We all know how powerful Twitter is nowadays but all marketing efforts can be helped by one of the most powerful Twitter marketing tools – Tweet Attacts. We’ve seen hundreds if not thousands of tweets like “where should I buy Halloween costumes from” or “do you know any good offer for website design?” These are all buying keywords and those tweeting those questions can be considered great leads.

Tweet Attacks makes things easier allowing you to reply with your offer, thus gaining massive traffic and potential buyers for your services/products. But let’s see how exactly Tweet Attacks can help you:

Increase unique visitors’ numbers and leads

We are not talking about bots or something fishy, only human laser-targeted visitors interested in your industry. Let’s say you are selling “iPad cases”…just add that keyword to Tweet Attacks and this wonderful tool will search for any person that ever tweeted about “iPad cases” and will receive a comment with a link back to your offer. This does not mean only waves of visitors but being so laser-targeted can also translate into lots of potential buyers.

Automatic follow

This is smart: not only that this tool will follow anyone related to your niche but after a while it also un-follows the persons that do not follow back, thus getting thousands of targeted followers with a blink of an eye, all on auto-pilot.

Unlimited Twitter accounts + mass tweets

Tweet Attacks can post literally thousands of scheduled tweets and also, in case your account gets banned it is a matter of seconds to change the old account with a new one and start again your efforts.

Isn’t it a great Twitter marketing tool?

Social media is a great way for any online business to establish a virtual relationship with its customers and there are very few companies that do not have a Facebook/Twitter profile to use in their online marketing strategies. However, throwing a bit.ly link on Twitter and waiting for the “goodies” to flow is definitely not a good method to make the most out of your tweets, therefore here are some great tips related to how a good tweet should look.

Create an “answers day” – write down whatever question your potential customers asked you on Twitter and try to give your best answers; make this a “weekly task”.

Share updates – whether you jumped on the first page of Google, hired a new guy to deal with your servers or just launched a new page of your website, share all these news with your followers

Case studies related to your niche – this is a great way to get lots of re-tweets and attention, however you should do some heavy research for something good to come out of your “closet”

Discounts, deals, coupons – people like paying less for a product/service so anytime you are launching a new “lower prices” offer do not forget to tweet about it

Tweet about events you are attending at – whether we are talking about webinars, interviews or even you company’s Christmas party, tweet about it and engage with your customers

Always share news – these do not have to be related to your business or your niche, anything that is hot could bring you some wanted attention so keep an eye on what is popular every day

Solve problems – one of your customers has not got your discount? Solve his problem and reply to him with a tweet; show your followers that you cater for your clients and for your business’ conduit

Twitter has become in almost five years the most important social networking site people and businesses are using, whether we are talking just for fun, networking or developing business. One thing is clear: if you are into blogging or promoting a business, Twitter is something that you should not ignore at all.

And while most bloggers are using WordPress to share their content, here are some great WordPress plugins for Twitter that can definitely make things a lot easier:

• TwitterDash – this plugin easily allow you to add your friends timeline from Twitter on your dashboard

• Elegant Twitter Widget – this is a widget that displays Twitter updates in a XHTML code; highly customisable!

• Twit-Twoo – the Twit Twoo plugin means quick and easy status updates right from your blog sidebar

• Twitter Widget Pro – requires PHP5 to function, this one handles all Twitter feeds with username, display name and so on

• TweetBacks – whenever people are chatting about your posts on Twitter, this plugin will add the Tweets on your blog as comments

• Tweet This – uses Th8.us to automatically shorten URLs and also ads a “tweet post” link on every blog post; as well, it can be customised

There are many other WordPress plugins for Twitter, this is only a small piece that can become handy when you are trying to maximize your online Twitter efforts.

As social media is a big part of everyone’s online strategy, it would be a smart move to make your work easier by using different social media tools that would definitely make a difference. Whether we are talking about Twitter, Facebook or even WordPress plugins, these will all be great to add in your social media arsenal.

So here they are below:

1.      BackTweets

An easy to use tool, basically all you need to do is enter a website address into the search and BackTweets will highlight each and every tweet that mentioned that very link you are searching for information about. Very valuable when you are trying to see whether your linkbaiting campaign was a success or not.

2.      HootSuite

Managing all your social media accounts can be a real hassle sometimes, and this is where HootSuite makes a difference. It manages all your accounts, has a feature through which you can track results, can export results and so on.

