tweet up to talk about harnessing the power of twitter. tweet, tweet, tweet from social media gurus to leaders of major companies to small business owners twitter is transforming the way people do business. takes the core value proposition of the business and makes it even better because it can notify people right in the moment to a specific place and specific time when to get the best experience. we asked for customer testimonials. we can survey folks, ask them what they like or don t like about our service. business owners from all over the country gathered at twitter con in new york city. there they learned from experts and from each other how to better leverage social media. as a piece of research, it s accurate. it s informative. it s certainly to the point. martha stewart shared her advice for connecting customers via twitter. look, i think it s really worth trying for any business. you want to be where your customer is so if there is a
very vibrant environment like twitter why not use it? laura fitton, author of twitter for dummies shared her best tips for using twitter for your business. my four word guide to twitter and any social media platform is listen, learn, care, and serve. right? so dive in and look for key words related to your business, look for things related to your locality, and just provide lots of ideas, lots of questions, lots of content, lots of data around that core problem. and the right people will find you because you ll be helping them. and twitter isn t the only way for businesses to connect with customers online. new location based applications like four square can also provide opportunities for entrepreneurs to spread the word about their companies. we re allowing people, allowing business owners to engage with the merchants or engage with their customers while actually at their particular business. so if a message appears to folks when they check in to say, hey, we have this spe
know, the recommendations we have from the menu. you can also see what people are saying about your location, as well, and follow up with them, both the good and the bad. and small business owners are taking to their computers, smart phones, and i-pads to share and discover what s going on with business right now. what people need to realize is twitter enables you to have access to anyone. it s reel b ae s really about t conversation. if you have something interesting to say or want to engage somebody you can talk to people you never could reach before. tweet, tweet, tweet you can also follow us on twitter. find out about the latest small business news and learn more about upcoming segments on the show. it s at msnbc yourbiz. coming up, the topic we get the most mail about funding. we ll answer your business questions including one about the best way to obtain a $50,000 loan. and we have a brand new segment. where s the money?
agreement right now and that means let s value what we think the business is going to be valued at, create a formula based on how the business grows so if somebody wants out or two of the guys want somebody out they ve got a way to do that. the thing too is you need to think so beyond, so think about if somebody gets married. i mean you can always revisit but if somebody gets married and something happens to that person how does their partner get involved in the business or not? and there are just so many what ifs. a lot of unknowns right now. that you need to think about and try to account for as many as possible. i did like, though, when it works, it s brilliant. right? when it works, it s terrific. there is nothing like going to a place every day that s your job with your buddies. there is nothing like that. all right. thanks so much, you guys. twitter. we hear about it all the time. often by people saying it s a great way to help your business. well, we wanted to learn