Hi folks…there’s a ton of relationship building, insider’s information and marketing going on over at Twitter these days, and if you are not involved, you are missing out. 

Twitter is a real-time social network tool that allows you to follow and get involved in near real-time conversations with your marketplace. 

My twitter site is here – you can see how the various discussions evolve.

It doesn’t cost a thing and you can be running within a few minutes.  Go ahead and signup over at the Twitter main page, then go ahead and head to my twitter site HERE, if you like, you can add me as a friend to follow to get things rolling – I’ll do the same.

THE POWER OF TWITTER

Last night I had conversations with marketers including Tony Blake, Marlon Sanders, Chris Vendilli and followed several discussions with Ed Dale, John Reese, Jeff Walker and dozens of other big name, very intelligent online marketers. 

What’s great about twitter right now is that it is completely new so you have all the big names flocking, active – a great way for you to do some serious networking and get plugged in to the latest discussion on what they are doing in their business, their life and more…little snippets of insight into their lives. 

Here’s what I have found to be most useful…

1. You get to network.  There is still only a small handful of the internet marketing community plugged into Twitter – so you can get great visibility and share jabs with some top marketers who would normally be inaccessible.

2. Business and life…it’s great to see snippets of info on how the top marketers, and those who share your interest in marketing, spend their time…even some pretty deep insights into their psyche – sometimes WAY too deep!

3. You begin building your list of "followers" – these are people that follow your discussions.  What is it really?  Another list!  Yes, social networks are quickly becoming a list building technique – a way for you to attract people from within your niche market, build a relationship with them and yes, every once in a while you can promote your blog, product, videos, etc…

4. Taking the pulse…when you join various friends active in your niche market you can get a real-time feel for the pulse of your marketplace.  You get to watch the types of questions, comments, recommended  resources these people live and breathe each day.

If you are wondering if Twitter is really worth your time – after a few weeks of being active you will find it IS worth your time.  Build some friends, post through the day and you will also find your own friend network beginning to grow.  It’s viral too since posts of yours appear on all who have chosen to follow you which means that your posts can easily be seen by thousands of eyeballs after just a few weeks.