Who is on www.twitter.com and how's it going

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Permalink Reply by Heike Miller on January 26, 2009 at 11:05am

Hi Debra,

I'm on Twitter. http://twitter.com/heikemiller.

It depends on the business how it would be going for a NZ business. I guess if you are able to sell products or services online, such as a consultant or coach, you might do well on Twitter, but if your business mainly targets the NZ market it's probably not worthwhile.

I'm mainly on there to learn from the "big guns" in blogging, facebook, etc. If you are interested in Facebook marketing, it's quite beneficial when you add Mari Smith to your Twitter follows because she always posts lots of advice. Same applies to the pro bloggers, many give out a wealth of information.

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Permalink Reply by VBIZNZ Administrator on January 26, 2009 at 1:31pm

I agree, I've found a wealth of information... its interesting following Ben Kepes and the guy from geekzone. We market into US and will soon go to Dubai and Asia hopefully so its great being able to get a brand out there a little more. It's hard to keep up though and sometimes I wonder what on earth to write :)

Heike Miller said:

Hi Debra,

I'm on Twitter. http://twitter.com/heikemiller.

It depends on the business how it would be going for a NZ business. I guess if you are able to sell products or services online, such as a consultant or coach, you might do well on Twitter, but if your business mainly targets the NZ market it's probably not worthwhile.

I'm mainly on there to learn from the "big guns" in blogging, facebook, etc. If you are interested in Facebook marketing, it's quite beneficial when you add Mari Smith to your Twitter follows because she always posts lots of advice. Same applies to the pro bloggers, many give out a wealth of information.

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Permalink Reply by Robert Huggins on January 28, 2009 at 12:58pm

I've just joined as well - http://twitter.com/RobertHuggins

Will have to find my way around and work out what I'm supposed to be doing..!!!

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Permalink Reply by VBIZNZ Administrator on January 28, 2009 at 5:56pm

I'm not following you Robert, you just need to write something :)

Robert Huggins said:

I've just joined as well - http://twitter.com/RobertHuggins

Will have to find my way around and work out what I'm supposed to be doing..!!!

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Permalink Reply by John Dierckx on January 28, 2009 at 8:42pm

Was not really active on twitter but saw several people that were enthusiastic about it also for business. Had a mini-seminar by Mark Shaw http://www.twitter.com/markshaw who gave me some tips and it really changed the equation. Strangely enough 25 new followers, 2 leads and could introduce two authors to each other that are now having the time of their lives.

Here's some pointers

Mark Shaw Twitter Seminar

Twitter is not the end all and be all
Twitter just another strand of your marketing

TO DO:
Get a following
Grow your following

By
30 minutes a day following anybody
Grow that consistently

Two Essentials:
Twello http://twellow.com, offers advanced search options and makes it possible to use more regional campains or interest focused. Fill out complete profile with good keywords in there so you are easy to find on relevant search terms.

Tweetdeck Http://tweetdeck.com, if your following and followers gets bigger you need this tool so as not to get flooded.

Video on how to get the most from Tweetdeck. http://TwitPWR.com/2t7/

Group and filter information
Spend half an hour one month consistently everday

3 things to tweet:

1. Social chit chat 20%
2. Sharing stuff resources 60%
3. Share what you do for a living 20%.

Search for things on twitter

Use it for Market research: get questions out and await the responses
Get market research results back

Put on a bio at Twello which offers more space to do so.

Photo on profile is a must!

Hope this helps

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Permalink Reply by Robert Huggins on January 29, 2009 at 7:31am

John Dierckx said:

Was not really active on twitter but saw several people that were enthusiastic about it also for business. Had a mini-seminar by Mark Shaw http://www.twitter.com/markshaw who gave me some tips and it really changed the equation. Strangely enough 25 new followers, 2 leads and could introduce two authors to each other that are now having the time of their lives.

