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Driving Traffic with Twitter

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Reports suggest that increased its own traffic by 1332% in one day after a Facebook page and Do you have tips on how to use Twitter to drive traffic? Tell us... 

large and small are realizing John Battellepoints out (Facebook is real-time search continues to grow.

"Social search has been predicted (and funded) for years," says Battelle. "It's finally happening. The conversation is evolving, from short bursts of declared intent inside a query bar, to ongoing, ambient declaration of social actions. Both will continue, but it's increasingly clear why Google's obsessed with Facebook (and Facebook with Twitter). And they are not alone."

MarketingPilgrim's Andy Beal and many others

And again, there is of course that whole need for real-time search thing. But Twitter's finally just getting its own search in the spotlight (you can Twellow now) . There are even serving local news too).

"When people ask me when Twitter will make money, I tell them, 'In due time,'
The average user doesn't care about how Twitter is monetizing its business though. And the users are what drive any success that it will ever have. Users are clearly finding plenty to get out of the service. It
Evan Williams Goes to the White Housea trip to the White House with a number of other tech leaders. We don't exactly know the product of conversations that came from that, though Data.gov, another site from the Obama administration to be launched, was announced shortly after that meeting. inspired a similar model from social network king Facebook).

What businesses can get out of Twitter:

- Traffic. Social networks have taken over email in terms of popularity. Twitter is a very popular one, and continues to grow rapidly.

- People can "opt in" to follow your Tweets, so your messages will be well targeted. This makes it a great place to make announcements to your most loyal customers.

- Twitter can serve as a great channel for customer service if you keep up with it like these brands are.

- It lets you interact with the public while increasing brand awareness

- Twitter's search function can help businesses better manage their online reputations in real time.

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