Keys to Your Wealth

My first reaction to twitter was “What a waste of time!” The crowd I hung around simply said "Twitter is stupid!" Little did I know that not far in the future, Twitter would have a significant impact on marketing.

I mean, I saw the value in short messages to groups of people. Not messages like "I'm sitting at my desk bored to death". I was thinking more along the lines of "This place is packed! Get here soon, I'm in the back next to the Juke Box". At best, I thought that we could maybe replace the company pager's and just let Twitter provide an SMS message.

The Accelerated Twitter Growth article started me on the twitter path. Over 2,000 new followers in about 20 days. The team that provided us with the service gave us some new tips.

They cleared up why the number of followers and folks we are following goes up and down. Apparently there are some clear rules and ratios that Twitter expects accounts to follow. Growth has to fit within the rules or Twitter will close down the account.

One of my most recent purchases was a 60 minute mp3 on Social Marketing Strategies.  The mp3 was recorded at an event where some of the top internet marketers were making presentations. Specifically, they created a panel of individuals who answered questions about social media.

If you know some of the players in the field then you'll recognize some names like: Willie Crawford, Kevin Riley, Maritza Parra, Jeff Herring, and Joey Smith.

They don't all agree. I really like that because it tells me that they are coming from a different space. It helps us to better address our fears and concerns and have options for what direction to go.

One of the most important things that a website needs is traffic. Many sites are using social media to get traffic in addition to traditional means. In fact, in my opening page letter, I mentioned that one of the first things I would be sharing about was a traffic idea that sounded pretty good.

I found a technology that helps to increase the number of twitter followers and specifically, it should increase the number of followers who are interested in a particular subject. In the case of my twitter account, people interested in Wealth Creation. By sending tweets to those users, I can drive traffic to this site.