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I get between 80-400 new followers per day and I use it to send DMs and gain affiliate sales on products I'm promoting.On one of my accounts I have 79,000 followers and get between 60-180 new followers each day. And about 10-20 referrals per week.
Well said, twitter and similar social media requires your considerable time investment and even a strategy to make most out of the platforms. If you join the network with sole intention of promoting your product you will never been able to drive a single traffic from them.
hi one can't ignore the social networking sites in the marketing nowadays and twitter being the leading social networking sites plays an important role in marketing, one can promote to its brand to large group of people in a short span of time.
I've mainly used twitter as a good cust. service solution, especially when turning some potentially bad press around into a good example of customer satisfaction. BT and Activision are two companies I have had positive experiences with. it does require someone to be monitoring it full time though, or helped out with a social/brand/reputation management tool
social networking sites are utmost important nowadays and twitter is one of the best social networking site - no doubt.
I think this site pretty much summarized the benefits of using twitter to promote your business. http://www.marketing-jive.com/2009/07/15-business-benefits-of-using-twitter.html