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		<title>100 tips on how to use Twitter for business – Part 2</title>
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We&#8217;re back with the concluding part of the previous post.
Twit coupons
51. Increase sales for your business by giving exclusive coupons to your followers
52. Use http://twtqpon.com/ to distribute coupons via Twitter
53. Get your tweets indexed in http://cheaptweet.com/ by using cheaptweet hashtag and increase exposure for your deals
Twitter promotion
54. Now you can run sweepstakes offers via Twitter [...]]]></description>
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<p>We&#8217;re back with the concluding part of the <a href="http://blogs.position2.com/100-tips-on-how-to-use-twitter-for-business-–-part-1" >previous post</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Twit coupons</strong></p>
<p>51.<span> </span>Increase sales for your business by giving exclusive coupons to your followers</p>
<p>52.<span> </span>Use <a href="http://twtqpon.com/"  rel="nofollow">http://twtqpon.com/</a> to distribute coupons via Twitter</p>
<p>53.<span> </span>Get your tweets indexed in <a href="http://cheaptweet.com/"  rel="nofollow">http://cheaptweet.com/</a> by using cheaptweet hashtag and increase exposure for your deals</p>
<p><strong>Twitter promotion</strong></p>
<p>54.<span> </span>Now you can run sweepstakes offers via Twitter to create brand awareness, increase sales, etc.</p>
<p>55.<span> </span>Set the objective for Twitter promotion</p>
<p>56.<span> </span>Make sure that there is no bias in your promotion and be transparent in what you offer</p>
<p>57.<span> </span>To participate in the offer, ask users to include hashtags in their tweets</p>
<p>58.<span> </span>Track the performance of your campaign using this trend-tracking tool: <a href="http://www.trendrr.com/"  rel="nofollow">http://www.trendrr.com/</a></p>
<p>59.<span> </span>Make sure that you do not spam your followers and avoid sending too many tweets about your sweepstakes offers</p>
<p>60.<span> </span>Calculate the ROI of the campaign by breaking it down into: Number of new followers gained, products sold, new visitors to the websites, etc.</p>
<p><strong>Blog sync</strong></p>
<p>61.<span> </span>Increase traffic to your blog by using this auto-feed tool , <a href="http://twitterfeed.com/"  rel="nofollow">http://twitterfeed.com/</a></p>
<p>62.<span> </span>Tweet the comments in your blog using this wordpress plugin: <a href="http://www.jonbishop.com/commentwitter-plugin-page/"  rel="nofollow">http://www.jonbishop.com/commentwitter-plugin-page/</a></p>
<p>63.<span> </span>Include your Twitter conversations in your blog using this wordpress plugin: <a href="http://www.paulmc.org/whatithink/wordpress/plugins/twitter-friends-widget/"  rel="nofollow">http://www.paulmc.org/whatithink/wordpress/plugins/twitter-friends-widget/</a></p>
<p>64.<span> </span>Include a retweet button in your blog to spread it virally using Twitter. You can install the retweet button from here: <a href="http://tweetmeme.com/about/retweet_button"  rel="nofollow">http://tweetmeme.com/about/retweet_button</a></p>
<p><strong>Facebook sync</strong></p>
<p>65.<span> </span>A Facebook page is a marketing channel for most brands. A marriage between Facebook and Twitter will initiate greater engagement and conversations</p>
<p>66.<span> </span>Integrate your Facebook page with Twitter using this Facebook application: <a href="http://apps.facebook.com/twitter/"  rel="nofollow">http://apps.facebook.com/twitter/</a></p>
<p>67.<span> </span>Avoid spamming your fans in your Facebook page with too many Twitter updates</p>
<p>68.<span> </span>Use this application: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=115463795461"  rel="nofollow">http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=115463795461</a> to post selective Twitter updates</p>
<p><strong>Optimize Press Releases</strong></p>
<p>69.<span> </span>Get more exposure for your Press Releases (PR) by sharing them on Twitter</p>
<p>70.<span> </span>Use keywords in the first 30 characters of your PR tweet for SEO</p>
<p>71.<span> </span>Ask your followers to retweet your PRs to spread them virally</p>
<p>72.<span> </span>Use hashtags to track the PRs</p>
