Affiliate Marketing through Twitter

From testing, person experiences and close friends of mine who do a lot of social media I agree that Twitter doesn't convert very well. Especially in the IM niche.

It used to be good for a while - now it's just full of spammers promoting to spammers.

In my opinion Id recommend staying would stay away from Twitter - even John Reese deleted his twitter account. A heap of people have given up on twitter.

Focus on more fundamental strategies like article marketing, PPC etc.

If you want followers that are very targeted, go to Twellow.com and pick out folks that have the same interests as you do.

That's a great place to start.

Pete

I still think Twitter is good for promotion, but as you guys have said, it's spammers promoting to spammers for the most part.

The best use of Twitter now in my opinion is branding, and getting eyeballs on your site. If you want to sell things directly on Twitter you're going to have a struggle. Certain products can be sold directly but for the most part it's very hard to sell there.

However, Twitter is still very useful for:

• Bloggers
• DJs
• Artists
• Musicians
• Comedians
• Celebrities
• Comedians
• Viral Videos
• Gossip Sites

And similar. To answer the original question, I think affiliate marketing on Twitter is either going to be very difficult, or a waste of time. However if you want to build up a fanbase for a site, and try to sell things on that site, you can get some indirect benefit from Twitter.

Even though I sell a Twitter marketing product, I have to be honest with people and tell them that direct sales on Twitter is becoming harder by the day.

The best way to avoid SPAM on Twitter is to just not follow the SPAMmers.

I have come to feel that most Tweeps with waaayyy too many followers are either Ashton Kutcher (etc) or flogging useless IM & Clickbank pitches mixed with comments about the weather, Shakespearean type quotes, or telling us how great they are at social media. So yes, that leads to poor conversion and an utter waste of time.

Think about it, is anybody (other than a public figure) really so popular as to have 40,000+ followers? It just doesn't make sense and you KNOW those followers are just bouncing SPAM of each other.

However, I have found Twitter an excellent resource for any type of software I might be using and need help where you can find the programmers faster than submitting a ticket, and even better sometimes > the evangelists who are more than willing to share their expertise with you.

If you really want to market something on Twitter I would become VERY familiar with the product and offer videos, articles and tips on that very item you are affiliated with. In other words, be genuinely helpful and good things can, and will come via Twitter. Just do not worry about how many followers you have, instead do #hashtag searches and respond to people in need where you think you can help.