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One of the most popular online social media networking sites happens to be called Twitter.com and when you visit and use Twitter.com you will quickly see why it has become one of the favorite online networking sites for those who are in Direct Sales or a Service-Type of home business.

When you are marketing your business on Twitter, it is very important that you NEVER do any of the following things that I am going to list for you today. Why you might ask? These are the top pet peeves of experienced marketers on Twitter and they absolutely hate it when newbies do these things. With that said, if you want to lose followers and not gain them…then by all means, do these things!

1. Do not send out automatic direct messages to people who follow you. People who follow you view this as Direct Message Spam. Not sure what this is? Let me explain. Some people set up their Twitter accounts to send out automatic direct messages to those who follow them and it does nothing but junk up their message inbox and it “irks” your followers with business spam.

2. Do not set up your Twitter account to automatically spam out numerous Tweets for your account every hour of the day, 24/7 as it is considered to be Tweet Spam. Your account should always have MORE real-live tweets made by you than prescheduled spam tweets. People want to network and chat with a ‘real live human’ and not some set-up spam factory Tweeter over there on Twitter.

3. Do not post unprofessional photo’s of yourself as your business avatar on your Twitter profile home page. Whatever graphic you decide to use as your company’s avatar does reflect on you and your professionalism so please choose an appropriate avatar graphic.

4. Please watch your language when Tweeting on Twitter!!! I have been spending some time this past week reading a lot of people’s Tweet streams and I have been “disgusted” with some of the language I have seen used on Twitter this past week. Please…keep the trash talking language to yourself.

These are 4 very important things you should avoid doing over on the social media networking site called Twitter. If you ask me…they are pretty common sense but apparently…they do need to be repeated since a lot of people are still networking incorrectly on Twitter.

Take your time with your business networking tactics….learn to do things the right way so that you avoid mistakes down the road. Happy Networking!

Twitter Abbreviations to Shorten Your Marketing Tweets by Tammy Embrich

There have been so many times where I wanted to say a whole lot more than 140 characters on Twitter. We’ve all been there! And honestly, that amount of space IS quite a bit to convey a message. However, there are many that simply don’t agree. Still, we all have to abide by that one limit.

There are many clever abbreviations we can use to shorten up tweets. Most people like short and to the point. Make it a long, long message and folks often get lost in it. And what do they do? They move on!

You of course want people to stay long enough to read your post. I know for myself, on a website for example…if there is a super long welcome message, I will most often click away. However on Twitter, the platform takes care of that issue. We have 140 characters, use them wise!

Below is a handful of abbreviations, link and tweet shorteners, for your use

DM = direct message

RT = retweet

LOL = laugh out loud

BTW= by the way

b4 = before

1 = one, won

2 = to, too, two

fab = fabulous

fave = favorite

GR8 = great

FB = facebook

FYI = for your information

LMK = let me know

peeps = people

plz = please

TYT = take your time

L8er = later

thx = thanks

TY = thank you

2u = to you

Tweeple = twitter people

JK j/k = just kidding

K = okay

IMHO = in my humble opinion

IC = I see

fwd = forward

Shortening Links

The links we use on Twitter can be very long. Fortunately there are many link shortening services at our disposal. I prefer bit.ly, as I have it in my favorites so all I have to do is click and enter my URL, and click shorten, and it instantly gives me the shortened version.

However, there are various shorteners I see others using, as there are a lot of alternatives. Below are a few I have listed for your convenience.

bit.ly

twitpwr.com

ow.ly/url/shorten-url

su.pr/

is.gd/

tinyurl.com

Need to make your tweet less than 140 characters?

140it

Tweet Compressor

Twonvert

TweetShrink

TwitterEyes

Twitblogs

shortText.com

BigTweet

Twittermail.com

Twitlonger.com

tweetitin.com/

Hopefully the resources I’ve provided will be of some help with your marketing, and also make your Twitter experience a better one.

