27 Top Money-Making Tips On Using Twitter For Marketing

The social networking phenomenon Twitter is so popular and so big that any business, particularly an internet based business, cannot afford to miss out on its potential as a great tool for marketing. Its tremendously valuable to marketers because of its capacity to target a specific audience and communicate with them in real time.

I've just posted a new article on How To Use Twitter As A Marketing Tool on the Biz Skills 2000 website, so please take a look and help yourself to a free download at  http://www.bizskills2000.co.uk/free-factsheets-how-you-can-start-your-own-business/  Let me know if you found it useful, and also send me your requests for factsheets in the future that would help your business andrew@bizskills2000.co.uk 

Also, take a look at our Home Study Business Course on "Tweeting For Profit: The Internet Marketers Guide To Success" available on our website at www.BizSkills2000.co.uk  

Why Online Businesses Need A Blog

By Justine Curtis 

If you are running an online business, one that sells products or services online, your main audience is the online community. The customers who will be ready and willing to buy from you online are those people who are comfortable researching and buying online, over the internet.

It is vitally important that to these people you are not seen as a nameless, faceless organisation, but a trustworthy business who will supply the goods or services displayed on your web site. There are many ways you can include proof of this on your website, but none is as convincing as online interaction.

A blog is a great format for interacting with your audience. It is less formal than the 'corporate' web site, allowing you to inject your own personality into the content. The snippets of information that you post are generally shorter than articles allowing you to post regular short pieces and links to other information your readers may find useful.

You can also have two-way conversations with your prospects that are there for all the world to see. You can supply user guides, all sorts of tips and advice, write subject related articles that your readers will find useful. And best of all, if they have a question, they can ask and you can respond via the blog so your response is public.

And the best news? As the content is regularly updated and 'fresh', search engines LOVE blogs. If you want to be found in the top of the search engines, it's one of the quickest, easiest and most cost-effective way to get there.

In addition to that there are numerous tools available that will automatically post your blog content to your social media accounts. So if you are active in LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and others, snippets of your blog posts, along with a link to read the remainder of your live article from your main blog, can appear each time you post. Now isn't that easier than posting to multiple websites?

Justine Curtis is a co-founder of Academy for Online Business, a company devoted to helping self-employed professionals and entrepreneurs to build their own online business empires. If you would like to receive practical and informative online business training products to help you create your perfect online business, from solid foundations, to which systems you need in place, so that you can start running a business you love, visithttp://academyforonlinebusiness.com/blog/ Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Justine_Curtis

Are You Ready for a Speaking Gig?

By Suzanne McDonald Evans

It's no secret... speaking from the stage is one of the fastest way to massive, repeatable, consistent paydays. In fact, in my own business, speaking has generated the largest infusions of cash. Hands down. And its done it over and over again. We were just wrapping up our 2010 projections and as many of you know we soared past the million dollar mark, but here is the truly fascinating news: Over 75% of that revenue can be directly attributed to speaking and events.

To uncover this amazing goldmine didn't happen overnight for me. In fact, I can remember my early gigs, speaking in front of handfuls of people, and thinking, "What the heck am I doing wrong?" IF I landed a speaking gig. Step one was the most difficult part.

So you have a choice. Develop slowly over time. Or jump to the head of the line. Instantly. Of course, faster is better. But how? I have a few ideas for you:

1) Don't be picky to start. Land gigs for small groups and go local. Every single experience you have will matter. You will make connections, build exposure, and get more and more clear about your message.

2) Always sell something. Sometimes you will sell items that cost and sometimes they will be free. For instance - you might offer a CD or product for sale and take payments. Some organizations will ask that you don't sell, but you will still sell. Give something away and collect names. In speaking you are always list building.

3) Get creative. I emailed friends, family, and colleagues with the requirement of introducing me to at least one person they knew that could get me in front of people at clubs, churches, schools, companies, etc. You would be surprised who your family knows.

4) Be good and get better! There is nothing worse than a bad speaker, so you have to practice and you must get feedback. HONEST feedback... that's why speaking anywhere to start is key.

5) Find opportunities - collaborate with colleagues to see where you can join forces to put on your own speaking event.

Speaking is the ticket to building your list, your visibility, and your income. Grab the chance whenever you can and get your movement known!

(c) 2010 Suzanne Evans

Suzanne Evans is best known as the 'action expert' and has coached hundreds of solopreneurs to model her multiple six figure business. Learn how you can help more people, make more money and have more fun doing what you love by signing up for your free copy of the 5-Part Mini-Course 'Awakening Your Authentic Entrepreneur' at http://www.helpmorepeople.com Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Suzanne_McDonald_Evans

"Twitter Profits Manual" - NEW Home Study Course

"Exploit The Marketing Power Of Twitter" - NEW COURSE COMING SOON!

Just to let you all know that we are working hard at Biz Skills 2000 to add the finishing touches to our new home study course on exploiting the marketing power of Twitter for your business. The more you look into Twitter, the better it gets for being used as an internet marketing tool and you must take advantage of it for your business. Our new course will show you how to get great results. 


The course will be available first as an e-book for instant download and this will be ready in early November. Check back on this blog regularly as we are going to confirm that it's live on here and on the Biz Skills 2000 website www.BizSkills2000.co.uk at the same time.


Best wishes from Andrew and all the Biz Skills 2000 team.

Making Money using Twitter

While I was checking some details for the new 'Running A Direct Mail Campaign' home study course (which, incidentally, is in line for release in early October) a marketing article about using Twitter as a marketing tool caught my attention. I glanced at it meaning only to skim read it but got quite gripped by the whole idea of Twitter - which I confess I don't know much about - and I would love to put together what you might call a Mini CD Course as a quickie on this subject.

Using Twitter as a marketing tool has more potential than I thought because Twitter is more sophisticated than I realised. There are quite a few clever add-ons that build on its basic function as a messaging service so I'm raring to go and do some more investigating. But first, me and the team must crack on with the Direct Mail CD Course and get that one finished on schedule.

If only I had more time to look into all these ideas and make them happen, that would be brill !

Next CD-based home study course - this is your chance for a pre-publication discount of 20%

Currently working hard on the next CD-based home study course for my business Biz Skills 2000 Ltd. (www.BizSkills2000.co.uk)

This study course is on the subject of Direct Mail Campaigns - how to set them up; how to run them profitably; what the key factors for success are. 
It will be completed and going on sale in late September/early October priced at £17.95. 
If you send me an email at marketing@bizskills2000.co.uk by 30th September to say that you want to buy a copy, then I'll give you a pre-publication discount of 20%. 
How's that for a good deal?