How to use Twitter to promote your products?

Hi Folks.

Are there any articles on Salehoo written about how to use Twitter to promote your products?

Right now I have a single item up for auction on eBay (a used Trac Fone).

I do have a Twitter account but I have used it only a little bit.

Thank you Guys.

Dale

Hi Dale,

It is important to acknowledge people, have them see you as a person trying to build relationships and not just as one business up for the sale. Avoid promoting your company/ product directly, do not tweet "Bags for sale at low prices!", instead share one useful informational blog post link about your product. :) Keep your message desirable and relevant, Twitter is meant to be a social tool so do engage in conversations, thank re-tweets. :)

Provide the link to “Follow Me on Twitter” in your website, blogs, in your email signature and forum posts. :)

You can actually import your contacts from Hotmail, Gmail and from your own address book at Twitter.

If used correctly to provide positive exposure to your business, Twitter can be really be used as a powerful marketing platform. Nowadays companies make thousands of dollars of sales from customers who found them from Twitter.

:)

You should bear in mind that just straight selling on Twitter will never produce any results. Unless you have a site that is known for daily deals, coupons etc. most people will not follow you for the purpose of learning about what you have to sell. Like building an e-mail list, a productive Twitter timeline takes a lot of work and creativity. Whatever it is you're selling, you're going to want to focus on news, tips etc. and fostering conversations and connections related to thost products, and once in a while put out a direct selling tweet.


Frank