Here's some pointers
Mark Shaw Twitter Seminar

Twitter is not the end all and be all
Twitter just another strand of your marketing

TO DO:
Get a following
Grow your following

By
30 minutes a day following anybody
Grow that consistently

Two Essentials:
Twello http://twellow.com, offers advanced search options and makes it possible to use more regional campains or interest focused. Fill out complete profile with good keywords in there so you are easy to find on relevant search terms.

Tweetdeck Http://tweetdeck.com, if your following and followers gets bigger you need this tool so as not to get flooded.

Video on how to get the most from Tweetdeck. http://TwitPWR.com/2t7/

Group and filter information
Spend half an hour one month consistently everday

3 things to tweet:

1. Social chit chat 20%
2. Sharing stuff resources 60%
3. Share what you do for a living 20%.

Search for things on twitter

Use it for Market research: get questions out and await the responses
Get market research results back

Put on a bio at Twello which offers more space to do so.

Photo on profile is a must!

Hope this helps

Great, thanks John

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Permalink Reply by VBIZNZ Administrator on January 29, 2009 at 5:58pm

Okay, I've updated my profile on twellow, I've added a few more people... I see there is a tweetup at the twisted hop or something on Friday.....

John Dierckx said:

Was not really active on twitter but saw several people that were enthusiastic about it also for business. Had a mini-seminar by Mark Shaw http://www.twitter.com/markshaw who gave me some tips and it really changed the equation. Strangely enough 25 new followers, 2 leads and could introduce two authors to each other that are now having the time of their lives.

Here's some pointers

Mark Shaw Twitter Seminar

Twitter is not the end all and be all
Twitter just another strand of your marketing

TO DO:
Get a following
Grow your following

By
30 minutes a day following anybody
Grow that consistently

Two Essentials:
Twello http://twellow.com, offers advanced search options and makes it possible to use more regional campains or interest focused. Fill out complete profile with good keywords in there so you are easy to find on relevant search terms.

Tweetdeck Http://tweetdeck.com, if your following and followers gets bigger you need this tool so as not to get flooded.

Video on how to get the most from Tweetdeck. http://TwitPWR.com/2t7/

Group and filter information
Spend half an hour one month consistently everday

3 things to tweet:

1. Social chit chat 20%
2. Sharing stuff resources 60%
3. Share what you do for a living 20%.

Search for things on twitter

Use it for Market research: get questions out and await the responses
Get market research results back

Put on a bio at Twello which offers more space to do so.

Photo on profile is a must!

Hope this helps

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Permalink Reply by Heike Miller on February 2, 2009 at 4:06pm

It would be good if everybody posted their twitter name so that we can follow. It is a good idea to add NZers to the followership. Mine are mostly from other countries and I always keep my eyes open for fellow kiwis.

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Permalink Reply by VBIZNZ Administrator on February 2, 2009 at 4:28pm

excellent idea.. mine is AdminCorp... when I first started I thought the search would be easy but its not. The twellow application makes it easy though but I didn't know about it until John put it on here.

I suspect twitter will make me change it though because I needed to update my account when my email went down and now it says you can't have a name with admin in it ... lol.

Heike Miller said:

It would be good if everybody posted their twitter name so that we can follow. It is a good idea to add NZers to the followership. Mine are mostly from other countries and I always keep my eyes open for fellow kiwis.

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Permalink Reply by Gabrielle A Barnett on February 3, 2009 at 9:15am

Hi Heike, I am on twitter: "GemSensation", just started. Gabrielle

Heike Miller said:

It would be good if everybody posted their twitter name so that we can follow. It is a good idea to add NZers to the followership. Mine are mostly from other countries and I always keep my eyes open for fellow kiwis.

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Permalink Reply by John Dierckx on February 9, 2009 at 3:16pm

Hi posting the initial response I never posted my own twitter id. Following up on Heike's idea: follow me at
www.titter.com/john_dierckx

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Permalink Reply by John Dierckx on February 9, 2009 at 3:23pm

Btw, used those tips from Mark Shaw and have grown my followers to 426 in less that two weeks, and already had some leads coming from it. 10% personal, 10% on what it is you actually do and 60% content of value

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