3 Ways Network Marketers Can Use Twitter

By Linda Locke
Editor, MLM Marketing Blog

Twitter is a wonderful tool you can use for marketing, networking, keeping in touch with your downline and for team building.  And best of all it's free!

But many people still dismiss Twitter as just another time wasting social networking fad. But for smart network marketers it just may be the new killer app.

Why? Here's 3 ways you can use Twitter to promote and build your networking business:

#1 - Marketing - You can use Twitter for marketing your business by setting up an account and posting good tips and information about your products and your business. It's easy since you are limited to only 140 characters per post and you don't need to be a great writer to do it. If you can write short sentences, you can use Twitter.

Check out my Twitter account at http://twitter.com/LindaLocke to see how I do this.  People can get a sense of who you are and get to know you better, which helps them to decide if they want to work with you. To promote your Twitter page, just add the link to your website or blog and to your signature file on emails, any articles you write, and discussion board posts.

Whose team would you rather join? Someone who is using cutting edge tools or someone who is still doing it the hard way? And if you want to attract younger people to your business using Twitter is one of the best ways to connect with them.

#2 - Networking - Twitter is a wonderful networking tool and allows you to follow and network with people you choose based on your business and preferences. You could use it to communicate with your upline and share ideas and tools to help you in your business. And you can use the replies feature to ask questions and get feedback quickly on ideas and problems you have.

#3 - Keeping in Touch with Your Downline - Staying in touch with your downline is easy with Twitter. You can set up a separate account for this and invite your downline members to join using Twitter's invite by email option.

Once your team is on Twitter you can all follow each other and you can share news, announcements, and other information quickly with one short post. What a timesaver!

And any downline member can ask questions and get the answers online too. If you have an international downline, this is a wonderful way to include them with no expense to you or them.

Hopefully these ideas have encouraged you to give Twitter a try.  Please use the comments to share any questions or ideas you have on using Twitter in your business.

Comments

[Matty T]

I love twitter. Google eats twitter posts!! Come and follow me on twitter get google ranking too!

www.twitter(dot)com/mattythomson

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[Paul Cooley]

Hi Great post! It is so nice to see a fellow MLMer using Twitter and talking about Social Marketing! So many just aren't getting it, so keep up the good work!
I think it's cool that I found you and your blog through Twitter! :)

Have a great day!
http://twitter.com/PaulCooley

[Linda Locke]

Thanks Paul! It's not hard to share about Twitter since I like it so much.

And I love how you can connect with like-minded people so easily using Twitter.

Yours in Success!

Linda
http://twitter.com/MLMWoman