Comments on: Why Your Twitter Followers Aren’t Leads…Or Are They?

By: Panos

Panos — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:14:59 +0000

I have put a lot of energy into Tweeter and find that ít doesn’t work for my business as a marketing tool… I will follow your good tips and give Tweeter a second chance… THANKS!

By: Cellulite

Cellulite — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:00:04 +0000

i think twitter is very useful to us! but anyway thanks for this information.

By: Adam

Adam — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:20:08 +0000

I find it very hard to keep track of all the Tweets from people I am following, this is where facebook has the advantage as the comments “stick” to the wall. Although % wise more of our Twitter followers click through to our site then our Facebook Fans.

By: Lucy

Lucy — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:27:49 +0000

I’m currently using twitter to market a website (NGO, not for selling), and you’ve persuaded me to take more time to get to know the people I’m tweeting to – if they know me better, they’re much more likely to re-tweet my info.

By: Heaven

Heaven — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:05:06 +0000

Of all the social networks I’ve seen people use, Twitter does seem to be the most effective. That’s just because it is geared towards a larger audience than the teens that usually flood MySpace and Facebook. Plus, it’s really easy to use and really easy for your customers to use. In the end, I think it’s quite a powerful marketing tool.

By: Mr Ong

Mr Ong — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 14:24:19 +0000

Your information is very helpful, frankly I was one of the twitter user, such as what you say, I still feel twitter is the activity a waste of time, and try to inform some of my activities. But not much influence. And followers never grow. even tended to decrease.

By: klaverjassen

klaverjassen — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:39:30 +0000

Personally I like Twitter. I must say that when it comes to specific language finding followers is hard and therefore I suggest that your Twitter acc. and twitts should be on English. There are also some helpful free online services that can assist you with reciprocal following and removing people who don’t follow you.

By: jillian at 22pages.etsy.com

jillian at 22pages.etsy.com — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 08:30:27 +0000

i joined twitter recently and although it has definitely brought in some traffic to my etsy shop, i’m not sure if it has helped with increasing my sales directly. that being said, i am relatively new and it surely feels nice to have the platform to share with my small number of followers when i am selling a new piece or art.

By: Trash Bag Holder

Trash Bag Holder — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 23:12:59 +0000

I’m not using Twitter at the moment (nor am I sure I ever will) but I do consider myself to have a pretty good grasp of it concerning its potential as well as its downfalls.

First off, I definitely think that Twitter can be used as an extremely effective marketing tool. At the same time, I’ve also seen TONS of Twitter “users” going about the business all wrong. In my opinion, in order to get the full effect from Twitter you’ve got to provide quality “stuff” (whatever type of content you’re working with), engage with others, and connect with others related to your business.

You bring much of this up in the article and your article is a great example of how to use Twitter effectively. You’ve provided people with something they like and are engaged in, and as a result it’s been shared numerous times on Twitter (17 as I’m writing this comment).

By: Buffalo Chevrolet Dealer

Buffalo Chevrolet Dealer — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:06:48 +0000

I’ve found that if you use twitter as it was intended, to converse with people on the web, you can actually use it a good source of lead generation. The trick I’ve found is to never spam your products or services. I post to twitter daily, but only mention a product of service once a month or so.

By: Breaking news

Breaking news — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 10:40:18 +0000

Wow nice I havent found Twitter that useful except for idle chat. I prefer Facebook to tell you the truth.

By: grafiker

grafiker — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:12:09 +0000

I’m Looking at the twitter audience as potential leads is bad thinking, Instead think of your twitter audience as potential relationships you can build both online and off then you will see that the “lead” naturally presents itself

By: Dena: Scrap Metal PA

Dena: Scrap Metal PA — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:17:20 +0000

I think your observations are useful. Generally I think that Twitter has proven that it can drive a significant amount of traffic and it can have impact from an SEO perspective. I think that the key point is whether the effort expended in developing and nurturing Twitter followers is the most productive compared to other efforts.

By: Vamban

Vamban — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:02:15 +0000

Undoubtedly twitter is nice tool to communicate with others in real time. Anyway really nice post and great work.

By: Debra: Philadelphia Wedding Receptions

Debra: Philadelphia Wedding Receptions — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:30:06 +0000

I’ve only recently started using twitter for our business and so far it appears to be promising. You suggestions ring true and I think that I’m on the right track.

One of the most difficult parts was to figure out what is the most effective to use this tool for our business. After a few fits and starts, our Twitter efforts finally feel like they are getting productive.

By: Kelly T. Wallace

Kelly T. Wallace — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:26:56 +0000

I use Hummingbird to get more followers on Twitter. I think this is the link: http://www.hummingbird2.com

By: Mobil

Mobil — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:44:05 +0000

Well most people are on twitter and many are using it like the new facebook / irc / msn. The potential for generating business and revenue from Twitter is enormeous but there are techniques that work and some that dont on Twitter as well. Nice post – Thanks!

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By: rosette

rosette — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:06:51 +0000

I never thought that I could find twitter useful before but now that I used it, I am glad that it generate some views from my followers. Thanks for the helpful post

By: P. Veazey

P. Veazey — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:16:45 +0000

I think twitter is useless for SEO. You sound laconic there, like a retard.