Article Written By: Tammy Embrich

Tammy has been successful in the work at home industry for many years now. She is an Internet marketer, article marketer, and ghostwriter. She offers free job leads for the job seeker, as well as other free resources, work at home articles, tips, and more at Work At Home Jobs.

You can also find Tammy at her Grandparenting Articles and Tips blog, offering grandmother’s experiences, brags, recipes, tips, photos, and more.

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Twitter Marketing – Avoid the Hard Sell by Tammy Embrich

Twitter marketing can be a powerful tool. I see professional home based business owners capitalizing on this most widely used social network every day of the week. And most prove to be quite successful.

However, I see other online entrepreneurs using their 140 characters to post their sale ads and links every chance they get. They overwhelm their followers with pushy tactics to get their sales. This is labeled as “hard selling.” Many people who utilize this reputable social media (that houses well over 150 million members), find this rude and unprofessional, including myself.

What do you think these folks gain by using this hard sell, in-your-face marketing approach?

I would definitely venture to say, “not much!” I know for certain that this does not encourage a follow. In fact, these type of marketers get a large number of unfollows and blocks. And more importantly, they certainly don’t gain credibility for their online reputation.

I learned by trial and error when I first tested the Twitter waters, just as many others have. And I’ve provided a set of social networking tips below for avoiding the hard sell and making your marketing experience a positive and successful one.

* Engage in friendly and helpful conversation, don’t log in only to post your ads and links.

* Always address others politely and ask them how their day is going. Show genuine concern and interest.

*Provide beneficial tips (without web or affiliate links) and talk about your product first, before actually providing a link.

* Always space out your tweets. Don’t tweet every single minute. If you practice this, your followers will probably not be able to catch all your tweets. And what’s the point of tweeting if they won’t see them?

* Offer advice and answer questions when you know the answers.

* Connect with others and discuss and ask questions about their business. Of course, always use good tactics when doing this. Show your followers you are interested in them, and build effective relationships. This will encourage them to find out what you have to offer, visit your website, and possibly result in a sale.

* And finally, try to avoid posting just 1 or 2 tweets, and then leaving. Invest your time wisely, and try to offer worthy information that others will be interested in.

Associating with other business professionals and partners is what the Twitter platform is all about. Use it to your advantage and use it properly, and the benefits can be substantial for your business success.

Article Written By Tammy Embrich

Tammy has been successful in the work at home industry for many years. She is an Internet marketer, article marketer, and ghostwriter. She offers free job leads for the job seeker, as well as other work at home resources, work at home articles, tips, and more at Work At Home Jobs.

You can also find Tammy at her Grandparenting Articles and Tips blog, offering grandmother’s experiences, brags, recipes, tips, photos, and more.

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I am a big fan of Twitter and on most days you can find me on Twitter tweeting out business tips, links to business articles, crafting links and recipes. (some of my favorite things!). Over on Twitter I follow a lot of Etsy sellers who have a home-based craft business and so my post today is directed towards “some” of them.

The past several months I have noticed that a lot of the Etsy sellers will sit on Twitter for several hours a day tweeting out links to their products for sale over on Etsy and they will retweet out links to other Etsy seller’s products too. While this is good it is also bad.

I spent some time talking to two Etsy sellers a few days ago to see what else they do online to promote their Etsy store and both of these gals told me NOTHING. They simply sit on Twitter and tweet several hours a day. Both told me they do get a sale or two every week but customers are just not rolling in like they thought they would.

Well…I am here to tell you that Twitter is only one tool you should be using…there are others and a lot of these other tools will get you better results than spending 5 hours a day sitting on Twitter tweeting out all of your links. Here are some suggestions that I recommend that you should be doing.

1. Start a blog! Blogging about your business, crafts and products is a great way to reach new people and you can get in-depth and more personal on your blog than you can on your Etsy store. Blogging also helps you build up some links that point to your Etsy store and search engines these days crawl blogs pretty quickly and get them indexed. This means new traffic for you and possibly new customers. Blogging is a fabulous way to promote your business.

