Big Promises – Are They Really Beneficial To Your Business?

What’s the most popular marketing strategy around at the moment? Twitter. Every networking group I attend, every show I watch, even at my daughter’s softball games, everyone is talking Twitter.

So if you run a business, you have to be on Twitter, right? big promises for twitter followers

And if you’re on Twitter, the best thing you can do is get a ton of followers, right?

So these promises of 5,000 Twitter followers in 5 hours for $50 is a great deal, right?

Think again.

If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

First, if anyone is promising a ton of followers for a low fee, your first question should be “How valuable would these followers be to my business?”

Just like everything, the best way to get followers is the good old fashioned way. Go out and find people who you have something in common with.

If you are a mommy blogger, find moms.
If you are an accountant for small businesses, find small business owners.
If you are a realtor, find people who are interested in buying property within your area. (A Colorado realtor can find a ton of people to follow in Colorado very easily.)

So let’s say your goal is to add 50 new followers every day. That’s 350 a week. If you add 50 a day for three weeks, that’s more than 1,000 people you’re connecting with every time you Tweet.

And if you’re adding new followers at that rate, and contributing by writing a few times every day, you won’t just grow at 50 per day. Eventually it takes on a life of its own because you’re active and communicating. It works.

So in one month, you can easily have over 1,000 people in your network.

It may not be the 5,000 in 5 day guarantee. But wouldn’t you rather chat with 1,000 people that you have a strong potential of building a relationship with?

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Comments

One Response to “Big Promises – Are They Really Beneficial To Your Business?”

Jody Maley on June 12th, 2009 9:35 pm

Great article and I totally agree!

I may have smaller followers in both my twitter and my Facebook groups but I try to incorporate people who Share the same interests and hobbies!

Then we are ‘creating’ something wonderful together!
Thanks for sharing this with us all!

JODY )