily send out sales updates without having to log into your account. Time is money.

Twitter Search ” You can use it Twitter as a search engine to find info. Just send some twits out with your problem and let your followers find you the solution

Twitter library – If you need to info or opinions on something send out your updates to people and use the info they comeback with to collect your data

Twitter Technology – Keep your followers right up to date with products on your blog by uploading a plugin and automating the process

Stay Ahead of The Crowd ” Use updates on Twitter from authority sites to keep you one step ahead

Supply & Demand – Easily find new customers and different target markets by searching for followers on twitter

Customer Service ” You can use twitter as a dedicated customer care client. People can send in their tweet for you to assist

Build Credibility ” Use Twitter to build your credibility online by getting involved in the community and forums. Remember people buy on trust not product alone.

Stick to these guidelines and you will not only get some highly targeted traffic for your efforts but you might also have a bit of fun. Twitter has a page Rank of 9 so you can guarantee it is not going anywhere in a hurry. Join in, have fun and participate in the ever growing community, or should I say customer portal?