Are 140 characters enough to describe a business? Probably not! This is where Twitter forces businesses to be innovative. Social media platforms are level playing platform for small and big companies.
Big and small companies have a level playing field and compete with each other to grab customer attention. The platform is huge and there is space for everyone to coexist.
The company's size and reputation would not matter much. All that matters is establishing that vital connect with the followers. There have been instances of many big companies stumbling on the way and small companies overtaking them.
Businesses need to build relationships with the right audience and this is the key to survival. A big company may attract thousands of followers but these numbers would not be relevant if they cannot be converted into substantial business gains.
Companies need to add value to the customer. Engage the followers by having meaningful conversations. Do not tweet the same thing every day. Your followers will get bored and would start ignoring your tweets bringing your credibility down.
Never spam your followers. This is the quickest way to lose business on Twitter.
Concentrate on building a relationship, your business will eventually gain out of it.
Here are some wonderful ways to use Twitter in an innovative manner
* Advertising - Tweet about a new product launch and create the necessary buzz to make it a success. You can offer your followers discount on the new product launch and this will immediately connect with your target audience.
* Promoting an event - Promotional events of companies need are great opportunities to launch a product and connect with a number of new customers. Use Twitter as an effective marketing tool and make the promotion even a great success.
* Increase company exposure - Keep your followers updated about news and events concerning your business. You can provide valuable information that will be useful to customers.
* Feedback - Twitter can be a wonderful way to gauge customer response to new product launches. You can find out the opinion of hundreds of followers instantly. Twitter can also be used as a market research tool and a single question tweeted by you can get enormous response from the hundreds of followers who are available online.
Twitter has now provided businesses both big and small an excellent opportunity to market their products and services in the most cost effective way possible.
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