Still Not Sure Why You Need Twitter “followers?”

Here’s 15 benefits to using Twitter (From my Twitter for business Series)

1. Brand yourself with a search-friendly user name
2. Represent your company or business to your peers
3. Create a profile and short biography with a links to your blog or website
4. Comment, discuss, share or discover information on virtually any topic
5. Stay current on selected areas of interest; save search terms and keywords to lists for categorized areas of interest e.g. “technology” or “small business
6. Build or join a community of like-minded associates, customers, friends
7. Connect and interact in real time with a global audience
8. Develop your “target” audience and test your reactions to your business ideas or products and services
9. Become an authority, online “celebrity” or “power-user” in your field
10. Follow the responses to you, your brand or business and monitor the buzz real time with mentions of your name, or re-tweets of your own tweets
11. Create a direct and free line of traffic to your website or blog
12. Search for notable people such as celebrities, politicians, sports stars, experts and thought leaders for their tweets
13. Integrate to other social media such as Facebook Linkedin or Youtube, and Flickr etc.
14. Utilize automated software to monitor your conversations and follow others or use regional searches with online programs like Nearby Tweets to see users in your area.
15. It’s free!!

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