Twitter is very hot right now and many businesses are creating new accounts and trying to find ways to use it to promote their products/services effectively.
We, at Twtapps, have been working really hard to provide tools that might help you accomplish just that. So, out of our ten applications, we’ll talk about how you could use (and how some other businesses have been using) them.
There are many way you can use Twtpoll. Whatever your objective is, you always get something very valuable from it: feedback from your customers/followers.
Engage with your visitors on your Website: You can embed your Twtpoll on your website, as MSNBC Lex18 haven been using, or link from an article, as Yahoo News does.
Start a conversation with your followers: You can ask questions related to your industry and start building a strong relationship with your followers, as @GoBankingRates.
Get Re-tweeted: @retweet created a fun poll a few months ago asking “Who should be the first honorary King of Twitter?” and he got @iamdiddy and @snoopdogg (and their followers) to re-tweet his poll. That’s a good way to get your Twitter profile passed around.
Business decisions: Get your followers involved into the decision making process for your products, like @orli did here.
Most of the people using Twtvite have been using it to organize casual events. This is a great way to bring your relationship with your followers to the next level. So, how can you use Twtvite in your business?
Networking at conferences: @RichardAtDELL organized the “AllHat…No Cattle” Tweetup during SxSW for 279 people.
Local Tweetups: @chrispirillo often organizes Seattle Tweetups and we host ours regularly in Montreal.
Host a Tweetup: Besides connecting with your followers in real life and engaging with the local community, you can actually bring some business to you! The Max Hotel in Seattle hosts regular Tweetups. If you run a bar, restaurant, cafe, etc. You can also do the same.
Online coupons are hotter than ever. After DELL made $1 million last year on Twitter, twtQpon is here to help you increase your sales using Twitter as well. TwtQpon must be used as a combination of other marketing initiatives. If you provide value and you’re well engaged with your network, they will spread your online coupons for you.
Exclusive Twitter discounts: @NAKEDpizza have been using TwtQpon for exclusive lunch discount and they have been able to measure an increase in 15% sales. @Ticketmaster has also been using TwtQpon to manage their online coupons.
Event discounts: You could also pick a day of the week and provide discounts to encourage your community to tweetup at your venue. @HalemLanes in NewYork City with Twitter Tuesdays.
You can also leverage your network and make it stronger by posting your job openings through Twtjobs. You followers will try to find good candidates, re-tweet it and pass it to their followers.
Once again, you’re using this tool to help find the best candidate for a position while engaging with your followers at the same time.
Many people have started adding their Twitter handler on their business cards. Some of us have decided to quit using paper business cards. The simple act of exchanging #twtBizCards is a conversation started, as you tweet your Twitter Business Card.
