Session 19 with Jack Bastide, Do It Yourself Marketing Teleseminar Series Wrap-Up

Session 19: Jack Bastide, Building Relationships on Twitter

Use twitter to meet people you don’t know, not just to communicate with those you already know
Twitter isn’t for telling people you’re walking your dog or eating pizza (it’s not?!)
Been on Twitter since Sept 08 and has reached 27K followers in just 6 mos. Doesn’t follow “twitter snobs” -only about two-way communication
Treat your interactions like you are having coffee at your house together. (Picturing Jack having coffee every Monday with all his 27K followers)
Make it a point of finding a few new people each day to really connect with on twitter
Yes, he was actively tweeting just one hour post-surgery from out an out-patient surgery
Don’t talk politics on twitter — you will always anger 1/2 of your peeps. And don’t ever argue on twitter — just block
99.9% of the people you meet on twitter are simply awesome
Think of twitter as a cocktail party — would you wear a big sign around your neck with your website on it to a party? Build relationships, don’t just send out blasts about your business.
Guess what? To build the relationship, you can take it off of twitter — phone, in person, etc.

(All notes taken from my Twitter feed @AllisonNazarian and tagged with #DIY09)
You can learn more about Jack by following him on twitter http://twitter.com/JackBastide or by visiting his twitter blog . (On the twitter blog, sign up for his free e-course on how to build a powerful twitter network.)