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		<title>Avoid These Common Marketing Pitfalls When Using Twitter</title>
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If you’re aggravated by the low rate of return from your Twitter based marketing campaigns, you may want to examine your marketing methods more closely. While Twitter can be a magnificent marketing tool, it is often used incorrectly by people who make mistakes that aren’t so obvious to them. You must be very careful not [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you’re aggravated by the low rate of return from your Twitter based marketing campaigns, you may want to examine your marketing methods more closely. While Twitter can be a magnificent marketing tool, it is often used incorrectly by people who make mistakes that aren’t so obvious to them. You must be very careful not to make the mistakes that will be listed out in this article if you want to have true success at Marketing on Twitter.</p>
<p>Probably the most frequent error Twitter marketers make is that they have a misguided sense of how important their products and service are. You have to keep in mind that people out there don’t really care about what kind of product you offer or how sophisticated your service is. These people automatically think of themselves first; they are not concerned at all about you. Everywhere you look these days, marketers are turning to techniques such as can be seen on this <a href="http://corinzander.com/reviews/cpv-ppv/rapid-mass-traffic/rapid-mass-traffic-bonus">Rapid Mass Traffic</a> page. It will never make a difference how good the product is; your potential customers will never purchase from you if they don’t care about your product. Your prospective customers who read your message only care about how your product or service will benefit them. So, above all else, the primary thought in every one of their minds is “What’s in it for me?” Once you understand that very important concept, you should be able to come up with a great Twitter marketing movement.</p>
<p>Also, another mistake that marketers make on Twitter is they try to be a little too mysterious. You will simply get ignored if people can’t figure out who you are. Make sure that your Twitter page has pertinent information like a well written ad about yourself and a nice photograph. The first interaction you have with your prospect shouldn’t go in vain just because they couldn’t make you out. But you don’t have to be too serious. Taking your product or your business too sternly can be a death knell to your business and any chance of having a successful marketing movement. Socializing is a key part of advertising on Twitter. Their lives might already be too hectic, so you shouldn’t really add to that. Write your tweets with some spice and add a little humor if it is appropriate. That’s the best way to gain a prospect’s interest in your offerings. Give your followers something to think about or something to chuckle over.</p>
<p>Another mistake that marketers make is having a corporate like image on their Twitter account. You have to have a human presence for people to identify with. People will respond and react to another human, not a lifeless company logo. To represent your business to the fullest extent, you must put some personality into your Twitter campaign. You may have to put a little bit of extra effort into things, but you will find that there’s nothing that can compare to the impact of your target audience knowing that there is a real person at the other end of the tweets they get. Be careful not to seem aloof in your attempts. By coming across as snobby or aloof, your business could really take a hit. This <a href="http://corinzander.com/reviews/cpv-ppv/rapid-mass-traffic/rapid-mass-traffic-bonus">Rapid Mass Traffic</a> page has the newest type of information on the latest ways marketers are earning money on the internet. Remember that Twitter is a social community and must be respected as such. You should interact with the other people there without always “getting down to business.” Listen to your prospects, and try to help them with the problems they may have. Your best marketing can be done on Twitter by instead serving others.</p>
<p>Additional Resources:<br /> <a href="http://corinzander.com/articles/usion-social-bookmarking-for-traffic">Marketing Marketer</a></p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 14:47:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When times are tough &#38; consumer confidence is low, customer loyalty concepts may well be a saving grace.
