Tag Archives: Twitter for Business

Now that you’ve decided to jump on the Twitter bandwagon to gain maximum benefits for your business, what do you do next? Getting an impressive Twitter profile and getting a high-quality targeted ‘following’ is only half the battle won. The other important half is to maintain and increase your Twitter following in order to grow your business. Nothing works better …

Ingenious progress, whether in fiction or in fact, emanates from the plausible flame of the mind ignited by audacity. To put it succinctly, there’s more to the Twitter platform than scribbling a few words in 140 characters or less. Recently we have seen governments toppled, while companies drill out profits and their brand equities witness insignificant increase fueled by a …

Twitter has grown by leaps and bounds. And the world’s leading microblogging social network is getting more business-friendlier than ever, it launched a revamped online business center a little while ago. Despite the phenomenal popularity of Twitter, certain features such as “Lists” are grossly underused, especially amongst the business user fraternity. Twitter lists feature has been around since November 2009 …

When Twitter launched, critics questioned the limitation of 140 characters to make a meaningful conversation, especially for businesses. Over the years, Twitter has improved by leaps and bounds, added several business-friendly features and now ranks amongst the league of formidable social media tools for businesses. Businesses have realized the value of messages limited to 140 characters and have thronged to …

Tweeting is an art. Few good men do it better than anybody else and Curtis Jackson (better known as 50 Cent) surely belongs to that club. The rapper helped penny stock company H&H Imports, which he received 30 millions shares of in October, make $50 million US in one day by tweeting about it to his 3.8 million followers. Though …

Happy New Year to all smedio readers! With the holiday season coming to an end and the arrival of Year 2011, it’s time to get back to “business as usual”. From a business perspective, it’s the best time to get ready for the New Year – formulate business plans and develop your marketing strategy for 2011. Year 2010 saw a …

Christmas has surely come early for Twitter business users this year – the micro-blogging site yesterday unveiled its revamped online business center which makes it easier for users to buy ads and promoted content. “We’ve seen tremendous growth in the creative ways businesses and organizations are leveraging Twitter, and we want to make sure you have access to their great …

It is very easy to start an e-business nowadays. You may decide to start a new e-business, or you may start promoting your already established off-line business on the internet to attract local, national and international consumers for the products and services produced and offered by your company or team. Internet is obviously one of the strongest medium to promote …

Twitter Lists are under-estimated most of the time. The fact is if used effectively it can prove very much a productive tool. Success with Twitter Lists is all about how well you manage your lists. The following twitter tools let you get the maximum benefits out of your lists and save you time as well.

There’s little doubt that Twitter ranks amongst the most powerful business tools in today’s modern-age web 2.0 world. Given the immense business potential of Twitter, it is easy for new businesses to be overwhelmed with the wealth of information and features available. Therefore, time management forms a critical aspect of the Twitter strategy for any business. While being regarded as …

We live in an economy which is designed around People. People trust each other more than ads, targetted or interrupted, People trust each other more than test results, and people trust each other more than third party information. The Influence economy is powered by conversations around personal recommendations. The Influence Economy is the basis of social media, and the ‘social consumer’ as engaged …

Tweets are the lifeline of Twitter. Any business planning to use Twitter for business purpose needs to have an effective tweeting strategy in place. There is no doubt that Twitter has redefined how businesses spread information online. In fact, retweets is one of the most common ways by which your business gets introduced to prospect customers on Twitter. Viral tweets …

In the past, I’ve written interesting pieces about how Twitter is revolutionizing the PR world and how a business can get the best of both worlds from social media & PR. Press Releases play a vital role in the public relations regime in any business. If you sign up a new customer or enter a new partnership alliance, why not …

Though Twitter already holds the distinction of being the world’s fastest growing social network, its founders are in no mood to sit back and relax on their current laurels. Instead, they have now set their eyes on making Twitter a one-billion member strong social community. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg said earlier this year that Facebook, the world’s most popular social …