I know that many of us are already on twitter or using twitter daily as part of our practice but it also seems that there are just as many VAs or newbie VAs who have recently joined twitter or are considering it. I thought some of these links might be helpful to some of you who are just joining.

The Big Juicy Twitter Guide- by Caroline Middlebrook. She's a great blogger and is good at explaining things simply. Her guide is a good one to get you started if you are brand new to Twitter.

The Twitter Handbook by Warren Whitlock and Deb Micek. These guys are social media marketing gurus and provide a lots of good information for using twitter to marketing yourself and your business. They also have a blog with interesting and helpful posts about twitter. Another good blog for keeping up on the latest uses and advice on using twitter is TwitTip.

Once you've set up your account and have started tweeting, I recommend posting a profile at this site:

Just Tweet It: The Twitter Directory

Plenty of people will use a directory site to find people to follow either in their own field or in a field that are interested in (such as Virtual Assistance.) I can almost always tell when someone has done a specific search for virtual assistants on Twitter as they will begin following many of us at the same time...(proof that people will use twitter to look for a VA.)

You can also sign up for Twitterfeed to feed your blog entries directly to twitter automatically.

I highly recommend checking out the two twitter guides to get a good feel for how twitter works and how you can join into the conversation in a constructive way that helps you generate connections and possible leads with other people. There are tons of other twitter tools and sites out there to play with and you'll probably come across them as you get more and more into your twittering.

Most of all have fun with it. Think of it as a big room full of people networking at a cocktail party and this is your chance to let people get to know you.

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Kimberly
Facebook Marketing Magic!

Thanks, so much for these links. I haven't joined Twitter yet because I wasn't sure how. This is fantastic! Guess I should edit my goals in another thread and add Join Twitter.

Jenny

Kimberly, thanks for sharing these links and resources - great post!
It's evident at this point that you're getting a lot out of Twitter; I'd love to learn more about how it's impacted your business, if you're up for sharing?

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Thanks Kimberly,
I have a twitter account but do not utilize it. Guess I now have some reading to do.

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Lee Drozak
My Office Assistant

Thanks, Tess. I'd love to share and decided to try out the new VA Forums Blog feature to do just that and to elaborate a bit more on how VAs specifically can use twitter.

I hope it's okay to post a link to my blog post here: Twitter Tips for Virtual Assistants

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Kimberly
Facebook Marketing Magic!

Yes, it's great, I love cross-promotion [Thanks for giving the blogging platform a try/] I am reading through your entry now - what a superb response. Definitely looking forward to more of your posts.

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Hi Kimberly,

Thanks for the reminder, I already have the Twitter Handbook and this is my wake up call to read and implement the tips.

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Ruth M Callejas, Lead Consult Admin & More
Taking Care Of The 'To Do' List, So You Can Take Care Of Business

Thanks Kimberley! this is just what I'm looking for.

I've only just started using Twitter this week so this will be a great help.

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Kels

www.kellycairns.co.uk

Thanks for sharing your words of wisdom on Twitter. Within Caroline's guide there is a video if I recall called the Tao of Twitter which I thought was great.

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Dawn Riley
A Virtual Assistant in Paradise
Our business is about making yours better

Thanks, Dawn. I hadn't see the video on there yet...but will look for it as I usually like the stuff she puts together.

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Kimberly
Facebook Marketing Magic!