Recently, I found myself in need of a graphics designer so I asked a colleague of mine if they knew any. Having never used Twitter myself, it didn’t even cross my mind as a possible avenue to locate the desired talent I found myself currently seeking.
But I learned something today and that was - Twitter really can work for you and your business. Yes, it’s a social media messaging system . . . but it’s also so much more than that.
My colleague, Anita Campbell of Small Business Trends, took the question to the cyberworld and twittered her followers there. To my surprise, within minutes she received 6 referrals. By the end of the day she had 10 word of mouth referrals for me to review. Even more impressive was the fact that several of the referrals were for local designers. Imagine if I had to do that via ad placements, telephone or email? Talk about instant gratification.
Anita gives the “skinny” on the benefits of using Twitter for business and discusses the experience in detail in her post. For those of you who still aren’t sold on the benefits of the social media site for business, I’d suggest you give it a read and see exactly how Twitter worked for me and my business.
Yes, it worked out well, didn’t it?
Although, Wilson Ng pointed out that the ability to get word of mouth references depends on the size of your Twitter following (your network). Which, to me, is all the more reason to build a network.
Sounds like it sure did work! As mentioned in the post, talk about instant gratification - wow. A good point was brought up, however, that the size of your following on Twitter determines the amount of success you can achieve by using it as well. Again, further emphasizing the importance of building a network. But what I’d like to know is. . . how do you get those that you are following to follow back? That’s what I’m trying to figure out right now
Guess maybe more twittering might help?
I am still trying to figure out the Twitter thingy…
Please follow my development! 
Twitter is definitely one of the more useful ones for business purposes. I was both pleased and surprised at how many businesspeople actually use it. Its not your “teenage underworld” like some of the more popular social networking sites. I guess Twitter is the toy of choice for adults.
I was impressed indeed with the results that Twitter provided and now I’m a believer.