If you aren’t using Twitter yet in your online marketing plan then I definitely recommend that you start.

When I first heard about Twitter I just couldn’t understand what all the fuss was about. Why would I want to know what people were doing at odd hours of the day, and more to the point what could possibly be said in a 140 characters or less. I don’t use Facebook or My Space so I really could not see the point of yet another social marketing site.

Oh how wrong I was. The actual joy of Twitter is the brevity of the posts and the ability to interact with a large number of people, but without having to dedicate huge amounts of time to making great long posts – ie like I’m doing here

In your profile you can have a link to your blog or site and people will drop by and check out what you have to offer. The amount of traffic I am getting from Twitter alone has really surprised me. You can also Tweet about posts that you have made on your blog or Squidoo lenses you have updated – in fact anything you want to promote you can do on Twitter. However, a quick word of warning here. Make your promotions subtle. You don’t want to be going all out on some spam fest and only writing about your marketing endeavours. You should actually interact with people, make friends and have some fun. Not only does this make Twitter much more enjoyable to use but it also makes the marketing efforts that you do put out there, that much more effective.

If you would like to get started on Twitter then come follow me here……Tweet you soon!