Using Twitter for marketing your website or color copies can be a great way to gain precious back links plus it is an awesome source of instant targeted traffic when used correctly. The problem is that a lot of people do not know how to use Twitter to its full potential.

Below you will find a few must use rules for marketing with Twitter.

Get Personal

A common mistake with Twitter marketers is that they only market there website. Although this is the whole point of using Twitter, you must allow your followers to get to know who you are. If you don’t, you won’t be able to build trust with your followers, which means that the results achieved from marketing with Twitter will be mediocre at best.

You should share a portion of your personal life. Things like how much you enjoyed a new release movie or let your followers know that you are taking your dog for a walk.

Share Your Discoveries

If you find something interesting online that others may also be interested in it pays to tweet it out to your followers. It might be a new tool, a great video or even a good blog post. Your followers need to know that you only tweet the good stuff and this will help to build trust.

Start Conversations

Twitter is excellent for holding conversations with those that you follow and those that follow you. If someone posts something that you like it pays off to post a comment on it. By using the @ sign in front of their Twitter name they will know the comment is directed at them. This is another great way to help build your credibility.

Quotes

I love them, you love them, and everybody loves them. Humorous and inspirational quotes are loved by so many people that it’s not funny. Sharing quotes that you like can be a great way to start up conversations too.

The main thing that is often overlooked with marketing on Twitter is getting a strong following and building their trust of you. The few tips above are only the icing on the cake and there are many more ways to build trust with your Twitter followers.