Anybody can make money by using Twitter.
You will need only three things to do this - a Twitter account (which is free), your own website or another way to monetize your Twitter account, such as affiliate links systems, and a knowledge of social networking channel marketing.
The first two of those are simple enough to set-up, but the third one is more difficult to implement.
You can certainly teach yourself how to market through Twitter though, and these tips will get you going in the right direction...
- Do not just advertise, talk to your followers Understand that your Twitter account is not to be used as a digital billboard.
You will see some people doing this - they post tweet after tweet of links to products and services - but that does not mean that they are making any money.
- Market products or services that your followers need If you market a product that your audience do not need or want, then they will not buy it.
It is as simple as that.
Make sure you know what you are selling and that the potential customers will want to buy it.
Research is key.
- It is not about the number of people, it is about your relationship with those people There are various tools available on the internet that will enable you to gain followers very quickly over a short period of time.
Though as we mentioned earlier, it is important to actually get to know your customers, so having thousands of people following you that you do not know could ultimately be pointless.
OK, so you may not be making money immediately, but if you follow the tips given above, within a month or so you should be seeing the fruits of your labor.
Who knows, within a year you could be earning enough to give up your day job!