Everyone these days is talking about Twitter. You can find Twitter speakers all over the internet. So what do you do if you need a Twitter speaker, and you’re not sure where to start?

Check out their Twitter profile - Is their profile complete? Do they have a real photo? Do they have a real bio, and a real location, or is their profile incomplete in any way? You can see my profile at http://twitter.com/philgerb to see what I mean.

Look at their follower to following count - Good Twitter speakers will have slightly more followers than who they are following.

Review their stream of tweets – If you want a Twitter speaker who will engage your audience, look for one who has other people’s Twitter handles in their Twitter stream. If you’re looking for someone who will just talk to your audience, look for a lot of one line comments in their stream.

Extra credit – If you’re looking for a Twitter speaker who really has it all together, make sure they have a nifty Twitter background that lets their personality shine through.

If you want to hire a Twitter speaker who will connect with your audience and show them how to use Twitter to get more business and build a better reputation, contact me today.

If you’re using Twitter, have you ever done a thorough review of your Twitter account and activity to take it to the next level. Here’s what I would look at if I were doing a Twitter review.

Profile review – Review for completeness and relevance. Does it include a photo, a relevant link, key words that relate back to your business. Bonus points if your relevant link is a special “welcome” link for Twitter followers that includes more about your business.

Tweet quality – How good are the Tweets you’re already sending…and how can they be improved upon.

Following quality – Are you following the right people?

Follower quality – Are the right people following you?

Twitter is a social marketing platform that has exploded on the internet, possibly one of the fastest growing ever seen! And with millions upon millions of regular users on Twitter, this provides an excellent opportunity for an internet marketer.

The popularity of Twitter is due to many aspects of the site. Not only is it a free service, but a free service that allows you to reach millions in a few short sentences. It is the buzz that draws users to Twitter and the simplicity that keeps them coming back.

Twitter is basically a platform where you share what you are doing, working on, etc. From your home page on Twitter, you can add a few sentences and a link (if desired), that allows others to not only see in your posts what you are doing, working on, reading, etc., but also to visit the link to see it for themselves.

This is the amazing opportunity that is being widely used by a large number of internet marketers. Once they obtain a large following, they can share their posts and links with a large audience.

And although it may sound like a pretty easy social markeing tool, there is a trick to using Twitter. Simply creating an account and adding random posts is not enough it if your ultimate goal is to build your business and your brand.

Many new Twitter users are unclear of the process and strategies that are needed to build traffic and sales, which is one of the biggest advantages of Twitter. Without an understanding, it is easy to get going in the wrong direction.

Great news for new Twitter users, and for experienced users, and for anyone looking to leverage Twitter to its fullest potential. There are now experts available to shorten your learning curve and consult with you to maximize your investment of time and money. Twitter consultants have learned the ins and outs of how to use Twitter to its greatest potential. They have tried, tested and proven methods that bring the results businesses are looking for when joining Twitter.

A Twitter consultant can be invaluable to a new business using Twitter to avoid huge mistakes and use the opportunity it offers to the fullest. Is a Twitter consultant right for you?

This site will soon have a lot of information on hiring and selecting social media consultant and professional speaker, Phil Gerbyshak.  Stop back and find out more.