Twitter is a strange entity for the business owner. Admittedly, when I initially signed up, I didn’t "get " Twitter. I talk to many business owners daily about their marketing and time and time again the same hot spot comes up. Twitter.
Last week I quietly built a one question poll. That’s it, just one question.
Question: What stops you from marketing your business on Twitter?
“LinkedIn allows for 5 answers but also provides for great demographic results.
To keep the poll results on the clean side, I did not post or push this on Twitter. Instead I pushed to to a few on LinkedIn and then also on Facebook. (make sense?)
Dustin Luther made my day when he noted on Facebook "a linkedin poll about twitter on facebook… love the convergence ".
http://polls.linkedin.com/p/37041/xpszc
If you are in business, or in charge of marketing a business, I would like to have you take this simple one question poll. Click on the link or image above.
Once you have answered, feel free to leave a comment (on LinkedIn) but make sure you check out the results, especially those broken down by age and gender. They are pretty surprising! I’ll expand more on that in the future.
Please feel free to spread this poll to your contacts, the broader the the better. Reblog it, forward it, share it on almost any social media site you like. The one thing, and something that I would not normally ask, is that you don’t Tweet or Retweet this post (for the same reasons described above)
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Wow, pretty interesting results there. I for one "use" it but not as efficiently as I should. I started with the "what would I tweet" mindset, once I figured that out I became a "Show me the ROI". I do use it a few times a week, sometimes daily when I remember but I feel that FB and AR work better for what I am targeting....I think at least. Twitter has been more of a "directional advertisement for other sites" to me as it seems that those on twitter are also on the other sites. It is a great way to expand your network but sofar I am not convinced it is worth updating every few hours in this line of work.....updates on a new blog or new listing....ok.
I think it is fantastic for companies offering an item or service that one would use daily such as "Starbucks Sales" or "Free Something" to generate some quick interest. However It may be me but I dont see people buying or selling a home due to a tweet connection, I think it is deeper than that. Just my .02.
There are so many avenues to pursue online that Twitter works wonders for some and nothing of others. It is all in how you plan to use the tool I guess. Good post though, I am going to revisit the results soon.