<p>73.<span> </span>Deliver your PRs to top journalists on Twitter using this paid service: <a href="http://muckrack.com/press_releases"  rel="nofollow">http://muckrack.com/press_releases</a></p>
<p>74.<span> </span>Analyze the number of tweets your PR receives using: <a href="http://www.trendrr.com/"  rel="nofollow">http://www.trendrr.com/</a></p>
<p><strong>Direct messages (DM) for direct marketing</strong> &#8211; DM’s are new way to market your product via Twitter</p>
<p>75.<span> </span>Avoid sending DMs to all of your followers</p>
<p>76.<span> </span>Analyze the interests of your followers before sending them DMs</p>
<p>77.<span> </span>Customize your offering in DM based on followers’ demographics</p>
<p>78.<span> </span>Avoid using automated tools for sending DM’s</p>
<p>79.<span> </span>Always maintain a human touch while sending DMs</p>
<p><strong>Brand monitoring</strong></p>
<p>80.<span> </span>Monitor real-time conversations about your brand in Twitter to understand customers’ linguistics</p>
<p>81.<span> </span>To start with, use a simple tool like Twitter public search</p>
<p>82.<span> </span>Monitor various keywords associated with your brand using this tool: <a href="http://monitter.com/"  rel="nofollow">http://monitter.com/</a></p>
<p>83.<span> </span>Manage multiple Twitter accounts and brand monitoring using one single tool: <a href="http://splitweet.com/"  rel="nofollow">http://splitweet.com/</a></p>
<p>84.<span> </span>Paid tools like <a href="http://brandmonitor.position2.com/"  rel="nofollow">Brand Monitor&trade;</a> provide many insights along with real-time brand monitoring</p>
<p><strong>Customer support</strong></p>
<p>85.<span> </span>Sometimes your brand will get punk’d in Twitter and customer support plays a vital role to protect your brand from crisis</p>
<p>86.<span> </span>Monitor your brand in real-time and respond to various customer tweets before a brand crisis occurs</p>
<p>87.<span> </span>Assign different queries to employees in concerned departments using <a href="http://cotweet.com/"  rel="nofollow">http://cotweet.com/</a></p>
<p>88.<span> </span>Set up a 24/7 automated response for customers’ tweets by using this tool: <a href="http://www.localbunny.com/"  rel="nofollow">http://www.localbunny.com/</a></p>
<p>89.<span> </span>Analyze the number of issues solved via Twitter to measure ROI</p>
<p><strong>Twitter Insights</strong></p>
<p>90.<span> </span>Measure your Twitter performance using parameters like retweet rank, Click Through Rate (CTR) of your tweets, follower count etc.</p>
<p>91.<span> </span>Find your retweet rank using: <a href="http://www.retweetrank.com/"  rel="nofollow">http://www.retweetrank.com/</a></p>
<p>92.<span> </span>Track the CTR of your tweets by using short URL services like: <a href="http://bit.ly/"  rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/</a></p>
<p>93.<span> </span>Analyze your web traffic from Twitter by adding UTM parameters in each tweet link using this tool : <a href="http://www.google.com/support/googleanalytics/bin/answer.py?hl=en&amp;answer=55578"  rel="nofollow">http://www.google.com/support/googleanalytics/bin/answer.py?hl=en&amp;answer=55578</a></p>
<p>94.<span> </span>Analyze your follower count at: <a href="http://twittercounter.com/"  rel="nofollow">http://twittercounter.com/</a></p>
<p>95.<span> </span>Find which tweets help you gain or lose followers, using: <a href="http://www.tweeteffect.com/"  rel="nofollow">http://www.tweeteffect.com/</a></p>
<p>96.<span> </span>Measure your share of voice by using tools like <a href="http://brandmonitor.position2.com/"  rel="nofollow">Brand Monitor&trade;</a></p>
<p><strong>Security tips</strong></p>
<p>97.<span> </span>Never use third party Twitter applications that do not support Oath authentication</p>
<p>98.<span> </span>Use strong passwords to protect your account from hackers. Use this tool: <a href="http://strongpasswordgenerator.com/"  rel="nofollow">http://strongpasswordgenerator.com/</a> to generate strong passwords</p>
<p>99.<span> </span>If any security lapses occur on Twitter, change your password immediately</p>
<p>100.<span> </span>Do not click any links in DMs from strangers.</p>
<p><em>Contributed by Nallai Wickreman</em></p>
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