How to Use Twitter to Grow a Business

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Set up a Twitter account.

   You should have separate accounts for different markets or businesses.
   
   Use your brand name or keyword for the market in your Twitter account.
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   Step 2: Have a customized background of your logo or brand to add professionalism to your Twitter account.

   It's best to keep consistent branding as your company website , Anything else is a waste of time. ,,,, This builds trust and you become the go to person through social aggregation info sharing. ,,
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   Step 3: Provide valuable relevant content in your posts that attract the problems and needs of your target market.

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   Step 4: Go to Google reader and find the most talked about topics in your market or niche being shared in the blogosphere and share that info with 6 or so posts a day.

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   Step 5: Use an automated tweet scheduler to space out the posts daily

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   Step 6: taking natural breaks during lunch and dinner etc.

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   Step 7: Your website should have a weblog which coincides with the posts and the content you are sharing to continue the conversation.

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   Step 8: For the first 30 days send traffic to other people's websites not your own.

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   Step 9: After 30 days or so you will have a good following and be thought of as the expert in that niche market you can now start injecting links to your own website

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    Step 10: they are more likely to follow and trust you.

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    Step 11: You can now start your sales cycle when they reach your website

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    Step 12: you must have an email capture form to convert the leads into customers so you can continue to market products or services in the future.

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