The one thing that Twitter does for you is provide high PR backlinks to your sites and articles. Now if you’re a spammy sort of Tweeter and your account gets dropped from their searches… well… try again.

To avoid the Twitter slap, be sure to retweet for others and also tweet messages that do not have links. If all you do is tweet links, then you will be dropped from the searches. I know a couple of marketers with huge (60K+) followings who no longer show up in the Twitter search.

I usually receive a few clicks to my blogs from my targeted list when I tweet a link. But even my links are rarely to sell something. Mainly just for good content and/or to move them to my opt-in lists, where I sell to them, later.
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Facebook and Twitter aren’t going to make me $2,000 a day? Could the self-proclaimed social media “experts” be taking you for a ride? See what respected Internet Marketer Jeff “Herschy” Schwerdt thinks….

Quote: Robert C. “Agreed – if you have a local business, or an established customer base, then “twittering” might make sense. You can tell them about your latest products or services. Other wise – I just don’t get it. Isn’t that what we have blogs, text messenging, cell phones, and IM’s for? ”

Well, Robert, if you think that that’s the only type of person who can benefit from Twitter or the only purpose for Twitter, then you really DON’T get it. Sorry.

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What I don’t get is how you can use Twitter to make money if you sell
products or certain services. I write specialized niche ebooks. If I had to depend on Twitter to market them, I would sell very little – or none at all..

Affiliate and Internet marketers, for the most part, do not Twitter. They are not involved in link bait schemes. The don’t hang around forums or leave blog comments. They are not looking for server crushing “Digg” hits. They are busy finding keywords for their niche that convert and building links to help rank for said keywords.

And that, basically, was the point of my post. While there is a place for social media like Twitter, (as mentioned for communication purposes, or keeping your customer base informed, or telling the world about your cat’s giant furball collection) from a pure marketing, or MMO (Making Money Online) perspective Twitter is a waste of time.

However, maybe you could share your blueprint for financial success with Twitter – if you have one? You might be able to change my “luddite” ways in terms of how I view this particular venue. Help me to understand how I can sell products through Twitter and I am like Dumbo the elephant – all ears (LOL!)..

Thanking you for your critical point of view..

I am..

Robert C – The Wholesale Products Guy

Margaret

http://grantfoundation.net

Too many Internet marketers are focused on the old traffic + conversions = a real business – and this is a way to do it – but ignores a whole other world out there of people who actually create original material and provide services like speakers, authors, consultants etc.

I’m not saying you are wrong – just that I feel there is another angle.

The Luke Jaten video/offer is hands down one of the most saliva-inducing gotta-have-it landing pages I’ve ever seen.

The scarcity of info about Luke is worrisome – so I Googled his name and all I can say is this guy – if he IS real – needs some serious reputation management. The Luke Jaten Go-Daddy holding page, if he owns it – could use some info to fight back the “ripoff” posts.

Since no one is running ads for his name – he could for a nickel and probably reinforce his conversions.

There will always be people who will hit the buy buttons on these tempting offers – but with no mention of the obvious costs involved in implementation (printing and postage and back end) not everyone will be happy with the box of info.

As time goes by – reliable, consistent, ethical, and accessible people will grow a real business. (Even if that means you pay someone to read the highly visible email contact form you put up). While hard forced offer only page creation models will have to constantly seek the gullible.

IMHBAO

Rick Butts
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Great post, some very down to earth opinions, Your totally spot on about twitter and facebook, I use them the same way you do, even if I know someone from childhood, and there were no reason share value conversations then what’s the point you know.

Your overall opinion on social media hits home as well. people get told to do this and that in the latest courses out there, but at the end of the day, it’s about building relationships and communicating with REAL LIFE people.

Again Thank Danny
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