MUST HAVE Twitter tools to gain more followers!

Part One- Let's Just be Friends

This is the first in a series of articles explaining how to use twitter to drive traffic to any kind of web page. The first few post in this series are going to cover little known twitter tools that are totally free to everyone. All these tools are considered essential to me if you want to utilize twitter to it's fullest potential and we all know that it is about potential.

First some basic information. Twitter is a social networking site, probably the most popular one at the moment. Everyone has a Twitter account, all your friends, celebrities using it, millions of people every day. Twitter is a great marketing tool for your business because right now there looks to be no end in sight for this network. Popularity is just increasing everyday. However I am sure many of you who keep up with the industry know there was a recent study done that states 40.55% of all Tweets are "pointless babble" and I fear that it may be true. I think it is our mission as the next generation of Internet/Twitter Marketers to stand out from this crowd of pointless babble and I will show you how to not only stand out but be ON TOP.

So what do you as a marketer have to do to use this amazing network of people to drive people, customers, to your website or blog using twitter? For those who have not joined the 21st century and do not have a twitter account signing up for one is easy. Just go to www.twitter.com and click the sign up button. You will want to look around and find a customized background to make your twitter account different than others. You will also want to add a web page and a good bio, but I will cover those in my next twitter blog post.

Social media is the future of the business, what business you ask yourself; ALL business. The statement: You are who you know has always been true now that network and your ability to know people has expanded a million fold right before your cyber eyes. Remember the key to this new future is SOCIAL media. So today I leave you with a quote from one of my favorite authors, Jeffrey Gitomer, he says “To climb the ladder of success you don't need more techniques and strategies, you need more friends.”