Today, I'd like to introduce you to our guest author, Harris Fellman [pictured]. Harris recently launched CoupDeTwitter -- a comprehensive course on how to properly get started with Twitter, get lots of followers, and turn those followers into cash.Harris is, by no means, a social media purist. Still, he teaches what he considers the "right way" to interact on Twitter and other social media platforms. [Hint: It's NOT by spamming people your offers]. He has a number of years of success in the Internet marketing realm, and I feel very honored to have him as a guest author this week. With that, here's the first of five of Harris' blog posts, which we're publishing for the benefit of ProsperNOW readers...
By Harris Fellman
CoupDeTwitter.com
It’s everywhere -- from blogs, to newspapers, to books at Barnes & Noble. And it’s loud: Tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet.
It’s Twitter. And whether you like it or not [yet], it’s going to be around in some form or another for a long time, I suspect. Might as well get used to it, right?
A couple of months ago, I was in the same boat many of you might be in right now -- wondering whether all this Twitter madness was of any use to me at all, or whether it was just a bunch of noise, literally. But, I started to hear a lot of Twitter-related stories and talked to people that I personally know who were using it in ways that I hadn’t considered before.
And then the light bulb finally went off for me: There was some serious power in Twitter! People were not only using Twitter to make connections and network with others; they were making money, too. Some of them making LOTS of it, as I came to find out.
The biggest thing that stood out for me is this...
From a marketing perspective, Twitter = List building. Plain and simple. Proper list building is all about building a list AND building relationships with the people on that list. And, in many cases, the people I was talking to confided in me that their Twitter contacts were more responsive than even their e-mail lists were.
As a longtime e-mail marketer, I was pretty shocked. But, I started doing research, and I discovered several truths that I want to share with you.
There’s a right way and a wrong way to go about using Twitter, plus some rules of thumb to keep in mind along the way. But, there are several crucial steps you’ll want to take note of.
Here’s how this works:
1. Get followers. Sounds simple, right? But, there’s a lot of stuff out there that will make you think you can just automate the process and be done with it. BEWARE: Twitter is watching. If you do it wrong, you’re sunk. Account Suspended. Tweet no more.
2. Build a relationship with your followers. Yes, that’s right: You’re going to need to start talking with your followers! You want to treat them like you would anyone you might meet at any other social gathering, stipulating that you’re not at a professional wrestling event and everyone is already yelling at one another.
3. Get them Clicking and ReTweeting. Once you build that relationship with them, you want to encourage them [gently] to start clicking links you provide with items of interest and, most of all, to get them ReTweeting your posts. Why? Because the *real* power of Twitter is NOT in your own list of followers. Nope. The real power is in the power of the exponent. If you give things of value to the Twitterverse, the Twitterverse will return the favor… Tenfold.
4. Last, but not least: You want to make money, right? Of course you do. Once you’ve completed steps one through three, there are a ton of ways that you can start to monetize your followers… their followers... and their followers' followers. But, also beware: Twitter spam is on the rise, and people are becoming wary of anyone who just jumps into the pool and starts shouting "Marco Polo" at the top of their lungs. You have to be very careful to craft your Tweets, so that people are still getting maximum value from you.
Four seemingly simple steps, and they’re not rocket science -- but, they do take some finesse and time to do properly. If you'd like to learn more about how to properly implement these four [4] steps, I welcome you to join me and my Coup De Twitter system. It will teach you how to do Twitter the RIGHT way; suggest seven [7] easy ways to make money with it; and provide a handful of advanced tactics, as well.
Please visit Coup De Twitter to watch a free, 35-minute video that I have prepared for you [no opt-in required]:
==> http://budurl.com/HowToTakeOverTwitter
Thanks for reading. If you liked this article, let me know on Twitter; my ID there is @harrisfellman.
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