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Twitter Helps Your Message Grow Wings

“According to a new report by Exact Target, Twitter users are:

* 5 times more likely to post to blogs at least monthly
* 3 times more likely to post product reviews and post in an online forum
* 5 times more likely to share coupons on coupon sites

“They also are more likely to write articles for third-party sites, post videos, contribute to wiki’s and a whopping 70% are commenting on other people’s blogs.”

That would include me. As a Twitter user, I like to find interesting or educational tidbits that I can share with my readers. The statistics above are from Cynthia Boris’ article on Andy Beal’s Marketing Pilgrim, a site I follow in Google Reader. It could have just as easily come from a short post and link on Twitter. Either way, I’ll share it on Twitter and our Zero To Sixty Marketing Facebook page, and a variety of other sites. Other people do the same thing, and that’s how online content gains wings.

Join the Online Conversation

Ordinary people, businesses and marketers use Twitter and Facebook for very diverse purposes. Some view these social networks as pure conversation portals, others as merely another sales channel, but neither extreme will be effective for the small business owner. For business purposes, online social networking’s closest kin is the local business networking event. It’s an [...]

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