3.      Sexy Bookmarks

As sharing is one of the most important parts of your strategy, Sexy Bookmarks is a WordPress plugin that allows users to share a story through different social media channels, thus improving your chances of being “liked” or “shared” online.

4.      SocialMention

Just go to this website, type your brand name and see whether your brand was mentioned on social media channels or not. Although this is a great tool, we still prefer Google Alerts for online brand management.

5.      Omgili

Trying to increase your exposure on industry-related forums? Omgili is a fantastic tool for doing this. Search for discussions based on your keyword, find associated keywords see how popular a term is (by Search Buzz) and many other goodies. A must-use tool for everyone trying to leverage presence on forums.

Following the post related to how to get the most out of Twitter, here comes the one related to Facebook. We cannot stress enough on how important social media is nowadays, whether we are talking about social networking, bookmarking, micro-blogging and so on. Facebook is not only great for business but also for getting in touch with your prospects, making new friends and sharing your expertise as an authority in the industry you are performing.

1. Market your Facebook page

Once you have a Facebook page, a great step forward would be to add it to as many marketing channels as you can. From email signatures, business cards, even your homepage, all must contain this information in order to get fans that can become further customers.

1. Something new? Share it!

Have you hired someone lately? Have a new discount? Maybe you received a prize or just entered a new partnership? Update your Facebook page as often as you can but try not to make your updates only “advertising-related”.

1. Contests, discounts, deals

One thing is sure: people like spending less money for a product or service, less than they have been used to. Offer discounts and special deals for your fans with regularity. Another brilliant way to become more “like-able” is by creating contests. Use your imagination and launch a socially-engaging contest for your fans, there are literally hundreds of way of doing this. Hint: take a sneak peek on your competition as well…

1. Facebook isn’t just business

Write funny posts, ask questions, answer questions and contribute to the community. Share some insightful tips, communicate with your fans. Not to forget, the first thing a business must do in order to have a good start is to fill all the details, from URL, mission, information and so on.

1. Engage with your readers offline as well

Have fellow readers in your hometown? Know them face to face, post pictures on your page, let them know you are not just an online presence. However, when travelling away from your town see if there are any fans living in those areas and meet them as well, it’s all worth the effort!

The web designers at WebCreationUK have a strong presence on social media channels, check out our Facebook page and let’s have some fun!

Twitter and Facebook have become two of the most popular websites for businesses all over the world. Whether they are used as a way to increase popularity, leverage social presence or even get new customers for business, these two sites are constantly growing with their members and popularity with each day that passes by.

However, just creating a Twitter account and sending one tweet per week will get you nowhere. Here are some fantastic tips that will definitely help you increase your social media popularity. We will skip the usual ones like register to Twitter (duh) and add a picture to your profile…

1. Humanise yourself: do not tweet only about your business but also try to speak about other people interests as well. Share related links to your industry that might interest your followers.

2.      Golden rule: they follow, you follow back. Even if you might not be interested in all the people following your tweets this could become a plus for your social media presence. Extra-tip: you could also send a “thanks for following” message, getting a little more personal with those folks.

3. Twitter is a micro-blogging platform. Don’t try to use all 140 characters available, keep it short and straight to the point.

4. Be active. Ask questions, reply to others’ questions, share different ideas.

5. Too many people are promoting their blog posts by only throwing up a link with nothing else. Try to create a little buzz, make people want to share the link and visit it. You could try something like “Have you seen this? Do you think….?”

6.      Always use link shortening services like bit.ly. Also, Google recently opened his url shortener service, you can use as well.

7. Build your friends’ circle by making smart comments on their tweets and re-tweeting what they have posted.

8. A custom background can make you stand out from the crowd. Is not difficult but can bring many advantages to your Twitter account.

9. Try to find a perfect balance. If you decide to tweet once a day, once a week or only when you have something to say, try to follow the same pattern for the future. However, it is advisable to be as active as possible.

10. Every tweet is not a sales letter. Do not try only to sell your services/products on Twitter, become personal as well. Share more personal information and benefits will start to flow in time.

These are some of the most important Twitter tips anyone should consider using. If you feel you might find our tweets interesting you can follow WebCreationUK on our Twitter page. We promise to share interesting stuff!