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Today we are going to talk about how you can gather new customers with Twitter. I have some great tips for you that will help you increase your chances of converting your regular Twitter followers in to lifelong customers.

Let's jump right in and talk about how you can use Twitter to conduct your market research. Every business has a target market, but the simple fact is that many business owners often miss the mark because they don’t know the true needs of their market.

 By using Twitter, you can easily listen to the needs of your prospects, the issues they are currently facing and the kind of help that they want. There are two tools that are extremely useful for finding prospects — use Search.Twitter.com to find people who are talking about your kind of product and/or service and follow them. Usually they will follow you back. At that point you are welcome to get into the conversation (but converse; don't sell unless they specifically request information. Being subtle will do wonders for your sales and your reputation.

If you have a business that provides a product/service on a geograhically restricted scale, I would advise using Tweetlocal.com. Tweetlocal limits the Tweets you receive to a georgraphical area designed by you before you conduct the search. You also enter keywrds just like searching at searh.twitter.com. The way you use it is the same as everything else explained in this post.

 Whenever you meet someone new on Twitter it's a good idea to try to establish a good relationship from the start. Think like your the customer. You buy from people who you trust and like and your target market behaves the same way. It is important, especially in social marketing, that you get to know your clients and do your best to win their trust and confidence before putting on your sales hat..

 A good rule of thumb is to try and keep ninety percent of your tweets full of helpful content and try to limit your promotional ones. By doing so, you can attract more followers and, hopefully, customers.

In order to show off your expertise on Twitter you will want to post quality content on your blogs, website and other sites like the article directory EzineArticles.com. Then share them with your followers. There are a wide variety of tools that work with Twitter that will automatically check the blogs you’ve posted and share them instantly on your page (onlywire.com is one).

Offering educational materials, seminars, video training and networking events will also go a long way when you are trying to convert your followers into paying customers.

As a matter of fact I recently came across a great website that allows you to stream live video on your Twitter page and chat real time with your followers. So, if you're not camera shy, plug in your webcam! This will be a fantastic way to make an instant connection for you and your peeps.

You can find out more here: http://twitcam.com

There are so many different techniques that you can use to help the transition from follower to customer by using Twitter. Just remember to keep the value of your content high and the volume of your promotions low and you will begin to see real results from your efforts.