The introduction of Twitter has made it easier than ever to reach other people on the internet for social networking or business list building. Used correctly, twitter is an amazingly good viral list building tool that can catapult your list from zero to thousands of followers in a very short time.
If you are interested in a particular niche, simply find some leaders in that niche and follow them on Twitter. You can also look at who else follows these influential people and if you want to network with them, you simply follow them as well. Because the Social networking etiquette is to follow back anyone who follows you, then your list will grow quickly. By sending out interesting tweets, re-tweeting other people’s tweets and responding to tweets sent to you, your list will grow even faster.
There are also some good tools available for automating the process in order to reduce the time necessary to administer your Twitter account. It is advisable to learn how to use the tools correctly because otherwise you may be seen as a spammer and have your account suspended.
I recommend using Tweetlater to assist you with scheduling tweets to be automatically sent out for you when you are unable to send them manually. I also use this tool to automatically respond to everyone who follows me on Twitter. Be careful how you use this feature – I recommend you say something like “thanks for following me, I look forward to receiving your tweets and becoming friends”. So many people use this tool to spam followers with some business opportunity, but I personally do not recommend this – If the follower wants to know about your business opportunity, they can click on your website link in your profile.
Another great tool that I like to use is Tweetdeck because this provides fast access to simple reply, direct message and re-tweet tools which make working with your tweets a breeze. This tool allows quite a lot of customization so that you can have the features that are important to you, just a mouse click away.
Always remember that your aim on Twitter is to be liked and held in high regard by other people who will want to follow you and read your tweets. If all you do is blast out invitations to business opportunities or send out automated advertising, most people will not enjoy receiving your tweets and will un-follow you pretty fast.
If you have some exciting information that you want to share with others, then I recommend that you place this info on your blog or in Facebook and invite Twitter followers to read it there. That way you are not spamming anyone, and serious networkers will be more likely to want to connect with you where they are not limited to 140 characters of text. Another great micro blog site that I like to use is called Tipdrop because it has a strong business and useful tips bias.
I am a Personal Development Consultant and member of the Lifepath Unlimited self development program. I have 8 years experience as a Toastmaster and currently serve as president of our local Toastmasters club in Wellington. I believe in true work/ life balance and actively pursue Leisuretime activities on a daily basis. This belief has assisted me to founder my own business - leisuretimegalore.com - which is booming because it assists other people to achieve the things that they want to have out of life and move past their "stuck in a grove" situations. I believe life should be lived in a permanent state of happiness, prosperity and abundance - all the things that the universe wants for each of us and yet so few can ever achieve. One thing that I have learnt is that you will not find this type of life while slaving for another master to make them rich while you are receiving only a fraction of the benefit from your efforts. Eventually your spirit will have an Awakening, which will prompt you into a self Discovery about how life should be and lead you from one Breakthrough to another - until you reach your final Destiny. This is the state of perpetual abundance in all aspects of your life and when you arrive there -= you will truly live the life of happiness, prosperity and abundance that you deserve.
I recommend that you take a minute or ten to view my website www.leisuretimegalore.com to see how I go about this in my life, and see if there is some attraction for yourself.