Twitter to release premium accounts for business?

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Posted on 13th September 2009 by iansheldon in News

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There is a rumour on the rounds that Twitter will be releasing premium ‘paid for’ accounts for businesses before the end of 2009.  The primary intention for these accounts would be marketing, promotions, customer relations, advertising etc.   The benefit over standard Twitter accounts is that you would be able to view statistics and analytics on your tweets.

However, word on the street is that there wont be a great amount of interests in these accounts, especially for smaller businesses.  Some smaller businesses on Twitter benefit from the word of mouth and personal touch that a standard Twitter account offers as a marketing tool.

So, when the Premium accounts are made public, would you register for one?  If you do, make sure that, with any paid marketing or Search Engine Optimisation stategy that you have clearly defined goals in place so that you know what you want to achieve from your investment.

Does Twitter help with SEO?

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Posted on 8th April 2009 by iansheldon in Random thoughts

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Just a quick one for now……

The Twitter phenomenon seems to be ploughing ahead at full steam right now, with record numbers of tweets being recorded.  But does it help with your Search Engine Optimisation campaign?

Directly, no, I don’t believe  it does it terms of the actual optimisation of your site, but it does hold alot of value in terms of marketing and increasing the awareness of your site if you are prepared to invest the time to use it well.

I do know that since I started using Twitter that visits to this blog have increased which can only be a good thing.

Discuss……