Jun 7th, 2009| 
Twitter is pretty cool tool for mini blogging. In a recent survey conducted on Target Info Labs, regular readers cited the following reasons for using Twitter as a business tool:
Business Networking and Publishing News are the two main reasons why people use this social networking tool. Not so surprisingly, not as many people use the application for lead generation. It can create interest and buzz – but not qualified leads.
What I find interesting is the discrepancy in how more people use it to push news out, rather than read what others are saying – almost creating a network where everyone is talking but not as many are listening.
So that’s why its very important to create quality tweets on Twitter and build a network which you can “connect with”. Below, I’ve listed some links that talk about how to build such a Twitter Network. Good luck using Twitter as part of your online social media relations strategy.
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June 7th, 2009 at 12:10
Thanks for the post Zaki. Even though I agree with you about getting a quality network, I think the size of the network is also important. So emphasis on Quantity as well as Quality. Here is a good link to read up http://www.doshdosh.com/how-to-get-more-twitter-followers/
June 8th, 2009 at 14:47
I would not say having a huge amount of contacts is the right thing. Twitter essence is about connecting people yes, but making contacts between real persons.
This tool is only and extension of our physical networking capabilities. How would you be possibly able to interact with a list of 1,000?
All those icons on your timeline are real persons, not only nicknames that, for any reason have decided to follow your thoughts, so interact with them, get empathy, engage and then, if it’s your purpose, sell.
July 10th, 2010 at 21:43
I think more people are using Twitter for developing networks. But my question is if its possible to develop new contacts when you are limited to 140 characters?