If you are not using Twitter for business, you are missing out on generating leads, building relationships and making sales.  I wanted to share with you 25 ways of using Twitter for business which comes from the book “Get Rich With Twitter” by Dennis L. Prince.  I highly recommend this book to anyone wanting to learn the proper way to make money with Twitter.

25 Business Uses For Twitter:

1) Brand Proliferation- by using Twitter to market your business, you will be improving your brand awareness, exposure and management.  Well crafted and well timed tweets will allow you to do this, but also help you stay up to date on what people are saying about your and your brand.

2) Real-Time Feedback- when you launch a new product or make an announcement, you have immediate feedback from your customers.  No feedback is also feedback, so monitoring the response will give you a great pulse on what your consumers think.

3) Talent Scounting And Acquisition-you can make a request for certain services and get immediate feedback.

4) Industry News And Trends-you are able to see what others are tweeting about and stay up to date on the latest trends.

5) Collaboration-Twitter allows you to engage in virtual “collective thinking” by brainstorming with others on problems and opportunities.

6) Customer Service-Twitter offers a great way to solve any complaints in a timely manner.

7) Lead Generation-you can scan Twitter for tweets that contain keywords related to your product or service and see what people are talking about. More importantly, if you can solve their problem, you will build a great relationship and they will be likely to buy from you.

8) Lost And Found- use Twitter real time at conferences, events and conventions to tweet something like “just found Blackberry at our booth”.

9) Directing Traffic-great way to tell your followers you have a unique event, special deal or promotion.  By crafting your message right and including “tell friends who might not have received this news,” your news can travel very quickly.

10) Limited Time Offers-Twitter is a great way to get the word out fast and gain fast response on for example “today’s special won’t be available tomorrow, so hurry before it’s gone.”

11) Event Updates And Pre-Alerts-Twitter allows you to create minute by minute details and updates at events, conferences, and conventions.

12) Meeting Organization-allows you to collaborate real time with others about meeting updates and details.

13) Note To Self-a way to remind yourself of something by sending a tweet to yourself.

14) Consultation-provide helpful and critical information your client needs.

15) Test Marketing-Twitter is a great way to see if your followers respond favorably to your products and services as well tweet daily details of new product development to build the excitement.

16) Rumor Control-Twitter can be used to provide frontline facts rumors begin to circulate, whether the rumor is good or bad.

17) Casual Interaction-allows your customers to ask questions in a safe setting and allows you to address any needs, wants or concerns.

18) Identity Development-helps solidify your customer’s perception of your company brand or identity.

19) Fast-Checking-you can find an audience of followers who are willing to get you the facts you need either through themselves or by rallying their friends to help you.

20) Listen To-And Learn From-Your Customers-Twitter allows you to passively listen to your followers to learn if they are satisfied or not and discover how well you are reaching them.

21) Launch Opinion Pulls Or Informal Surveys-you can gather information on your customer’s likes and dislikes by asking open ended questions by tweeting the question of the day.

22) Product Safety And Customer Security-Twitter will allow you to spread the word fast about any safety concern or customer security breach related to your product or service.

23) Internal Communications And Product Development-maximize time by using Twitter with business teams to communicate about product development.

24) Augment Other Online Presences-Twitter makes it possible to reach more people by using the tool they most prefer.

25) Enjoy The Interaction-Twitter allows businesses to show passion and pleasure with their work.

These are some great pointers Dennis L. Prince offers on using Twitter for business.  Your comments below would be great on how you have used Twitter successfully with your business and if you can add to the 25 uses listed above.  If you found this helpful, please share with others by clicking on the share buttons above or below and happy tweeting!!!