Small Business & The Twitter Phenomenon
May 15, 2009
Twitter, it’s what’s hot on the lips of the media at the moment. If you haven’t yet heard about it I encourage you to check it out at twitter.com.
Twitter is a micro-blogging tool that allows you stay connected to people (think customers, vendors, potential target markets, colleagues, etc.) in real-time. You may be familiar with status updates like those on the social networking site Facebook. Twitter is a tool that allows you to give such updates to a community of users. Twitter becomes more valuable as you get more relevant followers to connect, share, and network. Companies like Dell and Starbucks use Twitter to inform customers of special discounts available at stores. OE Design (the web design business that I’m apart of – www.oe-design.com) use it to let people know about updates to our blog.
Read further for more information about the phenomenon of Twitter and the social media wave that’s showcasing itself to the world at the moment. It’s current, it’s relevant and it’s a clever way to network and market your business, and best of all it’s FREE!
As Chief Sales and Marketing for OE Design – The Web Designers (www.oe-design.com) we are constantly looking for ways of keeping relevent and also equipping our clients to use the power of the Internet to do BIG business.
Here is an article we wrote on the OE Design blog that I thought I would also share with you… Enjoy.
