When it comes to the social media giants, Twitter is amongst the elites, standing toe to toe with the Zeus of social media — Facebook. Twitter’s growth has been lighting quick and only continues to attract millions of new users each month.
Here’s an example of how far it’s come: the first tweet was sent on March 21, 2006 by Twitter creator Jack Dorsey. It took 3 years since that date to reach the billionth tweet. Fast forward to now, and a billion tweets are sent out in less than 2 days.
So it’s no surprise that Twitter has become a strong source of digital marketing. But how are marketers or businesses supposed to use Twitter? Let us show you with these 4 Twitter marketing strategies.
1. Always Use Keywords
Just with page ranking on Google and other search engines, keywords are going to help with getting your content noticed by the right people. Although Twitter only allows 140 characters, your content is still very important when it comes to gaining attention.
Before you even begin putting yourself or your brand out there, make a list of keywords that best fits your company’s description or value and try to include those keywords in your various posts. With such a short amount of characters, you need to make every word count when it comes to your tweets.
2. Advanced Search Options
When getting started, you want to create a community around your Twitter page, which means you have to find those individuals who are interested in what you have to offer. Try looking into Advanced Search Options. Here you can search for keywords that pertain to your business that people are using in their tweets. You can then reach out to those people with promotions, sales, giveaways, etc. in order to start your community.
You can also narrow your search to a certain area if you want stay within the proximity of where your business is located.
3. Gain Emails
If you have a website, you most likely have a feature box, which is an email form for visitors to fill out in exchange for something. By combining two Twitter features — lead generation card and pinned tweets — you can create a feature box on your Twitter page.
A lead generation card is similar to a feature box in that it’s a simplified form for tweeters to fill out, asking for information like name, email address, etc. Once you’ve created a lead generation card, of course providing an incentive to sign up, you can then use the pinned tweet feature to pin the lead generation card to the top of your Twitter profile. And presto, you have yourself a feature box on your Twitter page!
4. Back to Mobile…Once Again
We realize that we’ve harped a lot about the importance of making mobile a part of your online marketing strategy, but Twitter is certainly no exception. Just as Facebook is taking a turn towards being a mobile app, so it Twitter, which means to you need to figure out how to market to tweeters on their mobile phones.
Thankfully, Twitter has already provided us with the solution, and that’s the option to have your tweets sent directly as a text to your followers. When a user subscribes to your tweets from their cell phone, your texts will automatically be sent to their phone.
Of course, users can turn off these notifications, but if you’re smart about it, they will most likely continue to keep them turned on. And when we say smart about it, we mean not overloading their phone with millions of tweets. A good way of doing this is by creating a separate Twitter account and limit how many tweets you send out per week.
Final Tweet
In its short existence since 2006, Twitter has grown into a monster source for social media users, whether it’s following celebrities, marketing or simply talking to friends. There are numerous strategies when it comes to using Twitter for marketing, but the 4 strategies we’ve mentioned here are good for getting your Twitter campaign up and running. And as always, don’t be afraid to try new things. If we never explored with new ideas, we wouldn’t be where we are with social media.
This article was syndicated from Business 2 Community: Four Strategies You Should Be Using With Your Twitter Marketing Campaign
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