2. Try Article Marketing! If you can write a decent article (you don’t have to be a professional writer) then try article marketing. You simply write a 250 + word article related to your niche (business) and submit your articles to online article directories. People who are looking for blog, newsletter or website content will use your article which gives you new business exposure to people you might not of come into contact on your own. In addition, article marketing is a great way for you to build up valuable incoming one-way links which helps you climb higher in the search engine results.

3. Try Guest Blogging! If you don’t want to publish & maintain a blog on your own then consider writing up blog posts related to your niche and submit those posts to niche-related blogs for publishing. You would be amazed that thousands of bloggers do indeed accept guest blogger posts! Again…this is a great way to expose your business to new potential customers and it will get you some great incoming links.

There are many free and low-cost ways you can promote your Etsy store online and you should be utilizing as many of them as you can. Twitter is just one tool you should use but in my opinion, it’s not the best tool and the three options above would work better.

Bombarding Your Followers On Twitter With Too Many Tweets

One of the hottest online social media sites is a web site called Twitter. If you are not familiar with Twitter, it is a site where you can meet millions of people from all over the world and have a public, in real time conversation with them.

Many business professionals and companies are using the social media site Twitter as a way to brand and market their products as well as communicate with their customers. When you Tweet on Twitter, each message to your Twitter followers has to be less than 140 characters so it is like having an instant message with thousands of followers at one time.

When you are networking your business over on Twitter you need to be very careful to not bombard your followers with too many Tweets in a short amount of time. What do I mean? I often see marketers make the mistake of Tweeting out 20 Tweets/Messages in under 3 minutes. When you bombard those who are following you with too many messages…it doesn’t give them the chance to read it before you slam out another one. When you do this too often, others will also brand you as a Twitter Spammer which is the last thing you want for your business over on Twitter.

When Tweeting…it is important to space out your tweets so that you are allowing enough time in between them for followers to read them. A good rule of thumb is to allow 3+ minutes. The only time this rule does not apply is when you are conversing with a follower or followers in a more personal chatty type of way. However, this rule of thumb does apply if you are Tweeting out business links, web site links or important information that you want them to read.

In conclusion, the next time you are Tweeting over on Twitter…slow it down and space out those important business Tweets. Allow enough time in between them for followers to see and want to read them.

Shelly Hill is the owner of the Work At Home Business Options web site where you can find home business, social media, direct sales and other articles & business tips. You can visit Work At Home Business Options at http://www.workathomebusinessoptions.com. You can also find Shelly at her Ghostwriting Web Site with her partner Chris Caroll at http://www.twoclassyghostwritingchics.com where they offer their Ghostwriting services to others.

One of the biggest online Social Media Networking sites is Twitter and it seems to be the flavor of the day when it comes to advertising & marketing an online business.

With that said…there is a right and a wrong way to market your business on Twitter. Today I would like to discuss how you can lose oodles of Twitter followers if you don’t market yourself properly on Twitter.

Here is what you shouldn’t be doing over on Twitter.

1. Using foul language.
2. Being hateful, racist, sexist and just overall being a mean argumentive person.
3. Don’t tweet out business spam links 24/7. We all get spammed enough.
4. If you discuss hot button topics like religion, politics, headline news, etc. Be prepared to chase off followers who are not going to agree with your views.
5. Tweet too much – No one wants their twitter stream junked up by 50 tweets from you every hour. Find a nice balance.
6. Tweet out the same thing over and over every hour or two. No one wants to read about the same topic or item 10 times in an hour.

The point of this post is…there is a right and a wrong way to gain followers over on Twitter. If you are tweeting out things that folks want to read/hear about they will follow you and continue to follow you. If you tweet out garbage & spam…you will lose the followers you worked so hard to gain.

Shelly