The micro bloging platform Twitter has created a media storm this year with a glut of celebrities using Twitter on their podcasts , and Internet marketing gurus saying that we can leverage Twitter to build thousands of followers , the exposure to Twitter is pretty high. You probably have friends and work colleagues on Twitter and your major suppliers have probably asked you to be their Twitter fan . That leas us to the big question . What are YOU doing about it for yourself?
I don’t think many people understand the Twitter phenomena. And that’s probably because it can mean different things to different people.
Despite what you think of Twitter for yourself, there are opportunities you should deploy and there’s a great FREE training video about that at http://www.TrafficHug.com/twittervideo/ but whatever you do, you should be doing something. The least you’re likely to achieve is a handful of great relationships , ideally with some way of people finding you by your keyword, or your name. I mean a few people are just going to wonder if your business (or you) are on Twitter and type in twitter dot com slash acme widgets. Now it will be embarrassing is a cyber squatter is sitting on your own name, so another good reason to make sure you secure your place in the Twit’o'sphere. (By the way things can be done about cyber squatters, just ask me.)
We have other articles on getting targeted traffic, but let’s look at something we can do in ten minutes We’ll take a more detailed look at conversion tactics but first let’s explore a quick and easy option.
Most people perceive Twitter traffic as coming from within Twitter itself . A concept most Twitter directories promote . But in the real Twitter , the advantages of having your existing traffic join you on Twitter are well worth having . So valuable that we need to start integrating immediately .
One thing we can do almost immediately is to add a Twitter “badge” to your web presences . A Twitter badge is a graphic saying who you are on Twitter with a link to your Twitter profile. In the videos , you’ll discover a lot more , but we’ll stick to just the badge for now .
WHERE CAN I DOWNLAOD MY TWITTER BADGE ?
You can get your own customised Twitter badge for FREE from the following website ;
http://wwwTwitterHug.com/twitter/category/badge/ – FREE Customised Twitter FollowMe Badges .
You just paste the HTML it provides in to your page .
It works great on WordPress blogs as a sidebar Text Widget. I’ve inserted one on my own blogs.
The Twitter badge is housed in its own HTML tags so should exist happily almost anywhere.
You can create an HTML table or div layer to house it, then you can just paste the code in verbatim . With WYSIWYG html editors, there is usually an HTML “object” box you can place in the desired location and just place the code in to that. Adobe Dreamweaver users can just insert an AP Layer (from the insert menu) and then paste the code in to that using the HTML code view pane.
The rewards from promoting your own Twitter profile are immense. From SEO to relationships to direct sales.
