Comments on: Does Promotion Work on Twitter?

By: susan01

susan01 — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 05:49:19 +0000

I recently came across your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I don't know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often.

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By: maryannjohnson

maryannjohnson — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:52:54 +0000

Yes, it does. With a myriad list of twitter applications available today, promotion on twitter is a piece of cake.

By: Paul from Fanminder

Paul from Fanminder — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 05:39:29 +0000

Thanks John. Good post. I loved your 3 step shimmy. I also enjoyed the thoughtful replies below from the audience. In our own business of mobile marketing for small businesses, I'm constantly engaging with small business owners who want to know how to win with Twitter, don't know what to make of it, and think it's a big promotional ad. When they understand what it takes in terms of time investment, it's a big turn-off. I'd venture to say at least 70-80% of typical small business owners just won't have the time, mindset, or skill to make Twitter effective.

This said, I think at heart, the problem of promotions on Twitter has less to do with the merchant and less to do with the lack of desire for promotions on the part of the end-user, and more to do with pure signal-to-noise ratio. Following hundreds or thousands of people on Twitter gets you hundreds or thousands of tweets to your stream. Step away from your desk for a meeting or a day and you never go back. Twitter needs to stop thinking of itself as the new-age stream and take a page from email's book about persistence of message.

Combining above, the typical merchant won't see results without alot of effort, and he'll look for something more immediate and in line with his limited time.

My humble two cents (even though I love twitter too)

By: Stores_Online

Stores_Online — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 09:54:15 +0000

Hello all! I think twitter is the only thing which is out standing for promotion of your business and its one of the best informative site,which I like most.keep up post cont………and stay tune with us,Thankx

By: graham7

graham7 — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:15:02 +0000

Promotion is more than an advertisement, say the person wants more money, you have to convince that person that he or she will get it. In order for this to happen you must create a relationship that works in favour of the “subscriber”. If this subscriber(your business) makes money they will follow you.

By: jnomiddle

jnomiddle — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 02:25:11 +0000

I am receptive to promotion on Twitter, even self-promotion, as long as it is funny, interesting or at the very least not the sames pitch again and again and again.

By: pixelsavvy (Pixel Savvy)

pixelsavvy (Pixel Savvy) — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 03:39:52 +0000

Does promotion work on twitter? http://tinyurl.com/m2w4r4 –> Yes, but don’t be a schmuck.

By: Tony Alverio

Tony Alverio — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 22:30:02 +0000

I absolutely agree with you that all marketers have to use the 3 steps you mention to promote products or biz opportunities. Many marketers just pitch to the followers and that does not work. You have to connect with your followers creating trust.

Great post.

Tony