About TweetlaterOne of the resources that we mention in our eBook is TweetLater. It's ostensibly a utility for sending out scheduled Tweets. However, it actually has a couple of other features that on their own make TweetLater a "must-use" service. Here we explain why.TweetLater will automatically send a welcome DM or public Tweet to anyone who follows you. In addition, it will automatically set you to follow anyone who follows you (assuming that you are not already following that person, which you will be in most cases if following these methods). You can also set TweetLater to periodically publish a "digest" of your latest followers. Here’s my advice. Set the automated welcome to "Direct Message" and disable the digests. People do not want to see your welcome message publicly broadcast lots of times to different people, nor do they want to see loads of lists of who has signed up to follow you. See the picture below.
Your welcome message should be a welcome, not a sales pitch. Thank them for following you, say how nice it will be to Tweet with them, and give them your web site if it is not too salesy. But do not try to sell them anything in your welcome message or you will be quickly unfollowed. This message will be sent to them privately and automatically. How does TweetLater work? When someone new follows you, Twitter sends you an email message (if you have so requested in your Twitter Settings, under "Notices"). You need to forward that email message to TweetLater, and TweetLater will send the welcome message to the new follower and follow them if necessary. It’s recommended that you use the filter function of your email to automatically forward these notification messages to TweetLater, and TweetLater provide instructions on how to do that. I have it set up in my email program and it works like a treat. Check out TweetLater now at TweetLater.com.
If you are not using Twitter, you should consider signing up. You can find millions of people who are interested in the same things that you are. Everyone gets to have their say, as many times as they want, in 140 characters or less. These little messages are called "Tweets" and you can see the Tweets of everyone you are following. And the people who are following you can see your "Tweets". Use Twitter to keep in touch with your friends, customers, and all who are interested in you and your services. It's free. And if you were wondering what "Web 2.0" and/or "Social Networking" is, Twitter is as good of an example as any.
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