He debunks the rumor, lets us know what’s up with his career, incorporates one of his famous buddies (a social marketing technique known as “social proof”), makes it funny, and squeezes it all into two and half minutes!

Damn!  If this guy was a marketer, he’d be the best marketer ever!

If you’re looking to make money on Twitter, I know you are interested in avoiding these pitfalls with your account.  You don’t want to irritate other people and alienate them rather than engage them!

Luckily, you don’t have to.

The key to making money on Twitter without spamming is to really engage people.  First of all, the best way to get someone’s attention with your Twitter account is not to follow them.  I know that’s the common wisdom, but it’s pretty played out, so it’s not that effective anymore.

Rather, it’s best to be creative!

My favorite way of engaging people is to answer their niche-related questions.  You can do this by going to http://search.twitter.com and typing in your niche, then a space, then a question mark.  This will bring up a list of niche-related questions people have tweeted.  You can then answer them, thus establishing yourself as an expert in your niche and gaining a loyal following at the same time!

This is just one tip.  There are a lot more strategies that can automate parts of processes and make you a LOT of money, and they can be found in Kelly Verge’s The Tweeder Method.

I LOVE this method.  It teaches you how to market on Twitter in a way that is unobtrusive and welcome – and best of all, once it’s set up, it’s completely hands-off!

It teaches you how to figure out what you should promote on Twitter – what exactly people are looking for on Twitter and how to find the people that are looking for it.  It also teaches you how to locate people on Twitter who are truly in a buying mindset, how to connect with them in a way that is helpful and welcome, and lastly – THE BEST PART! – how to automate it entirely using only free tools.  There was even a video update recently showing the new “Tweeder 2.0″ method that Kelly is using now.

I use The Tweeder Method myself.  To give you an idea – I spent about a day setting it up (six or seven hours), and now – with the new 2.0 improvements – ZERO time maintaining it!  I have 7 accounts, or “modules” as Kelly calls them.  I earn between $400 and $500 a month, almost entirely hands-free.  I am currently in the process of scaling my operation.  But, even at this level, it basically pays for all my article writing each month, and that’s awesome!

If you’ve been thinking Twitter seems like a goldmine, but you just don’t know how to get started, CLICK HERE to check out Kelly’s course.   It really is super-cool. 

Well, the answer to the first question is a resounding YES!  As to the second, there are many ways.  First of all, let’s get over the whole “Twitter redirects links and adds no follow.”  Yes, that’s true, but it doesn’t mean we can’t use Twitter for SEO, there are a few methods that can be implemented to wild success.

First, just because Twitter itself no follows your link doesn’t mean anyone who syndicates your feed will.  This is where the whole “be interesting, be follow-worthy” thing comes in.  Make your feed WORTH syndicating!  Therefore, when you tweet a link, it will get published (with a 301 permanent redirect if it’s been shortened) on all the sites that have syndicated you.

Next, remember that, even though it may seem as if the “big T” has been taken over by celebs, it is still largely the playground of bloggers and social media addicts…er…i mean…EXPERTS!    If you post links to really good content, it’s almost a biological imperative for these folks to share it.  And not only by retweeting it, either – many of them will blog about it and throw you a link in the process.

Lastly – and this is my favorite – don’t forget that Twitter ITSELF has a lot of power in the search engines.  Twitter SEO value is HUGE.  Are you a Bum Marketer who is frustrated with Ezine Articles shutting you down or taking forever to approve your articles?  Or possibly you’re frustrated because every time you search a “golden” Bum keyword there’s already an Ezine Article on the front page?

Try this – create a Twitter profile based on the keyword.  Use a shortened version as the address, use the keyword itself as the name, and then write keyword optimized text, including a call to action, as your “Bio.”  Include your link in the “Website” box.  Put in a default photo (respecting copyright!), and change the default theme.  Last, put in five to ten tweets on the subject – little tips, hints, or pieces of trivia.  Remember, it’s not the same as an article.  It’s bite size pieces of information.  Include your link in some of the tweets, but not all.

Throw some backlinks at that puppy and see what happens!  I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised.

The great thing about this method is that it doesn’t have to stop there.  You can ALSO gather targeted traffic directly from Twitter, and continue to communicate with your group as it grows.   Try to do THAT with an article, why don’tcha?

To learn more about marketing on Twitter, and taking it to the next level in a “Fill It and Forget It” kind of way, check out Kelly Verge’s The Tweeder Method.   I LOVE this method.  Much like the tip I described above, it teaches you how to market on Twitter in a way that’s not the normal “Gather a huge following and then spam your links at them! But make sure you include a bunch of tweets about what you’re eating for dinner in between the spam so it doesn’t look spammy!” that everyone and their brother is pushing.

Rather, it teaches you how to figure out what you should promote on Twitter – and it’s not the same lame CPA offers that spammers are pushing, I assure you!  It teaches you how to locate people on Twitter who are truly in a buying mindset, how to connect with them in a way that is helpful and welcome, and lastly – THE BEST PART! – how to automate a lot of it using free tools.

I use The Tweeder Method myself.  To give you an idea – I spent about a day setting it up (six or seven hours), and spend about 20 minutes a week maintaining it.  I have 7 accounts, or “modules” as Kelly calls them.  I earn between $400 and $500 a month, almost entirely hands-free.  I could easily scale it, and I plan to do that with outsourcing, I just need to set aside the time to do the research.  But, even at this level, it basically pays for all my article writing each month, and that’s awesome!

If you’ve been thinking Twitter seems like a goldmine, but you just don’t know how to get started, CLICK HERE to check out Kelly’s book.   It really is super-cool. 

*melanie