How to make the best out of Twitter

In the good old days, everyone used to have some bosom friends to whom everything in their minds could be unloaded so that they can relax with a lighter mind, and also get comforted for all the nasty things they do or did. Such secret things reside in the darkest corners of one’s mind and sometimes they are the meanest of things that you can think of doing! It can be a crime, a socially unacceptable behavior or even an unpatriotic deed, or anything you do not like to tell anyone else for fear of the consequences. But the good old friend used to be one who forgives, sympathetically listens and even comforts the doer.

Now a new friend with no physical body or mind is taking up that role. It is none other than the microblogging service, Twitter. Just open a FREE Twitter account and tweet away all your worries or sins. If you keep anonymity no one will identify you easily, and still you can have ship loads of Twitter friends who are eager to listen to you. Infidelity, physical and psychological problems, or anything can be tweeted with confidence on Twitter. But be careful! If you are not faithful to yourself, or if you turn out to be a trouble for others your “friends” can un-follow you too!

Want to do an online business or earn money online? Well, many people would like to. But doing business presupposes investment of money, in the normal meaning of business. Many online businesses can be done with the least amount of investment. But if you do not even have a site or blog where you can showcase or sell your services or products, can you earn? A bit difficult, again, in the normal circumstances! But even such persons can find friends and followers who will help them earn, if you are a sincere Twitterer.

There are tens of thousands of Twitterers who are online marketers without their own sites or businesses. They promote their businesses using only Twitter. What they do is simply post their affiliate links on Twitter. Also, there are companies who pay generously to Twitterers simply for tweeting. It helps those companies too as they do not have to pay for employees, office space, and other expenses. So, tweeting for others is also a new business.

The simplicity of Twitter is such that even a child can operate a Twitter account. All it takes is a few minutes to set up your account and start tweeting, even simpler than creating an email account. Once having set up your account, start tweeting, like, “I am looking for online business opportunities”, “Looking for ways to make money” or anything you want to do or can tweet. You are sure to get offers from many Twitterers who are exactly looking for Twitterers like you. So, you do not go and beg to anyone for money or help, but they are hunting for persons like you to promote their businesses, and you get paid in that process.

Want to switch your job? Looking for better employment? Or, worst come, are you unemployed? Use Twitter! Keep on tweeting about your job, need to change, and anything and everything relating to that. Headhunters or those who seek manpower for their businesses too use Twitter extensively. They will search you out, or you can search for such opportunities! You are sure to find jobs and opportunities as there are more than 2.25 million Twitter messages being posted every day worldwide, as of now according to some surveys.

Tweets can contain links to other websites, blogs, documents, and images or pictures. This makes Twitter a great opportunity to promote your site or blogs. Just post the titles of your posts and URLs of the pages yo want to promote. If you have s sizeable number of Twitter followers, your message will appear in all their pages and you will get tons of hits from visitors to your followers’ Twitter accounts.

Twitter is microblogging equivalent of viral marketing! If you have just 100 followers, your tweet will appear in those 100 persons’ Twitter accounts. Though all Twitterers are not like Barack Obama (235,000 followers) or CNN (135,000 followers), Twitterers with 1000 or 10000 followers are quite normal among Twitter users. So, out of 100 followers you have, about 50 can be with 1000 followers or more, and only those 50 followers automatically put your short ad plus URL to more than 50,000 viewers. Additionally, every message posted by you brings new followers for you!

Twitter is not merely a social networking site; many people are using Twitter as effective professional tools. So, whatever your profession, you can use Twitter for the growth of your profession using the same tools and methods used by business Twitterers and Twitterers tweeting just for social or personal pursuits.

The speed, reach and immediacy of Twitter are so amazing that Twitter is extensively used by businesses and organizations for market research, surveys, and as a business promotion tool. If you have any such interests, you too can use Twitter’s speed and simplicity for promoting your interests, whether it is marketing or research or surveys.

Twitter messages can be forwarded or re-tweeted to thousands of people, virtually, instantaneously and virally. So, if you have anything of interest to others, your message will be re-tweeted to thousands of others instantaneously. Your website links can get thousands of free inbound links too, depending on the content of your site or blog.