When sales of your products or services are not what they should be and the usual marketing methods aren’t working as well as they have done in the past, your bottom line will surely be hurting.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When times are tough &amp; consumer confidence is low, customer loyalty concepts may well be a saving grace.</p>
<p>When sales of your products or services are not what they should be and the usual <a href="http://www.low-budget-marketing-methods.com">marketing methods</a> aren’t working as well as they have done in the past, your bottom line will surely be hurting.</p>
<p>Combine this situation with &#8216;wandering customers&#8217; and the future may look bleak..<br /> We’ve all heard of the Pareto Principle, it’s the one that states 20% of your customers will account for 80% of your profits.</p>
<p> <strong>JUST 20%!!  –  <em>scary&#8230; or&#8230; what!</em></strong></p>
<p> So&#8230; The trick is retaining the top 20%?</p>
<p> Here’s how&#8230;</p>
<p> <strong>They need to know that we love them and value their custom.</strong></p>
<p> Here’s some ways that we can do -</p>
<p> Make an effort &amp; get to know your customers. Customer loyalty concepts are a waste of time until you do.</p>
<p> You must find out what is concerning them&#8230; what keeps them awake at night.<br /> You can only do this by getting to know your top 20% customers so you know what products &amp; services they require.</p>
<p> Then you can introduce a customer loyalty program based on fact.</p>
<p> Conduct some <a href="http://www.low-budget-marketing-methods.com/marketing-intelligence.html">marketing intelligence</a> activities using tools like customer surveys, market research and customer feedback.</p>
<p> This information can then be used at a later date to give them the &#8216;warm &amp; fuzzies&#8221;.<br /> <strong><br /> Mismanaging Customer Loyalty Can Have Disastrous Results</strong></p>
<p> There’s an interesting article in the <a href="http://hbr.harvardbusiness.org/2000/50/building-loyalty-in-business-markets/ar/1">Harvard Business Review</a> that’s worth reading. It questions current theories regarding customer retention and the link between company profits &amp; customer loyalty.<br /> <strong><br /> Exceed Their Expectations at Every Single Opportunity</strong></p>
<p> Exceeding your customer’s expectations at all times will allow you to gain maximum effect from any customer loyalty concept that you implement.</p>
<p> We all expect top customer service nowadays so we cannot expect our customers to be loyal if we’re supplying less than top service.</p>
<p> <strong>Particularly our top 20% customers.</strong></p>
<p> You need to be providing proactive services that they don’t expect and you need to keep on doing it.</p>
<p>Prove beyond any doubt how important your customers are by valuing their opinion &amp; input.</p>
<p> On a regular basis, ask them what they think about your business and the products &amp; services that you provide.</p>
<p> Add value to your loyalty card program so it&#8217;s attarctive to your customers. Consider the Best Buy reward card that Best Buy department stores have implemented. It’s a well tried method that just keeps working.</p>
<p> I think it&#8217;s fairly safe to say that most of us need some sort of incentive to offer assistance to someone that we&#8217;re not familiar with.</p>
<p> Give your customers credits for each sale so can redeem them or cash or prizes. Another benefit of loyalty cards is they allow us to track purchases so we’re aware of the products that the top 20% customers purchase.</p>
<p> This alone will increase sales and your customers are rewarded for their loyalty&#8230; win / win.</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sent by <a href="http://www.woodlathe.biz/catalog/Bison+Lathe+Chuck/328182011/bison+lathe+chuck/0/0/1">Bison Lathe</a>. Business and marketing goes hand in hand in any other way. Let&#8217;s say that you would like to start a business, you would definitely need to know how to market your business or what it offers.</p>
<p> Marketing is necessary for a business to improve and grow. If your aiming for getting more profit. It is necessary for you to understand that you cannot just sit down and watch money going into your pocket. You must exert effort before  you get something out from the business that you have started.</p>
<p> If you intend for your business to grow, you need certain plans that work which may be concentrated into planning for the growth of the business and marketing the products or services the business offers. There are different ways in planning for the business and marketing your business to your target market, all you need to do is to look for what&#8217;s best for your company.</p>
<p> Let&#8217;s say for instance, you would like to start a Multi Level Marketing Business or MLM which is what it usually is called, you have to be capable of formulating a business and marketing plan to be able to make sure that everything in your business will be working appropriately and smoothly. To come up witha MLM business and marketing plan you will be able to determine what definite type of business would you like to get into.</p>
<p> Your business and marketing plan should have the ability to decide upon your target market. It is important to know to whom will you cater to. Your target market is those online users which will make your business alive. So what you need to determine is what would make you target market satisfied were you able to address their demands? If you will be able to cater to the needs of your clients you will be able to keep then as your valued clients and they would be at ease in doing business with you.</p>
<p> In your business and marketing plan, you should be able to include the budget that you would be needing in improving your business as well as the marketing methods that you will be utilizing so you you can keep your loyal clients as well as draw prospect clients into your business so they could look into in what you can offer them.</p>
<p> {You may find these things simple to understand but if you are not determined to make changes in your business to make it better. These things may not be that complicated for you to comprehend but if you don&#8217;t have the determination in improving your business}, then by chance your business and marketing plan will not be effective at all. What you need to do is to set achievable objectives and goals for your business. in creating an effective business and marketing plan, you must keep up with  your goals and make sure that you complete them, so you can experience a great difference as a result of your hard work.</p>
<p> By <a href="http://www.woodlathe.biz">Wood Lathe</a>.</p>
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