On the Twitter bandwagon! :)

[Vicky Pont]

Hi folks

We finally got our @BlythValley twitter account live and active (some people may already be following us)

As many of you are aware we're a business insurance broker who specialises in business insurance for micro SMEs so feel free to follow us.

We'll be updating @BlythValley whenever we find useful/interesting/mind blowing stuff (not neccessarily insurance related stuff, as we know that it makes most people yawn )...as well as keeping you up to date with the Blyth Valley family news.

I'm keen to get your ideas or advice on best practice or info you'd like us to tweet about...?

Much love

Vicky

 

[silver]

I think a good balance of personal tweets..interests, plans, etc will have people following you. These are often the most interesting.

Alison

 

[Minerva Business Systems]

The only thing I can suggest is don't over tweet. It really bothers me when you go into your home page to find one or two companies have overposted, so they are all you see.

We have just started using this service ourselves, so haven't really got into it properly yet.

All the best with it.

 

[Write My Site]

Hi Vicky,

I'm on Twitter and have started following you.

You have a good mix of industry related tweets, non-industry but interesting updates and dialogue with other people.

 

[Vicky Pont]

thank you everyone for your advice - really helpful. We're trying to use twitter as an added value tool to our customers and followers.

I always ask myself - will our followers actually either be interested or benefit from what we're tweeting before I tweet.
We're building our brand after all and don't want to come across as boring, dull or spammers.

Any more suggestions always welcome,

and also welcome to our new twitter followers!

Vicky

 

[Diesel]

The only thing I can suggest is don't over tweet. It really bothers me when you go into your home page to find one or two companies have overposted, so they are all you see.

We have just started using this service ourselves, so haven't really got into it properly yet.

All the best with it.

This is SO true! I think Facebook is for sharing pearls of wisdom about making cups of tea and enjoying a DVD but I try to use Twitter for being a bit more businesslike and for stuff that would interest our Tweet mates & followers (on CrackingProds)

I'm going to have to get rid of a Tweeting musician mate (if you can?) cos he's always posting inane things - he works at night you see...! Hope he doesn't find out I don't think he will as I just read that, profoundly, he's 'off to the dentist'

D

 

[DanMartin]

You might want to check out our business guides to Twitter over on BusinessZone.co.uk. Here's part one and part two. There are also some very useful tips in the new social media and small businesses group we recently launched.

 

[YODspica]

welcome to twitter, great tool.

 

[Scott-Copywriter]

I'm on Twitter at http://twitter.com/ScottChapman_CD if anyone wants to add me.

General mixture of personal posts and the odd copywriting tip.

 

[Makingthenews]

I'm a big fan of twitter too ... now following @BlythValley and @ScottChapman_CD

You can follow me at http://twitter.com/makingthenews

 

[Clare]

Welcome to the world of Twitter.

It's useful to have a balance of tweets - don't just tweet about 'your stuff'. Share information, pass on useful tweets (Re-tweeting), include links, respond to other people's posts, recommend people, products and services, include personal stuff but don't overdo it. It's about relationship building and should be two-way. No one wants a one-way stream of sales pitches.

You can use utilities like tweetlater and twitterfeed to automatically post from your blog (if you have one).

I've made a couple of posts on my blog about using Twitter and my recommendations on who to follow to help you get the most out of your tweets.

Clare

http://www.twitter.com/clareevans

 

[F1SEO]

I'm getting to grips with Twitter too. I feel there's so much potential to connect to people - and for people to connect to you.

Follow me -> http://twitter.com/f1seo

 

[Deleted member 43153]

We are also big Twitter fans and use it for our business, have met some lovely people there including new customers & suppliers as I mentioned on a previous post.

We are:

twitter dot com/littlesunflower

Following you all now so there

 

[Eagle]

http://twitter.com/Eagle_Imagery
http://twitter.com/UKBusinessLabs

 

[dhotchin1986]

Is Twitter a worth while adventure to get new business or would you say that Twitter is more useful to keeping your exciting clients in the loop?

 

[ukbizbook]

hi, we're now following you so keep us entertained ;-)

ukbizbook

 

[OscarM]

Hi Vicky.
Twitter is indeed great. Yes as a marketing tool and all that but also as vast source of information. My favourite twits post links to interesting articles and useful information as well as the odd personal comment.
Get Tweetdeck. The Twitter website is the most basic form of Twitter. Tweetdeck lets you do so much more. View multiple streams, search for keywords, retweet, etc.
Enjoy and beware it can consume so much time.

 

[BlueprintAnimation]

Thanks for the blog post Clare!

Decided I ought to give it a go, my name is @amy_125.

 

[mycateringjobsdotcom]

Welcome to twitter, I have recently started using it as well.

 

[SenditOver]

we are @wmediadirect

I find it hard to follow, i seem to have followed every single spammer on the site so my home page is never the same between refreshes.

filtering them out though, and going to see how it goes.

mainly using it to feed to my [URL="http://www.wmediadirect.co.uk"]West Midlands Leaflet Distribution website though. fingers crossed i can get clients using my site how i hope they will
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[Crystal Jewels]

I'm still getting used to twitter. :redface:

I'm following a few of you already .... feel free to follow me http://twitter.com/Crystal_Jewels1

I must admit there are about 3 people i'm following who seem to post every 2 seconds of the day. Do they not have anything else to do?

 

[iboxsecurity]

my posts vary greatly on my personal @seanprice including my frustrations with national rail, what im up to during the day and then the odd interesting link and helpful information on web design etc.

Then my business @iboxsecurity where i usual post service information, special offers, what we are up to etc. Expect to see this account really open up and be much more active in the next 2 / 3 weeks.